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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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  • Maintenance Mechanic Electrocuted While Touching Damaged Power Cord FACE 8919
    Maintenance Mechanic Electrocuted While Touching Damaged Power Cord: FACE 89-19
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
    1989/03/31 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 37 year old male maintenance mechanic was electrocuted when he grasped a power cord with damaged insulation and contacted an exposed energized conductor. The employer, a meat packing facility with 1500 employees, had a formal safety program with written safety policies and procedures. It was standard practice at the site to unplug the two strappi ...
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  • Foreman and Painter Die in 48Foot Fall When Scaffold Collapses FACE 8907
    Foreman and Painter Die in 48-Foot Fall When Scaffold Collapses: FACE 89-07
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
    1989/03/29 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On November 15, 1988, a 53 year old male foreman and a 28 year old male painter died when the scaffold from which they were working collapsed, causing them to fall 48 feet to the ground below. The employer was a painting company with 50 employees. The company has no written safety program and did not have any safety meetings or training specificall ...
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  • Carpenters Helper Dies in 24Foot Fall from Building Under Construction FACE 8914
    Carpenter's Helper Dies in 24-Foot Fall from Building Under Construction: FACE 89-14
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
    1989/03/29 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On January 6, 1989, a 26 year old carpenter's helper died as the result of head and neck injuries sustained in a 24 foot fall from the second floor of a building under construction. The victim was employed for 3 days as a carpenter's helper by a small construction company. The victim was working on an addition to an existing building as a member of ...
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  • Supervisor Dies Following Electrical Fire FACE 8909
    Supervisor Dies Following Electrical Fire: FACE 89-09
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
    1989/03/21 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On November 24, 1988, a 45 year old male hydroelectric supervisor died as a result of massive burns sustained in an electrical fire on October 16, 1988. The employer was a large textile firm with 800 employees. On the day of the incident the victim and an apprentice went to one of the hydroelectric facilities to calibrate an analog meter which moni ...
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  • Laborer Electrocuted as Boom of Bucket Truck Contacts a 7200Volt Power Line FACE 8915
    Laborer Electrocuted as Boom of Bucket Truck Contacts a 7200-Volt Power Line: FACE 89-15
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
    1989/03/21 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On January 11, 1989, a 31 year old laborer was electrocuted while contacting an aerial bucket truck when the boom of the truck contacted a 7200 volt power line. The victim was one of 30 workers employed by a power line right of way clearance company. The victim and a truck driver were clearing a section of right of way for a single phase 7200 volt ...
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  • Lineman Supervisor Dies Following Contact with Energized Conductor FACE 8911
    Lineman Supervisor Dies Following Contact with Energized Conductor: FACE 89-11
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
    1989/03/21 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On October 25, 1988, a 40 year old male lineman supervisor died when he contacted an energized conductor. The employer was a small rural electric cooperative employing 72 individuals. The victim had been employed by this company for 18 years. On the day of the incident the victim was in charge of a crew which was rebuilding power lines. The victim ...
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  • Roofer Electrocuted When Ladder Contacts 7200Volt Power Line FACE 8916
    Roofer Electrocuted When Ladder Contacts 7200-Volt Power Line: FACE 89-16
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
    1989/03/21 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On October 20, 1988, a 23 year old male roofer was electrocuted when the 40 foot aluminum extension ladder he was positioning contacted an overhead 7200 volt power line. The victim had been a partner with his uncle in a roofing company for 5 years. On the day of the incident, the victim and three other men were replacing the asbestos shingles on a ...
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  • Sign Technician Electrocuted Stepping from Energized Ladder Truck FACE 8908
    Sign Technician Electrocuted Stepping from Energized Ladder Truck: FACE 89-08
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
    1989/03/15 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On November 29, 1988, a 45 year old male sign technician was electrocuted when a steel cable attached to the extended ladder of the ladder truck he was operating contacted a 12 kilovolt overhead power line, and he stepped from his truck to the ground while holding the energized door. The two man company, a sign and service business, had been in ope ...
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  • Machine Operator Electrocuted When Crane Contacts Overhead Power Line FACE 8910
    Machine Operator Electrocuted When Crane Contacts Overhead Power Line: FACE 89-10
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
    1989/02/27 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On December 5, 1988, a 24 year old male boring machine operator was electrocuted when the crane moving the pipe he was guiding contacted an overhead power line. His employer was a small company engaged in horizontal boring operations. All employees were trained on the job. The victim had been employed in this capacity for 2 years. On the day of the ...
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  • Lineman Electrocuted by Contacting Energized 12000Volt Power Line FACE 8906
    Lineman Electrocuted by Contacting Energized 12,000-Volt Power Line: FACE 89-06
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
    1989/02/22 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On September 9, 1988, a 48 year old male journeyman lineman was electrocuted when he inadvertently contacted an energized 12,000 volt power line while performing maintenance work on a utility pole. The employer was a power line construction and maintenance company employing approximately 300 individuals. The victim was part of a four man crew insta ...
