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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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Showing 3121 - 3140 of 3531 results
  • Painter Dies After 80Foot Fall from Electrical Transmission Tower in Indiana FACE 9205
    Painter Dies After 80-Foot Fall from Electrical Transmission Tower in Indiana: FACE 92-05
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    1992/01/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 31-year-old painter (victim) died from injuries sustained in an 80-foot fall from a 120-foot-high electrical transmission tower. The victim was a member of a four-man crew painting the tower. The crew had painted one side of the tower, from top to bottom, and had begun to paint the other side. The four crew members were working at the same level ...
    Public Domain
  • Project FACE Wisconsin Surveillance of Fatal Occupational Injuries
    Project FACE: Wisconsin Surveillance of Fatal Occupational Injuries
    Anderson H ;
    Hanrahan LP
    1992/01/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    The Wisconsin cooperative agreement has as its primary goal to effect a measurable reduction in traumatic occupational fatalities. This will be accomplished by strengthening the occupational public health infrastructure of Wisconsin. The resources of occupational safety and health epidemiologic research and public health prevention programs will be ...
    Peer Reviewed
  • Roofing Mechanic Trainee Electrocuted in South Carolina FACE 9206
    Roofing Mechanic Trainee Electrocuted in South Carolina: FACE 92-06
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    1992/01/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 19-year-old roofing mechanic trainee (victim) was electrocuted after he inadvertently contacted an energized service entrance conductor. At the time of the incident, a crew of six workers, including the victim, was performing various tasks on the roof of a warehouse. The victim, in preparing to apply aluminum flashing around the perimeter of the ...
    Public Domain
  • Tree Faller Killed When Struck by Decayed Slab Jarred Loose by Fallen Tree Alaska FACE 9209
    Tree Faller Killed When Struck by Decayed Slab Jarred Loose by Fallen Tree - Alaska: FACE 92-09
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    1992/01/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 45-year-old male tree faller (the victim) was cutting and felling trees on a mountainside with a 50 percent slope. The victim cut a hemlock snag (dead standing tree) that was 90 feet tall and 40 inches in diameter at the butt. About 24 feet directly uphill from the snag was a decayed hemlock log that was lying horizontally, parallel with the cont ...
    Public Domain
  • Maintenance Engineer Dies After Falling 25 Feet From A Collapsing Scaffold
    Maintenance Engineer Dies After Falling 25 Feet From A Collapsing Scaffold
    New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE)  ...
    1991/12/20 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On September 5, 1991, a 57-year-old maintenance engineer was fatally injured after a 25-foot fall from a collapsing scaffold. The incident occurred at a correctional facility after the victim climbed a scaffold in order to fix a separation in the scaffold's sections. As he was lowering the scaffold planks to the ground, the scaffold collapsed, and ...
  • Textile Worker Fixer Electrocuted When He Contacts an Energized Conductor in South Carolina FACE 9128
    Textile Worker (Fixer) Electrocuted When He Contacts an Energized Conductor in South Carolina: FACE 91-28
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    1991/12/10 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    The case of a 44-year-old fixer who was electrocuted at a textile facility when he contacted an energized electrical conductor inside a 550-volt control box was investigated. The employer was a textile manufacturer which employed 506 persons and had a written safety program with written safety instructions. The victim, part of a two-man crew, arriv ...
    Public Domain
  • Municipal Water System Operator Dies After Entering OxygenDeficient Valve Vault in Montana FACE 9117
    Municipal Water System Operator Dies After Entering Oxygen-Deficient Valve Vault in Montana: FACE 91-17
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
    1991/12/06 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    The case of a 35 year old male water system operator who died after entering a valve vault at a municipal water system facility was examined. The employer was a municipal public utilities department that had 98 employees and a written safety policy, safety program and established safe work procedures. The worker planned to open a valve on a water l ...
    Public Domain
  • Cleaning Maid Dies in Ohio Following a 12Foot Fall Through a Floor Opening FACE 9127
    Cleaning Maid Dies in Ohio Following a 12-Foot Fall Through a Floor Opening: FACE 91-27
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
    1991/12/06 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    The case of a 71 year old cleaning maid who fell 12 feet to her death through an unguarded floor opening was investigated. The employer was a village which provided various services including a municipal swimming pool. The village employed 37 to 47 workers and had no written safety policy, designated safety director or written safety program. On th ...
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  • Sanitation worker dies when rescuing coworker from underground sewer vault
    Sanitation worker dies when rescuing co-worker from underground sewer vault.
    Hoffman, Richard E. ;
    McCammon, Jane B.
    1991/12/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 49-year old employee of a sanitation company died when he was overcome with hydrogen sulfide gas in an underground sewer vault. Two sanitation workers were assigned to clean the vault that served as a junction box for converging sewer lines. Employee #1 entered the vault to scrape a bar screen located at the far end of the vault. The bottom of th ...
  • Tree trimmer dies after falling 12 feet when exiting the personnel bucket on an aerial bucket truck
    Tree trimmer dies after falling 12 feet when exiting the personnel bucket on an aerial bucket truck.
    Hoffman, Richard E. ;
    McCammon, Jane B.
    1991/12/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 49-year old part-time employee of a tree trimming service suffered severe head injuries when he fell while exiting the personnel bucket on a aerial bucket truck. The employee died 23 days later. On the day of the incident the employee had completed trimming a tree in the parking area of a small strip mall. Two co-workers had lowered the folding b ...
