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Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program

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U.S. workplace deaths remain a public health crisis, with over 5,000 annual fatalities concentrated in high-risk sectors like construction, transportation, and agriculture. To address this under the OSH Act, NIOSH runs the Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) program, a non-regulatory initiative providing safety guidance through independent, non-enforcement investigations. Structurally, FACE operates as a unified effort split into two distinct, complementary branches: a centralized, national In-House program run directly by NIOSH, and a decentralized network of State FACE programs funded via cooperative agreements. While both share common goals and methods, they differ significantly in their organizational structure, authority, influence, and how they implement findings locally across diverse regional industries. Together, they generate extensive prevention resources and adapt to emerging workplace hazards.

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Showing 2061 - 2080 of 3531 results
  • Tower Hand Dies After 230Foot Fall from Communications Tower North Carolina FACE 9901
    Tower Hand Dies After 230-Foot Fall from Communications Tower - North Carolina: FACE 99-01
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    1999/06/03 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On November 13, 1998, a 40-year-old male tower hand (the victim) died after falling 230 feet from a 250-foot communications tower. Office of the North Carolina Occupational Safety and Health Administration (NCOSHA) notified the Division of Safety Research (DSR) of this fatality. DSR offered technical assistance and on December 15, 1998, a safety sp ...
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  • Maintenance Technician Dies After Falling Eight Feet From Ladder
    Maintenance Technician Dies After Falling Eight Feet From Ladder
    Parker, David L. ;
    Wahl, George
    1999/06/02 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 51-year-old male maintenance technician (victim) died of injuries he sustained after he fell approximately eight feet at a food processing facility. The victim and a coworker were preparing to modify chemical lines in a room that contained liquid chemicals used to clean and sanitize food processing equipment. One end of a catwalk that was used to ...
  • Ornamental Iron Installer dies when crushed by load that fell off forklift in California
    Ornamental Iron Installer dies when crushed by load that fell off forklift in California
    Harrison, Robert ;
    Styles, Laura
    1999/06/02 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 37-year-old male ornamental iron installer leadman (decedent) died when he fell off the forks of a forklift and was crushed by its falling load. He and his co-workers were installing iron fencing sections that were eight feet high by ten feet long. They weighed two hundred and fifteen pounds each. In order to move the last five panels to be insta ...
  • Volunteer Ranger Dies from Fall on Denali
    Volunteer Ranger Dies from Fall on Denali
    Alaska Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (Alaska FACE)  ...
    1999/06/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On May 24, 1998, a 33-year-old National Park volunteer ranger died when he fell from a ridge on Denali (Mt. McKinley). The victim and another volunteer ranger were descending from a 17,200-foot camp along the West Buttress. During their descent, the volunteer rangers witnessed another climber fall while descending an exposed section of the ridge ro ...
  • Hod Carrier dies and three coworkers injured in fall from rolling tower scaffold in California
    Hod Carrier dies and three co-workers injured in fall from rolling tower scaffold in California
    Harrison, Robert ;
    Styles, Laura
    1999/05/20 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 29-year-old hod carrier (decedent) died and three co-workers were injured when they fell from the fourth story of a pump house building that was under construction. The decedent and three co-workers were spraying fireproof insulation onto the structural steel frame of the building. They used a rolling tower scaffold to gain access to the structur ...
  • A laborer for a framing subcontractor in Texas died when he fell from a wooden trash box being lifted by a forklift
    A laborer for a framing subcontractor in Texas died when he fell from a wooden trash box being lifted by a forklift.
    Texas Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (Texas FACE)  ...
    1999/05/18 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On June 6, 1998, a 21 year-old laborer (the victim) died when he fell from a wooden trash box being lifted by a rough terrain forklift. The victim was attempting to install the last piece of sheeting on the second floor of a house. Another worker went to get a forklift and a trash box for him to stand in while nailing up the sheeting. Once the tras ...
  • Tower Construction Worker Dies Following 200 Foot Fall From Radio Tower
    Tower Construction Worker Dies Following 200 Foot Fall From Radio Tower
    Missouri Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Program (MO FACE)  ...
    1999/05/13 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On October 14, 1998, a 35-year-old male tower erector (victim) working for a tower erection company died after falling 200 feet while attached to the gin pole. The victim was part of a four-man crew working on the erection of a 400-foot, three-sided radio tower. The workers were in the process of extending the gin pole above the existing tower sect ...
  • A laborer for a boring and tunneling company in Texas died when he was struck by a hydraulic hose
    A laborer for a boring and tunneling company in Texas, died when he was struck by a hydraulic hose.
    Texas Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (Texas FACE)  ...
    1999/05/12 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On October 3, 1998, a 32-year-old laborer for a boring and tunneling company died when he was struck by a hydraulic hose coupling. The victim was part of a crew digging a tunnel. They were using a hydraulic jacking machine to push 54-inch diameter casing into the tunnel, one section at a time. The victim was standing next to one of the jacks. When ...
  • Log Rolls off Truck at Sawmill Killing Employee
    Log Rolls off Truck at Sawmill Killing Employee
    Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (KY FACE)  ...
    1999/05/11 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    In December 1998, a 31-year-old male (the victim) sawmill employee was killed when struck by a log that rolled off the truck as he was preparing it to be unloaded. The victim had just returned to the sawmill with a load of poplar logs that were stacked well above the standards. Three straps had been placed around the load to keep the logs in place. ...
  • Lumber Company Employee Falls 48 From Storage Rack to his Death
    Lumber Company Employee Falls 48" From Storage Rack to his Death
    Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (KY FACE)  ...
