Project partners: Tox Info Suisse and Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich)

The Swiss Cheese model emphasises that accidents occur when multiple safety measures fail, or human error or mistakes are not prevented or mitigated by safeguards, tools or processes. In this project, we take on the system-based perspective of the Swiss Cheese model to improve the understanding of household accidents with chemical products (e.g., cleaning products).

HF Partners carries out (1) expert interviews with system stakeholders, (2) analyses existing data from calls made to Tox Info Suisse and (3) interview people that had accidents in their households. The goal of the project is to work out specific recommendations to prevent household accidents in the future.

The project is funded by the Federal Office of Public Health.