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Swiss cheese model

The Swiss cheese model of accident causation is a model used in risk analysis and risk management. It likens human systems to multiple slices of Swiss cheese, which have randomly placed and sized holes in each slice, stacked side by side, in which the risk of a threat becoming a reality is mitigated by the different types of defenses which are "layered"…

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Swiss cheese model

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related to Active and latent failures · 9
Swiss cheese model → Active, In, James Reason's, Latent, Reason's, Swiss, The, This, Willem Albert Wagenaar's
related to Holes and slices · 7
Swiss cheese model → Bethe, Emmental, Frosch, In, Reason's, Swiss, The

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Swiss cheese modelrelated to Active and latent failuresThe0.60section
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Swiss cheese modelrelated to Active and latent failuresSwiss0.60section
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Swiss cheese modelrelated to Holes and slicesIn0.60section
Swiss cheese modelrelated to Holes and slicesSwiss0.60section
Swiss cheese modelrelated to Holes and slicesEmmental0.60section

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