To err is human… some facts

Did you know that… 

• Human Error is 20% human and 80% bad designed systems

• Less than 8% of human errors are related to a lack of Knowledge, Skill or Ability? (Training)

• Less than 10% of human errors are related to the individual that actually executed incorrectly?

• More than 70% of the corrective actions for human errors are to re-train?

• On Fatigue: 17 consecutive hrs/work produces same error rate as 0.05mg/l alcohol in bloodstream.

• More than 90% of organizational failures are caused by an incorrect action performed by a human?

• ”Human error” is about explaining “human behavior” in the same way chemical engineers explain product behavior.

• Did you know ‘Human Error’ shows up in about 80% of aviation accidents? Did you know it can be prevented?

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