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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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  • Timber Cutter Killed by Falling Tree Limb West Virginia FACE 9503
    Timber Cutter Killed by Falling Tree Limb - West Virginia: FACE 95-03
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    1995/02/13 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    An accident was described in which a 49-year-old male timber cutter (and co-owner) died 1 day after being struck on the head by a falling tree limb. The employer in this incident was a small logging company with five employees, two of whom were co-owners. The incident occurred on the second day in business for the company. Five workers were at a 25 ...
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  • Laborer Dies After Being Struck by Overturning Crane Virginia FACE 9419
    Laborer Dies After Being Struck by Overturning Crane - Virginia: FACE 94-19
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    1995/02/13 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    This report concerned the death of a 24-year-old construction worker who was struck by the end of a crane boom as the crane tipped over. At the time of the accident the man was working with a construction crew. A crane had been placed on rough terrain for the purpose of lowering buckets of gravel and concrete down to the ditch line, some 20 feet be ...
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  • Coil Tester Electrocuted while Testing Insulation on a Conduit Coil in California
    Coil Tester Electrocuted while Testing Insulation on a Conduit Coil in California
    California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (CA/FACE)  ...
    1995/02/10 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On February 23, 1994, a 43-year-old white, Hispanic male coil tester (the decedent) died after being electrocuted while testing the insulation on a conduit coil. The decedent was working at a coil testing bench where he was testing the insulation on the wires to make sure it was not defective prior to shipment. There were no barriers between the de ...
  • Log Loader Runs Over Worker at Stave Mill
    Log Loader Runs Over Worker at Stave Mill
    Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (KY FACE)  ...
    1995/02/08 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 56-year-old male stave edger was killed when he entered the path of a moving log loader at a sawmill. At 4:30 pm on the day of the incident, the victim had completed an 8-hour shift in the mill. He walked out of the metal building toward the employee parking area. About 18 feet from the building and he was struck by a loader, which was backing up ...
  • Farm Youth Dies After Tractor He was Driving Rolled Over on Him 94MN039
    Farm Youth Dies After Tractor He was Driving Rolled Over on Him [94MN039]
    Minnesota Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Program (MN FACE)  ...
    1995/02/08 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 16-year-old male (victim) died from injuries sustained when the tractor he was driving overturned. The tractor was not equipped with a rollover protective structure or a general purpose enclosed cab. The tractor was capable of traveling at a maximum speed of approximately 16-18 miles per hour. The victim drove west on a paved public highway that ...
  • Carpenter Dies from Injuries Sustained after Falling Approximately 20 Feet while doing Earthquake Repair Work in California
    Carpenter Dies from Injuries Sustained after Falling Approximately 20 Feet while doing Earthquake Repair Work in California
    California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (CA/FACE)  ...
    1995/02/05 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 42-year-old white, non-Hispanic male carpenter (the decedent) died from injuries he sustained on February 11, 1994, when he fell 19' 3" from the ledge from which he was working. The decedent was repairing dry wall cracks in a commercial building which occurred because of the January 17, 1994, Northridge earthquake. He was in a coma for 4 months b ...
  • Two workers were injured one died and one was hospitalized with burns when the truckmounted conveyor they were using was raised and contacted a 7620volt overhead power line
    Two workers were injured (one died and one was hospitalized with burns) when the truck-mounted conveyor they were using was raised and contacted a 7,620-volt overhead power line
    Hoffman, Richard E. ;
    McCammon, Jane B.
    1995/02/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On August 1, 1994, a crew of three employees of a roofing supply company were delivering roofing materials to a one-story residential building. The materials were on a flat-bed truck equipped with a truck-mounted hydraulic-operated conveyor. The conveyor is designed to facilitate easy transport of materials directly from the truck to the rooftop. O ...
  • Lifeguard Electrocuted After Contacting An Energized Pump Motor Housing
    Lifeguard Electrocuted After Contacting An Energized Pump Motor Housing
    New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE)  ...
    1995/02/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On June 14, 1994, a 20-year-old male lifeguard was electrocuted after entering the pump room of a swimming pool at an apartment complex. The victim had just checked in for work and had taken a brief swim before going into the pump room to begin his pool maintenance duties. As he apparently tried to adjust the chlorine pump, his leg contacted the me ...
  • Construction Foreman Killed and Two Workers Injured When Exposed to Toxic Gases in a Sewage Pumping Station Dry Well
    Construction Foreman Killed and Two Workers Injured When Exposed to Toxic Gases in a Sewage Pumping Station Dry Well
    New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE)  ...
    1995/01/31 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On June 14, 1994, a 32-year-old male construction foreman died, and a laborer was critically injured after being exposed to toxic gases while working in a sewage pumping station dry well. Three workers had attempted to remove a blank that had been placed in a pipe to block the flow of sewage, causing trapped liquids and toxic gases to be released D ...
  • A 35yearold painter was electrocuted when the aluminum ladder he was moving contacted a 7620volt power line
    A 35-year-old painter was electrocuted when the aluminum ladder he was moving contacted a 7,620-volt power line.
    Hoffman, Richard E. ;
    McCammon, Jane B.
    1995/01/19 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On July 19, 1994 several workers were spray-painting the exterior of an industrial building. The workers were using aluminum ladders to access the upper portions of the wall on which they were working. The injured worker descended his ladder, and lifted it from the wall to move it past his coworker and continue painting. As he was moving the ladder ...
