To equip participants with knowledge and strategies to prevent dropped object incidents and maintain a safe working environment, especially in high-risk industries.
- Understand the causes and consequences of dropped object incidents.
- Identify potential dropped object hazards at the workplace.
- Apply control measures to prevent dropped objects.
- Promote safe work practices and regular inspections.
- Maintenance and operations crew
- Safety officers and inspectors
- Rigging and scaffolding teams
- Construction site workers
- Supervisors and engineers involved in elevated work activities
1 Day (8 Hours)
- Definition and classification of dropped objects
- Statistics and case studies on dropped object incidents
- Human, mechanical, and environmental causes
- Common sources: tools, materials, equipment, structures
- Dynamic vs. static dropped objects
- Work at height and vulnerable zones
- Hazard identification methods and walkdown inspections
- Risk evaluation of potential dropped objects
- Hierarchy of controls: eliminate, substitute, engineer, admin, PPE
- Use of tool lanyards, netting, and barriers
- Pre-job planning and hazard mitigation
- Dropped Object inspections and checklists
- Tagging and securing loose items
- Incident reporting and response procedure
- Investigation and root cause analysis
- DROPS initiative overview (Dropped Object Prevention Scheme)
- International standards and company-specific policies
- Lessons learned and behavioral safety reinforcement
- Hazard spotting from job scenario images
- Group presentation on control measures
- Written or verbal assessment
- Q&A and course wrap-up
