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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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  • Fatality Narrative Truck Driver Crushed Between Two Trailers
    Fatality Narrative: Truck Driver Crushed Between Two Trailers
    Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
    2019/05/14 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 51-year-old truck driver died when his semi-truck and attached trailer rolled backward, crushing him between his trailer and a parked trailer. The driver had driven semi-trucks for 40 years. He had worked for his employer, a freight trucking company, for 13 years. On the day of the incident, the driver arrived at a customer truck yard to pick up ...
  • Fatality Narrative Window Cleaner Falls 50 Feet
    Fatality Narrative: Window Cleaner Falls 50 Feet
    Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
    2019/05/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 70-year-old self-employed window cleaner died when he fell 50 feet while cleaning the windows of a public library building. He had been cleaning windows for 50 years. On the day of the incident, he was working alone to clean the windows of a three-story library. He had cleaned the building's windows twice per year for over four years. He brought ...
  • Fatality Narrative Orchard Manager Dies When ATV Crashes into Apple Bin
    Fatality Narrative: Orchard Manager Dies When ATV Crashes into Apple Bin
    Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
    2019/04/10 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 43-year-old orchard manager died when the all-terrain vehicle (ATV) he was operating struck an apple bin causing him to be thrown 32 feet from the point of impact. He had worked for 6 years as the manager at his employer's apple orchard. The manager was operating his personal ATV (he resided on the property) in the orchard while supervising a nig ...
  • Construction Injury Narrative Ironworker Falls 80 Feet Through Bent Plate Gap 2019
    Construction Injury Narrative: Ironworker Falls 80 Feet Through Bent Plate Gap [2019]
    Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
    2019/03/26 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 29-year-old ironworker was severely injured after falling through a bent plate gap and landing 80 feet below in a debris net. The ironworker's employer was a structural steel and precast concrete contractor. He had worked for his employer for over four years and he had been an ironworker for 10 years. The ironworker was a member of a "raising gan ...
  • A Laborer Dies When He is Pulled into a Tree Stump Grinder
    A Laborer Dies When He is Pulled into a Tree Stump Grinder
    Cierpich, Hank ;
    Harrison, Robert
    2019/03/25 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A laborer working for a landscaping company died when he was pulled into a tree stump grinder. The victim was helping the landscaping company owner (stump grinder operator) guide the machine by pulling on a rope tied around his waist and attached to the stump grinder. The rope caught in the stump grinder's grinding wheel and pulled the victim into ...
  • Farm mechanic died after torch cutting explosion Oregon
    Farm mechanic died after torch cutting explosion - Oregon
    Epstien, Barbara L.
    2019/03/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On March 21, 2017, a 46-year-old Hispanic farm mechanic used a plasma torch to remove the lid from an old 55-gallon drum that formerly contained flammable brake wash fluid. The drum was empty but not cleaned. The first cut with the torch caused a flash and explosion that blew the bottom off of the drum and knocked the mechanic unconscious. He died ...
  • Preventing Falls from Ladders
    Preventing Falls from Ladders
    California. Department of Public Health
    2019/03/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    or a school district custodian who was cleaning windows, the wrong-sized ladder and a lack of training had tragic and fatal consequences. You can read what went wrong and see prevention recommendations in the California Fatality Assessment and Evaluation Control (FACE) https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CCDPHP/DEODC/OHB/FACE/Pages/16CA006.aspx. Falls ...
  • Laborer Dies While Clearing Snow After a Blizzard Massachusetts
    Laborer Dies While Clearing Snow After a Blizzard- Massachusetts
    Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE)  ...
    2019/02/25 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On January 5, 2018, a 60-year-old laborer died while clearing snow in the early morning after a blizzard. At the time of the incident, the laborer was operating a snow blower to clear snow from a sidewalk. The laborer suffered a myocardial infarction and collapsed to the ground. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS Key contributing factors identified in this inves ...
  • Ranch Hand Dies After Being Kicked By a HorseMassachusetts
    Ranch Hand Dies After Being Kicked By a Horse-Massachusetts
    Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE)  ...
    2019/02/24 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On October 10, 2017, a 54-year-old ranch hand died while inside a paddock with two horses. At the time of the incident, the ranch hand was inside the paddock throwing hay. The incident was unwitnessed, but it appears that the ranch hand was kicked in the head by one of the horses while inside the paddock. One of the stable owners found the victim l ...
  • Fatality Narrative Roofer Falls 18 Feet from Wet House Roof
    Fatality Narrative: Roofer Falls 18 Feet from Wet House Roof
    Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
    2019/02/21 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 50-year-old roofer died when he fell 18 feet from a house roof. He had 20 years of experience as a roofer and had worked for his employer's roofing company for two years. He was part of a three-person crew installing a metal roof on a two-story house. Shortly after 8 a.m., the crew was setting up for the day. This was their third day at the work ...
