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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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  • Project Engineer Dies in Fall from Roof in Massachusetts
    Project Engineer Dies in Fall from Roof in Massachusetts
    Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE)  ...
    1998/03/27 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On September 17, 1997, a 32 year old male project engineer was fatally injured when he fell 29 feet from a roof while measuring the roof for an insulation cost estimate. The victim was walking backwards while measuring when he fell over the edge of the roof. A maintenance person from the building who had accompanied the victim and two co-workers to ...
  • Heavy duty equipment operator is crushed when frontend loader falls off a trailer during backing in California
    Heavy duty equipment operator is crushed when front-end loader falls off a trailer during backing in California
    Guerriero, Judie ;
    Harrison, Robert
    1998/03/23 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 65-year-old heavy duty equipment operator (decedent) died when multiple parts of his body were crushed between the side of a track-driven front-end loader and a concrete curb. The decedent was backing the front-end loader off a low-bed trailer in anticipation of using it to level a pad for a new home. While backing it off, the front-end loader we ...
  • School HVAC Mechanic Electrocuted After Contacting an Energized 480 Volt Heating Coil
    School HVAC Mechanic Electrocuted After Contacting an Energized 480 Volt Heating Coil
    New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE)  ...
    1998/03/20 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On July 17, 1997, a 33-year-old male heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) mechanic was electrocuted while cleaning an HVAC system in a public elementary school. The incident occurred in the school's all-purpose room as the victim and a co-worker were servicing two large HVAC units, one of which had been leaking water. Before starting w ...
  • FACE Fatal Facts SkidSteer Loaders
    FACE Fatal Facts: Skid-Steer Loaders
    Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
    1998/03/18 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    How do these fatalities occur? Skid-steer loaders are used in many different work settings. These small and versatile wheel loaders are potentially dangerous if operated or maintained improperly. Between 1992 and 1997, 37 workers in 10 states died while using or maintaining skidsteer loaders. In addition, a fatality of this type recently occurred i ...
  • Construction Employee Dies After Falling From Building Roof
    Construction Employee Dies After Falling From Building Roof
    Parker, David L. ;
    Wahl, George
    1998/03/11 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 26-year-old male construction worker (victim) died of injuries he sustained when he fell approximately 25 feet from the roof of a building. The victim and three coworkers were preparing to finish installing metal roof panels on an addition to an existing arena. Before they began to install additional panels, they distributed various tools along t ...
  • Worker Dies After Crane Tips Into Holding Pond
    Worker Dies After Crane Tips Into Holding Pond
    Brown, Margee ;
    Parker, David L.
    1998/03/06 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 49-year-old worker (victim) suffocated after the crane he was operating tipped into a holding pond at a secondary waste water treatment plant. On the day of the incident, workers used a crane to dredge sludge from a holding pond. The crane was equipped with a bucket that was used for excavating solid materials. The crane was also equipped with a ...
  • Worker Crushed Under Forklift Tines
    Worker Crushed Under Forklift Tines
    Beller, Michael ;
    Choromanski, Deborah
    1998/03/02 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A worker was killed while attempting to inspect a hydraulic leak on a forklift. He was working alone in a storage warehouse, retrieving a motor for a loader. The incident was not witnessed. It was surmised from the evidence that the worker (the victim), while moving a pallet of mixed items with the forklift, noticed a trail of hydraulic fluid along ...
  • Worker Killed by 90 Foot Fall from Roof Canopy
    Worker Killed by 90 Foot Fall from Roof Canopy
    New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE)  ...
    1998/02/27 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On August 7, 1997, a 45-year-old water proofer died from injuries sustained in a 90-foot fall from a concrete roof canopy at a large apartment building. Although he used fall protection while working on a scaffold, he was using none when he stood on the roof canopy to move a cable guard. New Jersey FACE investigators concluded that, in order to pre ...
  • Tower Worker Dies After Falling 130 Feet from Hoist Cable to Ground Pennsylvania FACE 9805
    Tower Worker Dies After Falling 130 Feet from Hoist Cable to Ground - Pennsylvania: FACE 98-05
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    1998/02/26 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 32-year-old male tower erector (the victim) died after falling 130 feet to the ground from a hoist cable he was riding. The victim was a member of a seven-man crew that had completed the erection of a 160-foot-high cellular telephone tower. The crew was in the process of lowering the gin pole (device used to lift the tower sections into place) to ...
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  • Iron Worker Dies After Falling 26 Feet From a Steel Beam
    Iron Worker Dies After Falling 26 Feet From a Steel Beam
    New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE)  ...
    1998/02/25 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On September 3, 1997, a 39-year-old iron worker was killed after he fell from a structural steel beam of a church under construction. The incident occurred as the victim and three co-workers were erecting the structural steel skeleton for the circular, three-story building. The victim and a second employee worked on the steel while another co-worke ...
