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. | X | Kneeling – Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees. |
5. | X | 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. | X | Walking – Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances. |
10. | X | Pushing – using upper extremities to press against something with steady force order to thrust forward, downward or outward. |
11. | X | 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. |