Drops Prevention Devices

Enhancing Overhead Safety

2014 Catalogue

In the offshore Oil & Gas industry, approximately 88% of dropped objects are equipment
parts or unsecured objects. 42% of dropped objects are due to failed xtures and ttings
or inadequate securing.
- Source: Dropped Object Prevention Scheme, www.dropsonline.com

Contents
Dropsafe Net

Dropsafe Pouch

Dropsafe Barrier

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How to Order

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About Us
Dropsafe has pioneered Oil & Gas Industry adopted safety solutions for securing overhead fixtures like lights,
speakers, CCTV cameras and other items located or used at height on Oil & Gas facilities.
Dropsafe products are safety devices designed to prevent a DROPS situation. This is where items, equipment
or fixtures at height come loose and fall because of wear, fatigue, corrosion, poor maintenance, human error,
vibration, impact or being poorly secured. This situation may then result in the injury or death of any personnel in
or near the impact zone, or damage of equipment with further consequences, with severe negative implications
to personnel and facility stakeholders.
Since 1997, we have been designing innovative and award winning mesh-safety and mesh-security solutions
for customers worldwide. We work in partnership with HSE professionals and Asset Managers in the Oil & Gas
Industry to provide unique and effective solutions to enhance workplace safety.

Dropsafe Product Range

Dropsafe Net
Dropsafe Nets are safety nets that enclose and tether fixtures to prevent DROPS situations.
Dropsafe Nets are designed for use in any area where overhead fixtures are located posing
a potential DROPS hazard, especially high-risk structures such as derricks and crane
booms.

Dropsafe Pouch
Dropsafe Pouches are safety devices that are attached to the user, designed to securely
enclose and tether two-way radios, gas detectors, multimeters, aerosol cans and other
items used at height.

Dropsafe Barrier
Dropsafe Barriers are mesh panels designed as Safety Barriers to reduce DROPS hazards
or Security Barriers to prevent unauthorised access. Safety Barriers can be installed along
side & under stairwells and along walkways to prevent items falling. Security Barriers can be
installed inside jack-up rig legs to prevent unauthorised access.

Custom Designs
We make mesh panels in custom sizes and wire diameters to meet a variety of requirements
from helideck perimeter netting to securing aging ventilation ducting systems on vessels still
in service. Custom design panels can be supplied with adjustable perimeter securing cables
to facilitate installations.

DROPSAFE NET ON OVERHEAD

FLOODLIGHT FIXTURE

Dropsafe Net
The patented Dropsafe Nets are secondary retention safety devices that enclose and tether overhead fixtures
(e.g. lights, beacons, speakers, self-retracting lifelines, CCTV cameras, anodes, pipe clamps) located above
personnel or important equipment.
The products are specifically designed and tested to reduce the risk of a DROPS situation. This is where items,
equipment or fixtures at height come loose and fall because of wear, fatigue, corrosion, poor maintenance,
human error, vibration, impact or being poorly secured. This situation may then result in the injury or death of
any personnel in or near the impact zone, or damage to equipment with further consequences.

How the Dropsafe Net works

The Dropsafe Net fully encloses the item being secured, preventing both the item and fixture components
to become a DROPS hazard. The integrated securing cable attaches around a structural attachment point to
retain and tether both the item and if applicable the fixture mounting bracket.

Where to use Dropsafe Nets

Fixtures located above personnel

Fixtures on mobile equipment (e.g. crane booms)
Fixtures in potential impact zones of mobile equipment
Fixtures and mountings prone to vibration, wear and fatigue
Fixtures prone to internal or external corrosion
Fixtures located above important or expensive equipment
Fixtures located in areas difficult to access for maintenance or inspection

Dropsafe Net Key Benets

Provides an instant safety solution for your personnel

Readily enhances any dropped object prevention system or similar
Easy to install, no tools required
Full traceability
Fully encloses and tethers fixture being secured
Retains loose or dislodged items
Safer handling for fixture maintenance and change out of fixture

Dropsafe Net Specications

Products are designed and tested to over five times (5X) the product Safe Working Load (SWL)

Maximum SWL up to 50 kg (110 lbs) for large products

Withstands extreme high temperatures up to 500C (932F)

Withstands extreme low temperatures down to -40C (-40F)

Able to retain most fixture mounting brackets (if SWL not exceeded)

SUS/AISI 316 stainless wire and components

Available in different sizes (custom designs also available)

The introduction of the Dropsafe Net 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 short-coming 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.
- Tim Marsh (Director of QHSE-APR, Seadrill)

Fixture Types
Dropsafe Nets are designed and tested to fit a variety of fixture types. Some examples are illustrated below.

Flood Lights

Fluorescent Lights

Nav / Strobe Lights

Speakers / Horns

CCTV Cameras

Self-Retracting Lifelines

Anodes

Junction Boxes, Heat,

Smoke and CO2
Detector

Pipe Clamps

Dropsafe Pouch
Dropsafe Pouches are safety devices designed to secure two-way radios, portable gas detectors, aerosol
spray cans, multimeters and other items used while working at height. The Dropsafe Pouch fully encloses the
item being secured and tethers the item to the user preventing it from becoming a DROPS hazard.

