Performance Influencing Factors (PIFs) is another term, from across the pond, for error traps. You will see me use these terms interchangeably in my HF postings, as I was formally trained to use the term PIFs, but these days it seems we use the term trap.
But after spending a year working with an organization that performed many MANUAL HIGH-RISK tasks daily, I found the UK’s HSE infographic on PIFs very telling. Their #1 listed PIF was:
Clarity of signs, signals, instructions, and other information
I know that almost all organizations could list this item as their #1 opportunity, but this business fell into this trap much deeper than most.