Swire Dropped Object Management System

Michael King Swire

A brief corporate overview of Swire before focusing on the company’s potential exposure to dropped objects and what they are doing to manage this. Through their Operational Excellence Programme, they define and apply technical standards, specific working practices, training and competence assurance. Michael’s presentation gives a summary of each of these key facets. He concludes that “we are all human” and shows examples of incidents that have occurred – but the management system is helping reduce the exposure to and frequency of dropped objects.