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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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  • Crane operator electrocuted dies when the boom he was operating came in contact with 4800 volt high power transmission line
    Crane operator electrocuted dies when the boom he was operating came in contact with 4800 volt high power transmission line
    Wisconsin Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (Wisconsin FACE)  ...
    1992/12/25 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 27 year old white male working as a tow truck operator for 7 years was electrocuted when the boom he was operating hit a 4800 volt high power transmission line. The victim was attempting to move a junked auto from 2 tiers of junked autos sideways. He was standing on the ground with one hand on the load hook and one on the chain when the boom hit ...
  • Farmer Dies After Falling From the Tongue of a Moving Hay Wagon
    Farmer Dies After Falling From the Tongue of a Moving Hay Wagon
    Minnesota Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Program (MN FACE)  ...
    1992/12/18 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 23-year-old male farmer (victim) died from injuries he received after falling from the tongue of a moving hay wagon. The wagon, loaded with straw bales, was being pulled by a small utility tractor down a paved county road. Two young helpers, one driving the tractor and one riding on top of the straw, accompanied him but neither witnessed the inci ...
  • Excavation Company Owner Dies after Bulldozer Slips Over the Side of A Flat Bed Trailer
    Excavation Company Owner Dies after Bulldozer Slips Over the Side of A Flat Bed Trailer
    Minnesota Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Program (MN FACE)  ...
    1992/12/18 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 28-year-old male owner of an excavation company (victim) was fatally injured after the bulldozer he was operating slipped over the side of a flat bed trailer. The injury occurred as a result of the victim striking his head on the bulldozer's rollover protective structure (ROPS). The seat belt in the bulldozer had been removedthe victim was not re ...
  • Rackman Burned in Refinery Explosion in Wyoming
    Rackman Burned in Refinery Explosion in Wyoming
    Wyoming Fatal Accident Circumstances and Epidemiology Project (Wyoming FACE)  ...
    1992/12/10 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 30 year old male rackman died in an out-of-state burn center approximately 16 hours after having been involved in a preventable explosion and fire at an in-state refinery. The victim was near the control valve of a vented, non-pressurized tank containing a combination of butane, propane and hot waste oil, when a fire and explosion occurred, burni ...
  • Construction Worker Electrocuted When Crane Cable Contacts an Overhead Power Line
    Construction Worker Electrocuted When Crane Cable Contacts an Overhead Power Line
    New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE)  ...
    1992/12/10 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On August 14, 1992, a 35-year-old male construction worker was electrocuted when a crane hoist cable attached to a pump he was handling contacted a 7,200 volt overhead power line. The incident occurred at the site of a road construction project while a work crew was using a crane to lower a water pump into a construction excavation. The victim was ...
  • Asphalt Company Supervisor Forklift Roll in Wyoming
    Asphalt Company Supervisor Forklift Roll in Wyoming
    Wyoming Fatal Accident Circumstances and Epidemiology Project (Wyoming FACE)  ...
    1992/12/08 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 36 year old male supervisor for a paving contractor died from preventable injuries incurred while riding on a forklift being driven by his 11 year old son, which tipped over on a sloped asphalt parking area, trapping the victim under the roll bar and crushing his chest. The driver of the forklift and a customer of the paving contractor alerted em ...
  • Tree Service OwnerOperator Dies after Falling from a Tree
    Tree Service Owner/Operator Dies after Falling from a Tree
    Boyle, Debora ;
    Madery, Georjean
    1992/12/07 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 53-year-old male tree service owner/operator (victim) died as a result of injuries he received after falling approximately 30 feet from a tree he was preparing to remove. Before felling the tree, it was necessary for him to remove upper branches with a small chain saw. The victim used climbers to ascend the tree and a positioning tree trimmer's b ...
  • Iron Worker Dies from Injuries Received from 20Foot Fall from Working Platform in Missouri
    Iron Worker Dies from Injuries Received from 20-Foot Fall from Working Platform in Missouri
    Hooper, Terry L. ;
    Ray, Thomas D.
    1992/12/06 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 28-year-old iron worker fell 20 feet to his death while working from a platform supported by a forklift. The victim was installing steel sheet metal siding on a manufacturing plant. At the time of the incident, the victim and a co-worker were placing a six-foot-wide sheet of insulation onto the steel structure. The co-worker was standing at the b ...
  • Farmer Dies After Fall with Tractor from a Low Water Bridge in Missouri
    Farmer Dies After Fall with Tractor from a Low Water Bridge in Missouri
    Hooper, Terry L. ;
    Ray, Thomas D.
    1992/12/06 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 63-year-old rural farmer died following a tractor incident. The victim was driving tractor across a narrow bridge when he lost control and the tractor and victim fell to the creek bottom. The MO FACE Investigator concluded that in order to prevent future similar occurrences, employers should: 1. Routinely identify potential hazards in the area wh ...
  • Welder Dies Following A 100 Foot Fall From A Water Tower
    Welder Dies Following A 100 Foot Fall From A Water Tower
    New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE)  ...
