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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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  • Welder Dies in Explosion While Working Inside a Tanker Trailer in California
    Welder Dies in Explosion While Working Inside a Tanker Trailer in California
    California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (CA/FACE)  ...
    1994/04/05 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 37-year-old, white, non-Hispanic, male welder (the victim) died when an explosion occurred in the tanker trailer where he was working. The victim was a self-employed welding contractor who was working for a bulk carrier trucking company. The victim had been asked to repair a bulkhead of a petroleum tanker trailer. According to co-workers, the tan ...
  • Tree Trimmer Electrocuted by High Voltage Line in California
    Tree Trimmer Electrocuted by High Voltage Line in California
    California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (CA/FACE)  ...
    1994/04/05 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On July 20, 1993, a 45-year-old Hispanic male tree trimmer (victim) was electrocuted when a branch he cut fell on a high voltage electrical line. He had been instructed by his supervisor to cut the branch, but according to his supervisor had failed to tie it off properly. The branch hit a power line, and the victim was electrocuted when his chain s ...
  • Maintenance Worker Electrocuted While at Work on Top of a Water Tank in California
    Maintenance Worker Electrocuted While at Work on Top of a Water Tank in California
    California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (CA/FACE)  ...
    1994/04/05 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 46-year-old Caucasian male maintenance worker (the victim) was electrocuted while at work on the top of a water tank. The victim worked for a non-profit organization which provided day training for mentally disabled adults. The victim's supervisor stated that on the morning of the incident, he (supervisor) had informed the victim that the water t ...
  • Elevator Service Technician Dies After Being Crushed by an Elevator CounterWeight in California
    Elevator Service Technician Dies After Being Crushed by an Elevator Counter-Weight in California
    California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (CA/FACE)  ...
    1994/04/05 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 42-year-old, white, non-Hispanic, male elevator service technician (the victim) died after being crushed by an elevator counterweight while at work. The victim was an employee of an elevator repair company and was doing general maintenance contract work for a hotel. He was working alone at the time of the incident. The service dispatcher at his c ...
  • Tree Trimmer Falls from Tree and Dies in California
    Tree Trimmer Falls from Tree and Dies in California
    California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (CA/FACE)  ...
    1994/04/05 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 37-year-old Hispanic male tree trimmer (the victim) fell approximately 40 feet from a palm tree and died. The victim had been hired by an apartment complex manager to trim the palm trees around the apartment complex. According to co-workers the victim was using safety devices (lanyard and rope) to secure himself to the palm tree before beginning ...
  • Manufacturing Supervisor Falls and Dies in an Elevator Shaft in California
    Manufacturing Supervisor Falls and Dies in an Elevator Shaft in California
    California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (CA/FACE)  ...
    1994/04/05 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 34-year-old Hispanic male manufacturing supervisor (the victim) died after falling approximately 35 feet into an elevator shaft. The victim had been showing his family members his place of employment. The incident occurred when the victim tried to prevent the elevator from going up a level. He attempted to detain the elevator by grabbing the elev ...
  • Construction Worker Dies After Falling 20 Feet Through An Equipment Hatch Into a Sewage Pumping Station Wet Well
    Construction Worker Dies After Falling 20 Feet Through An Equipment Hatch Into a Sewage Pumping Station Wet Well
    New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE)  ...
    1994/04/04 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On September 24, 1993, a 20-year-old male construction worker was killed after falling 20 feet into a wet well at the construction site of a sewage pumping station. The incident occurred while the victim and co-workers were removing mud that had collected at the bottom of a newly constructed sewage wet well. The victim was standing at the top of th ...
  • Construction Foreman Dies After Falling 32 Feet Through a Floor Opening
    Construction Foreman Dies After Falling 32 Feet Through a Floor Opening
    New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE)  ...
    1994/04/04 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On September 16, 1993, a 56-year-old male construction foreman was critically injured after falling 32 feet through a floor opening at the construction site of a sewage pumping station. The incident occurred while the victim and his crew were constructing wooden forms for a concrete pour. While walking across a concrete slab that covered the pumpin ...
  • Roofing Estimator Dies After Falling 14 Feet From The Roof of a Shopping Center Strip Mall
    Roofing Estimator Dies After Falling 14 Feet From The Roof of a Shopping Center Strip Mall
    New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE)  ...
    1994/04/04 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On October 7, 1993, a 52-year-old male roofing company estimator was critically injured after falling 14 feet from the roof of a shopping mall. The incident occurred as the victim was inspecting the flat roof of the mall for water leaks. The victim climbed onto a sloped roof that fronted the flat roof and lost his footing on the shingles, falling t ...
  • Massachusetts Carpenter Dies in Fall Through Floor Opening at a Home Construction Site
    Massachusetts Carpenter Dies in Fall Through Floor Opening at a Home Construction Site
    Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE)  ...
    1994/04/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On August 11, 1993, a 33 year old male carpenter died from injuries sustained in a twenty foot fall through a floor opening at a homesite under construction in Massachusetts. In the moments prior to his fall, the victim was reportedly fastening two framed wall sections together near the floor opening. The victim's supervisor and co-worker saw the v ...
  • Massachusetts Maintenance Foreman Dies When Crushed Beneath Steel Framework
    Massachusetts Maintenance Foreman Dies When Crushed Beneath Steel Framework
    Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE)  ...
