Approaching Human Error in Industrial Settings: Memento for Romanian Occupational Health and Safety Professionals

In recent decades, in addition to numerous work accidents in which tens of thousands of deaths, disabilities and millions of days of temporary inability to work have been recorded, we have unfortunately witnessed some major disasters and accidents due to human errors. Indeed, one of the main identified contributors to the occurrence of these undesirable events stems from latent/active human errors. In this article, we try to develop a selective synthesis of some approaches to human error, different characteristic types, models and methodologies that have been developed to support the minimization of these errors. Relevant aspects of human error are systematized, including applicable systems for effective risk management in order to provide Romanian OSH specialists with tools for deepening/understanding a decisive and - at the same time - insufficiently studied aspect at the national level.