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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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  • Carpenter Dies Following 13Foot Fall From a Scaffold Collapse While Setting Trusses on a Barn Construction in Maryland
    Carpenter Dies Following 13-Foot Fall From a Scaffold Collapse While Setting Trusses on a Barn Construction in Maryland
    Schneiderman, Aaron I. ;
    Ticer, Letha
    1994/05/06 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 37-year-old male carpenter died from head injuries sustained when he fell 13 feet from a carpenters' bracket scaffold that collapsed when a bracket failed. The victim and co-workers were engaged in erecting a barn and were in the process of positioning prefabricated roof truss assemblies on the partially completed structure. The victim and two co ...
  • Mason Dies Following ThreeStory Fall From Improvised Scaffolding
    Mason Dies Following Three-Story Fall From Improvised Scaffolding
    Wisconsin Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (Wisconsin FACE)  ...
    1994/05/03 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 35-year-old male mason (the victim) died as a result of falling from a scaffolding that had been improvised. The victim and two co-workers had been contracted to repair the brick facing near the top of a three story apartment building. The workers had improvised a scaffolding by lashing two rectangular metal frames to two extension ladders, and l ...
  • Parachute Jump Instructor and Jump Student Die From Fall After Chute Lines Became Entangled During Tandem Jump From Plane
    Parachute Jump Instructor and Jump Student Die From Fall After Chute Lines Became Entangled During Tandem Jump From Plane
    Wisconsin Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (Wisconsin FACE)  ...
    1994/05/03 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 33-year-old male parachute jump instructor (victim #1) and a 29-year-old jump student (victim #2) died upon impact with the ground following an unsuccessful tandem parachute jump. Victim #2 had contacted the victim #1 for a formal parachute lesson. The lesson included connecting two harnesses together which allowed victim #1 and victim #2 to jump ...
  • Delivery Truck Driver Electrocuted After TruckMounted Boom Contacts 40000Volt Overhead Power Line
    Delivery Truck Driver Electrocuted After Truck-Mounted Boom Contacts 40,000-Volt Overhead Power Line
    Minnesota Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Program (MN FACE)  ...
    1994/04/29 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 23-year-old male part-time delivery truck driver (victim) was electrocuted when he stepped from the cab of a flatbed truck after its partially extended loading boom contacted a 40,000-volt overhead power line. The incident occurred while the victim and a coworker were picking up excess building materials from two locations on a construction site. ...
  • Massachusetts Mason Dies in Fall From Construction Site Scaffolding
    Massachusetts Mason Dies in Fall From Construction Site Scaffolding
    Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE)  ...
    1994/04/27 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On October 12, 1993, a 53 year old male mason was fatally injured when he fell approximately twelve feet from the second level of an unguarded tubular welded scaffold system. It is not known what the victim was doing at the time of the incidenthowever, a witness saw him walk to the edge of the scaffold and place his foot on a piece of iron scaffold ...
  • Massachusetts Arborist Electrocuted On Contact With 13800 Volt Public Utility Powerline
    Massachusetts Arborist Electrocuted On Contact With 13,800 Volt Public Utility Powerline
    Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE)  ...
    1994/04/26 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On October 16, 1993, a 32 year old male arborist was electrocuted when he came in contact with a 13,800 volt public utility power line while cutting down a large pine tree. The victim was tied off to the upper section of the tree by a safety harness and lanyard, and was cutting branches. A co-worker, who was on the ground passing the branches throu ...
  • Massachusetts Maintenance Supervisor Dies in Twenty Foot Fall Through Rooftop Skylight Opening
    Massachusetts Maintenance Supervisor Dies in Twenty Foot Fall Through Rooftop Skylight Opening
    Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE)  ...
    1994/04/26 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On October 3, 1993, a 28 year old, male, hispanic maintenance supervisor was fatally injured when he fell twenty and one-half feet through a mall rooftop skylight opening. The victim was apparently attempting to secure a tarpaulin over the opening during inclement weather when he fell into the opening. Approximately 45 minutes later, a co-worker fo ...
  • Construction Laborer Electrocuted After Accessing Primary Side of Transformer Box
    Construction Laborer Electrocuted After Accessing Primary Side of Transformer Box
    Boyle, Debora ;
    Madery, Georjean
    1994/04/22 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 27-year-old male construction laborer (victim) was electrocuted when he made direct contact with an 8000-volt conductor inside a transformer box. He was not using any personal protective equipment at the time of the incident. He and a coworker were laying plastic conduit for underground cables beneath and up to the bottom of the box. An employee ...
  • Farmer Dies of Asphyxiation in Grain Bin
    Farmer Dies of Asphyxiation in Grain Bin
    Wisconsin Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (Wisconsin FACE)  ...
    1994/04/20 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 72-year old male farmer (the victim) died after becoming engulfed in shelled corn inside a grain storage bin. The farmer had rented a 15,000 bushel grain bin at a nearby farm to store corn in, and the bin was nearly full at the time of the incident. The farmer had received an order for corn and was in the process of using a grain auger to fill a ...
  • Drill Operator Electrocuted After Contacting A 7200 Volt Overhead Power Line While Raising A Drill Rig Boom
    Drill Operator Electrocuted After Contacting A 7,200 Volt Overhead Power Line While Raising A Drill Rig Boom
    New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE)  ...
