DROPS Forum, Norway29 August 2013

Secondary retention devices that enclose and tether overhead

fixtures i.e.: flood lights, speakers, cctv cameras located

above personnel or important equipment.

The patented DROPSAFE® safety mesh covers are designed and

developed to reduce the risk of a DROPS situation.

Current used by world’s leading Offshore Drilling companies i.e.:

Transocean, Ensco, Noble, Seadrill, Rowan, Atwood,…………………

What is DROPSAFE®

DROPS situation– where an overhead fixture (e.g. light, speaker, camera) or

its components come loose and fall due to:

DROPSAFE® - DROPS Hazards

• Human Error

• Poor Maintenance

• Wear & Tear

• Fatigue

• Internal Corrosion

• External Corrosion

• Vibration

• Impact

Which can result in:

• Injury

• Death

• Damage to important equipment with potentially further serious consequences

DROPSAFE® - DROPS Hazards

Current Securing Methods

DROPSAFE®

makeshift or rudimentary

do not fully enclose or

capture fixture and its

components

no consistent test data

DROPSAFE® secured a light guard after it came loose from its light

fixture located at height on an Ensco rig (offshore Australia)

During a routine inspection, a globe was discovered to have broken from

its fixture and Dropsafe safety net catching it. This could’ve been a bad

accident if it was not for the net securing the globe and prevented it

dropping from height.

DROPSAFE® at WORK

DROPSAFE® at WORK

DROPSAFE® at WORK

DROPSAFE® retains light fixture components at height

after a crane boom collision on a Seadrill Rig

When the Platform crane was swinging in toward the platform to

pick up cement hoses off the BOP deck to transfer to the production

deck, one of the two crane boom lights on the tip of the boom

contacted the access ramp pennant wire and broke the plastic

shroud. The light had been fitted with safety netting the previous day

and prevented anything falling. All personnel were clear of the lift

and landing area during the operation.

DROPSAFE® at WORK

DROPSAFE® at WORK

DROPSAFE® prevented a 27 kg light assembly from

dropping at height on a Seadrill rig

An Electrician was replacing lamps under drill floor, when he

noticed one sodium light is lower than the rest. Upon inspection he found that it had broken off and was hanging in the safety net. It is

unlikely that any equipment damaged the light. Jarring operation

was conducted the previous day, which may have led to a lot of movement and eventually caused further damage had it not been for

the secondary retention safety net that prevented the fixture from

dropping.

DROPSAFE® at WORK

DROPSAFE® - Product Features

DROPSAFE® - Benefits

• Instant Safety Solution (no tools required)

• Products are designed and tested to over five times the product Safe

Working Load (SWL)

• Maximum SWL up to 70 kg for large products – custom products also

available

• Fully traceable & independently tested by SGS (http://www.sgs.com/ )

• Certificate of Test & Examination supplied with each product

• Available in SUS/AISI 316 stainless steel wire and components

DROPSAFE® - Key Features

• Tested to withstand temperatures

from -40°C to 500°C

• Securing cable has 750kg breaking

strain

• Carabiner designed with spring-

loaded gate nut and red indicator

to show gate nut position

Quote from QHSE Director, Sapura Kencana Drilling (former QHSE Director,

Seadrill) – Tim Marsh:

DROPSAFE® Effectiveness

“The introduction of the DROPSAFE Mesh Safety Cover has provided us

with a significantly improved safety tool for our Dropped Object Prevention

Program in our offshore workplaces. The provision of adequate secondary

retention of fixtures at height was a critical shortcoming in ours and in

many other offshore environments, a problem now only effectively

addressed through the innovation and introduction of this piece of safety

equipment.”

“This product has met our key requirements in that it allows a dramatic

improvement in the safety of our workplaces, it positively enhances our

Dropped Object Prevention Program and in doing so, contributes to our

overall safety performance, as measured by ourselves and more

significantly by our clients.”

DROPSAFE® Client Feedback

“My personal opinion is that the nets are an excellent product. They

certainly provide an excellent secondary retention system to the attached

lighting units, giving better overall coverage of the units themselves. They

appear to be very durable being stainless and we expect to get many years

of service from them. Time will tell.”

“In the event of either a dynamic or static drop I’m sure there is far less

likelihood that any part or the whole unit would fall beyond the perimeter

of the net. Again time will tell within the company. Overall a good product

and improvement.”

- TRANSOCEAN

DROPSAFE® Client Feedback

“The safety mesh is definitely an advancement on the safety slings as it

envelopes the entire flood light and even prevents the lens retainer from

falling if the clips failed, something that the safety slings cannot do. I

definitely approve of this extra precaution from preventing drops especially

on our main flood lights which this mesh has been supplied for. The only

drawback is that it is labour intensive when maintenance is been

performed but the safety side out ways this draw back tenfold.”

- TRANSOCEAN

DROPSAFE® Client Feedback

“Dropsafe has allowed end users to install a needed fixture, such as an

overhead light or camera, with renewed confidence; previously it may not

have been done, due to concerns over potential dropped objects in a

particular area.”

“In over 30 years of oil industry experience I have witnessed countless

dropped objects from overhead. Development of Dropsafe has put the

focus on performance rather than worrying about our personnel working

under potential dropped objects. The key to Dropsafe's success is a full

retention system which covers all parts on a particular fixture which, for too

manyyears, has been inadequately secured with a single small sling.”

- Darrell Gerlach, Drilling Supervisor

Apache Energy Ltd, Australia

Designed with HSE professionals and rig crews from and for the Oil & Gas Industry

Applicable to any rig area where overhead fixtures are located – especially high risk

structures including derricks/masts & crane booms

Oil & Gas Installations (particularly Offshore) are subject to some of the most severe

conditions which can create a DROPS situation

Enquiries and product development performed at all levels, including:

• Identifying hazards

• New product ideas

• Sharing best practice

• Feedback & improvements

DROPSAFE® Applicability to Industry

Existing customers include:

DROPSAFE® Clients

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Thank You.

DROPSAFE® End of Presentation