Fall distance and clearance calculations
CHST video lesson, 5:54. CHST Domain 1: Hazard and Risk Identification and Control
Narrated with an AI-generated voice. The script is AI-drafted from the cited rules and fact-checked against them.
Work the CHST fall clearance math: the 6-foot free fall limit, 3.5-foot deceleration distance, arresting force limits, and how to add up the clearance needed below the anchorage.
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Visualize this
- Move the anchor, the lanyard and the deceleration distance and watch where the worker stops.
An interactive diagram, included with every CHST pass.
What this lesson covers
In this lesson, you'll learn to: state the free fall and deceleration distance limits, recall the maximum arresting force limits, add up the clearance needed below the anchorage, and apply the 310-pound weight and impact-energy strength criteria. Under 1926.502(d)(16), a personal fall arrest system sets two distance limits.
- Intro
- Learning objectives
- Two distance limits
- Arresting force
- The clearance equation
- Worked example 1
- Worked example 2
- Strength and weight
- Self-retracting devices
- On the job
- Common exam traps
- Recap quiz
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