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Here’s a bunch of linked articles (and a video) unpacking the constructs, or uses, of “human error”.

(‘Keep calm’ header image source is my own, from a presentation)

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Link: https://safety177496371.wordpress.com/2021/08/05/searching-for-the-origins-of-the-myth-80-human-error-impact-on-maritime-safety/

Link: https://safety177496371.wordpress.com/2025/01/31/hollnagel-on-human-error-error-as-cause-process-or-outcome/

Link: https://safety177496371.wordpress.com/2024/09/05/the-emperors-new-clothes-or-whatever-happened-to-human-error/

Link: https://safety177496371.wordpress.com/2024/07/24/human-error-and-violation-of-rules-in-industrial-safety-a-systematic-literature-review/

Link: https://safety177496371.wordpress.com/2024/07/01/design-rules-based-on-analyses-of-human-error/

Link: https://safety177496371.wordpress.com/2024/06/21/understanding-human-error-in-naval-aviation-mishaps/

Link: https://safety177496371.wordpress.com/2024/05/24/state-of-science-evolving-perspectives-on-human-error/

Link: https://safety177496371.wordpress.com/2024/05/14/six-stages-to-the-new-view-of-human-error/

Link: https://safety177496371.wordpress.com/2024/04/16/human-performance-in-barrier-thinking-problems-with-human-error-post-1/

Link: https://safety177496371.wordpress.com/2024/01/18/perspectives-on-human-error-hindsight-biases-and-local-rationality/

Link: https://safety177496371.wordpress.com/2023/12/01/beyond-human-error-an-empirical-study-of-the-safety-model-1-and-model-2-approaches-for-predicting-workers-behaviors-and-outcomes-with-procedures/

Link: https://safety177496371.wordpress.com/2023/10/20/attributions-of-accidents-to-human-error-in-news-stories-effects-on-perceived-culpability-perceived-preventability-and-perceived-need-for-punishment/

Link: https://safety177496371.wordpress.com/2023/10/03/what-role-does-zero-harm-play-in-the-criminalisation-of-human-error/

Link: https://safety177496371.wordpress.com/2023/09/30/human-error-or-an-error-trap-ready-to-strike-the-case-of-a-mechanical-press-arm-amputation/

Link: https://safety177496371.wordpress.com/2023/09/24/professional-accident-investigators-attribute-more-blame-to-workers-than-laypeople-exhibiting-a-human-error-bias/

Link: https://safety177496371.wordpress.com/2023/06/27/choosing-remedies-after-accidents-counterfactual-thoughts-and-the-focus-on-fixing-human-error/

Link: https://safety177496371.wordpress.com/2023/02/19/two-views-on-human-error/

Link: https://safety177496371.wordpress.com/2023/01/24/myths-of-human-error-and-rule-following-besnard-hollnagel-2012/

Link: https://safety177496371.wordpress.com/2022/11/18/system-factors-behind-human-error/

Link: https://safety177496371.wordpress.com/2022/10/18/learning-from-mistakes-is-easier-said-than-done-group-and-organizational-influences-on-the-detection-and-correction-of-human-error/

Link: https://safety177496371.wordpress.com/2021/11/22/example-post-3/

Link: https://safety177496371.wordpress.com/2025/02/01/constructions-of-human-error-mini-compendium/

Link: https://safety177496371.wordpress.com/2024/10/04/doctors-are-more-dangerous-than-gun-owners-a-rejoinder-to-error-counting/

Link: https://safety177496371.wordpress.com/2024/02/05/taking-the-hit-focusing-on-caregiver-error-masks-organizational-level-risk-factors-for-nursing-aide-assault/

Link: https://safety177496371.wordpress.com/2024/08/20/coronial-inquiry-not-hard-to-find-human-culprits-and-we-must-beware-of-falling-prey-to-the-fundamental-attribution-error-i-e-blaming-people-and-ignoring-situational-factors/

Link: https://safety177496371.wordpress.com/2024/05/19/reconstructing-human-contributions-to-accidents-the-new-view-on-error-and-performance/

Link: https://safety177496371.wordpress.com/2024/05/21/mistaking-error-an-earlier-paper-from-david-woods-richard-cook/

Link: https://safety177496371.wordpress.com/2024/05/26/the-role-design-error-plays-in-chemical-industry-accidents/

Link: https://safety177496371.wordpress.com/2024/07/08/designing-for-error/

LinkedIn post: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/constructions-human-error-mini-compendium-ben-hutchinson-akfvc