Reference

Fall restraint keeps a worker from reaching the hazard; fall arrest catches a fall already in progress. This reference sets out the hierarchy, a side-by-side comparison, the anchorage rule OSHA actually enforces for restraint, how work positioning differs from both, and where restraint quietly stops being restraint on a real jobsite.

Do you need a harness in a lift? OSHA answers by machine: boom-lift occupants must attach to the boom or basket under 1926.453, while scissor lifts are scaffolds whose guardrails are the fall protection. This guide separates the rules, the MEWP Group A and B classes, anchor points, restraint versus arrest, and the manual.