  • Tree Faller Crushed by Dislodged Tree Alaska FACE 9215
    Tree Faller Crushed by Dislodged Tree - Alaska: FACE 92-15
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    1991/12/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 47-year-old male tree faller (the victim) was felling trees on a mountainside with a 50 percent slope. The victim was opening a cutting strip approximately 150 feet above a logging road when he felled a hemlock tree that became lodged against another hemlock. The victim decided to clear the lodged tree by cutting and felling the supporting tree. ...
    Public Domain
  • Electrical Lineman Electrocuted After Contacting Energized TrailerMounted Line Tensioner in South Carolina FACE 9125
    Electrical Lineman Electrocuted After Contacting Energized Trailer-Mounted Line Tensioner in South Carolina: FACE 91-25
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
    1991/11/27 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    The case of a 27 year old male electrical lineman who was electrocuted when he contacted an energized trailer mounted line tensioner was investigated. The employer was an electrical contractor who specialized in powerline construction, and employed 300 workers, including 150 linemen. The company had a safety director, safety program, safety policy ...
    Public Domain
  • Order Selector Dies After Jumping 16 Feet from an Elevated Pallet on an Overturning Forklift in South Carolina FACE 9124
    Order Selector Dies After Jumping 16 Feet from an Elevated Pallet on an Overturning Forklift in South Carolina: FACE 91-24
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
    1991/11/22 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    The case of a 22 year old order selector who died after jumping 16 feet from an elevated pallet on a forklift when the forklift began to overturn was investigated. The employer was a distributor for the food service industry, providing foodstuffs and other related items. A safety program was in place. The victim was one of 15 order selectors who se ...
    Public Domain
  • Tree Trimmer Dies After Falling 65 Feet from Tree in Virginia FACE 9130
    Tree Trimmer Dies After Falling 65 Feet from Tree in Virginia: FACE 91-30
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    1991/11/22 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    The case of a 34-year-old male tree trimmer who died after falling 65 feet from a tree was investigated. The victim was employed full time as a tree trimmer by a tree care service. During his off time, he and his brother continued with tree trimming activities. The victim and his brother had been contracted by a general contractor to remove a large ...
    Public Domain
  • A Golf Course Greenskeeper is Killed when a Tractor Rolled over Him
    A Golf Course Greenskeeper is Killed when a Tractor Rolled over Him
    McKenzie, Lyle E.
    1991/10/25 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    The 75-year-old golf course greenskeeper was killed while installing rotary mowers on a Jacobsen F10 tractor. The victim was standing between the front and rear wheels of the tractor when he started the tractor to supply power to the power take-off (PTO). The tractor was in gear when the engine was started. The vehicle lurched backward, knocking th ...
  • Drill Operator and Mechanic Electrocuted After Contacting A 7200 Volt Overhead Power Line With A Drill Rig Boom
    Drill Operator and Mechanic Electrocuted After Contacting A 7,200 Volt Overhead Power Line With A Drill Rig Boom
    New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE)  ...
    1991/10/25 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On July 30, 1991, a 45-year-old male drill operator and a 58-year-old male shop mechanic were electrocuted when their drill rig boom made contact with a 7,200 volt overhead power line. The incident occurred while the two men were moving a drill rig away from the side of a road where they had been drilling test bores. The workers were apparently mov ...
  • Maintenance Worker Electrocuted After Contacting 120 Volts While Testing an Electric Motor
    Maintenance Worker Electrocuted After Contacting 120 Volts While Testing an Electric Motor
    New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE)  ...
    1991/10/25 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On May 23, 1991, a 62-year-old maintenance worker was electrocuted after contacting 120 volts at his maintenance bench. The incident occurred at a health club while the worker was completing repairs on an electric motor. The worker was electrocuted apparently as he was connecting the bare wires of a cut-off extension cord to an electric motor in or ...
  • Roofer Dies After 25 Foot Fall From a House Roof
    Roofer Dies After 25 Foot Fall From a House Roof
    New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE)  ...
    1991/10/25 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On May 1, 1991, a 42 year-old roofer died after falling 25 feet from a house roof. The incident occurred while the victim was preparing to nail a course of shingles on the edge of the roof. NJDOH FACE investigators concluded that, to prevent similar occurrences in the future, the following guidelines should be implemented: 1. A job hazard analysis ...
  • Electricians Helper Electrocuted After Contacting 480 Volt Bus Wires for an Overhead Crane
    Electrician's Helper Electrocuted After Contacting 480 Volt Bus Wires for an Overhead Crane
    Bost, Patrick ;
    O'Leary, Kathleen
    1991/10/25 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On June 17, 1991, a 21-year-old electrician's helper was electrocuted after contacting the exposed 480-volt bus wires that supply power to a movable overhead crane. The incident occurred while the worker was running cables for surveillance cameras at a factory which produces foundry equipment. While a co-worker was passing the coaxial cables over a ...
  • Carpenter Dies After Falling from the Roof of a Carport Addition That Collapsed While Under Construction in South Carolina FACE 9126
    Carpenter Dies After Falling from the Roof of a Carport Addition That Collapsed While Under Construction in South Carolina: FACE 91-26
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
    1991/10/24 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    The case of a 66 year old male carpenter who fell 8 feet from the roof of a carport addition that collapsed was investigated. The victim was a self employed carpenter who worked on a part time basis. He had been hired to build an addition to an existing carport. On this job he was working with the help of two neighborhood teenage boys and a coworke ...
    Public Domain
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