[jimktrains2]

They were/are helpful in making medicine safer too.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/12/10/the-checklist

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24116973

[kendallpark]

Same with aviation.

http://qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/24/7/428

[ranger207]

The New Yorker article was later expanded into an entire book of the same name.

[ErikAugust]

The Checklist Manifesto