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  • Painter Dies in a 140Foot Fall at a Municipal Water Tower FACE 8905
    Painter Dies in a 140-Foot Fall at a Municipal Water Tower: FACE 89-05
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
    1989/02/02 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On September 22, 1988, a 34 year old male painter died when he apparently inhaled vapors from paint containing xylene (1330207), lost consciousness and fell 140 feet within the vertical water supply pipe of a municipal water tower. The employer in the incident was a small contractor specializing in painting water towers. The victim had been employe ...
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  • Automobile Repair Business Owner Killed When Auto He Was Working On Slipped Off the Supporting Hydraulic Jacks
    Automobile Repair Business Owner Killed When Auto He Was Working On Slipped Off the Supporting Hydraulic Jacks.
    McKenzie, Lyle E.
    1989/01/31 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 49 year old owner of an automobile repair business was killed when an auto he was working on slipped off the supporting hydraulic jacks. The fatal accident occurred on a Tuesday morning at approximately 1100 hours. The vehicle involved had been left in the shop to find and eliminate a strong vibration. The victim and a helper lifted the auto with ...
  • Equipment Operator Electrocuted by Contact with Power Line FACE 8904
    Equipment Operator Electrocuted by Contact with Power Line: FACE 89-04
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
    1989/01/31 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On November 2, 1988, a 47 year old male equipment operator was electrocuted when he contacted a 7,600 volt power line. The employer was a large municipality with over 9,000 employees. The victim had worked for the municipality for 22 years, 8 of which he spent in his current occupation of equipment operator. At the time of the accident the victim w ...
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  • Construction SubContractor Asphyxiated in Manhole FACE 8844
    Construction Sub-Contractor Asphyxiated in Manhole: FACE 88-44
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
    1988/12/21 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    The case of a 26 year old male construction worker who died when he entered a manhole containing an oxygen deficient atmosphere was examined. The worker was employed by a prime contractor for whom he had worked before. He had 8 years of construction experience. He was working on the construction of a new sewer system. He was going to install a plug ...
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  • Laborer Electrocuted When Metal Work Platform Became Energized FACE 8834
    Laborer Electrocuted When Metal Work Platform Became Energized: FACE 88-34
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
    1988/12/19 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    The case of a 19 year old male laborer who was electrocuted when a metal work platform on which he was standing penetrated the covering of an overhead crane 440 volt contact conductor and became energized was examined. The victim was employed by a company that had no written safety policy or safety program. He had been employed for 2.5 months and h ...
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  • Three Construction Supervisors Die from Asphyxiation in Manhole FACE 8836
    Three Construction Supervisors Die from Asphyxiation in Manhole: FACE 88-36
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
    1988/12/15 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    The case of three deaths of construction workers in an oxygen deficient manhole was examined. The men were employed by a construction company which had a written safety program but no policy on confined space entry. The assistant construction supervisor entered a manhole to close the gate valve in preparation for filling a decorative pond at a newl ...
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  • Electroplater and Four CoWorkers Die from Asphyxiation in Metal Plating Vat FACE 8833
    Electroplater and Four Co-Workers Die from Asphyxiation in Metal Plating Vat: FACE 88-33
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
    1988/12/15 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    The case of a 25 year old male electroplater and four coworkers who died after entering a metal plating vat being cleaned was examined. The victim was employed by an electroplating company that had no written safety program, no emergency procedures, no ongoing safety training, and no confined space safe entry procedure. In a cleaning procedure that ...
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  • Steelworker Electrocuted When He Contacts Fan with Damaged Power Cord FACE 8901
    Steelworker Electrocuted When He Contacts Fan with Damaged Power Cord: FACE 89-01
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
    1988/12/14 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On September 30, 1988, a 33 year old male steel mill adjuster was electrocuted when he contacted a ventilation fan with a damaged power cord. The facility at which the incident occurred was a steel manufacturing facility employing 534 workers. The adjuster was seen standing on a metal stairway immediately in front of a large, 480 volt ventilation f ...
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  • Ironworker Dies Following a 35Foot Fall at Construction Site FACE 8902
    Ironworker Dies Following a 35-Foot Fall at Construction Site: FACE 89-02
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
    1988/12/13 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On October 8, 1988 a 29 year old male ironworker died as a result of injuries occurring when he had fallen 35 feet at a construction site about 10 days earlier. The employer was a steel construction firm employing 40 individuals in steel erection operations. The company had written safety policies and procedures but it relied on the employees' labo ...
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  • Painter Dies in 96Foot Fall from Highway Bridge FACE 8903
    Painter Dies in 96-Foot Fall from Highway Bridge: FACE 89-03
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
    1988/12/13 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On October 29, 1988, a 43 year old male painter died when he feel from a bridge he was painting to the rocky ground 96 feel beneath the bridge. The victim was painting a highway bridge spanning a large river. On the day of the incident the victim and one coworker had just finished lunch and were moving materials from one bay beneath the roadway to ...
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