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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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  • Machine Operator Crushed While Servicing a Die Cutting Machine
    Machine Operator Crushed While Servicing a Die Cutting Machine
    New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE)  ...
    1998/10/05 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On February 7, 1998, a 29-year-old machine operator at a cardboard box factory was killed when he was crushed by a die cutting machine. The incident occurred when the victim noticed that the machine was not cutting the cardboard correctly. Climbing under the machine, the victim found a loose gear and apparently pressed a control button to jog the m ...
  • 66yearold Male Dies in Tractor Overturn While Mowing
    66-year-old Male Dies in Tractor Overturn While Mowing
    Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (KY FACE)  ...
    1998/09/29 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 66-year-old male (the victim) was killed while mowing his farm land. He was driving a Case tractor model 1212 with a front-end loader and 4-foot rotary mower attachments. The tractor had a homemade canopy attached for sun protection but it was not intended to function as a Rollover Protective Structure (ROPS). Tracks in the field show that he had ...
  • Farmer Dies After Becoming Caught In Barn Cleaning System
    Farmer Dies After Becoming Caught In Barn Cleaning System
    Parker, David L. ;
    Wahl, George
    1998/09/28 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 60-year-old male farmer (victim) died after he became caught in a gutter cleaner inside a dairy barn. On the day of the incident, he was cleaning the barn that was used for approximately 25-30 young cows. The barn's gutter was equipped with a mechanical cleaner that consisted of a large continuous chain with metal bars fastened to it. At the ends ...
  • Worker Dies After Being Run Over By A FrontEnd Loader
    Worker Dies After Being Run Over By A Front-End Loader
    Minnesota Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Program (MN FACE)  ...
    1998/09/28 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 31-year-old worker (victim) died of injuries he sustained after being run over by a front-end loader at a construction site. The loader was equipped with an audible back-up alarm, however it was not working at the time of the incident. On the day of the incident, the loader was being used to transport chunks of broken asphalt and concrete to a ro ...
  • Tower Painter Dies and a Second Painter Injured After Falling 900 Feet While Inside a Man Basket South Carolina FACE 9821
    Tower Painter Dies and a Second Painter Injured After Falling 900 Feet While Inside a Man Basket - South Carolina: FACE 98-21
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    1998/09/25 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On June 23, 1998, a male 29-year-old tower painter (the victim) died, and his 16-year-old male co-worker was seriously injured when, due to winch failure, they slid 900 feet down a guy wire anchor. The workers were painting the sixth highest of nine guy wires on one side of a 2,000-foot television broadcast tower. The victim and co-worker entered t ...
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  • Equipment Operator Killed When Tree Trunk Crashes Through Window of Excavator
    Equipment Operator Killed When Tree Trunk Crashes Through Window of Excavator
    Bost, Patrick ;
    O'Leary, Kathleen
    1998/09/23 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On February 18, 1998, a 30-year-old department of public works employee died when he was struck by a section of a tree trunk that crashed through the window of the excavator he was operating. A three-man crew was attempting to clear debris out of their path in order to reach a stream. As the operator lifted the tree off the ground, it slipped off t ...
  • Sawmill Unscrambler Operator Killed when Struck by a Board Ejected by Trim Saw in Washington State
    Sawmill Unscrambler Operator Killed when Struck by a Board Ejected by Trim Saw in Washington State
    Washington (State). Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (WA FACE)  ...
    1998/09/20 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On February 15, 1998, a 43-year-old sawmill "unscrambler" operator died of injuries sustained when he was struck in the chest with a 1" x 6" x 10' board, on the previous afternoon. The board traveled approximately 45 feet at a high rate of speed after being ejected from a "Trim Saw", striking the unscrambler operator at his workstation. The sawmill ...
  • Die Setter Crushed By Machinery At Plastic Molding Company In Missouri
    Die Setter Crushed By Machinery At Plastic Molding Company In Missouri
    Pue, Howard ;
    Ray, Thomas D.
    1998/09/18 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On June 18, 1998, a 51-year-old male die-setter (the victim) at a plastic molding company sustained fatal crushing injuries when he apparently entered a plastic blow-molding machine to perform minor maintenance. The victim had relieved the machine operator for a scheduled break. At approximately 6:15 a.m. the victim entered the machine's enclosed p ...
  • Longshoremanswingman falls from personnel platform being lowered into ship and dies in California
    Longshoreman/swingman falls from personnel platform being lowered into ship and dies in California
    Guerriero, Judie ;
    Harrison, Robert
    1998/09/09 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 37-year-old longshoreman/swingman (decedent) died when he fell from a personnel platform that was being lowered into a ship by a crane. The decedent fell over the platform's guardrail and dropped 15 feet onto a cargo container. The personnel platform was permanently attached to the structural steel of an electro-hydraulic device, commonly called ...
  • Farmer Dies After Being Pinned Between the Bucket and Frame of a Skid steer Loader
    Farmer Dies After Being Pinned Between the Bucket and Frame of a Skid steer Loader
    Wisconsin Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (Wisconsin FACE)  ...
    1998/09/03 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On December 18, 1997, a 70-year-old male dairy farmer (the victim) died after being pinned between the bucket and frame of a skid steer loader (the loader). The victim and his son worked together throughout the morning of the incident, doing routine farm chores. At 11:15, the victim finished cleaning the barn with the loader. He drove the loader be ...
