Swing fall is the distance a worker will swing back to the center of the anchor point during a fall. This distance is created when a worker moves away from the anchor point of a fall protection system. In most cases when a worker falls, he or she will swing past the anchor point, and depending on the how far they have moved away from it or how great the swing distance is, it might be enough to cause them to hit the surface below or adjacent to them. Read more.