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DRopped Object Prevention - DROPS

Sarah Molyneux

SDA Drilling Engineer

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Shell’s DROPS campaign

Shell Global DROPS programme was instigated in Q4 2009

Dropped objects counted for great majority of potential and actual fatalities in Wells operations over

the previous two years to that.

In Wells every 5 days a potential DROPS incident was being recorded

Standard – Prevention of Dropped Objects manual

ABC Guides to Dropped Object Prevention... 4 principles:

Contractors providing equipment and personnel should have a DROPS scheme in place

Systematic DROPS inspection programme shall be in place

Worksite Hazard management for DROPS should be in place

Audits to check for compliance with DROPS should be in place.

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Vol 1 – ABC Guide Worksite Hazard Management

After listing the 4 mandatory requirements.... Helps with

some of those mandatory requirements

Tubular Handling Checklist

Derrick Temporary Equipment Register example

10 Questions for a safe lift

Example of Red Zone

Reliable securing

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Vol 2 – ABC Guide Inspection and Audit

After listing the 4 mandatory requirements.... Helps with

some of those mandatory requirements

Transport Inspections

Weekly Inspections of permanent and temporary

installations

Independent Surveys of permanent installations

Self Assessment Audit

Audit Checklist

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DROPS campaigns

Communicating the scale of the problem and training key personnel on how to avoid dropped

object incidents

All campaigns included an animated video together with training material (and a facilitators

guide)

2010 campaign’s were...

Tools at height

Tubular Handling

Red 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?

Introduce the topic of tubular handing – Part of Shell DROPS

Why is it important topic to Shell…. And why it should be for you

Encourage some discussion around good and bad practices

Encourage some feedback amongst yourselves about unsafe work practices

Get you to look for improvements in your workplace.

Starting with an awareness session….

Share some of my experiences relating to tubular handling

Show you an animation – and get some feedback from you

Follow up with…..

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

Banksman left the job…

Is the deckhand qualified to do the banksmans job

Now on his own - No double checking

Checking / Positioning of slings – Double wrapped?

No tag line

No barriers….

Turned his back and stayed in the ‘drop zone’ red zone

Was his mind really on the job

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Catwalk and Homemade Tools

Handling of thread protectors

Visual inspection of lifting gear

Homemade equipment… or rig repaired

The right lifting equipment for the job

Single joints – latched and safety pin in

Testing of lifting equipment

People in red zone when not needed

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Elevators

Paying attention to the job in-hand

Tired – end of shift… rotation of personnel

Keeping a tally

Knowing when the size changes

Need good communication between derrickman and driller

Checking and double checking the sizing of pipes and

elevators

Colour coded elevators

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Where do we go from here…

End of the Awareness session…

Follow up with some ‘rigsite’ training sessions…

Pre-job checks

Lifting and Hoisting

Elevators

Encourage some discussion around good and bad practices

Encourage some feedback amongst yourselves about unsafe work practices

Get you to look for improvements in your workplace.

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What more can we do ?

Attend the DROPS Forum Australia 3rd November

2011

Pan Pacific Hotel

All O&G industry members welcome

Start an Australian Chapter of the DROPS Forum and

support the local Steering Committee

Share our success stories and failures