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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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  • Massachusetts Metal Building Assembler Dies in Fall From Rooftop
    Massachusetts Metal Building Assembler Dies in Fall From Rooftop
    Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE)  ...
    1994/10/17 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On July 9, 1993, a 32 year old, male metal building assembler was fatally injured when he fell 33 feet off a roof top at a Massachusetts construction site. The victim was apparently preparing to place metal decking on the building's structural steel roof when he fell to the ground. Police and emergency medical services immediately responded and the ...
  • Massachusetts Roofing Company Laborer Dies in Fall Through Skylight
    Massachusetts Roofing Company Laborer Dies in Fall Through Skylight
    Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE)  ...
    1994/10/17 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On September 3, 1993, a 32 year old male Massachusetts roofing company laborer died in a fall through a skylight. Taking a break from his work on a flat, built-up roof, the victim sat on a skylight to have a drink from his water cooler. Moments later the victim broke through the skylight and fell approximately twenty-eight feet to the building's co ...
  • Massachusetts Window Washer Dies in Six Floor Fall From a Ten Floor Building
    Massachusetts Window Washer Dies in Six Floor Fall From a Ten Floor Building
    Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE)  ...
    1994/10/17 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On August 12, 1993, a 28 year old male window washer plummeted six floors to his death from the side of a ten story building. The victim and a coworker were suspended side by side in boatswains-like rigging from anchor points on the rooftop of the building. Moments before he fell to the busy city sidewalk, the victim yelled to his co-worker that hi ...
  • Massachusetts Mason Dies in 85 Foot Fall When Tower Climbing Work Platform Collapses
    Massachusetts Mason Dies in 85 Foot Fall When Tower Climbing Work Platform Collapses
    Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE)  ...
    1994/10/17 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On September 2, 1994, a 38 year old male mason was killed and a co-worker seriously injured when the tower climbing work platform they were working from collapsed. The victim and his co-worker were removing water table stone from the facade of an eight story building's parapet. The platform collapsed when they placed an 800 pound weight on it. The ...
  • Farmer Is Run Over By Tractor After Losing Control on a Public Roadway
    Farmer Is Run Over By Tractor After Losing Control on a Public Roadway
    Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (KY FACE)  ...
    1994/10/17 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 55-year-old male farmer was killed after the tractor he was operating left the roadway and ran over him. On the morning of the incident, the victim had been baling hay in a field seven miles from his home. After baling for about two hours, he left the field and proceeded home for lunch. About two miles from his home at 11:25 am, the victim's gran ...
  • Construction Foreman Dies After Falling from Aerial Lift Bucket Truck South Carolina FACE 9414
    Construction Foreman Dies After Falling from Aerial Lift Bucket Truck - South Carolina: FACE 94-14
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    1994/10/14 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    The death of a 46-year-old male construction foreman who fell 16 feet from the bucket of an aerial lift truck was reported. He was employed by a telephone cooperative that had been operating for 42 years and employed 220 workers. The victim and four crew members were replacing a cracked wooden utility pole along a two-lane roadway. Two crew members ...
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  • Apprentice Lineman Dies After Making Contact with a High Voltage Transmission Line Through a Wooden Utility Pole
    Apprentice Lineman Dies After Making Contact with a High Voltage Transmission Line Through a Wooden Utility Pole
    New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE)  ...
    1994/10/03 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On May 10, 1994, a 30-year-old male apprentice lineman died when he contacted 69,000 volts of electricity from a transmission power line through a wooden utility pole. He was part of a three-man crew that was setting new utility poles at an electrical substation. NJDOH FACE investigators concluded that, in order to prevent similar incidents in the ...
  • Extrusion Machine Operator Dies of Head Injuries Received When His Head Became Caught in Extrusion Machine Rollers South Carolina FACE 9406
    Extrusion Machine Operator Dies of Head Injuries Received When His Head Became Caught in Extrusion Machine Rollers - South Carolina: FACE 94-06
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    1994/10/03 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    This report concerned the death of a 25-year-old male extrusion machine operator employed by a manufacturing facility which produced polyester/nylon monofilaments. The company had been operating for 37 years and employed 285 workers. The production/extrusion process started with polyester/nylon chips being fed into a hopper barrel and melted. The l ...
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  • Farmer is Killed After Being Run Over By Wagon
    Farmer is Killed After Being Run Over By Wagon
    Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (KY FACE)  ...
    1994/09/28 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 55-year-old male farmer was unloading irrigation pipe with his father (the witness) and another helper. The witness and helper were unloading 30' sections of 4" irrigation pipe from a flatbed wagon at a tobacco field. The procedure was to unload and connect the pipe in the field, then pump water from a creek approximately 300' away. As the operat ...
  • Farmer Killed When Tractor Overturns
    Farmer Killed When Tractor Overturns
    Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (KY FACE)  ...
    1994/09/28 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 68-year-old male farmer was killed when the tractor he was operating over turned. The victim was driving his tractor down the roadway to a farm near his home. He was hired to bush hog on a neighbor's property. The tractor was not equipped with a Roll Over Protective Structure (ROPS) or a seat belt. The tractor did have indicator lights mounted to ...
  • Foreman Crushed to Death After Being Caught in a Screw Conveyor
    Foreman Crushed to Death After Being Caught in a Screw Conveyor
    New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE)  ...
