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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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  • 86 Year old Farmer is Killed After Being Hit By Tree Branch
    86 Year old Farmer is Killed After Being Hit By Tree Branch
    Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (KY FACE)  ...
    1995/06/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    An 86-year-old male farmer was killed after being struck by a tree limb. The victim was driving a tractor through a pasture checking on his cattle. As he approached a large tree, the extended front-end loader, in full upright position, which was attached to the tractor struck a tree branch. The branch broke off and struck the victim causing massive ...
  • Truck Driver Dies From Injuries Sustained After Falling From A Truckload of Sheetrock
    Truck Driver Dies From Injuries Sustained After Falling From A Truckload of Sheetrock
    Boyle, Debora ;
    Parker, David L.
    1995/05/31 | 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, an inspection of the incident site, and a telephone interview with the employer's safety director. A 61-year-old male truck driver (victim) died of injuries sustained w ...
  • Carpenter Dies From Injuries Sustained After Falling 14 Feet When Scaffold Collapsed
    Carpenter Dies From Injuries Sustained After Falling 14 Feet When Scaffold Collapsed
    Boyle, Debora ;
    Parker, David L.
    1995/05/31 | 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 39-year-old male independent contractor (victim) died of injuries sustained when he fell 14 feet after the scaffold he was stan ...
  • Machine Operator Struck and Killed by Cutting Head of Feller Buncher Machine North Carolina FACE 9507
    Machine Operator Struck and Killed by Cutting Head of Feller Buncher Machine - North Carolina: FACE 95-07
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    1995/05/31 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A machine operator who was part of a 13-person crew performing logging operations in a rural area was struck and killed by the cutting head of a feller buncher. The machine operator was a 33-year-old man with about 13 years of experience in the logging business. The logging company was clear cutting a 50-acre tract of land. The victim discovered th ...
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  • Timber Cutter Killed by Falling Tree Limb South Carolina FACE 9504
    Timber Cutter Killed by Falling Tree Limb - South Carolina: FACE 95-04
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    1995/05/30 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    This report concerned the death of a 56-year-old male timber cutter who was struck by a falling tree limb. The employer was a small logging company with three employees in operation for 44 years. The victim had worked for the employer for 36 years. The victim felled a forked poplar tree and as the tree fell one fork split in half and lodged in a st ...
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  • Laborer Struck by Steel Pipe
    Laborer Struck by Steel Pipe
    Hetzler, William E. ;
    Hirsh, Gary L.
    1995/05/25 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 31-year old male paper sorter/general laborer was fatally injured when he was struck by a metal pipe which got caught in a blower fan blade. He was attempting to clear a paper jam in a paper shredding machine when the incident occurred. The machine had not been turned off prior to attempting to clear the jam. The victim was hit in the head by the ...
  • Worker Falls 33 Feet While Constructing Elevator Shaft
    Worker Falls 33 Feet While Constructing Elevator Shaft
    Hetzler, William E. ;
    Hirsh, Gary L.
    1995/05/25 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 51-year old construction superintendent fell 33 feet to his death while constructing an elevator shaft. He was in the process of setting up a work platform at the time of the incident. A 4x8 foot sheet of plywood had just been set down over two 2"x12" boards which were resting on two 2"x6" boards nailed to the frame of the elevator shaft. When th ...
  • Drilling Worker Struck by Falling Pipe in Wyoming
    Drilling Worker Struck by Falling Pipe in Wyoming
    Wyoming Fatal Accident Circumstances and Epidemiology Project (Wyoming FACE)  ...
    1995/05/23 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 21 year old male oilfield worker died from injuries suffered when an elevator unexpectedly disconnected from a length of pipe being lowered onto a pipe trailer during removal from a 320' well for conversion from a pumping well to a submersible well. The victim was operating the elevators from a position directly below the pipe when it fell, strik ...
  • Laborer caught in chippershredder machineMaryland
    Laborer caught in chipper/shredder machine--Maryland
    Maryland Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Program (Maryland FACE)  ...
    1995/05/23 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 24-year-old male groundsman (the victim) died from injuries sustained when he was caught in a brush chipper. The victim was responsible for loading limbs into the chipper while a co-worker, the foreman, was removing branches from a tree. During the process of loading the machine the victim must have placed his hand(s) into the chute and his left ...
  • Farmer Dies After Tractor He was Driving Rolled Over on Him 95MN00201
    Farmer Dies After Tractor He was Driving Rolled Over on Him [95MN00201]
    Boyle, Debora ;
    Parker, David L.
    1995/05/19 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 52-year-old male farmer (victim) died of injuries sustained when the tractor he was driving rolled over on him. The victim was driving a farm tractor pulling an empty feed wagon. The tractor was not equipped with a rollover protective structure or a general purpose enclosed cab. The farm yard where the incident occurred was covered with a layer o ...
