The phrase "assign fault to" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing responsibility or blame for a particular issue or situation.
Example: "In the investigation, the committee decided to assign fault to the management for the oversight that led to the incident."
Alternatives: "attribute blame to" or "place responsibility on".
A bigger concern to me is that people might interpret these findings as assigning fault to people who get cancer.
(Noticing an open window in a nearby government office building, some in the Bakersfield crowd shouted, "Shut that window! You're wasting my air-conditioning!") Although Bakersfield is in one of the most conservative districts in California, the Tea Party speakers assigned fault to Republicans as well as to Democrats.
The lawyer for a man who was rescued from the rubble after the collapse said the Rapetti verdict actually might help his civil case, which assigns fault to numerous defendants including the city, the building's owner, the general contractor on the project and Mr. Rapetti's company.
Investigation indicated "potential material failure," the report says, but the manufacture assigned fault to its installation.
In cases where you're completely innocent, you may ask the IRS to allocate or assign the fault to the "right" spouse at fault.
We see also a glimpse of Brown's tendency to instantly assign fault for a setback to someone else.
Although not intended to assign fault, the commission's findings made it clear that the Pentagon needed to do more to protect American forces overseas, particularly those traveling alone from one spot to another, as the Cole was.
Barbier heard eight weeks of testimony without a jury for the trial's first phase, which was designed to identity the causes of the blowout of BP's Macondo well and assign percentages of fault to the companies involved in the drilling project.
Assigning blame or fault to your mentor(s) is rarely a good professional strategy.
