# Human Error & PS

*Tom Geraghty · Safety & Human Error, Models & Critique*

Introduces the human error typology — slips, lapses, mistakes, violations — and argues that categorising error correctly is the prerequisite for learning from it. Challenges the 'human error as root cause' framing as a reductionist shortcut that prevents investigation reaching the system.

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