What are the two types of fall protection?

What are the two types of fall protection?

• A. Passive and Active
• B. Primary and Secondary
• C. Static and Dynamic
• D. Hard and Soft

Answer: (A)

Fall protection is organized into two broad categories: passive and active. Passive protection provides safety without requiring the worker to do anything, such as guardrails along an ledge or safety nets that catch a fall. Active protection requires the worker to use equipment purposely, like a full-body harness connected to an anchor with a lanyard or a self-retracting lifeline. These two categories cover the main ways safety is provided on the job: barriers and inert protections that work automatically, versus equipment that the worker must wear and connect. The other options describe different concepts (static vs dynamic behavior, primary vs secondary, hard vs soft) that don’t define how fall protection is delivered.

Fall protection is organized into two broad categories: passive and active. Passive protection provides safety without requiring the worker to do anything, such as guardrails along an ledge or safety nets that catch a fall. Active protection requires the worker to use equipment purposely, like a full-body harness connected to an anchor with a lanyard or a self-retracting lifeline. These two categories cover the main ways safety is provided on the job: barriers and inert protections that work automatically, versus equipment that the worker must wear and connect. The other options describe different concepts (static vs dynamic behavior, primary vs secondary, hard vs soft) that don’t define how fall protection is delivered.