RCA · BOWTIE · BARRIERS
Map root causes and barriers in minutes, not weeks
Automated Bowtie analysis helps you move past symptoms - identifying preventive and mitigative barriers so the same incident does not recur.
Book a 20-minute demoUI · ILLUSTRATION · PRODUCT
An investigation room where the Bowtie replaces a blank whiteboard.
Illustration of the product interface
- Faster structured investigations
- Shared language for barriers and controls
- Less repeat of the same incident class
EVIDENCE · HSE · SOURCED
Why root cause beats treating symptoms
- Trapped by something collapsing or overturning caused 18 worker deaths in 2025/26 (provisional).
- Contact with moving machinery caused 10 worker deaths the same year.
- These are recurring, structurally similar events - the case for Bowtie over one-off fixes.
SRC · 2025/26 provisionalSource: HSE, Health and safety at work statistics, Great Britain (Open Government Licence v3.0). hse.gov.uk/statistics
EXAMPLE · WORKED
What this looks like on a real site
A near-miss where a pedestrian stepped into a forklift path is opened as an investigation. Onwatch proposes a Bowtie: the threats, the barriers that failed, and the consequences if they fail again. The EHS lead edits two barriers, assigns actions, and the same hazard class is tracked across sites - instead of a fresh whiteboard every quarter.
ILLUSTRATIVE · NOT A CASE STUDY
What you get
- Faster structured investigations
- Shared language for barriers and controls
- Less repeat of the same incident class
SETUP · HOW IT WORKS
How it works
- 1.Start from an incident or near-miss context
- 2.Onwatch proposes a Bowtie structure with barriers
- 3.You refine and assign actions with a clear visual model
Bring us a real incident
Pick one you have already investigated. We will run it through and you can tell us what we missed.
One closed investigation · we show our working
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