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Dropped Object Protection - EHS Manual

The Dropped Object Protection plan outlines guidelines to prevent materials and tools from falling from heights, ensuring safety for workers and the public. It includes legal requirements from OSHA and ANSI standards, as well as specific procedures for tool and material storage. The plan emphasizes the use of safety controls like barricades, tool tethering, and debris netting to mitigate risks associated with dropped objects.

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Dropped Object Protection - EHS Manual

The Dropped Object Protection plan outlines guidelines to prevent materials and tools from falling from heights, ensuring safety for workers and the public. It includes legal requirements from OSHA and ANSI standards, as well as specific procedures for tool and material storage. The plan emphasizes the use of safety controls like barricades, tool tethering, and debris netting to mitigate risks associated with dropped objects.

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Dropped Object Protection

Objective

This plan establishes the guidelines to prevent materials, such as construction materials, tools,
equipment, debris, hard hats/helmets, radios, phones, etc., from falling from elevation and
causing harm to workers, members of the public, and damage to tools, material and property.,
such as construction materials, tools, equipment, debris, hard hats/helmets, radios, phones, etc.,
from falling from elevation and causing harm to workers, members of the public, and damage to
tools, material and property.

Legal and Other Requirements

Federal, State, Local Regulations

OSHA 29 CFR 1910 Subpart D Walking-Working Surfaces


OSHA 29 CFR 1926 Subpart H Material Handling, Storage, Use, and Disposal
OSHA 29 CFR 1926 Subpart M Fall Protection
ANSI/ASSE A10.34-2001 (R2012) Protection of the Public on or Adjacent to
Construction Sites

Skanska/Client Requirements

None

Procedure

1. General Requirements
1.1. Include dropped object prevention controls in Construction Work Plans and Daily
Hazard Analyses.
1.2. The following items shall be included in the plan: construction materials, tools,
equipment, debris, hard hats/helmets, radios, phones, etc.
1.3. Controls may include the following:
Sequencing of work to prevent trade stacking
Tool tethering
Debris netting
Barricades
Cocoon systems

EHS Default Manual - Standard


EHS Manual Rev.29.0 226
1.4. If there is a potential for materials or equipment to fall, all areas below must be secured
with barricades and signage.
1.5. If there is a potential for tools to fall, tool tethers, barricades and signage shall be used.
1.6. Any project specific requirements for this section are listed here.

2. Tool and Material Storage


2.1. Tools, loose materials and equipment with the potential of being displaced shall not be
stored within six (6) feet of any hoist way or inside floor openings, nor within 10 feet of
an exterior edge unless the opening/edge is protected sufficiently.
2.2. All tools, loose materials, and equipment that are not in use while working at heights
shall be secured against accidental displacement.
2.3. Any project specific requirements for this section are listed here.

EHS Forms and Documents


None

Applicable Training

Dropped object awareness training will be developed in accordance with project needs

Training Links
None

Potential Related Safety, Health and/or Environmental Aspects

None

EHS Default Manual - Standard


EHS Manual Rev.29.0 227

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