About DROPS

• Oil & Gas Industry Workgroup focused 100% on dropped object prevention

• Globally active, member-funded and non-profit making

• Leading global resource for guidance and support in dropped object prevention

• Addressing all aspects, disciplines and interactions of the full Oil and Gas supply chain, including the Marine sector

• 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

RoSPA Statement

The top three causes of fatal accidents are… falls from height… being struck by moving vehicles…and being struck by falling objects.

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AT HOME AND AT LEISURE :

NIOSH– US Oil & Gas Fatalities 2003 - 2006

“So what are we doing about it?”

Workgroup Members

DROPS Worldwide

DROPS Members / Systems

DROPS Training and Workshops

How DROPS Works

• 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.

Sharing Lessons

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.

Worksite and scaffold rack Gap in grating Drop point on lower deck

DROPS Tools and Products

• 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.

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

Current Focus Issues

• Tools at Height Standards

• Subsea Dropped Objects

• Rogues Galleries

• DROPS Inspection Reporting

• Winter campaign

Introducing New Technologies, Products and Services

• Tools at Height Toolkits

• Secondary Retention Tools and Techniques

• Safe Bolting Techniques

• Training / Educational Products and Services

• Access Specialists

• Inspection Specialists

Deliverables

• 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.

www.dropsonline.org