human error
noun
: a person's mistake rather than on the failure of a machine
The accident was blamed on human error.
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Research shows the cost, time demands and risk of human error make hand-counting far less reliable than machine tabulation, and fewer than 1% of Americans live in jurisdictions with the manual process.
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Tracey McManus The Dallas Morning News, Arkansas Online, 7 Dec. 2025
Removing human error causing 90% of all crashes each year will drastically reduce fatalities, injuries, billions in property damage and lost productivity.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Dec. 2025
Potential causes for the tower’s collapse currently being investigated include human error in assembly of the renovation scaffolding or vibrations from deep drilling for the new Metro C subway line, which can regularly be felt and heard throughout the area.
—Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 25 Nov. 2025
The initial blackout was caused by human error, while the second similarly occurred because the flushing pump had shut off, Barnum said.
—Ayesha Ali, ABC News, 18 Nov. 2025
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Tracey McManus The Dallas Morning News, Arkansas Online, 7 Dec. 2025
Removing human error causing 90% of all crashes each year will drastically reduce fatalities, injuries, billions in property damage and lost productivity.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Dec. 2025
Potential causes for the tower’s collapse currently being investigated include human error in assembly of the renovation scaffolding or vibrations from deep drilling for the new Metro C subway line, which can regularly be felt and heard throughout the area.
—Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 25 Nov. 2025
The initial blackout was caused by human error, while the second similarly occurred because the flushing pump had shut off, Barnum said.
—Ayesha Ali, ABC News, 18 Nov. 2025
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“Human error.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/human%20error. Accessed 18 Dec. 2025.
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