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Provisional Recommended Weight Limit (RWL) Values (pounds) for the Clinical Guidelines
| Infrequent Lifting | Repetitive Short Duration | Repetitive Long Duration | |||||||
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| Vertical Zone | Closea | Medium | Extended | Closea | Medium | Extended | Closea | Medium | Extended |
| Shoulder | 30 | 21 | 17 | 25 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 9 |
| Waist | 36 | 26 | 20 | 30 | 22 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 10 |
| Knee | 32 | 23 | 18 | 27 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 9 |
RWL values in the “close” lifting zone are not applicable at 20 weeks gestation or more.
