1.
Climbing – Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding ramps, poles and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized.
2.
X
Balancing – Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery or erratically moving surfaces.
3.
X
Stooping – Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist.
4.
Kneeling – Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.
5.
Crouching – Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
6.
Crawling – Moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet.
7.
X
Reaching – Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
8.
X
Standing – Particularly for sustained periods of time.
9.
Walking – Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances.
10.
Pushing – using upper extremities to press against something with steady force order to thrust forward, downward or outward.
11.
Pulling – Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.
12.
X
Lifting – Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and required the substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles.
13.
X
Finger use – Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with the fingers rather than the whole hand or arm as in handling.
14.
X
Grasping – Applying pressure to an object with the fingers or palm.
15.
X
Talking - Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken word. Those activities in which you must convey detailed or spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly or quickly.
16.
X
Hearing – Perceiving the nature of sounds. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make fine discriminations in sounds such as when making fine adjustments on machinery.
17.
X
Repetitive Motions – Substantial movements (motions) of the wrist, hands, and/or fingers.