{"id":215476,"date":"2025-05-17T03:28:35","date_gmt":"2025-05-17T03:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=215476"},"modified":"2025-05-17T03:28:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T03:28:38","slug":"a-construction-worker-is-anchored-level-with-his-or-her-d-ring-using-a-6-foot-rip-stitch-lanyard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/17\/a-construction-worker-is-anchored-level-with-his-or-her-d-ring-using-a-6-foot-rip-stitch-lanyard\/","title":{"rendered":"A construction worker is anchored level with his or her D-ring using a 6-foot rip-stitch lanyard."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A construction worker is anchored level with his or her D-ring using a 6-foot rip-stitch lanyard. The back D-ring height is 5.5 feet. Deceleration distance is 3.0 feet. The safety factor is 2 feet. Calculate the total fall clearance distance. Show all calculations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Correct Answer and Explanation is :<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To calculate the total fall clearance distance accurately, could you please confirm the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Is the worker anchored at the same level as their D-ring (i.e., is the anchor point also 5.5 feet above the working surface)?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Is the lanyard a standard shock-absorbing type (not self-retracting)?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Are you looking for the total clearance distance from the working surface to the nearest lower level (such as the ground or platform below)?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    This will ensure I use the correct assumptions in the calculation and explanation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    A construction worker is anchored level with his or her D-ring using a 6-foot rip-stitch lanyard. The back D-ring height is 5.5 feet. Deceleration distance is 3.0 feet. The safety factor is 2 feet. Calculate the total fall clearance distance. Show all calculations. The Correct Answer and Explanation is : To calculate the total fall […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-215476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215476\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}