    1994/03/31 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On June 21, 1993, a 41 year old male maintenance mechanic was crushed to death at an iron foundry when a 1,500 pound steel frame he was uprighting fell on him. The victim was working alone with a chain fall, and was apparently beneath the load when the steel platform fell on him, crushing his head and shoulders. A nearby co-worker immediately summo ...
  • School Maintenance Worker Dies After Falling 20 Feet From A Ladder While Servicing An Outdoor Athletic Field Light
    School Maintenance Worker Dies After Falling 20 Feet From A Ladder While Servicing An Outdoor Athletic Field Light
    New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE)  ...
    1994/03/29 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On November 16, 1993, a 54-year-old male school maintenance/custodial worker died after falling 20 feet from a ladder. The incident occurred when the victim climbed the ladder to replace a light on a pole at a high school football field. After raising the ladder from the bed of his pickup truck to the light pole, the crossarm broke, causing the lad ...
  • Speeding Truck Hits Signal Equipment in Wyoming
    Speeding Truck Hits Signal Equipment in Wyoming
    Wyoming Fatal Accident Circumstances and Epidemiology Project (Wyoming FACE)  ...
    1994/03/28 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 31 year old male truck driver died from injuries suffered when the truck he was driving struck the rear of a traffic control vehicle and burst into flames in a high-speed rollover. The driver was alone and had passed several vehicles at speeds of 80 mph on a road posted at 65 mph. He was travelling in the right hand lane and approaching a parked ...
  • Welding Service Owner Crushed by Conduit in Wyoming
    Welding Service Owner Crushed by Conduit in Wyoming
    Wyoming Fatal Accident Circumstances and Epidemiology Project (Wyoming FACE)  ...
    1994/03/25 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 48 year old male welding service owner died from injuries suffered when a 5' concrete conduit pipe dislodged from a crane lift and dropped onto him, crushing him between two pieces of conduit. The victim was serving as supervisor for a project to install a man-hole access on a city street. Pieces of concrete conduit, 5' high by 4' in diameter, we ...
  • Logger dies after fall from skidder to tree stump
    Logger dies after fall from skidder to tree stump
    Wisconsin Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (Wisconsin FACE)  ...
    1994/03/25 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A logger (the victim) died after he apparently fell while climbing out of a log skidder, sustaining fatal chest injuries upon impact with a tree stump. The victim was working with another logger who was cutting trees while the victim used the skidder to drag logs to a landing area. The compartment flooring and step/rung of the skidder had shiny met ...
  • Coating machine operator electrocuted while assisting electrician with circuit breaker wiring
    Coating machine operator electrocuted while assisting electrician with circuit breaker wiring
    Wisconsin Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (Wisconsin FACE)  ...
    1994/03/24 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 44-year-old male coating machine operator (the victim) was electrocuted while assisting a company electrician who was re-routing wires from one circuit breaker to another. The electrician discovered that a circuit breaker that served the coating machine was malfunctioning, and was in the process of moving the wires from the malfunctioning circuit ...
  • Farmer Dies From Severe Burn Injuries
    Farmer Dies From Severe Burn Injuries
    Boyle, Debora ;
    Madery, Georjean
    1994/03/23 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    An 82-year-old male farmer (victim) died from severe burn injuries after he caught on fire as he was removing the sediment bowl housing from a tractor. It was approximately 4:30 p.m., and he was alone at the time of the incident. The gasoline powered tractor began missing as it was used to move large round hay bales. To alleviate the problem, the v ...
  • Cavein Kills Field Service Owner in Wyoming
    Cave-in Kills Field Service Owner in Wyoming
    Wyoming Fatal Accident Circumstances and Epidemiology Project (Wyoming FACE)  ...
    1994/03/21 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 30 year old male died from injuries suffered when the sides of a trench fell in on him while he was repairing a broken water main under a city street. The victim and a co-worker had brought a back-hoe to the address of a relative of the victim to dig a 10' deep trench at a buried water line. By mid-afternoon, they reached the water line and deter ...
  • Carpenter Dies After 12 Foot Fall From Ladder Alaska
    Carpenter Dies After 12 Foot Fall From Ladder -- Alaska
    Alaska Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (Alaska FACE)  ...
    1994/03/21 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On September 14, 1993, a 33-year-old, male carpenter (victim) was killed as a result of traumatic head injuries sustained during an approximate 12-foot fall from a ladder. The victim was applying sheetrock mud to a wall/ceiling joint in the woodshop classroom of a vocational-technical school. The victim apparently lost his balance and fell from a l ...
  • A 29 year old truck driverdeliveryman was electrocuted when the aluminum pole brush he was holding came in contact with a 14000 volt overhead transmission line
    A 29 year old truck driver/deliveryman was electrocuted when the aluminum pole brush he was holding came in contact with a 14,000 volt overhead transmission line
    Wisconsin Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (Wisconsin FACE)  ...
    1994/03/19 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 29 year old white male working as a truck driver/delivery man for one and one-half years was electrocuted on a farm where he was delivering bonemeal. It is assumed that the victim was standing on top of the truck tank and holding an aluminum pole brush overhead when the pole brush contacted a 14,000 volt power transmission line overhead. The vict ...
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