  • Salesman killed while lifting portable elevator that had tipped over in street
    Salesman killed while lifting portable elevator that had tipped over in street.
    Johnson, Wayne ;
    Rautiainen, Risto
    1998/09/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    In March of 1998 a seed salesman and hobby farmer from out-of-state was killed while trying to upright a new portable elevator that had tipped over in a residential street. He had purchased the 27-foot elevator from a machinery dealership the day before, attached it to the bumper of his pickup truck, and was in process of hauling the machine home. ...
  • Industrial machinery mover dies when a heavy cabinet falls off of transport devices and crushes him in California
    Industrial machinery mover dies when a heavy cabinet falls off of transport devices and crushes him in California
    Guerriero, Judie ;
    Harrison, Robert
    1998/08/31 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 45-year-old industrial machinery mover (decedent) died when he was crushed between a heavy cabinet and a concrete wall. The decedent was behind the cabinet which was being moved into place by a system of rollers (skates) and lumber. The cabinet was "top heavy", and it tipped toward the wall pinning the decedent against the wall. A 4X4 had been pl ...
  • Ironworker Falls into Elevator Pit
    Ironworker Falls into Elevator Pit
    Hetzler, William E. ;
    Hirsh, Gary L.
    1998/08/28 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 39-year-old ironworker was killed when he fell off a ladder and struck his head on the edge of an elevator pit. He had been welding and was in the process of descending a 24-foot extension ladder when he fell approximately 14 feet. According to witness statements in the police report, it appears he became entangled in a vertical cable that was cl ...
  • Temporary Laborer Crushed by Dump Truck at Landfill South Carolina FACE 9810
    Temporary Laborer Crushed by Dump Truck at Landfill - South Carolina: FACE 98-10
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    1998/08/28 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On March 9, 1998, a 38-year-old temporary laborer (the victim) was run over and crushed by an off-road dump truck while he was working at a sanitary landfill. The victim had been assigned to pick up litter which fell from refuse collection vehicles traveling the landfill access road. He performed this task for about 2 1/2 hours and was then assigne ...
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  • Maintenance Mechanic Struck and Killed by a Falling Conveyor Platform
    Maintenance Mechanic Struck and Killed by a Falling Conveyor Platform
    New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE)  ...
    1998/08/25 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On October 15, 1997, a 28-year-old maintenance mechanic at a cold storage warehouse was killed when he was struck by the falling platform of a vertical lift conveyor. The incident occurred as the victim and two co-workers were trying to repair the conveyor, which was used as an elevator to lift pallets of produce to the three floors of the warehous ...
  • Apprentice plumber killed while using power lift
    Apprentice plumber killed while using power lift
    Beller, Michael ;
    Choromanski, Deborah
    1998/08/25 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 40-year-old apprentice plumber died after he was pinned between a ceiling water pipe and the rail of a personnel platform. The incident was not witnessed, but evidence suggested that he was using a straddle lift truck to elevate himself to a leaking water pipe. While leaning over the platform rail to manipulate the lift control lever with a 10-fo ...
  • Worker Dies After Falling Off Of Loading Dock Ramp
    Worker Dies After Falling Off Of Loading Dock Ramp
    Minnesota Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Program (MN FACE)  ...
    1998/08/24 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 63-year-old worker (victim) died of injuries he sustained after falling from a loading dock ramp. The victim worked as a part-time repair technician. On the day of the incident, workers were having a going away party for a coworker. Immediately prior to falling, the victim was walking up the dock ramp to join another coworker who was eating in th ...
  • Sign Company Owner and Helper Electrocuted When a Sign Post Contacts an Overhead Power Line
    Sign Company Owner and Helper Electrocuted When a Sign Post Contacts an Overhead Power Line
    New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE)  ...
    1998/08/21 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On March 24, 1998, the 41-year-old owner of a sign company and his 60-year-old helper were electrocuted when the sign post they were raising struck a 7,200 volt overhead power line. The company was hired to raise a sign at a gas station that was being renovated. Setting their truck-mounted crane near the corner of the lot, the owner stood on the tr ...
  • Sheet metal worker falls off step ladder and dies in California
    Sheet metal worker falls off step ladder and dies in California
    Guerriero, Judie ;
    Harrison, Robert
    1998/08/21 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 46-year-old sheet metal worker (decedent) died when he fell off an 8-foot step ladder and struck his head on the edge of a metal floor plate. The employer was performing sheet metal work on a hospital addition. The decedent was working with his right foot on the 5th step at the 4-foot, 9-inch level and the left foot on the step above. He was addi ...
  • Poultry worker is caught in the metal paddles of a feather dryer and dies in California
    Poultry worker is caught in the metal paddles of a feather dryer and dies in California
    Guerriero, Judie ;
    Harrison, Robert
    1998/08/21 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 39-year-old poultry worker (decedent) died when a feather dryer was turned on and he was struck by and caught in the metal paddles. The decedent had been cleaning out the feather dryer tank for about thirty minutes when the paddle drive motor was started by another employee. The feather dryer was not locked/tagged out and the employer did not hav ...
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