Getting accepted to university is one of the most exciting moments in a student's life. Your heart starts racing the moment you see the email in your inbox and kicks into double-time as your trembling hands work to open it.…
An organization can have amazing products and services, but if its employees aren't performing effectively and efficiently, it likely will not succeed in the long run. Unfortunately, even motivated employees can become quite inefficient once human error comes into play.…
Human error is the cause of a variety of problems in life, not to mention in the workplace. However, the repercussions of the many different types of human error are far more severe in a work environment; from attention failures…
Companies have human error reduction training courses that aim to encourage accident prevention. The collective types of human error are responsible for 90% of all workplace accidents. Some accidents are minor and others major, but the word major pales in comparison with…
If you have been following, we are going through the process of the Human Error Investigation Process. You can check previous blog posts: "Why you need a Human Error Investigation Program?" and "Human Error Investigation Step 1." So, now that…
the interior metal manufacturing daylight the view from the top It might seem like all workplace employees play a part in reducing human error in the workplace, a particular burden is placed on the shoulders of management. Without quality leadership,…
Determine the Error Type Last month we started a discussion on the reasons we need a Human Error Investigation Program. Now that we all know we pretty much don’t have a choice, either because of productivity shortcomings or because the…
If you work in the GMP regulated industry you not only need to address human error deviations because they are an inconvenience, you must do it because the regulation requires it. Oh, you don’t believe me? Let’s look at two…
In the markedly difficult endeavor of reducing human error, we're often fraught with staring mistake based problems in the face. They're often not pretty, even less often amusing. Of course, among the types of human error, there are certain places…
Reducing human error is a daunting task. As a species, we're incredibly good at discovering new ways to make mistakes. This is especially true with changing technological and social landscapes. To assess all the types of human errors would take…