    1994/09/26 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On February 4, 1994, a 35-year-old male asphalt shingle recycling plant foreman was killed when he became ensnared in an industrial screw conveyor. The incident occurred when the victim climbed up onto the operating machine in order to clear a jam in the conveyors. The victim was apparently reaching into the machine when his clothing caught on the ...
  • Sheet Metal Worker Electrocuted After Contacting 277 Volts While Replacing An Overhead Light Fixture
    Sheet Metal Worker Electrocuted After Contacting 277 Volts While Replacing An Overhead Light Fixture
    New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE)  ...
    1994/09/26 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On December 22, 1993, a 27-year-old male sheet metal worker was electrocuted as he was apparently trying to repair an overhead light fixture. The victim had accidentally damaged the fixture several days earlier while repairing the ventilation ductwork above the light. On the day of the incident, the victim and a co-worker were measuring another are ...
  • Warehouse Worker Dies After Falling 12 Feet From A Pallet Raised On A Forklift Truck
    Warehouse Worker Dies After Falling 12 Feet From A Pallet Raised On A Forklift Truck
    New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE)  ...
    1994/09/26 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On March 16, 1994, a 19-year-old male warehouse order picker was fatally injured after falling from a pallet that was raised on the forks of a forklift truck. The incident occurred when the victim and a co-worker were getting an order of paper products that had been stored on the top tier of a warehouse storage rack. The victim was raised on the fo ...
  • Brick Mason Dies After Falling 6 Feet While Climbing Off A Scaffold
    Brick Mason Dies After Falling 6 Feet While Climbing Off A Scaffold
    New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE)  ...
    1994/09/26 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On February 7, 1994, a 53-year-old male brick mason was fatally injured after falling while climbing down from a scaffold. The incident occurred at a construction site where the victim was laying blocks from a 6 foot 10-inch-high scaffold. The victim was starting to climb down onto a 6-foot stepladder that had been leaned against the cross braces o ...
  • Iron Worker Dies After Falling 26 Feet From Structural Steel
    Iron Worker Dies After Falling 26 Feet From Structural Steel
    New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE)  ...
    1994/09/26 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On November 22, 1993, a 53-year-old male iron worker fell 26 feet as he moved along a steel beam. The incident occurred at the construction site of a two-story building where the steel framework was being completed. The victim was marking a steel I-beam for placing steel joists and was last seen moving along the beam. He apparently lost balance whi ...
  • Department of Transportation Maintenance Foreman Is Electrocuted and a Highway Maintenance Worker Severely Burned When Truck Bed Contacts Overhead 7200Volt Powerline South Carolina FACE 9408
    Department of Transportation Maintenance Foreman Is Electrocuted and a Highway Maintenance Worker Severely Burned When Truck Bed Contacts Overhead 7,200-Volt Powerline - South Carolina: FACE 94-08
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    1994/09/26 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 46-year-old male road maintenance foreman who was employed by the state department of transportation was electrocuted and another road maintenance worker was severely burned when the dump bed of a truck came in contact with an overhead powerline. A five-man crew was repairing and repaving an interstate highway exit ramp and a section of a two-lan ...
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  • Meat Packing Plant Employee Dies After Fall from Platform South Carolina FACE 9409
    Meat Packing Plant Employee Dies After Fall from Platform - South Carolina: FACE 94-09
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    1994/09/26 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    This report concerned the death of a 41-year-old male meat packing facility worker who was employed at a wholesale beef processing and packing site, which had been in operation for 50 years and employed 170 workers. The victim and two coworkers were working in the knocking area at the time of the incident. The three men were alternating the jobs of ...
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  • Pipefitter Crushed by 5000Pound Shoring Plate South Carolina FACE 9403
    Pipefitter Crushed by 5,000-Pound Shoring Plate - South Carolina: FACE 94-03
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    1994/09/26 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    An incident in which a 32-year-old male pipefitter died after a shoring plate fell on him was described. He was employed by a construction company which had been in operation for 27 years and employed 20 workers. The job involved the installation of an 8-inch ductile iron sewer pipeline at a new residential subdivision. A trench had been excavated ...
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  • Tree Trimmer Foreman Dies After Being Struck by a Pickup Truck South Carolina FACE 9407
    Tree Trimmer Foreman Dies After Being Struck by a Pickup Truck - South Carolina: FACE 94-07
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    1994/09/26 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 21-year-old male tree trimmer foreman was struck by a pickup truck while feeding brush into a chipper attached to the rear of a truck. He was employed by a tree trimming company with 4,000 workers. The company had been contracted by a local utility to clear a powerline right of way in a wooded area near a power generation facility. The two-man cr ...
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  • Massachusetts Newspaper Girl Dies After Being Struck By a Jeep While Delivering Her Route From a Bicycle
    Massachusetts Newspaper Girl Dies After Being Struck By a Jeep While Delivering Her Route From a Bicycle
    Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE)  ...
    1994/09/12 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On May 5, 1994, a twelve year old, female news carrier was fatally injured when she was struck by a jeep while delivering papers from her bicycle. The girl, who was not wearing a helmet, had just made a delivery and was coming out of the customer's driveway when she was struck. Although the customer did not witness the incident, she heard the colli ...
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