Where to use the Dropsafe Pouch

All areas where work or access is required at height and where single hand use of a item is required and there
is risk of dropping, damaging or losing an item.

Dropsafe Pouch Key Benets

Instant Safety Solution (no tools required)

Provides a 5:1 Safety Factor
Fully captures and tethers item being secured
Heavy duty belt clip allows versatile use of item being secured

Dropsafe Pouch Specications

Products are designed and tested to over five times (5X) the product Safe Working Load (SWL)

TPU coated wires and POM coated mesh joining clips

Safety carabiner with spring secured gate nut

Available in different sizes to fit a variety of items

SUS/AISI 316 stainless wire and components

DROPSAFE BARRIER FOR BOTH

ACCESS AND DROPS PREVENTION

Security Barriers Inside Jack-Up Legs

Along Safety Barriers

Around Walkways at Height

Helipad Fall Prevention Barriers

Dropsafe Barrier
How the Dropsafe Barrier works
Dropsafe Barriers are mesh panels which securely attach to railings around walkways and stairwells or the
internal perimeter structure of a jack-up leg. The barriers fill the open spaces preventing access from below or
fall protection from above.

Safety Barrier
Dropsafe Safety Barriers are mesh panels designed to prevent DROPS situations, and to assist containing
loose items to a particular area or deck level. Safety barriers can be installed along side & under stairwells,
along walkways and to railings around deck openings to prevent items falling from height - considerably
improving safety on the facility. Dropsafe Barriers can be installed and used during maintenance periods or as
permanent installations during normal operations.

Security Barrier
Dropsafe Security Barriers are designed to prevent unauthorised access, the large mesh panels are installed
horizontally, at deck level of jack-up rig legs to prevent unauthorised access from below. Having this deck level
barrier in place also helps contain loose items that may fall into the area of the jack up leg opening.

Dropsafe Barrier Key Benets

Provides an instant safety solution for your personnel

DROPS Prevention
Readily enhances your DROPS prevention program
Access Prevention

Dropsafe Barrier Specications

Products are designed and tested to over five times (5X) the product Safe Working Load (SWL)

Withstands extreme high temperatures up to 500C (932F)

Withstands extreme low temperatures -40C (-40F)

SUS/AISI 316 stainless steel wire and components

Available in different sizes (custom designs also available)

Dropsafe

Prevents Potentially Serious Incident During Crane Operations

The crane operator and signaler were assigned to install a platform for covering the BOP gantry crane rail.
Whilst the operator was lifting the platform from the riser deck to the drill floor, the platform swung during
landing, hitting the light fixtures support above the drill floor. As a result, the light support was broken but was
protected by a DROPSAFE NET.

The Industrys most widely adopted DROPS prevention solution for overhead fixtures

Instant Safety Solution

(no tools required)

info@dropsafe.com
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Provides a 5:1 Safety

Factor

SUS/AISI 316

Notes

How to Order Dropsafe Products

Use the Product Guide to find a matching Dropsafe Product for the fixture / item you want to secure.

How to Order if you can match a Dropsafe Product

Dropsafe Net
To match a Dropsafe Net model the following criteria must be met:

1.
2.
3.
4.

One side of fixture does not exceed the measurements of the reference fixture by more than 15%
Two sides of fixture do not exceed the measurements of the reference fixture by more than 10%
Fixture weight does not exceed the stated product Safe Working Load (SWL)
Fixture must have same side- or rear-mounted conguration (see example below)
Side-mounted:

Rear-mounted:

Bracket mounted on side of xture

Bracket mounted on rear of xture

Dropsafe Pouch
To match a Dropsafe Pouch model the following criteria must be met:
1. Item to be secured meets the minimum circumference requirements of Pouch model
2. Item to be secured does not exceed the maximum length of Pouch model
If you can find a matching product please complete the Data Collection Sheet A and email to sales@dropsafe.com.

How to Order if you cannot match a Dropsafe Product

Dropsafe Net
If you cannot find a matching Dropsafe Net provide the following and email to sales@dropsafe.com:
1. Completed Data Collection Sheet B
2. One or more image(s) of the fixture you want to secure
Dropsafe Pouch
If you cannot find a matching Dropsafe Pouch for the item you want to secure provide us with the following
information:
1. Item type, make and model
2. Item dimensions
3. Item weight

4. Item image(s)
5. Any special requirements
6. Quantity required

Drops Prevention Devices

Enhancing Overhead Safety

Newmar Limited
15A, Cheung Fat Industrial Building
No. 7-9 Hill Road, Shek Tong Tsui
Hong Kong
T : + 852 3664 8350
F : + 852 2572 4466
sales@dropsafe.com

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Dropsafe is a trademark licensed to Newmar Ltd., registered in U.S., Europe (Community

trademark), China and other countries.
Patented in: U.S. 8,714,308; China ZL201120015015.7; Singapore pub. n169926. Additional
patents pending.

www.dropsafe.com

Australian Innovation. Japanese Materials. Assembled in China.