The Swiss cheese model is a familiar explanation of how accidents happen. But in high-risk industries like mining, construction, and utilities, hindsight is not enough to prevent serious injuries and fatalities (SIFs).
Enter the Forwood Solid Cheese model. Back by over 15 years of real-world data, the Solid Cheese model demonstrates how Forwood Critical Risk Management is the only safety system to turn critical controls into robust, impenetrable safety defences.
Forwood’s Critical Risk Management system has helped 1000+ sites all over the globe stay fatality free by tracking and closing the “holes” that can lead to SIFs. Whether you’re a safety professional, operational leader, or EHS manager, this model shows how you can get measurable insight into what can kill and how to prevent it.
What you will learn:
- Difference between the Swiss cheese model and the Forwood Solid Cheese model
- How Critical Risk Management protects against fatal risks other safety systems miss
- How Forwood measures and closes deadly “holes” using data-driven analytics
- A step-by-step walk through of Critical Risk Management in action
- Real world results from high-risk industries using CRM+.
Download today to discover why the Forwood Solid Cheese model is a game-changer for anyone serious about achieving zero serious injuries and fatalities.


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Who is Forwood
For over 10 years, Forwood has been on a mission to achieve zero harm to people and the planet. Working collaboratively with great companies, this mission is being achieved across 800+ sites globally. Our dedication to this mission through our rigorous platform design has seen us achieve exceptional results with our mining partners in reducing and eliminating serious injuries and deaths.

Our proven track record in safety and fatality prevention
A decade of work across the world has produced results that are unheard of in the critical risk management and safety industry. Imagine what we can bring to your organisation.














