Which of the following is NOT included in personal fall protection equipment?

Guardrails are considered a type of fall protection but are classified as collective fall protection systems rather than personal fall protection equipment. Personal fall protection equipment is designed to safeguard individual workers by using devices that they wear or attach directly to themselves, such as harnesses, lanyards, and other personal fall arrest systems.

Safety nets, personal fall arrest systems, and energy absorbing lanyards all provide direct protection to an individual worker by minimizing the risk of falling or reducing the impact of a fall. In contrast, guardrails serve a different function by providing a physical barrier around elevated work areas, which prevents falls but does not attach to or exert restraint on a person. Thus, it is accurate to identify guardrails as not falling under the definition of personal fall protection equipment.