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Moderate: involves field work requiring complete control of physical faculties and may include considerable walking, standing, and lifting 25-50 lbs. Safety officers and fire behavior analysts are examples of moderate duty positions. This test level is accepted by most states and by the U.S. Forest Service under some cooperative agreements.
In employment law, a bona fide occupational qualification (BFOQ) (US), bona fide occupational requirement (BFOR) (Canada), or genuine occupational qualification (GOQ) (UK) is a quality or an attribute that employers are allowed to consider when making decisions on the hiring and retention of employees—a quality that when considered in other contexts would constitute discrimination in ...
Bags weigh an average of 32 pounds (15 kg) each [citation needed], but many checked bags exceed the airline allowable weight of 50 pounds (23 kg) [citation needed]. Manual lifting and handling of these bags is considered the main risk factor for work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) among baggage handlers.
According to a 2023 study in BMC Women’s Health, middle-aged women in their 50s who did strength training twice weekly for 10 weeks experienced significant muscle and strength gains.
Fastest-growing job in the U.S. pays up to $103K a year without a college degree—but candidates have to endure extreme weather and lug 50 pounds of gear up long ladders to confined spaces
Fast-forward eight years, and Joan MacDonald is a 78-year-old fitness influencer with 1.9 million followers who can hip thrust 235 pounds. A 70-year-old lost 70 pounds and got into weightlifting.
The lifting index can be used to identify the stresses that each lift will expose the employees. The general understanding is that as the LI increased, the higher risk the worker is exposed to. As the LI decreases, the worker is less likely to develop back related injuries. Ideally, any lifting tasks should have a lifting index of 1.0 or less. [3]
He was built like an offensive lineman—6-foot-3 and 300 pounds, with a flowing, dirty-blonde beard, wire-rimmed glasses and a head shaved almost completely bald. Since workers at the Chester facility were typically expected to pull 100 items or more per hour, a picker could expect to walk more than 12 miles over the course of a shift.