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Table 3 Number of workers needed to counterbalance physical workload for each municipality zone (n = 97)

From: Comparison of physical workload and physical work capacity among municipality cleaners in Shiraz to determine number of workers needed to counterbalance physical workload

Municipality zone

Total number of workers in each zone

Number of the participant in each zone a

PWC (kcal min−1)

Energy expenditure

(kcal min−1)

Number of participants with energy expenditure higher than PWC

Number of workers needed b

Percentage of required workers c

M

SD

M

SD

1

200

11

4.04

0.84

3.67

1.80

4

1.55

14.09

2

194

11

5.39

1.54

4.04

0.76

2

0.63

5.73

3

148

8

3.96

0.67

4.06

0.30

5

0.87

10.88

4

197

11

4.41

1.06

4.49

1.08

6

2.38

21.64

5

148

9

3.7

0.55

3.85

1.08

5

1.16

12.89

6

110

7

4.2

0.33

5

1.05

5

1.63

23.29

7

185

12

3.92

0.97

3.9

0.61

6

1.12

9.33

8

130

8

4.37

0.96

5.08

0.98

6

1.56

19.50

9

111

6

4.90

1.77

3.67

1.80

2

0.29

4.83

10

134

8

4.45

0.78

3.84

0.30

1

0.26

3.25

11

97

6

3.79

0.92

3.72

0.184

3

0.62

10.33

Total

1654

97

4.3

1.09

4.12

1.01

45

12.08

12.45

  1. c = (b ÷ a) × 100
  2. PWC, Physical Work Capacity