Heavy work definition
Heavy work means exerting fifty to one hundred pounds of force occasionally, and/or twenty to fifty pounds of force frequently and/or ten to twenty pounds of force constantly to move objects. Physical demand requirements are in excess of those for medium work.
Heavy work means 350 to 500 kcal/hr (kilocalories per hour), for example: heavy lifting and pushing, shovel work.
Heavy work means a kind of work that uses intense force or burns between 350- 500 kilocalories of energy per hour such as shoveling, drilling, boring, pounding using hammer, moving object with crane and sling, etc., or other similar work.
Examples of Heavy work in a sentence
Buildings which are part of a water treatment or sewage treatment plant are not covered by this Addendum, they are "Heavy" work.
Incumbents, to the extent that they are physically able, may be required to perform Janitorial Cleaner - Heavy work.
Worker productivity (per hour) Light work (WI = 180W) WBGT (°C) Moderate work (WI = 295W) WBGT (°C) Heavy work (WI = 415W) WBGT (°C) 100% (full work) 31.0 28.6 26.8 75% 31.5 29.0 27.8 50% 32.0 30.5 29.5 25% 32.5 31.7 31.2 Using the estimations in Table 3-4, productivity loss functions for five different work intensities (WI) were calculated.
More Definitions of Heavy work
Heavy work means 350 or higher kcal/hr (kilocalories per hour), for example: heavy lifting and pushing, shovel work.