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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 Specialty Foundation Company Laborer Dies in Machinery Entanglement
    Massachusetts Specialty Foundation Company Laborer Dies in Machinery Entanglement
    Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE)  ...
    1994/06/28 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On May 25, 1993, a 23 year old specialty foundation company laborer died when he became entangled in the revolving auger of a drilling machine at a university construction site. The victim was employed to assist the machine operator during drilling processes, and was using a shovel to clear the earth brought up by the auger when the incident occurr ...
  • Laborer Electrocuted While Felling Trees on Private Property
    Laborer Electrocuted While Felling Trees on Private Property
    Barrett, Charles L. ;
    Warren, Richard L.
    1994/06/24 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 53-year-old male laborer was electrocuted while felling trees on private property one quarter of a mile from the employer's home. The victim, with alleged experience of fifteen years felling trees, started to work about 3:00 p.m. the day of the fatal injury. The victim was instructed by the employer to clear a specific area. For unknown reasons t ...
  • Welders Helper Asphyxiated in ArgonInerted Pipe Alaska
    Welder's Helper Asphyxiated in Argon-Inerted Pipe -- Alaska
    Alaska Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (Alaska FACE)  ...
    1994/06/23 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On April 29, 1994, a 22-year-old, male welder's helper (victim) was asphyxiated after entering an oil pipe section that had been filled with argon. The victim had been assisting in a welding operation to join two sections of pipe for a line currently under construction. The pipeline was being constructed to carry crude oil from an oil field to a fl ...
  • Construction Laborer Electrocuted At School Renovation Site
    Construction Laborer Electrocuted At School Renovation Site
    New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE)  ...
    1994/06/22 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On August 9, 1993, a 33-year-old male construction laborer was electrocuted while working in a public school building. The incident occurred in the entrance vestibule where a lighting fixture was hanging down by its electrical cable. At about 8:30 a.m., the victim was in the vestibule apparently carrying discarded tiles outside when a second worker ...
  • Laborer Dies After Falling 8 Feet While Spreading A Tarp on a Trailer
    Laborer Dies After Falling 8 Feet While Spreading A Tarp on a Trailer
    New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE)  ...
    1994/06/22 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On January 11, 1994, a 54-year-old male laborer was killed after falling eight feet from a flatbed trailer. The incident occurred after the victim had loaded the trailer with pallets of bagged cement. He had climbed on top of the pallets to spread a tarp over them when he apparently slipped and fell to the ground. He suffered severe head injuries a ...
  • Logger Killed When Struck by Log That Rolled off Truck During Unloading Operation
    Logger Killed When Struck by Log That Rolled off Truck During Unloading Operation
    Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (KY FACE)  ...
    1994/06/17 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 51-year-old male, self-employed, logger/farmer was preparing to unload logs at a sawmill. The load consisted of about 18 logs, 10-22" in diameter and 8-12 feet long. The load had been secured by 2 binders (chains) to the back of a Chevrolet flatbed single axle truck. The forward of the 2 chains had been removed by the victim. As the second chain ...
  • Drywall Mechanic Dies After 10Foot Fall from an OpenSided Floor South Carolina FACE 9413
    Drywall Mechanic Dies After 10-Foot Fall from an Open-Sided Floor - South Carolina: FACE 94-13
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    1994/06/17 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A drywall mechanic died after falling 10 feet from an open sided second floor landing of a house under construction. The 20-year-old man was employed by a subcontractorthis was his first day back on the job after a 6-month layoff. The employer had been in business for about 15 years and employed four workers. There were no written safety programs o ...
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  • PartTime Farmer Drowns In Pond After Tractor Rollover
    Part-Time Farmer Drowns In Pond After Tractor Rollover
    Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (KY FACE)  ...
    1994/06/16 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On Sunday May 22, 1994, a 54-year-old part-time farmer died when the tractor he was operating rolled over pinning him under water. The victim was pulling a wagon on which 2 children and one adult were riding on their way to the farmer's fishing pond. As the tractor approached the pond down a 14-degree slope, it began to slide on the loose ground. T ...
  • Product SpecialistService Manager Dies After Falling 4 Feet During Machine Assembly
    Product Specialist/Service Manager Dies After Falling 4½ Feet During Machine Assembly
    Minnesota Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Program (MN FACE)  ...
    1994/06/15 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 57-year-old male product specialist/service manager (victim) died as a result of head injuries received after falling 4 1/2 feet during machine assembly. He and three other workers were engaged in assembling a large, stationary, rotary mining drill. Drill assembly took place outdoors and was about one-third to one-half completethe temperature was ...
  • Building Contractor Dies in Fall From Second Story Porch on Residential Construction Site
    Building Contractor Dies in Fall From Second Story Porch on Residential Construction Site
    Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE)  ...
    1994/06/14 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On October 22, 1993, a 62 year old, male building contractor was fatally injured when he fell approximately twenty feet from a ladder on a residential construction site. The victim was apparently working from a portable ladder on an exterior second level landing, and he apparently lost his grip or balance and fell from the ladder to the packed dirt ...
  • Massachusetts Concrete Plant DriverYardman Asphyxiated in Materials Hopper
    Massachusetts Concrete Plant Driver/Yardman Asphyxiated in Materials Hopper
    Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE)  ...
