virheriski
Virheriski is a risk-management term describing the risk that human errors will lead to adverse outcomes. It highlights individuals’ actions within complex systems and is considered alongside equipment failures as a contributor to accidents. The term is used in European safety discussions to categorize risks arising from human factors in fields such as healthcare, aviation, manufacturing, and information technology.
Contributing factors include cognitive overload, fatigue, interruptions, miscommunication, insufficient training, ambiguous procedures, and poor user interface
Assessment often relies on incident reporting, root-cause analysis, and human reliability analysis to estimate probability and
Mitigation focuses on preventing errors and limiting their impact: clear standard operating procedures, checklists, error-proofing, automation
Related concepts include human factors, safety culture, and reliability engineering. Critics argue that overemphasizing human error