    1992/12/02 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On September 21, 1992, a 25-year-old male welder was killed after falling 100 feet from a leg of a municipal water tower. The incident occurred while the victim and a co-worker were welding antenna support brackets onto the leg of the tower. The victim apparently disconnected his fall protection and was climbing the leg of the tower when he fell ap ...
  • Two workers die when a structural steel beam collapses in Colorado
    Two workers die when a structural steel beam collapses in Colorado.
    Hoffman, Richard E. ;
    McCammon, Jane B.
    1992/12/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    Two iron workers were fatally injured when the tack welds on a structural steel vertical column broke. The workers were attempting to connect a cross beam to the vertical column at the time of the incident. The vertical column was tack welded to a base plate that was set in a prefabricated concrete wall. This base plate was determined to be out of ...
  • Construction company owner dies when he falls from roof of home under construction in Colorado
    Construction company owner dies when he falls from roof of home under construction in Colorado.
    Hoffman, Richard E. ;
    McCammon, Jane B.
    1992/12/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    The owner of a small construction company in Colorado was fatally injured when he fell from the roof he was standing on. In this incident a crew of three were applying sheets of plywood to the roof trusses of a two story home under construction. Employee #1 (the deceased) was cutting sheets of plywood for the other two employees. He was standing on ...
  • Carpenter dies when the trusses on a home under construction collapse in Colorado
    Carpenter dies when the trusses on a home under construction collapse in Colorado.
    Hoffman, Richard E. ;
    McCammon, Jane B.
    1992/12/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A carpenter in Colorado was fatally injured when the roof trusses he was standing on collapsed. In this incident a crew of three were getting ready to apply sheets of plywood to the roof trusses of a home under construction. The trusses had been erected the day before and a stack of 4'x8' sheets of plywood had been stacked on the framework. Employe ...
  • Maintenance electrician dies from burns received when electrical panel is shorted
    Maintenance electrician dies from burns received when electrical panel is shorted.
    Hoffman, Richard E. ;
    McCammon, Jane B.
    1992/12/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 38-year old employee of a process equipment manufacturer was severely burned while attempting to test an electrical power circuit. On the day of the incident the maintenance electrician was asked by a co-worker to determine why an 85 horsepower electric motor was not functioning. The deceased used a multi-meter rated at 600 volts to check out the ...
  • Carpenters Helper Dies After Falling Through Stairwell Opening Virginia FACE 9236
    Carpenter's Helper Dies After Falling Through Stairwell Opening - Virginia: FACE 92-36
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    1992/12/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    The case of a 35-year-old male carpenter's helper who died following a fall into a stairwell opening in Virginia was reviewed. The victim was 6 feet 5 inches tall and weighed 235 pounds. The employer had been subcontracted to frame up a one-story private residence. The residence was to have a full basement. The victim was working on the floor, hand ...
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  • Resident Caretaker Dies from Electrocution
    Resident Caretaker Dies from Electrocution
    Minnesota Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Program (MN FACE)  ...
    1992/11/25 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 27-year-old resident caretaker (victim) of an apartment building was electrocuted along with two juvenile helpers when a mobile scaffold he was moving made contact with an overhead 7200V power line. He was moving the scaffold to a location where he planned to repair a portion of the building's soffit. According to an employer representative, this ...
  • Construction Laborer Dies After a Water Truck and Scraper Collide South Carolina FACE 9219
    Construction Laborer Dies After a Water Truck and Scraper Collide - South Carolina: FACE 92-19
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    1992/11/24 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    The case of a 30-year-old construction worker who was killed at a highway construction site was reviewed. The victim had been employed by a highway construction company for 2 years as a construction laborer. On the day of the accident the victim was working on a new multilane interstate highway. One of his tasks at the site included driving the wat ...
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  • Maintenance Worker Dies After Falling 3 Feet Into A Construction Excavation
    Maintenance Worker Dies After Falling 3 Feet Into A Construction Excavation
    New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE)  ...
    1992/11/23 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On August 29, 1992, a 51-year-old maintenance worker was fatally injured after falling into a construction excavation. The incident occurred at a correctional facility when the victim approached a trench that had been dug for the foundation of a new building. As he was apparently approaching the excavation, he fell into the three-foot-deep trench a ...
  • Construction Foreman Motor Vehicle Crash in Wyoming
    Construction Foreman Motor Vehicle Crash in Wyoming
    Wyoming Fatal Accident Circumstances and Epidemiology Project (Wyoming FACE)  ...
    1992/11/21 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 42 year old male construction foreman died from preventable injuries incurred when his company pickup rear-ended a tanker trailer which had slowed on a grade on a state highway in a rural area of the state. The victim was traveling northeast on a dry three-lane asphalt highway during clear weather in daylight hours, enroute to a testing site near ...
  • Contract Worker Reinstalling Sewer Line in Wyoming
    Contract Worker Re-installing Sewer Line in Wyoming
    Wyoming Fatal Accident Circumstances and Epidemiology Project (Wyoming FACE)  ...
    1992/11/14 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 39 year old male plumber's helper died from injuries incurred when an excavation collapsed while re-installing a sewer line at a construction site for a new home being built. The victim was in an un-shored, vertical-walled excavation, replacing a sewer pipe that had been installed nearly a week prior to the incident. While he was shovelling dirt ...
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