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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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  • A roofers helper working for a roofing contractor in Texas died when he fell through a threefoot square opening in a roof and struck a concrete floor
    A roofer's helper, working for a roofing contractor in Texas, died when he fell through a three-foot square opening in a roof and struck a concrete floor.
    Texas Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (Texas FACE)  ...
    1998/11/13 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On March 13, 1998, a 28-year-old roofer's helper (the victim) died when he fell through a three-foot square opening in a roof. The victim was in the process of removing roofing material from a one-story building by throwing debris over the side of the building or down one of the numerous openings left on the roof. The openings were left when equipm ...
  • Pest Control Technician Dies in 100 Foot Fall from Roof in Massachusetts
    Pest Control Technician Dies in 100 Foot Fall from Roof in Massachusetts
    Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE)  ...
    1998/11/06 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On August 13, 1997, a 25 year old male pest control technician died when he fell from the roof of an apartment building. The technician was spraying for spiders in the vents and other parts of the roof when the incident occurred. While spraying along a gutter of a roof-top penthouse, the technician walked off the edge of the roof and fell nine stor ...
  • A pipe layer working in a trench for a general contractor in Texas died when a trench wall gave way and he was fully engulfed in sanddirt
    A pipe layer working in a trench for a general contractor in Texas, died when a trench wall gave way and he was fully engulfed in sand/dirt.
    Texas Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (Texas FACE)  ...
    1998/11/05 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 45-year-old, male pipe layer (the victim) died when a trench wall collapsed and he was fully engulfed in sand/dirt. Prior to the event the worker was operating a pipe bursting machine in an area of the trench protected by a trench box. For reasons that are unclear, the victim left the protection of the trench box and walked into an area that was ...
  • Farmer suffocates under grain while using a grain vacuum
    Farmer suffocates under grain while using a grain vacuum.
    Johnson, Wayne ;
    Rautiainen, Risto
    1998/11/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 64-year-old farmer and owner of a grain vacuum service died while vacuuming corn out of a grain bin. He was hired by another farmer to empty a 10,000 bushel bin because the unloading auger had malfunctioned. He was using his grain vacuum, powered by a 150 horsepower tractor power take-off (PTO). He was working alone inside the bin, vacuuming out ...
  • Farmer crushed underneath rotary mower while changing blades
    Farmer crushed underneath rotary mower while changing blades.
    Johnson, Wayne ;
    Rautiainen, Risto
    1998/11/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    In the spring of 1998 a 76-year-old Iowa farmer was killed while working on a rotary mower in his machine shed. The mower was attached to the three-point hitch of his tractor, which he had backed into a machine shed to change the mower blades. He raised the mower to a sufficient height to work underneath, but did not provide support or blocking for ...
  • A siding mechanic falls from a ladder after he contacted a power line
    A siding mechanic falls from a ladder after he contacted a power line
    Goddard, Keith L. ;
    Weber, Philip P.
    1998/11/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On Thursday, May 14, 1998, a 40-year-old siding mechanic died four hours after falling approximately 25-feet from an aluminum extension ladder. The victim and three other workers were installing aluminum siding on a 2½ story duplex home, when the accident occurred at 3:15 p.m. He was standing near the top of the ladder holding a 9-foot long by 10-i ...
  • A maintenance cleanup worker at a trucking company freight dock terminal in Texas died when he fell through a skylight on a roof
    A maintenance clean-up worker, at a trucking company freight dock terminal in Texas, died when he fell through a skylight on a roof.
    Texas Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (Texas FACE)  ...
    1998/10/30 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 48 year-old, male maintenance clean-up worker (the victim) died when he fell through a roof skylight. The victim and two co-workers were replacing light bulbs in outside lights mounted on poles attached to the building. They accessed the lights by standing on a ladder placed on top of a semi-trailer positioned next to the building. After replacin ...
  • A hotel maintenance engineer died when struck by the counter weights of an elevator in Texas
    A hotel maintenance engineer died when struck by the counter weights of an elevator in Texas.
    Texas Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (Texas FACE)  ...
    1998/10/30 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 51-year-old, male hotel maintenance engineer (the victim) died when he was struck by the descending elevator counter weights in a three-car hoist way enclosure. The victim was responding to a work request to locate keys that had fallen out of the pocket of another employee and through the opening in the elevator landing sill. Without reporting th ...
  • Cable Television Installer Electrocuted When Cable Wire Contacts 7200Volt Powerline
    Cable Television Installer Electrocuted When Cable Wire Contacts 7,200-Volt Powerline
    Pue, Howard ;
    Ray, Thomas D.
    1998/10/30 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On April 13, 1998, a 24-year-old male cable television (CATV) installer (the victim) was electrocuted when the cable wire he was holding contacted a 7,200-volt powerline. The victim was in the process of installing CATV to a customer. The incident site contained two sets of powerline poles. Line #1 was a single 7,200-volt primary line, with a singl ...
  • A computer support technician at a communications company in Texas died after being crushed in a stationary trash compactor
    A computer support technician at a communications company in Texas died after being crushed in a stationary trash compactor.
    Texas Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (Texas FACE)  ...
    1998/10/29 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 52-year-old, male computer support technician (the victim), at a communications company died after being crushed in a stationary trash compactor. The victim had gone to the company loading dock to look for a computer shipping box which had been mistakenly thrown into the trash compactor. He turned on the compactor using the key located in the swi ...
