Fall protection – A system of protecting a person from falling. It can consist of fall restraint and/or fall arrest systems.
Fall restraint - A barrier/or like device that prevents a person from falling from a working level.
Fall protection barrier - A barrier other than a work platform that will safely support a person without the risk of falling through.
Fall arrest – A system designed to arrest and hold a person in a fall from a working level.
Edge protection - Some form of guardrail or restraint designed to prevent a person reaching or falling over an exposed edge.
Guardrail - A rail or barrier secured to standards or upright members, at a height above the work platform of 0.9 (minimum) to 1.100 meters (maximum) and erected along the exposed sides and ends of working platforms to prevent persons from falling. It includes a lower rail that is fixed to standards midway between the guardrail and the platform