About DROPS
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Oil & Gas Industry Workgroup focused 100%
on dropped object prevention
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Globally active, member-funded
and non-profit making
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Leading global resource for guidance and
support in dropped object prevention
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Addressing all aspects, disciplines and
interactions of the full Oil and Gas supply
chain, including the Marine sector
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Committed to learning, sharing and
collaborating with all industry sectors that
face similar challenges, eg Construction,
Mining, Fabrication and Manufacturing
Eliminate Dropped Objects throughout Supply Chain
It’s Still Happening…Real Incidents
HSE Statistics – UK Industry Fatalities 2001 - 2009
HSE Statistics – UK Industry Serious Injuries 2001 - 2009
AT HOME AND AT LEISURE :
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The top three causes of
fatal accidents are…
falls from height…
being struck by moving
vehicles…and being
struck by falling objects.
RoSPA Statement
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NIOSH– US Oil & Gas Fatalities 2003 - 2006
“So what are we doing about it?”
Workgroup Members
DROPS Members / Systems
DROPS Training and Workshops
DROPS Worldwide
• Assign specific focus groups to work
key issues to conclusion as effective
deliverable products.
• Meet regularly to review progress,
share best practice and lessons
learned, prioritise focus areas and
present new technologies / services.
• DROPS Work Group members all
participate, contribute and help
drive the direction and deliverables
of the Campaign. Each brings their
own organisation’s influence and
concerns to DROPS.
How DROPS Works
Worksite and scaffold rack
Gap in grating
Drop point on lower deck
Scaffold pole was dropped through gap in grating to the lower deck of platform.
• A cross member on a grating was identified as a dropped object concern on 26th June and
subsequently removed with a plan was to replace in the next week. A ladder was in situ beside the gap.
• On 29th June Scaffolders were removing poles from scaffold rack & propped one against the ladder.
When released from the Scaffolders grip, the pole went straight through the grating gap. Pole was
17kgs & fell approx 40 feet to the lower deck.
• Two individuals were located on the lower deck and approximately 12 feet from the drop zone. A door
under the drop zone was also noted to be a thoroughfare.
Sharing Lessons
• DROPS has produced a broad array of tools,
products and deliverables, including inspection
programmes, awareness presentations,
checklists, guidelines, procedures and best
practices.
• Marketing concept is a workpack system,
where DROPS workpack contains
all DROPS products to date with
option to subscribe to future updates.
• Workpack format ideal for
individual assets, eg platforms,
rigs, terminals, bases and now
hundreds in use around the world.
DROPS Tools and Products
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Products Delivered
DROPS Training
DROPS Calculators
Reliable Securing
Cargo Handling
Guidelines
Tools at Height
DROPS Inspection
Procedures
Pre-Job DROPS Checks
and Prompts
Awareness Posters
Best Practice Guidelines
Newsletter
DORIS (Statistical
Database)
DORIS (Statistical Database) www.doris.dropsonline.org
• Tools at Height Standards
• Subsea Dropped Objects
• Rogues Galleries
• DROPS Inspection Reporting
• Winter campaign
Current Focus Issues
• Tools at Height Toolkits
• Secondary Retention Tools
and Techniques
• Safe Bolting Techniques
• Training / Educational
Products and Services
• Access Specialists
• Inspection Specialists
Introducing New Technologies, Products and Services
• www.dropsonline.org is the main
vehicle for presenting and marketing our
products and giving access to free
downloads, alerts, contacts, news and
general DROPS information.
• Developing more products and
deliverables is an ongoing process –
effectively the output of the DROPS
Work Group.
• Sale of Campaign Packs and Work
Group Membership subscriptions
provide the revenue for ongoing product
development on a self-sustaining basis.
Deliverables
www.dropsonline.org