  • Painter Killed After Falling From A Stepladder While Painting an Outdoor Stairway
    Painter Killed After Falling From A Stepladder While Painting an Outdoor Stairway
    New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE)  ...
    1998/02/25 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On August 12, 1997, a 45-year-old commercial painter was killed after falling from a step ladder as he was painting an outdoor stairway. The incident occurred at a commuter train station as the victim and two co-workers were painting a metal and concrete stairway leading to the station platform. The victim was painting some overhead pipes from an e ...
  • Forklift Operator Crushed to Death Between Forklift Truck Cage And Metal Beam
    Forklift Operator Crushed to Death Between Forklift Truck Cage And Metal Beam
    New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE)  ...
    1998/02/23 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On July 7, 1997, a 37-year-old forklift operator at a trucking company was killed when he was caught and crushed between his forklift's protective cage and a metal load bar. The incident occurred at a shipping terminal as the victim was unloading a trailer with a forklift truck. He was working inside a trailer equipped with a built-in racking syste ...
  • Recycling Plant Worker Killed When Caught in a Closing Overhead Bay Door
    Recycling Plant Worker Killed When Caught in a Closing Overhead Bay Door
    New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE)  ...
    1998/02/23 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On June 9, 1997, a 31-year-old recycling plant worker was killed when he was caught under a closing overhead bay door. The victim and his co-workers were leaving for the day when the victim went back into the plant, apparently to close the overhead door to the glass grinding building. When he did not return, his co-workers looked for him. He was fo ...
  • Highway Department Supervisor Falls From Bluff In Missouri
    Highway Department Supervisor Falls From Bluff In Missouri
    Missouri Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Program (MO FACE)  ...
    1998/02/22 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On August 21, 1997, a 44-year-old male supervisor fell approximately 30 feet from a bluff to a state highway. Construction workers were digging several pits along the top of the bluff. Concerned that the digging may dislodge several large boulders on the bluff face, they contacted the state highway department to come to the site for an inspection. ...
  • Shop Worker Run Over by Tractor
    Shop Worker Run Over by Tractor
    Nebraska Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (Nebraska FACE)  ...
    1998/02/18 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A shop worker was killed when he was run over by a tractor he had been working on. He had just finished installing a loader on an older tractor and had just leveled the bucket. He apparently was going to start the tractor to check for proper operation of the loader attachment. He was standing on the ground in front of the tractor's left rear wheel ...
  • Farmer Crushed in Stacker
    Farmer Crushed in Stacker
    Nebraska Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (Nebraska FACE)  ...
    1998/02/13 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 57-year-old farmer was killed when he was caught between the lower tailgate and the upper tailgate of a stacking machine. He had been stacking corn stalks and for some reason went to the rear of the stacker. The tractor, which was connected to the stacker and provided operating power to the stacker, was left running. There was also a dog in the c ...
  • Roofer Dies in West Virginia Following a Fall From a Roof
    Roofer Dies in West Virginia Following a Fall From a Roof
    West Virginia Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (West Virginia FACE)  ...
    1998/02/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On July 17, 1997, a 44-year-old male roofer (victim) died when he fell approximately 21 feet from a roof onto a driveway below. The victim and a co-worker had completed tar papering the roof and were drawing chalk lines on the tar paper prior to shingling the roof when the fall occurred. Marks on the roof suggest that the victim lost his footing, s ...
  • Maintenance Contractor Killed After Falling From A Ladder
    Maintenance Contractor Killed After Falling From A Ladder
    New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE)  ...
    1998/01/30 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On July 7, 1997, a 79-year-old self-employed maintenance contractor was killed after falling about six feet from a step ladder while preparing to work on an overhead fluorescent light fixture. The incident occurred in the welding shop of a company that imported and distributed heavy machinery. The victim was a former employee of the company who had ...
  • Farm Worker Dies After Falling From 12 Foot High Step Ladder
    Farm Worker Dies After Falling From 12 Foot High Step Ladder
    Parker, David L. ;
    Wahl, George
    1998/01/28 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 60-year-old farm worker (victim) died of injuries sustained when he fell while attaching plastic sheathing across the inside of a 15 foot high door opening of a turkey confinement building. Inside the building at the base of the door was a concrete pad. The victim began attaching the sheathing along the right side of the door and used a 12 foot h ...
  • Worker Dies After Being Run Over By A Caterpillar
    Worker Dies After Being Run Over By A Caterpillar
    Brown, Margee ;
    Parker, David L.
    1998/01/28 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 46-year-old worker (victim) died of injuries he sustained after being run over by a Caterpillar at a construction site. On the day of the incident, workers were preparing the base for new asphalt roadways in a residential housing development. The victim's job was to work near the Caterpillar and advise the operator if the material being added was ...
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