  • Farm Worker Electrocuted When Aluminum Grain Tube Contacts Overhead Power Line
    Farm Worker Electrocuted When Aluminum Grain Tube Contacts Overhead Power Line
    Wisconsin Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (Wisconsin FACE)  ...
    1995/01/18 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 31 year-old male farm worker (the victim) was electrocuted when an aluminum pneumatic grain tube contacted an overhead power line and provided a path for the electric current to the ground where the victim was standing. The victim and the farm owner (the farmer) were attempting to remove a small animal from a 27-foot aluminum pneumatic grain tube ...
  • Cable TV Installer Killed After Falling 21 Feet From a Ladder
    Cable TV Installer Killed After Falling 21 Feet From a Ladder
    New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE)  ...
    1995/01/17 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On August 29, 1995, a 34-year-old cable television installer was killed after falling approximately 21 feet from a ladder. The incident occurred while the victim and a co-worker were replacing a cable TV coaxial cable leading from a utility pole to a private residence. The victim climbed an extension ladder that had been set against a wire rope "st ...
  • Mill Operator Dies from Injuries Received After His Upper Torso Was Caught Between Lamination Rollers Tennessee FACE 9502
    Mill Operator Dies from Injuries Received After His Upper Torso Was Caught Between Lamination Rollers - Tennessee: FACE 95-02
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    1995/01/12 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 34-year-old male mill operator died after his upper torso was caught between two rollers on the rubber lamination machine he was operating. The employer was a manufacturing company that produced rubber compounds which were ultimately used in the manufacture of automobile parts. At the time of the accident, personnel at the site were engaged in pr ...
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  • Asphalt Roller Crushes Flagman
    Asphalt Roller Crushes Flagman
    Nebraska Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (Nebraska FACE)  ...
    1995/01/04 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 20 year-old road construction company flagman was crushed to death when he fell from and was subsequently run over by an asphalt roller. The Nebraska Department of Labor investigator concluded that to prevent future similar occurrences, employers should: 1. Establish a comprehensive training program for all personnel operating specialized machine ...
  • Apprentice Lineman Electrocuted On PadMounted Underground Transformer
    Apprentice Lineman Electrocuted On Pad-Mounted Underground Transformer
    Ray, Thomas D. ;
    Roberts, Daryl W.
    1995/01/04 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 35-year-old apprentice lineman was electrocuted and a journeyman lineman received a flash burn when a 7620-volt energized power supply line contacted the case of an underground pad-mounted transformer. The victim was in contact with the transformer casing, and may have also been in contact with a nearby chain-link fence, when the journeyman linem ...
  • CleanUp Person at Veneer Factory Killed When CutOff Saw Inadvertently Activated Virginia FACE 9420
    Clean-Up Person at Veneer Factory Killed When Cut-Off Saw Inadvertently Activated - Virginia: FACE 94-20
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    1995/01/04 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 26-year-old male clean up person at a veneer manufacturing facility died after being struck by a rotating cut off saw while trying to clear a jammed log from the sawline. The employer was a hardwood veneer manufacturing company of 174 employees, working two 12-hour shifts per day. The victim had been working at the site for 8 weeks. The victim an ...
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  • A 35yearold owner of a construction company died as a result of a fall from an unguarded floor opening
    A 35-year-old owner of a construction company died as a result of a fall from an unguarded floor opening.
    Hoffman, Richard E. ;
    McCammon, Jane B.
    1995/01/02 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On July 1, 1994, a 35-year-old construction company owner died as a result of a fall from a floor that had no protective barrier. The owner, who was not wearing fall protection, was involved in applying 4' X 8' sheets of subflooring material to the first floor level of a new home under construction. He had been kneeling to nail the sheets in place. ...
  • Woodworker Dies When Struck by Tool Knife Launched from Overarm Router
    Woodworker Dies When Struck by Tool Knife Launched from Overarm Router
    1995/01/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 32-year-old woodworker was fatally injured at work when a steel tool was propelled from a rosette cutter. The cutter was installed in an overarm router. The steel tool knife penetrated a polyacrylic sheet (trade name--PIexiglass) shield and then penetrated and exited his chest, subsequently ricocheting off the wall before finally landing. The vic ...
  • Temporary Worker Fatally Crushed Paper Bales Topple at Recycling Plant
    Temporary Worker Fatally Crushed: Paper Bales Topple at Recycling Plant
    1995/01/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    The victim, an 18-year-old Hispanic male, and co-worker were hired as temporary laborers by a cleaning service and assigned to a paper recycling plant. The company recycled and packaged paper. It had been in business for over four years. Waste paper was collected, separated, bound, and stacked in bales on site. The company had eight to ten regular ...
  • A 38yearold recycle technician died as a result of injuries sustained when he fell into a cardboard compactor
    A 38-year-old recycle technician died as a result of injuries sustained when he fell into a cardboard compactor.
    Hoffman, Richard E. ;
    McCammon, Jane B.
    1994/12/29 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On June 29, 1994 a 38-year-old recycling technician at a county-owned sanitary landfill was fatally injured after falling into a large trash compactor. The compactor was used to bale cardboard for the purpose of recycling. Cardboard is fed onto a subfloor forty-eight inch wide conveyor belt that moves the material to a height of approximately twent ...
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