Dropped Objects

This best practice is designed to assist companies in the development, maintenance and on-going improvement of dropped objects prevention. Every company’s risks of dropped objects will vary. As such, each one’s control strategies may be slightly different to reflect the work environment and associated risks and challenges but should take into consideration the various components discussed in this document.

The Dropped Objects Procedure for Managing the Program outlines a process for managing or developing a dropped object prevention program as part of a health and safety management system. It can be used to gain leadership alignment and can be used to get sites ready to implement a rollout while ensuring an ever-green DROPS Program. The Procedure can be customized to meet a fit-for-purpose outcome.

This 3-minute video on dropped objects is designed to expand industry’s understanding of dropped objects and associated risk factors and encourage hazard identification and control. Please review the YouTube video description for helpful instructions on how to use this video, questions to ask and talking points to review with your workers.

This tool has been designed to educate industry on the use and limitations of exclusion zones and the need for other preventative barriers to build capacity to fail safe. Energy Safety Canada is seeking to publish the calculations and methodology around the exclusion zone tool in a peer-reviewed journal and will provide the link to this publication within the tool when it is available. At that time, final draft will be removed from the tool.