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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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  • Fire Chief Dies 10 Days After Exposure to Toxic Gases and Smoke
    Fire Chief Dies 10 Days After Exposure to Toxic Gases and Smoke
    New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE)  ...
    1997/03/25 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On August 14, 1996, a 59-year-old deputy fire chief was critically injured, and two other fire officers received minor injuries after inhaling toxic gases at a fire scene. The incident occurred at a fast-food restaurant when a fire broke out in the hamburger broiler. Spreading into the hood and exhaust ductwork above the broiler, the fire quickly s ...
  • Supervisor dies when caught between an adjusting bar and the frame of a knitting machine in California
    Supervisor dies when caught between an adjusting bar and the frame of a knitting machine in California
    California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (CA/FACE)  ...
    1997/03/24 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 51-year-old supervisor/mechanic (decedent) died when he was caught and pinned at the neck between an adjusting rod (take-up) and the leg of the frame of a knitting machine. The decedent was attempting to correct a problem with the lines of thread feeding into the knitter. With the protective gate (machine guard) open due to a defeated interlock, ...
  • Carpenter dies in a fall from a ladder when circular saw slashes his neck in California
    Carpenter dies in a fall from a ladder when circular saw slashes his neck in California
    California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (CA/FACE)  ...
    1997/03/24 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 32-year-old male carpenter (victim) died after being slashed across his neck by an unguarded circular saw. The victim was standing on the step below the top of an aluminum step ladder, cutting a 2 X 4 wood purlin (support for rafters). In order to complete the sawing, he placed his right foot on the edge of exposed ceiling drywall. The ceiling dr ...
  • Warehouse Supervisor Dies After Falling 9 Feet From the Forks of A Forklift Truck
    Warehouse Supervisor Dies After Falling 9 Feet From the Forks of A Forklift Truck
    New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE)  ...
    1997/03/24 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On August 5, 1996, a 40-year-old supervisor at a meat packing plant died after falling from the raised forks of a forklift truck. The incident occurred in the plant's cold storage room when the victim asked the forklift operator to lift him up to get some product samples from a pallet on a storage rack. As the victim was being lowered, he lost his ...
  • Construction worker falls head first into 16foot concrete pit Iowa
    Construction worker falls head first into 16-foot concrete pit -- Iowa.
    Johnson, Wayne ;
    Rautiainen, Risto
    1997/03/21 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 57-year-old construction worker was killed when he fell through plastic sheeting covering a recently-constructed concrete pit. The footing for the new pit was one foot above ground level and the entire pit was covered with a temporary 2" x 4" frame and plastic sheeting to help the concrete cure. There was no guard railing around the pit for it wa ...
  • Wife is pinned between tractor loader bucket and foundation wall while helping husband build new home Iowa
    Wife is pinned between tractor loader bucket and foundation wall while helping husband build new home -- Iowa.
    Johnson, Wayne ;
    Rautiainen, Risto
    1997/03/21 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    In the fall of 1996, a 51-year-old Iowa farmwife was killed while helping her husband and son build a new home on their farm. The woman and her 21-year-old son were standing next to the exterior foundation of the home covering drainage tubing with gravel. The woman was holding down the tile with her feet while her son was shoveling gravel out of a ...
  • Stone Worker Crushed To Death Under Toppled Granite Slabs
    Stone Worker Crushed To Death Under Toppled Granite Slabs
    New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE)  ...
    1997/03/21 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On October 12, 1996, a 48-year-old worker at a stone fabrication shop was killed after being crushed by falling 700-pound slabs of granite. The incident occurred as the victim and a co-worker were using a forklift truck to move a granite slab to a metal A-frame used to store the slabs on edge. As the slab was lowered into position, the forklift pus ...
  • Farmer Dies After Being Engulfed In Corn Inside A Steel Grain Bin 96MN08601
    Farmer Dies After Being Engulfed In Corn Inside A Steel Grain Bin [96MN08601]
    Parker, David L. ;
    Wahl, George
    1997/03/21 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 38-year-old male farmer (victim) suffocated after he was engulfed in corn inside a steel grain bin. The bin was equipped with an unloading auger that was installed below the raised steel floor of the bin. It was also equipped with a ventilation fan that was not turned on at the time of the incident. The bin had an access hatch located near the ed ...
  • SkidSteer Loader Operator Dies After Backing Loader Off SixFoot Retaining Wall
    Skid-Steer Loader Operator Dies After Backing Loader Off Six-Foot Retaining Wall
    Ray, Thomas D. ;
    Roberts, Daryl W.
    1997/03/20 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 43-year-old skid-steer loader operator died after he backed off of a six-foot retaining wall. The victim was spreading top soil over an area in preparation for grass seeding. He had made numerous passes with the loader, back-dragging the bucket from the wall and up the slope. When he approached the end of the area being prepared, it appears he tu ...
  • Farmer Killed on Tractor During Logging Operations
    Farmer Killed on Tractor During Logging Operations
    Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (KY FACE)  ...
    1997/03/11 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 21-year-old male was killed when he and his 19-year-old brother were engaged in logging activities their grandparents' farmland. They both had grown up helping with the family farm and for the last two years their primary source of income was cutting trees on the land to sell for firewood. After cutting down the trees, the normal routine was for ...
