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SAFETY OFFSHORE DROPPED OBJECTS

BSEE

BSEE issued a safety alert in March 2023 after a 700-pound crane overhaul (headache) ball crashed to a deck less than two feet from a rigger.

to mitigate the consequences.”

DROPS Metaverse

This includes survey and inspection of equipment, the

Axess Group recently partnered with DROPS Asia

Chapter to develop a hazard hunt module in the DROPS management of tools and equipment at height, exclusion zone management, and more, including DROPS aware-

Metaverse, a virtual reality (VR) application.

As part of the training, participants virtually navigate a ness, asset-specifc training, and consultation.

“Manufacturers can help identify what needs to be in- drilling rig to look for potential dropped objects.

spected and what should be corrected, but the kind of

Allen Smith, representing DROPS Training and Ad- dropped objects we really need to focus on in task plan- min, sees value in what he calls a second-nature preven- ning are the dynamic drops and how to recognize the se- tion strategy.

quence of events that can lead up to an incident,” says “For every task, every task step, every task plan, basi- cally everything we’re doing, we take the time out to think Smith. He believes that even the high number of incidents about how we are prepared to prevent dropped objects and reported is an under-estimate.

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