  • Construccion Narracion de Fatalidades Trabajador Cae 18 Pies de un Techo Mojado
    Construccion Narracion de Fatalidades: Trabajador Cae 18 Pies de un Techo Mojado
    Departamento de Trabajo e Industrias del Estado de Washington
    2019/02/21 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    Un techador de 50 años murió al caer 18 pies desde el techo de una casa. Tenía 20 años de experiencia como techador y había trabajado para la empresa de techado de su empleador durante dos años. Formó parte de un equipo de tres personas que instaló un techo de metal en una casa de dos pisos. Poco después de las 8 a.m., la tripulación se estaba prep ...
  • Preventing Illness from Silica Dust
    Preventing Illness from Silica Dust
    California. Department of Public Health
    2019/02/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    Workers in construction and manufacturing jobs are often exposed to respirable crystalline silica, which is released when cutting or drilling into stone and concrete. Breathing silica dust is dangerous and can lead to serious and often fatal illnesses. There are steps employers must take to protect workers by reducing exposure to dust. These steps ...
  • A Solar Company Owner Dies When He Falls Through a Skylight
    A Solar Company Owner Dies When He Falls Through a Skylight
    Cierpich, Hank ;
    Harrison, Robert
    2019/01/29 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A solar company owner was working alone on a roof of a warehouse when he fell 40 feet through an unguarded skylight to the concrete floor below. The victim was setting up a drone on the roof to photograph work progress. He was unconscious after the fall and died on the same day at the hospital. The skylight did not have any protective coverings, sc ...
  • Construction Laborer Working in Highway Work Zone Struck by Van
    Construction Laborer Working in Highway Work Zone Struck by Van
    Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Project) (MIFACE)  ...
    2019/01/16 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    In fall 2015, a Hispanic male construction laborer in his 40s died when he was struck by a van traveling in the closed right lane of a highway work zone. The decedent and coworker, wearing high visibility vests, were on break from sealing pavement cracks and were standing behind/near their parked "kettle truck". The 2-mile long work zone started wi ...
  • Ironworker Fell 25 Feet While Working FromRelocating a Ladder in a Shaft way
    Ironworker Fell 25 Feet While Working From/Relocating a Ladder in a Shaft way
    Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Project) (MIFACE)  ...
    2019/01/16 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    In fall 2016, a 50-year-old male iron worker fell 25 feet while working from and relocating an unsecured 24-foot fiberglass extension ladder positioned across a 6-foot wide by 8-foot deep open shaft way. The extension ladder feet were set at the immediate edge of elevator shaft way on the second floor of the building. Neither the top (fly) section ...
  • Caretaker of a Farm Held in Trust Died Due to a Tractor Overturn to the Rear While Moving Downed Tree
    Caretaker of a Farm Held in Trust Died Due to a Tractor Overturn to the Rear While Moving Downed Tree
    Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Project) (MIFACE)  ...
    2019/01/16 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    In fall 2015 a male caretaker in his 60s of a farm held in trust died when he was pinned under an overturned, non-rollover protection structure (ROPS) equipped tractor. The property's woods had been loggedthe logging firm took the saleable wood and left the tops of the trees. The decedent and a family member were planning to haul the tree tops from ...
  • Teen Roofer Electrocuted when Ladder Contacts High Voltage Power Line
    Teen Roofer Electrocuted when Ladder Contacts High Voltage Power Line
    McIntosh, DeAnna
    2019/01/16 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On Monday, September 10, 2018, a 16-year-old male roofer (the victim) attempted to maneuver a fully extended 25-foot ladder when he lost control, causing the ladder to fall backwards and contact a 7200-volt electric power line, electrocuting him. Contributing Factors: Key contributing factors identified in this investigation include: 1. Work perfor ...
  • Construction Owner Died in Trench Wall Collapse
    Construction Owner Died in Trench Wall Collapse
    Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Project) (MIFACE)  ...
    2019/01/16 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    In Fall 2014 an excavating company owner in his late 50s died in a trench collapse. The decedent was performing a sanitary sewer tap to a 60-inch sewer pipe for a new home under construction. The decedent used a CAT 325BL excavator to dig a 15- to 22-foot deep, varied width trench. The decedent centered and placed the 4-foot 6-inch wide excavator b ...
  • Owner of Farm Land Died Due to a Tractor Run Over
    Owner of Farm Land Died Due to a Tractor Run Over
    Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Project) (MIFACE)  ...
    2019/01/15 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    In summer 2015, a male farm land owner farmer in his 60s was run over by his Farm All B tractor with a Woods belly mower. The decedent and a family member were working on the damaged belly mower. The decedent reached up from the ground to turn on the tractor. The tractor gear was in reverse. As the tractor moved backward, the mower deck struck the ...
  • Agriculture Injury Narrative Laborer Burned Cutting 55Gallon Drum When Leftover Fuel Explodes
    Agriculture Injury Narrative: Laborer Burned Cutting 55-Gallon Drum When Leftover Fuel Explodes
    Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
    2019/01/14 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 34-year-old farm laborer was severely burned when he used a cut-off saw to cut into a sealed 55-gallon steel drum that contained residual fuel, causing the drum to explode. The incident happened during cleanup of property recently bought by the berry farm where the victim worked. The victim had worked on the farm for three years doing various kin ...
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