  • Machine Operator Dies After Being Crushed by 9700Pound Coil Cart Pennsylvania FACE 9814
    Machine Operator Dies After Being Crushed by 9,700-Pound Coil Cart - Pennsylvania: FACE 98-14
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    1998/10/29 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 24-year-old male machine operator (the victim) died after a coil cart he was repairing fell on top of him. The victim was working with another worker on a machine designed to press coils of steel into flat sheets, when the coil cart used to bring steel coils to the press failed to operate. The victim discovered that the chain had come off the cha ...
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  • Ironworker Crushed Between Crane Outrigger and Back of Stretch Deck Trailer
    Ironworker Crushed Between Crane Outrigger and Back of Stretch Deck Trailer
    Beller, Michael ;
    Choromanski, Deborah
    1998/10/28 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 51-year-old ironworker was crushed when he went to unhook a chain between a mobile crane and a stretch deck trailer. The victim and three co-workers were assisting a tractor-trailer driver to stretch and pin the trailer. Because they were having some difficulty stretching the trailer using only dunnage (a length of wood to block the wheels) in fr ...
  • Farm Equipment Worker Dies After Being Struck By Frame Of Sprayer
    Farm Equipment Worker Dies After Being Struck By Frame Of Sprayer
    Parker, David L. ;
    Wahl, George
    1998/10/22 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 53-year-old male farm equipment worker (victim) died after he was struck by the metal frame of a sprayer. The victim and a coworker were attempting to attach the sprayer to the three-point hydraulic lift of a tractor. The sprayer's frame was hinged in two locations to enable the width of the machine to be reduced during transport on roadways and ...
  • Three Fiber Optic Cable Installers Killed by Contact with Power Line
    Three Fiber Optic Cable Installers Killed by Contact with Power Line
    Hetzler, William E. ;
    Hirsh, Gary L.
    1998/10/16 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 41-year-old journeyman lineman, a 38-year-old journeyman lineman and a 24-year-old, all working as cable installers in aerial line construction, were killed when a guy wire contacted an 8,000 volt above ground power line. The 41-year-old and the 38-year-old were electrocuted and the 24-year-old died the following day as a result of electrical bur ...
  • Warehouseman dies when crushed by one of several earthmoving equipment tires he was loading onto a truck
    Warehouseman dies when crushed by one of several earthmoving equipment tires he was loading onto a truck
    Goddard, Keith L. ;
    Weber, Philip P.
    1998/10/16 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On Thursday, April 16, 1998, a 46-year-old male warehouseman (the victim) was fatally injured when a tire he had lined up in preparation for loading onto a flatbed trailer fell on him. The victim was showing the new operations manager (witness) the procedure for loading heavy equipment (off-the-road) tires for shipment. Before the supervisor arrive ...
  • 53yearold Dies in Tricycle Tractor Overturn while Transporting Round Bale
    53-year-old Dies in Tricycle Tractor Overturn while Transporting Round Bale
    Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (KY FACE)  ...
    1998/10/15 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 53-year-old full-time farmer (the victim) was crushed to death when the tractor he was operating overturned. At 1:45 pm, the victim was moving a large round bale of hay with a hay spike mounted on the front of a tractor. The tractor was not equipped with a rollover protective structure (ROPS) or a seatbelt. The farmer, who was sharecropping, was ...
  • Fence Technician Pinned Inside Cargo Van by Line Laying Machine North Carolina FACE 9812
    Fence Technician Pinned Inside Cargo Van by Line Laying Machine - North Carolina: FACE 98-12
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    1998/10/14 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On May 21, 1998, a 22-year-old male fence technician trainee (the victim) for an invisible fence distributorship was caught between the handlebar of a line-laying machine and the rear door jamb of a cargo van as he attempted to unload the machine. The victim was accompanying the head fence-technician during initial job training and had been dispatc ...
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  • Logger Fatally Injured by Falling Limb
    Logger Fatally Injured by Falling Limb
    Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (KY FACE)  ...
    1998/10/06 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 60-year-old male logger (the victim) was killed when a falling limb struck him on the head. He had been involved in the logging industry all of his life and had been working for a small logging business for six days when the fatal incident occurred. At about 9 a.m. on the day of the incident, the owner of the company went with the victim to where ...
  • Derrick man dies of a crush injury following a 65foot fall with a collapsing oil drilling rig in Oklahoma
    Derrick man dies of a crush injury following a 65-foot fall with a collapsing oil drilling rig in Oklahoma.
    Oklahoma Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (OKFACE)  ...
    1998/10/05 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    In February 1998, a 32-year-old derrick man died after he fell 65 feet when the oil-drilling rig he was working on collapsed and fell to the ground. The 6-man drilling crew had taken the last pieces of drill pipe and drill collars out of the hole when the drilling rig collapsed. The derrick man was standing on the derrick board 65 feet above ground ...
  • Construction worker dies of crush injuries after being struck by falling concrete form Oklahoma
    Construction worker dies of crush injuries after being struck by falling concrete form - Oklahoma.
    Douglas, Malinda R. ;
    Mallonee, Sue
    1998/10/05 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 56-year-old, male construction worker died from crush injuries when the concrete form he was working on toppled over and fell on him. The construction worker and two co-workers were using a crane to remove the form from a newly poured concrete sound barrier wall. While one worker operated the crane, the construction worker and the second co-worke ...
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