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DRopped Object Prevention - DROPS
Sarah Molyneux
SDA Drilling Engineer
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Shell’s DROPS campaign
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Shell Global DROPS programme was instigated in Q4 2009
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Dropped objects counted for great majority of potential and actual fatalities in Wells operations over
the previous two years to that.
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In Wells every 5 days a potential DROPS incident was being recorded
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Standard – Prevention of Dropped Objects manual
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ABC Guides to Dropped Object Prevention... 4 principles:
 Contractors
providing equipment and personnel should have a DROPS scheme in place
 Systematic DROPS
 Worksite
 Audits
inspection programme shall be in place
Hazard management for DROPS should be in place
to check for compliance with DROPS should be in place.
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Vol 1 – ABC Guide Worksite Hazard Management
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After listing the 4 mandatory requirements.... Helps with
some of those mandatory requirements
 Tubular Handling
 Derrick
 10
Checklist
Temporary Equipment Register example
Questions for a safe lift
 Example
of Red Zone
 Reliable securing
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Vol 2 – ABC Guide Inspection and Audit
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After listing the 4 mandatory requirements.... Helps with
some of those mandatory requirements
 Transport
Inspections
 Weekly
Inspections of permanent and temporary
installations
 Independent
 Self
Surveys of permanent installations
Assessment Audit
 Audit
Checklist
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DROPS campaigns
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Communicating the scale of the problem and training key personnel on how to avoid dropped
object incidents
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All campaigns included an animated video together with training material (and a facilitators
guide)
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2010 campaign’s were...
 Tools
at height
 Tubular Handling
 Red
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and No-Go zones
2011 campaign’s were...
 Handling Toolstrings
and lubricators
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Prevention of Dropped Objects:
DROPS - Tubular Handling
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Sarah Molyneux
SDA Drilling Engineer
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What am I here to talk about today?
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Introduce the topic of tubular handing – Part of Shell DROPS
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Why is it important topic to Shell…. And why it should be for you
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Encourage some discussion around good and bad practices
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Encourage some feedback amongst yourselves about unsafe work practices
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Get you to look for improvements in your workplace.
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Starting with an awareness session….
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Share some of my experiences relating to tubular handling
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Show you an animation – and get some feedback from you
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Follow up with…..
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Over next couple of days do some ‘rigsite’ training sessions
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Why is Tubular Handling Important? - Fatality N Sea 2000
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Why is Tubular Handling Important?
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Why is Tubular Handling Important? - Dropped BOP
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Why is Tubular Handling Important? – Dropped 7” liner
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Why is Tubular Handling Important? – Dropped Drillpipe
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Animation
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Lifting and Hoisting
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Banksman left the job…
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Is the deckhand qualified to do the banksmans job
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Now on his own - No double checking
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Checking / Positioning of slings – Double wrapped?
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No tag line
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No barriers….
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Turned his back and stayed in the ‘drop zone’ red zone
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Was his mind really on the job
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Catwalk and Homemade Tools
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Handling of thread protectors
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Visual inspection of lifting gear
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Homemade equipment… or rig repaired
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The right lifting equipment for the job
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Single joints – latched and safety pin in
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Testing of lifting equipment
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People in red zone when not needed
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Elevators
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Paying attention to the job in-hand
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Tired – end of shift… rotation of personnel
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Keeping a tally
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Knowing when the size changes
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Need good communication between derrickman and driller
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Checking and double checking the sizing of pipes and
elevators
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Colour coded elevators
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Where do we go from here…
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End of the Awareness session…
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Follow up with some ‘rigsite’ training sessions…
 Pre-job
checks
 Lifting
and Hoisting
 Elevators
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Encourage some discussion around good and bad practices
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Encourage some feedback amongst yourselves about unsafe work practices
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Get you to look for improvements in your workplace.
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What more can we do ?
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Attend the DROPS Forum Australia 3rd November
2011
 Pan
 All
Pacific Hotel
O&G industry members welcome
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Start an Australian Chapter of the DROPS Forum and
support the local Steering Committee
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Share our success stories and failures
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