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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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  • Concrete ContractorFinisher Dies in Virginia Following a 36Foot Fall Through a Floor Opening FACE 9025
    Concrete Contractor/Finisher Dies in Virginia Following a 36-Foot Fall Through a Floor Opening: FACE 90-25
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
    1990/07/09 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    This report concerns the death of a 42 year old male concrete contractor/finisher who died after falling 36 feet through a floor opening. The man had been contracted to supply and finish the concrete for flooring work in a newly constructed three story 60,000 square foot building. At the time of the accident two crews of three men each were screedi ...
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  • Carpenter Electrocuted in Pennsylvania When Aluminum Edging Contacts Powerline FACE 9010
    Carpenter Electrocuted in Pennsylvania When Aluminum Edging Contacts Powerline: FACE 90-10
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
    1990/06/18 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 31 year old male carpenter was electrocuted when a 12 foot long strip of aluminum drip edging he was installing contacted a 7200 volt powerline located behind and above him. He was working on replacing the roofing on a house at the time of the accident. The powerlines were located 6 feet from the house and 5 feet above the edge of the roof. He wa ...
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  • Electrician Electrocuted After Contacting an Energized 480Volt Bus Bar in South Carolina FACE 9022
    Electrician Electrocuted After Contacting an Energized 480-Volt Bus Bar in South Carolina: FACE 90-22
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
    1990/06/18 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    The case of a 30 year old male electrician who was electrocuted as he and a coworker attempted to perform electrical maintenance services in a main service disconnect breaker panel at a hotel was examined. Hurricane Hugo had caused extensive damage to the hotel. The victim and his coworker had been assigned to clear a ground fault that repeatedly t ...
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  • Ironworker Foreman Dies After Falling 50 Feet from Structural Steel in South Carolina FACE 9024
    Ironworker Foreman Dies After Falling 50 Feet from Structural Steel in South Carolina: FACE 90-24
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
    1990/06/18 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 41 year old male ironworker died after falling about 50 feet from an I-beam to the ground. The victim worked as the foreman of a structural steel erection crew which had just erected the structural steel skeleton for a large building at the site. They removed the safety nets used during that construction 2 days prior to this accident. Having been ...
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  • Carpenter Dies Following an 11Foot Fall from a Roof in North Carolina FACE 9028
    Carpenter Dies Following an 11-Foot Fall from a Roof in North Carolina: FACE 90-28
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
    1990/06/18 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 34 year old male carpenter died after falling 11 feet from a garage roof. He worked for a general contractor building a private residence with an attached 26 foot by 39 foot garage. On the morning of the incident, a total of ten workers were laboring at various sites on the project. The victim and a coworker had been assigned to complete boxing u ...
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  • Line Technician Electrocuted During Power Restoration Following Hurricane Hugo in South Carolina FACE 9008
    Line Technician Electrocuted During Power Restoration Following Hurricane Hugo in South Carolina: FACE 90-08
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
    1990/06/16 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 58 year old male line technician employed by a utility company was electrocuted while working to restore electrical service in South Carolina in the wake of Hurricane Hugo. He and a coworker had cleared debris from a pole mounted three phase 7200 volt powerline and requested that the three phases be energized, thinking the problems were resolved. ...
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  • Welder Dies After Falling 22 Feet from a Roof at Mall Construction Site in Maryland FACE 9019
    Welder Dies After Falling 22 Feet from a Roof at Mall Construction Site in Maryland: FACE 90-19
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
    1990/06/07 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    The case of a 48 year old male welder who died after falling 22 feet from the roof of a mall under construction was examined. He had worked for a small construction welding firm for only 5 days before the accident, but had 20 years experience as a welder. The company had contracted to weld structural steel components at a new mall complex. He was e ...
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  • Painter Dies Following a 40Foot Fall from Scaffold Inside Water Tank in Ohio FACE 9016
    Painter Dies Following a 40-Foot Fall from Scaffold Inside Water Tank in Ohio: FACE 90-16
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
    1990/06/06 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 39 year old male painter died after he fell 40 feet from a scaffold when one of the nylon suspension ropes supporting the scaffold broke. An industrial painting contractor was sandblasting the interior of a 250,000 gallon steel water tank. The victim was the brother of the owner. The victim and a laborer were lowering a U-shaped, four point suspe ...
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  • Lineman Electrocuted After Contacting 7200Volt Cutout Switch On Utility Pole in Tennessee FACE 9026
    Lineman Electrocuted After Contacting 7,200-Volt Cutout Switch On Utility Pole in Tennessee: FACE 90-26
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
    1990/06/06 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 60 year old male lineman was electrocuted when he came in contact with a 7,200 volt cutout switch on a utility pole. He was employed by a company that had been contracted by the local utility company to replace approximately 1 mile of a power distribution line to accommodate the added electrical demand for a new housing subdivision in the area. H ...
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  • Roofer Dies After Falling Through Skylight Fixture in Maryland FACE 9021
    Roofer Dies After Falling Through Skylight Fixture in Maryland: FACE 90-21
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
    1990/06/05 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    This report concerned the death of a 51 year old male roofer who died after falling through a skylight. He worked for a small roofing and siding contractor, and was replacing the tar and gravel built up roofing on a bottling company with a rubber membrane material. The roof had 15 rectangular smoke dome type, curb mounted skylights measuring 42 by ...
