While global injury rates continue to decline, fatalities in high-risk industries have largely plateaued. This highlights a critical gap in how organisations manage and verify the life-saving controls designed to prevent catastrophic events.

In the steel industry, operations involving heavy machinery, high energy sources, working at height, and mobile equipment create persistent critical risks. Preventing fatalities requires more than traditional safety metrics — it requires structured Critical Risk Management (CRM) focused on identifying and verifying critical controls.

In this steelTalk, Simon Barnier, Global Head of Sales – Go To Market at Forwood Safety, will explain how data and Artificial Intelligence are transforming CRM. The session will show how large-scale control verification data, predictive analytics, and AI-driven insights can reveal control gaps, risk hotspots, and emerging trends before serious incidents occur.