    1999/05/08 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    In October 1998, a 58-year-old male truck driver/yard worker (the victim) died of traumatic head injuries when he fell 48" from a storage rack. The victim climbed onto the storage rack to retrieve 3/4" round molding, 8 feet in length for a customer. The victim was standing on pine boards that were stored on the middle row and was trying to retrieve ...
  • Logger Killed when Struck by Top of Falling Tree which was Felled by an Adjacent Cutter in Washington State
    Logger Killed when Struck by Top of Falling Tree, which was Felled by an Adjacent Cutter, in Washington State
    Washington (State). Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (WA FACE)  ...
    1999/04/30 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On April 10, 1998, a 45-year-old "tree faller" died after being struck by a twenty-foot tree section that had broken from a tree felled by a co-worker. The victim was working a strip of the logging site down slope from two other cutters. A co-worker (another tree faller) cutting in the adjacent area, felled a tree measuring approximately 115-125 fe ...
  • Iron Worker Killed When Struck by a Steel Platform Falling From Two Forklift Trucks
    Iron Worker Killed When Struck by a Steel Platform Falling From Two Forklift Trucks
    New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE)  ...
    1999/04/29 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On August 17, 1998, a 35-year-old iron worker was killed when he was struck by a falling steel platform that was being supported by two forklift trucks. The incident occurred at a refrigerated warehouse where the victim's company had been contracted to build a steel platform to hold a refrigeration unit. The company had fabricated a 15-foot-high st ...
  • Marine Terminal Laborer Run Over by a Trailer Being Loaded Onto a Barge
    Marine Terminal Laborer Run Over by a Trailer Being Loaded Onto a Barge
    New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE)  ...
    1999/04/28 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    In August 7, 1998, a 34-year-old laborer at a marine shipping terminal was critically injured after he was run over by a trailer being backed into a barge. The incident occurred as a massive seagoing barge was being loaded with cars and trailers for transport to the Caribbean. The victim was apparently standing in a loading lane to strap down a pic ...
  • Equipment Operator Killed After Backing a Forklift Into an Excavation
    Equipment Operator Killed After Backing a Forklift Into an Excavation
    New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE)  ...
    1999/04/23 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On October 20, 1998, a 40-year-old equipment operator for a power company was killed when she backed a forklift into a trench covered with plywood. The incident occurred at a company building that was being partly torn down to make way for a new highway. A storeroom in the building had been cleared, leaving three pallets of material staged outside ...
  • Arc welder dies in explosion while using an old barrel as a worktable
    Arc welder dies in explosion while using an old barrel as a worktable.
    Etre, Lois A. ;
    Johnson, Wayne
    1999/04/06 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 38-year-old male arc welder died as a result of an explosion at a construction company. The victim was working at a rural shop location to repair a large garbage truck, which was brought to the shop for repairs that morning. Several items were to be added to the rear of the truck and on the main box. The victim was working near a farm building, a ...
  • Paper mill employee killed as winder safety plate pins him against a beam
    Paper mill employee killed as winder safety plate pins him against a beam.
    Etre, Lois A. ;
    Johnson, Wayne
    1999/04/06 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On February 9, 1998, a 40-year-old male employee died while working at a paper mill. The employee was working at the winder station. The winder station consists of a spool-like machine on which the paper is wound. One complete roll of paper was processed. When inserting the paper for the next roll, the victim noticed that the paper was not winding ...
  • Female machine operator killed when working on a punch press
    Female machine operator killed when working on a punch press.
    Etre, Lois A. ;
    Johnson, Wayne
    1999/04/06 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 43-year-old female machine operator died while operating a punch press on June 25, 1998. When the punch press operates, small sections of the metal sheet, called knockout, slugs, or scrap, drop below the press and accumulated on the die bed directly below the die. During one cycle, the press struck a pile of slugs ejecting them towards the operat ...
  • Sawmill worker killed while unplugging wood chips from a chipper duct
    Sawmill worker killed while unplugging wood chips from a chipper duct.
    Etre, Lois A. ;
    Johnson, Wayne
    1999/04/05 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 22-year-old male employee died after being caught in a cable while operating a wood-chipping machine at a sawmill. The family-owned (Amish) business had been in operation for several years with about 10 employees, although the number varied throughout the year. The process included discarded wood pieces from the sawmill, which were carried on a c ...
  • Farmer Slips Off Tractor Step Into Path of a Grain Semi Truck
    Farmer Slips Off Tractor Step Into Path of a Grain Semi Truck
    Johnson, Wayne ;
    Rautiainen, Risto
    1999/04/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    In the fall of 1998 a 42-year-old farmer was killed while he was loading corn into a grain semi truck. Three men at the farm site were unloading their 3rd or 4th load of corn that morning. The victim was operating one tractor with an attached auger wagon, and was unloading corn from the wagon into the semi from the right side. Another farmer, also ...
  • Farmwife was killed as a gravity flow wagon filled with beans tipped over on her
    Farmwife was killed as a gravity flow wagon filled with beans tipped over on her.
    Johnson, Wayne ;
    Rautiainen, Risto
    1999/04/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    In October 1998, a 50-year-old Iowa farmwife was killed when a grain wagon tipped over on its side, crushing her underneath. The wagon was filled with soybeans and was being pulled in from the field. While going through a shallow ditch, the wagon slightly tipped to the right and a few bushels of beans spilled onto the ground. The wagon's grain box ...
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