Dropped Object On the Job Training

Awareness and Prevention Training

How serious is the problem?Dropped Objects are among the Top 10

causes of Fatality and Serious Injury in the Oil and Gas Industry – What are they?

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The top three causes of fatal accidents are…

1. Falls from height

2. Being struck by moving vehicles

3. Being struck by falling objects

Prevent dropped objects throughout the supply chain

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Potential dropped objects may arrive with equipment

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What causes dropped objects?

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Design and state of equipment- Corrosion failure- Innappropriate fixings / failed fixings- Vibrations / weathering- Overloading- Inadequate maintenance and inspection

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Work execution and planning- Ineffective control of equipment and tools taken aloft- Secured loads- Failure to use lanyards- Inadequately secured loads and items- Items are struck by other items

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Storage of equipment- Lack of cleaning and inspections- Redundant and neglected equipment- Inappropriate Storage / Inadequately Secured Equipment- Storing at Height, Overloading, Instability, Untethered Storage,

Inappropriate Methods

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Housekeeping- Poor Housekeeping – when we are sloppy or too busy- Scrap and debris aloft- Discarded and Precarious items aloft- Lack of Cleaning / Inspection

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Behaviours- Complacency- Failure to follow procedures- Blind to changes in environment- Inadequate risk awareness- Failure to report observations- Poor prioritization- Work area ownership

Our good practices aimed at

preventing dropped objects

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Control equipment and tools

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- Secondary retention fitted to all equipment with the potential to fall- Tool Log for tools taken and used at height - Tool bags and designated tools for working at height- Inspection of equipment and tools before and during use

Report observations – prevent incidents

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- Proper Pre Job Planning – What are we going to do, how are we going to do it?

- Risk Assessment – What are the hazards on this job, how will we control them?

- Identifying Specific Onsite DROPS hazards

- Risk Assessment / Lift Plans & TBT’s – Identify, Communicate & Control

- Weekly drops inspections of areas around the vessel

Planning and work execution

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Techniques for detection of PDO’s

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Available resources

Process checklist ”Weekly DROPS hazard hunt”

Dropped objects manual for your rig

Best practices for dropped objects booklet

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Tips for inspections

Choose a limited area

Inspect areas where work recently took place / is taking place

Inspect area where you do not work

Few people divide each area – avoid overlap

What does it mean to inspect?- Look- Touch/ Shake / Move

Focus especially on:

- Issues highlighted in drops manual

- Temporary equipment

- Equipment over side- Exposure to energy (wind, high temprature etc)- Equipment that is not in use - Equipment stored at heights

Any Questions?

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