    1994/06/09 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On January 20, 1994, a 39 year old male driver/yardman was asphyxiated when he was buried in pea stone in a hopper at an automated concrete processing plant. A concrete mixture was under preparation when the system shut down and the control room instrumentation panel indicated there was an obstruction in the hopper. This was a common occurrence in ...
  • Massachusetts Loading Dock Worker Dies in Explosion of Beer Truck
    Massachusetts Loading Dock Worker Dies in Explosion of Beer Truck
    Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE)  ...
    1994/06/08 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On January 26, 1994, a 33 year old, male, loading dock worker was fatally injured when a 40 foot trailer full of bottled beer exploded. The victim was employed by a Massachusetts commercial motor carrier. Due to a several week stretch of below freezing temperatures, the employer had rented propane heaters to place inside the trailers to keep the be ...
  • Demolition Foreman Dies After 35Foot Fall Through Hole in Flat Roof
    Demolition Foreman Dies After 35-Foot Fall Through Hole in Flat Roof
    Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (KY FACE)  ...
    1994/06/08 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 51-year-old male demolition foreman (the victim) died from head injuries sustained when he fell through a hole in a flat roof to a concrete floor. At about 3:25 pm the victim was on the roof to retrieve a four by eight sheet of 3/4" plywood to be used at another location on the plant site. After moving the plywood, partially exposing the hole, th ...
  • Carpenter Dies After Falling 10 Feet from a Step LadderPorch Floor South Carolina FACE 9412
    Carpenter Dies After Falling 10 Feet from a Step Ladder/Porch Floor - South Carolina: FACE 94-12
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    1994/06/06 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    This report concerned the death of a 37-year-old male carpenter who fell 10 feet, striking his head on a concrete block retaining wall. The employer was a house framing contractor that had been in business for 19 years, employing five workers, three of whom were carpenters. There was a written safety program, but the program was incomplete regardin ...
    Public Domain
  • Journeyman Wireman Electrocuted After Contacting Energized Switchgear Components at Power Plant West Virginia FACE 9410
    Journeyman Wireman Electrocuted After Contacting Energized Switchgear Components at Power Plant - West Virginia: FACE 94-10
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    1994/05/31 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 23-year-old male journeyman wireman was electrocuted when he contacted two phases of an energized buss inside a switchhouse at a utility company power facility. He was employed by an electrical contracting company which was one of two contractors installing an emissions control system at the powerplant. Although the contracting company normally u ...
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  • Farmer Dies After Large Round Hay Bale Falls on Him 94MN01401
    Farmer Dies After Large Round Hay Bale Falls on Him [94MN01401]
    Minnesota Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Program (MN FACE)  ...
    1994/05/24 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 38-year-old male hay farmer (victim), died from injuries sustained when a large round hay bale being loaded on a flatbed trailer fell on him. The victim used a tractor and loader to load hay bales onto the trailer. The tractor was not equipped with a cab or an enclosed rollover protective structure. The loader bucket was modified to lift hay bale ...
  • Tugboat Deckhand Drowns After Falling Off Barge into River
    Tugboat Deckhand Drowns After Falling Off Barge into River
    New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE)  ...
    1994/05/23 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On the evening of January 27, 1993, a 29-year-old tugboat deckhand fell from a barge into a large river that divided two states. He was on one of two barges being moved by a tugboat to a pier when he apparently fell into the water and drowned. His body was recovered on April 4, 1993, several months after the incident. NJDOH FACE investigators concl ...
  • Laborer Electrocuted While Attempting to Change a Fuse in a Fuse Box Providing Power to a Fertilizer MixerLoader
    Laborer Electrocuted While Attempting to Change a Fuse in a Fuse Box Providing Power to a Fertilizer Mixer/Loader
    Barrett, Charles L. ;
    Warren, Richard L.
    1994/05/17 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 22-year-old male employee of a feed and grain mill was loading dry fertilizer from an electrically powered mixer/loader into a truck when the auger and conveyer belt suddenly stopped. Evidence suggests, he then attempted to change a fuse in a fuse box located on the side of the building directly behind the loader and five feet above the wet and m ...
  • Massachusetts Steel Company Field Superintendent Dies in Thirty Foot Fall From Ladder
    Massachusetts Steel Company Field Superintendent Dies in Thirty Foot Fall From Ladder
    Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE)  ...
    1994/05/11 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On November 4, 1993, a 47 year old, male steel company field superintendent died from injuries received in a thirty foot fall from an access ladder to a gantry crane. The victim was on the upper rungs of the ladder, which was equipped with a cage designed to help prevent falls, surveying the crane system which was soon to be dismantled and moved. A ...
  • Journeyman Roofer Dies From 25FootFall Through Structural Decking
    Journeyman Roofer Dies From 25-Foot-Fall Through Structural Decking
    Ray, Thomas D. ;
    Roberts, Daryl W.
    1994/05/10 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On November 8, 1993 a 31-year-old journeyman roofer fell 25-feet through a section of a flat pitch roof. The workers were tearing off and replacing roofing material on a manufacturing plant type building. They had identified and marked bad sections of the structural decking for replacement. The victim and co-worker were walking near a marked bad se ...
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