  • Carpenter Dies After Falling 16 Feet from Roof North Carolina FACE 9509
    Carpenter Dies After Falling 16 Feet from Roof - North Carolina: FACE 95-09
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    1995/05/17 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    This report concerned the death of a 46-year-old male carpenter who fell 16 feet from a roof onto a concrete porch floor. The employer was a company that manufactured prefabricated structures. The victim was part of a five-man crew working on a prefabricated church. At the time of the accident the crew was applying roofing felt to the plywood sheet ...
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  • Handy Man Dies After Falling 25 Feet From a House Roof
    Handy Man Dies After Falling 25 Feet From a House Roof
    New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE)  ...
    1995/05/15 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On September 19, 1994, a 43-year-old self-employed handy man died after falling 25 feet from a house roof. The incident occurred while the victim was installing aluminum siding on the sides of the house. He and a co-worker were setting up anchors for a pole jack scaffold when the victim stepped on a bracket to test its strength. The bracket came lo ...
  • Choker Setter Killed by Falling Tree South Carolina FACE 9505
    Choker Setter Killed by Falling Tree - South Carolina: FACE 95-05
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    1995/05/10 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 26-year-old male choker setter was struck and killed when he walked into the path of a falling tree. The victim had worked for the company for 3 weeks and had been trained according to the written safety policy at the company. The employer was a logging company with 29 employees. The victim was walking to a landing area for a routine lunch break. ...
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  • RetireeParttime Farmer Killed When Run Over by Bush Hog
    Retiree/Part-time Farmer Killed When Run Over by Bush Hog
    Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (KY FACE)  ...
    1995/05/02 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 64-year-old male retiree and part-time farmer was killed when he fell from his tractor and was run over by the edge of the bush-hog attachment. The victim had been repairing a tractor tire earlier in the day. He was apparently trying to drive the tractor into a garage when he lost control and fell or was knocked from the tractor seat to the groun ...
  • Two Massachusetts News Carriers Killed
    Two Massachusetts News Carriers Killed
    1995/05/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    During a six month period, two Massachusetts news carriers, employed by different newspapers, were killed by motor vehicles while delivering their papers from bicycles. Neither child was wearing a helmet, even though the 1994 Massachusetts Bicycle Helmet Law applied to one of the victims. Neither employer had a comprehensive safety program for the ...
  • New Hampshire Construction Project Manager Dies When Crushed by Five Ton Concrete Slab on Massachusetts Construction Site
    New Hampshire Construction Project Manager Dies When Crushed by Five Ton Concrete Slab on Massachusetts Construction Site
    Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE)  ...
    1995/04/27 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On October 21, 1994, a 46 year old New Hampshire construction project manager died from injuries received when he was crushed by a five ton concrete slab on a Massachusetts construction site. Working in an excavation at the time of the incident, the victim and his crew were attempting to cap the end of a 10,000 gallon commercial septic tank. The cr ...
  • Highway Technician Dies After Falling 55 Feet From Bridge Scaffold
    Highway Technician Dies After Falling 55 Feet From Bridge Scaffold
    Minnesota Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Program (MN FACE)  ...
    1995/04/27 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 51-year-old male highway technician (victim) drowned after falling 55 feet from a suspended bridge scaffold into a river. A private company was contracted to remove lead-based paint from the bridge and to repaint the bridge. On the day of the incident, the victim was inspecting the paint thickness of a recently completed section of the bridge. A ...
  • Highway Construction Worker Dies After Being Struck While Crossing Roadway
    Highway Construction Worker Dies After Being Struck While Crossing Roadway
    Minnesota Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Program (MN FACE)  ...
    1995/04/26 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 55-year-old male construction worker (victim) died of injuries sustained after being struck by a vehicle on an interstate highway. The victim was part of a two-person crew assigned to install steel pipes beneath the interstate highway. The victim and a coworker used a boring machine to drill holes beneath the highway. The boring machine was locat ...
  • Prison Employee Killed in Tractor Rollover
    Prison Employee Killed in Tractor Rollover
    Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (KY FACE)  ...
    1995/04/24 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 36-year-old male prison recreation director was killed in a tractor rollover incident. The victim was driving the tractor down a sloping, S-curved driveway when he lost control. The tractor went over an embankment, rolled one-half turn, and came to rest on the victim. It was not equipped with a Rollover Protective Structure (ROPS) or a seatbelt. ...
  • Elevator Maintenance Worker Dies from Fall in an Elevator Shaft in California
    Elevator Maintenance Worker Dies from Fall in an Elevator Shaft in California
    California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (CA/FACE)  ...
    1995/04/24 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 34-year-old white, non-Hispanic, male elevator maintenance worker (the victim) died after falling approximately 30 feet into an elevator shaft. At the time of the incident, the decedent and two coworkers were pulling a hydraulic piston out from the bottom of the elevator shaft so that a new liner could be installed. Prior to performing this opera ...
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