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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 2601 - 2620 of 3531 results
  • Worker Buried in Trench Cave In
    Worker Buried in Trench Cave In
    Hetzler, William E. ;
    Hirsh, Gary L.
    1995/08/14 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 56-year-old male construction worker was fatally injured in a trench cave-in. The victim had dug the approximately 12 foot deep trench and was in the trench laying a water line. The trench was neither shored nor sloped. Backfill dirt caved in on the victim burying him under three feet of dirt. The victim was dug out by co-workers and emergency re ...
  • Laborer Fatally Injured While Cleaning Concrete Mixer Tennessee FACE 9512
    Laborer Fatally Injured While Cleaning Concrete Mixer - Tennessee: FACE 95-12
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    1995/08/08 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 25-year-old male laborer employed by a concrete pipe manufacturing company which produced concrete sewer pipes of various sizes died after a concrete mixer he was cleaning was turned on. The victim was involved in cleaning a ribbon type concrete mixer at the time of the accident. The procedure was to shut off the power at the breaker box, about 3 ...
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  • Logging Crane Operator Dies in Crane TipOver Alaska
    Logging Crane Operator Dies in Crane Tip-Over -- Alaska
    Alaska Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (Alaska FACE)  ...
    1995/08/07 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On November 29, 1994, a 46-year-old, male crane operator (victim) died as a result of the tip-over of a crane into an adjacent bay. The crane operator was in the process of lifting a bundle of seven logs from a truck and attempting to place the bundle into the bay. As he swung the load toward the bay, the crane became unbalanced and toppled from a ...
  • Miner Overcome by Ammonia Fumes in Wyoming
    Miner Overcome by Ammonia Fumes in Wyoming
    Wyoming Fatal Accident Circumstances and Epidemiology Project (Wyoming FACE)  ...
    1995/08/06 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 26 year old male trona miner died from asphyxia following the collapse of a section of a mine in which he was working. The cave-in was initially believed to have resulted from an earthquake in the area and the plant was immediately shut down while rescue operations were being conducted. By early afternoon, officials had determined that two miners ...
  • Iron Production Worker Crushed in Machinery
    Iron Production Worker Crushed in Machinery
    Nebraska Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (Nebraska FACE)  ...
    1995/08/06 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 24-year old iron production worker was killed when he was caught between a charge bucket and a metal chute which funneled material into the charge bucket. The victim had his body positioned between the charge bucket and the metal chute when the bucket automatically started raising and caught him between the upper lip of the bucket and the metal c ...
  • Soldier Killed in Vehicle Rollover at Army Base
    Soldier Killed in Vehicle Roll-over at Army Base
    Alaska Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (Alaska FACE)  ...
    1995/08/03 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A U.S. Army mechanic was killed on March 12, 1995, when the military truck he was driving skidded and rolled over. A passenger in the truck received minor injuries. The truck was a 5-ton cargo vehicle carrying ammunition and other explosives. The driver lost control on a curve in a steep downward grade. Braking resulted in the truck skidding, and a ...
  • Mail Transportation Pilot Dies in Crash of Cessna 207
    Mail Transportation Pilot Dies in Crash of Cessna 207
    Alaska Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (Alaska FACE)  ...
    1995/08/02 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On February 25, 1995, a commercial pilot transporting mail in a Cessna 207 died as a result of injuries sustained in an aircraft crash north of the Arctic Circle. The pilot was flying under Visual Flight Rules (VFR) to a bush community approximately 100 miles from the flight's point of origin. An air taxi operator, approximately 25 miles from Kotze ...
  • Steel Erector Falls 55 Feet from IBeam
    Steel Erector Falls 55 Feet from I-Beam
    Linger, Roger L. ;
    Ticer, Letha
    1995/08/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 26-year-old male steel erector died from multiple injuries after falling 55 feet from a steel beam to a concrete floor. The victim, while standing on a 30 ton over head traveling crane, was doing touch-up painting to a beam near the ceiling. The victim leaned across a center beam to speak to a co-worker and allowed his hand to come into contact w ...
  • Stevedore Falls to Deck of Tug in Dutch Harbor
    Stevedore Falls to Deck of Tug in Dutch Harbor
    Alaska Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (Alaska FACE)  ...
    1995/08/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A stevedore died as a result of head injuries sustained during a fall from the stern of a vessel on January 27, 1995. The victim had been loading a Japanese refrigeration/cargo vessel, the M/V Akama. He was exiting the vessel to return to shore via a transport tug in Captain's Bay. While climbing down a rope ladder secured to the stern, he stopped ...
  • Frontend Loader Operator Dies When Loader Falls 40 Feet Onto Quarry Floor
    Front-end Loader Operator Dies When Loader Falls 40 Feet Onto Quarry Floor
    Wisconsin Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (Wisconsin FACE)  ...
    1995/07/30 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 52-year-old male front-end loader operator (the victim) died after the loader he was driving went off the edge of a 40-foot high access roadway and landed on its side on a stone quarry floor. The loader cab was equipped with a rollover protective structure (ROPS). Operator seatbelts had been installed about five years ago, but it is unknown if th ...