    1994/04/19 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On October 6, 1993, a 27-year-old male drill rig operator was electrocuted when a radio antenna on top of his drill rig boom contacted a 7,200-volt overhead power line. The incident occurred when the victim and two helpers were preparing to drill a water well in the front yard of a private home. As the victim stood at the controls and raised the bo ...
  • Road Construction Laborer Dies After Falling Underneath the Wheel of a Front End Loader
    Road Construction Laborer Dies After Falling Underneath the Wheel of a Front End Loader
    New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE)  ...
    1994/04/19 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On September 22, 1993, a 39-year-old male road construction laborer was killed after falling beneath the wheel of a moving front end loader. The incident occurred while the victim was riding on the side of the loader as it was moving to a worksite. According to the driver of the loader, the victim moved a control lever which caused the machine to s ...
  • SelfEmployed Massachusetts Electrician Dies During Electrical Connection of Equipment
    Self-Employed Massachusetts Electrician Dies During Electrical Connection of Equipment
    Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE)  ...
    1994/04/18 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On Monday, June 21, 1993 a 32 year old, male, self-employed electrician was electrocuted while connecting a hydraulic press brake at a Massachusetts manufacturer of steel toxic waste containers. Apparently believing that the circuit was de-energized, as he had left it before his break, the victim cut through the taped end of a cable with insulated ...
  • Cleaning Company Laborer Crushed by Toppled Paper Bales While Working at Massachusetts Recycling Plant
    Cleaning Company Laborer Crushed by Toppled Paper Bales While Working at Massachusetts Recycling Plant
    Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE)  ...
    1994/04/18 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On April 30, 1993, an 18 year old, male cleaning company laborer was killed and a co-worker was seriously injured when several 1,300 pound wire-bound paper bales fell on top of them at a Massachusetts paper recycling plant. The victim and coworker were performing routine sweeping duties in the plant when the stacked paper bales toppled down on them ...
  • Laborer Dies Following a 13foot Fall From a PorchRoof
    Laborer Dies Following a 13-foot Fall From a Porch-Roof
    Wisconsin Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (Wisconsin FACE)  ...
    1994/04/18 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 66-year-old male laborer (the victim) died of injuries he received after falling 13 feet from the roof of a porch. The victim was part of a seven-person crew that was washing windows and installing storm windows on a student residence building at a state university. The storm windows were being installed at the second story level directly above t ...
  • Farmer Dies After Becoming Entangled in Hay Baler 93MN06301
    Farmer Dies After Becoming Entangled in Hay Baler [93MN06301]
    Boyle, Debora ;
    Madery, Georjean
    1994/04/13 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 48-year-old male part-time farmer (victim), died from injuries he sustained when his left arm became entangled in the rollers of a large round hay baler and was amputated. The power-take-off (PTO) of the tractor pulling the baler had not been disengaged, and the baler was still operating at the time of the incident. After completing the first rou ...
  • Night Watchman Drowns From Fall Into Massachusetts River
    Night Watchman Drowns From Fall Into Massachusetts River
    Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE)  ...
    1994/04/12 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    In the early morning hours of January 25, 1993, a 50 year old, male night watchman was found dead in a Massachusetts river. As part of nightly security checks, the victim was to ensure that tug boat generators remained fully operational. It is speculated that as he ascended or descended a ladder from the pier to a barge, the ladder dislodged sendin ...
  • Massachusetts Carpenter Dies When Crushed Beneath Prefabricated Modular Roof Panels
    Massachusetts Carpenter Dies When Crushed Beneath Prefabricated Modular Roof Panels
    Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE)  ...
    1994/04/11 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On June 30, 1993, a 24 year old male carpenter was fatally crushed beneath the weight of two prefabricated roof panels on a modular home construction site. The victim was working beneath the panels, on the roof of a single family home. He was attempting to align and nail the panels together when the collapse occurred. Once emergency responders free ...
  • Lineman Falls 40 From Hopper in Wyoming
    Lineman Falls 40' From Hopper in Wyoming
    Wyoming Fatal Accident Circumstances and Epidemiology Project (Wyoming FACE)  ...
    1994/04/08 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 32 year old male electrical lineman died from injuries suffered while installing a new power line. The victim was inside a crane operated basket at a height of approximately 40' and had moved outside the stability of the basket to reach a connector when the roll of conductor wire became dislodged, causing the tension of the wire to knock the vict ...
  • Roofer Falls From Top of 18 Building in Wyoming
    Roofer Falls From Top of 18' Building in Wyoming
    Wyoming Fatal Accident Circumstances and Epidemiology Project (Wyoming FACE)  ...
    1994/04/07 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 54 year old roofer died from injuries suffered when he fell while working with four co-workers in applying a coating material to the roof of an 18' building at a mine site. The victim was a member of a four person crew that was applying a liquid roofing product to the sloping metal roof of a building at a mine site. He was one of two workers that ...
  • Massachusetts Newspaper Boy Dies When Struck By a Van While Crossing The Street On His Bicycle
    Massachusetts Newspaper Boy Dies When Struck By a Van While Crossing The Street On His Bicycle
    Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE)  ...
    1994/04/05 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A fourteen year old, male, paper boy was fatally injured when he was struck by a van at approximately 7:45 am on Saturday, November 27. On route to pick up his newspapers at a drop off point, the boy was about to cross the street on his bicycle when he was hit. The boy was wearing a "stadium jacket" with a large, thick hood which likely blocked his ...
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