Personal protective equipment shall protect from a fall of more than?

• A. 4 ft
• B. 6 ft
• C. 8 ft
• D. 10 ft

Answer: (B)

Fall protection is built to limit how far you can fall and to arrest a fall safely. For personal fall arrest systems, the maximum free fall distance is limited to six feet. That means the equipment must be capable of preventing a fall from exceeding six feet, so six feet is the threshold at which protection is required. If you could fall farther than that, you need proper fall protection (harness, lanyard, anchor, etc.) to keep the actual fall within a safe range. The other options are not the standard regulatory threshold—four feet is below the limit, while eight or ten feet would exceed it unless additional protective measures are in place.