  • Farmer Dies After Large Round Hay Bale Falls on Him 95MN01301
    Farmer Dies After Large Round Hay Bale Falls on Him [95MN01301]
    Boyle, Debora ;
    Parker, David L.
    1995/07/25 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    The victim was working alone at the time that the unwitnessed incident occurred. As a result, this report is based upon information obtained during a telephone interview with the victim's son. A 70-year-old male part-time farmer (victim) died from injuries sustained when a large round hay bale being moved to a cattle feeding lot fell. The victim us ...
  • Farmer Killed After Tractor Overturns Into Creek Bed
    Farmer Killed After Tractor Overturns Into Creek Bed
    Moon-Hampton, Ellyn ;
    Scheerer, Amy
    1995/07/24 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 47-year-old farmer/chemical analyst was killed when his tractor overturned into a muddy creek bed. The victim was checking a fence line on his property, which in that area has a rough, uneven terrain and on that day was very wet from a thunderstorm the previous night. He was going up an incline when his tractor slid backwards in the mudthe back t ...
  • Hotel Custodian Dies From Injuries Sustained During Fall Down Stairs
    Hotel Custodian Dies From Injuries Sustained During Fall Down Stairs
    Boyle, Debora ;
    Parker, David L.
    1995/07/24 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    The victim was working alone at the time that the unwitnessed incident occurred. As a result, this report is based upon information obtained during the site investigation interview and an inspection of the incident site. A 33-year-old male hotel custodian (victim) died from injuries sustained when he fell down a stairway. Guests staying in a second ...
  • Hydraulic Hammer Rollover Crushes Operator
    Hydraulic Hammer Rollover Crushes Operator
    Nebraska Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (Nebraska FACE)  ...
    1995/07/19 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 61 year-old male machine operator was fatally injured when a hydraulic hammer overturned on him. The victim was driving the hydraulic hammer down a paved street with a 10-degree incline. Part of the way down the hill, the hydro hammer traveled off the left side of the road onto an inclined embankment, striking some small trees. The hydraulic hamm ...
  • Tree Trimmer Dies After Falling with a Fractured Tree
    Tree Trimmer Dies After Falling with a Fractured Tree
    New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE)  ...
    1995/07/17 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On February 14, 1995, a 33-year-old male tree climber/crew chief of a small tree trimming company was killed after he fell approximately 42 feet with a falling tree. The victim was working with two other employees to cut and trim a group of three vertical tree limbs (branching out from the main trunk) that had been tied together with steel cable. T ...
  • Laundry Worker Killed When Struck by Ejected Ring of a Commercial Laundry Extractor
    Laundry Worker Killed When Struck by Ejected Ring of a Commercial Laundry Extractor
    New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE)  ...
    1995/07/17 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On December 13, 1994, a 40-year-old male laborer died when he was struck by the ejected ring of a commercial laundry centrifugal extractor as he waited for the machine to finish spinning. NJDOH FACE investigators concluded that, in order to prevent similar incidents in the future, the following safety guidelines should be followed: 1. Institute a r ...
  • Hired Farm Worker Dies After Being Crushed By A Stalk Chopper
    Hired Farm Worker Dies After Being Crushed By A Stalk Chopper
    Boyle, Debora ;
    Parker, David L.
    1995/07/17 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 34-year-old male hired farm worker (victim) died from injuries sustained when a stalk chopper he was working on fell. The chopper was hooked to a farm tractor and parked in a farm yard. A removable hydraulic cylinder had been improperly installed in the chopper and was used to raise the front of the chopper. The victim crawled underneath the rais ...
  • Massachusetts WarehouseDelivery Worker Dies When Crushed by Toppled Granite Slabs
    Massachusetts Warehouse/Delivery Worker Dies When Crushed by Toppled Granite Slabs
    Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE)  ...
    1995/07/13 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On October 10, 1994, a 43 year old Massachusetts warehouse/delivery worker died of injuries suffered when he was crushed by toppled slabs of imported polished granite weighing 5,400 pounds. Using a chain fall, the victim and a helper had loaded one bundle containing six slabs of granite onto each side of a wooden A-frame support on the rear of a fl ...
  • Laborer Dies After Being Caught Between Automatic Back Saw and a Guardrail
    Laborer Dies After Being Caught Between Automatic Back Saw and a Guardrail.
    Boyle, Debora ;
    Kerr, Steven
    1995/07/06 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    An 18-year-old male laborer (the victim) died of injuries at a pork processing facility when he was caught between an automatic back splitting saw and a guardrail. There were no witnesses to the incident and MN FACE investigators were denied permission to perform a site inspection. Due to the lack of adequate information sources, a detailed report ...
  • Surveyor Killed in ATV Turnover in Wyoming
    Surveyor Killed in ATV Turnover in Wyoming
    Wyoming Fatal Accident Circumstances and Epidemiology Project (Wyoming FACE)  ...
    1995/07/03 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 22 year old male seismic surveyor died from the injuries he received when the All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) he was operating over-turned, pinning him underneath the vehicle. The victim was alone, attempting to drive the vehicle through a wash-out and a steep embankment in a remote area inside an Indian reservation. He had apparently attempted to turn ...
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