scope:

General

This Guide is applicable to the optional classification of dropped object prevention programs and associated equipment used to control and prevent dropped objects from height, and supports dropped object prevention activities on mobile offshore drilling units, offshore installations, tendering vessels, mobile offshore units and other offshore units and installations that are classed with ABS. This Guide is intended for use in conjunction with the ABS Rules for Building and Classing Mobile Offshore Drilling Units (MODU Rules), the ABS Rules for Building and Classing Offshore Installations (Offshore Installations Rules), ABS Rules for Building and Classing Floating Production Installations (FPI Rules), and the ABS Guide for Drilling Tender Barges, ABS Guide for Building and Classing Mobile Offshore Units (MOU Guide), as well as other applicable ABS Rules and Guides.

If requested by the manufacturers, Owner/Operator, or designers, ABS can provide approval of individual equipment or components associated with a dropped object prevention program in accordance with the requirements of this Guide where the installation unit may not be classed with ABS.