It's only human: Understanding why errors occur in skilled behaviour

有证据表明，错误在工作场所伤害的原因中起着重要作用，熟练行为中的错误是导致职业事故的最常见的错误类型。在其他情况下，基于技能的错误很可能在造成致命和严重伤害方面也很重要。如果我们想要减少或预防伤害，解决失误的原因，特别是技术性失误，必须成为首要目标。通过减少工作场所的技能错误，目前的估计表明，每年的生命损失将减少约200例，每年给社区造成的直接和间接损失将减少4.84亿美元。在其他环境中，减少基于技能的错误也可能产生类似的好处。

There is evidence that error plays a major role in the causes of workplace injury and errors in skilled behaviour are the most common type of error leading to occupational accidents. It is likely that skill-based error is also important in causing fatal and severe injury in other settings. If we want to reduce or prevent injury, tackling the causes of error, and especially skill-based error, must be a prime target. By reducing skill-based error in the workplace, current estimates suggest that loss of life would be reduced by about 200 cases per year and annual direct and indirect costs to the community by $484 million. Similar benefits are likely to emanate from reducing skill-based error in other settings.