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  • Painter Dies When Scaffold Falls Inside Municipal Water Tank in Indiana FACE 9012
    Painter Dies When Scaffold Falls Inside Municipal Water Tank in Indiana: FACE 90-12
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
    1990/06/04 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    The case of a 37 year old male journeyman painter who was killed when the swing scaffold on which he was working fell was investigated. The victim was using the scaffold to access the interior of a 68 foot tall, 32 foot diameter municipal water tank. He had been working from a single point suspension scaffold near the top of the tank. An aluminum l ...
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  • Electrical Lineman Electrocuted by Contact with Energized Powerline in Puerto Rico FACE 9006
    Electrical Lineman Electrocuted by Contact with Energized Powerline in Puerto Rico: FACE 90-06
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
    1990/05/23 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A journeyman lineman with 6 years of experience who was a member of an electrical utility work crew was electrocuted when the boom and bucket of the bucket truck rotated into an energized 4800 volt powerline in Puerto Rico. The work crew had been working for 10 days to restore electrical power in the wake of Hurricane Hugo. The incident occurred at ...
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  • Ironworker Foreman Dies Following a 37Foot Fall Through Platform Opening in Indiana FACE 9015
    Ironworker Foreman Dies Following a 37-Foot Fall Through Platform Opening in Indiana: FACE 90-15
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
    1990/05/22 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    The case of a 46 year old male ironworker foreman who fell to his death from an industrial building platform was examined. The employer was an industrial building construction company with 1500 workers. The victim had been employed for 10 years as an ironworker and had been with this company for 12 months as a foreman. The foreman and his crew of f ...
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  • Mechanic in a Construction Firm Died After Becoming Entrapped in a Roofing Tar Tank Truck
    [Mechanic in a Construction Firm Died After Becoming Entrapped in a Roofing Tar Tank Truck]
    McKenzie, Lyle E.
    1990/05/07 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On November 7,1989, a 42 year old mechanic in a construction firm died after becoming entrapped in a roofing tar tank truck. The fatal accident occurred on a Monday morning at approximately 1000 hours. At noon on the preceding Friday the victim had driven the tank truck to the tar supplier to have the tank pumped out, at that time the temperature o ...
  • Cattle Ranch Foreman was Fatally Injured While Unloading Portable Corral
    Cattle Ranch Foreman was Fatally Injured While Unloading Portable Corral
    McKenzie, Lyle E.
    1990/05/03 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On November 3,1989, a 42 year old cattle ranch foreman was fatally injured while attempting to unload several sections of a portable corral. The fatal accident occurred on a Friday afternoon at approximately 1430 hours. At 1400 hours the victim left the ranch headquarters unaccompanied in a pickup truck towing a gooseneck trailer loaded with 12 met ...
  • Municipal Sewer Maintenance Worker Drowns Inside Sewer Wet Well in Illinois FACE 9014
    Municipal Sewer Maintenance Worker Drowns Inside Sewer Wet Well in Illinois: FACE 90-14
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    1990/05/02 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A municipal sewer maintenance worker (victim) drowned inside a sewer wet well. The victim was part of a four-man sewer maintenance crew assigned to clean out a sewer wet well, which was 20 feet deep and 6 feet in diameter. The victim entered through a 24-inch-diameter manway and climbed down on fixed steel rungs which extended to the bottom. The we ...
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  • Meter Reader Dies When He Contacts Energized Clothesline Wire in Puerto Rico FACE 9004
    Meter Reader Dies When He Contacts Energized Clothesline Wire in Puerto Rico: FACE 90-04
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    1990/04/23 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A power company crew (a supervisor, a lineman, and two meter readers) was assigned the task of restoring secondary service to residences in an area that had been damaged by Hurricane Hugo. When the crew arrived at the jobsite after dark, the supervisor decided that two phases of an existing three-phase drop service needed to be reattached to a pole ...
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  • Painter Electrocuted While Repositioning an Aluminum Extension Ladder in Virginia FACE 9009
    Painter Electrocuted While Repositioning an Aluminum Extension Ladder in Virginia: FACE 90-09
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    1990/04/23 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A painter was electrocuted and his co-worker injured, when a portable aluminum extension ladder contacted a 7,200-volt powerline. This incident occurred as the two workers were painting a two-story aluminum-sided house. The powerline was located parallel to, and approximately 10 feet from, one side of the house. The powerline was 22 feet off the gr ...
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  • Journeyman Glazier Dies After Being Catapulted from Manlift in Indiana FACE 9011
    Journeyman Glazier Dies After Being Catapulted from Manlift in Indiana: FACE 90-11
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    1990/04/23 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A journeyman glazier died after attempting to lift a 1000 pound case of glass with the 60-foot-long articulated boom of a two- man rated manlift. As the victim attempted to raise the case of glass, which weighed substantially above the 600-pound-rated lift capacity of the manlift, the off-side wheels on the base of the manlift were pulled 4 1/2 fee ...
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  • Laborer Dies After Fall from Ladder in South Carolina FACE 9007
    Laborer Dies After Fall from Ladder in South Carolina: FACE 90-07
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    1990/04/23 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A masonry contractor had been contracted to construct a life center building across the road from a hospital complex. A construction laborer (victim) had been instructed by his foreman to prepare a batch of mortar on the second level of a new construction project, and carry it to the third level. The mortar was carried by pails from the second leve ...
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