  • Warehouse Checker Crushed Under a 4000 Pound Crate Falling From a Forklift Truck
    Warehouse Checker Crushed Under a 4,000 Pound Crate Falling From a Forklift Truck
    New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE)  ...
    1997/03/07 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On April 26, 1996, a 25-year-old warehouse checker was critically injured after being crushed under a crate falling from a forklift truck. The incident occurred in a large warehouse as the victim was assisting a forklift operator in loading a 3,900-pound crate of plate glass onto a trailer. The crate, which measured 84 inches long by 71 inches high ...
  • Independent Contractor Dies When Struck By Protective Hood from ChipperShredder at Waste Management Facility in Massachusetts
    Independent Contractor Dies When Struck By Protective Hood from Chipper/Shredder at Waste Management Facility in Massachusetts
    Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE)  ...
    1997/03/06 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On August 24, 1996, a 46 year old male died when the metal hood over the cutter disk of a brush chipper which he was operating flew off its hinges and struck him. The victim had shut off the machine, but apparently had not waited for the cutter disk to stop rotating before opening the hood. The hood caught on a blade of the cutter disk and was torn ...
  • Crane oiler dies when crushed between a crawler crane cab and track in California
    Crane oiler dies when crushed between a crawler crane cab and track in California
    California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (CA/FACE)  ...
    1997/02/27 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 38-year-old male crane oiler (victim) died after being crushed between the underside of the cab (house) of a 250-ton crawler crane and its track. The crane was in operation removing falsework (lumber used in concrete forms) from a wharf under construction. Prior to his movement, the oiler did not inform anyone that he was going to go under the cr ...
  • Masonry Laborer Killed When Run Over by A Rough Terrain Forklift Truck
    Masonry Laborer Killed When Run Over by A Rough Terrain Forklift Truck
    New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE)  ...
    1997/02/26 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On August 19, 1996, a 57-year-old masonry laborer was killed when a rough terrain forklift truck ran over him at a construction site. The incident occurred at a construction site where the victim's company was building the masonry walls of a building. The victim was on break and was walking across the site to a coffee truck when a rough terrain for ...
  • Farmer Dies After Being Engulfed In Corn Screenings Inside A Steel Grain Bin
    Farmer Dies After Being Engulfed In Corn Screenings Inside A Steel Grain Bin
    Parker, David L. ;
    Wahl, George
    1997/02/24 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 31-year-old male farmer (victim) suffocated after he was engulfed inside a steel grain bin. The victim was unloading corn screenings that consisted of crushed kernels and other damaged grain material from the bin. The bin was equipped with an unloading auger and a ventilation fan that was not turned on at the time of the incident. It had an acces ...
  • Operator Dies After Being Crushed Inside A Sideloading WasteHauling Truck
    Operator Dies After Being Crushed Inside A Side-loading Waste-Hauling Truck
    Brown, Margee ;
    Parker, David L.
    1997/02/24 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 29-year-old truck driver died of injuries he sustained when the compactor plate (platen) component of the side-loading waste-hauling truck he was cleaning engaged and crushed him. The truck was running at the time of the incident and the controls that operated the platen were in the automatic mode. The victim was leaning inside the sump area of t ...
  • Ski PatrolGuide Crushed by Snow Cat During Ski Trail Grooming Operations Alaska
    Ski Patrol/Guide Crushed by Snow Cat During Ski Trail Grooming Operations -- Alaska
    Beller, Michael ;
    Choromanski, Deborah
    1997/02/23 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On November 8, 1996, a 29-year-old male ski patrol/guide (victim) died from injuries after he was run over by a tracked vehicle (snow cat) during trail building/snowgrooming operations. The victim had been riding in the rear passenger compartment of a snow cat being used for routine grooming of ski trails. During a pass down a hill, the operator st ...
  • Recycling Center Laborer Crushed in a Vertical Upstroke Baling Machine
    Recycling Center Laborer Crushed in a Vertical Upstroke Baling Machine
    New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE)  ...
    1997/02/21 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On April 17, 1996, a 72-year-old recycling center laborer was crushed to death after falling into the loading chamber of an industrial baling machine. The incident occurred as the victim and his co-workers were compacting and baling discarded newspapers in a vertical upstroke baling machine. This machine used a 12-foot-deep pit in the floor as a lo ...
  • Warehouseman dies when crushed by forklift in California
    Warehouseman dies when crushed by forklift in California
    California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (CA/FACE)  ...
    1997/02/20 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 21-year-old male warehouseman (victim) died after being crushed between a forklift and the edge of the floor of a railroad boxcar. The victim was attempting to attach a chain to the boxcar door to pull it closed with the forklift. He was standing on the ground between the loading dock and the boxcar. The victim had parked the forklift on or very ...
  • Electrician apprentice dies in a fall from a ladder in California
    Electrician apprentice dies in a fall from a ladder in California
    California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (CA/FACE)  ...
    1997/02/20 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 34-year-old male electrician apprentice (victim) died after falling 25 to 30 feet from an extension ladder. The victim was preparing to move an exit sign with emergency lighting attached. He was working on an electrical junction box attached to a ceiling truss of a commercial building. His fall was most likely caused by reaching where he could no ...
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