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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 3401 - 3420 of 3531 results
  • Worker Dies While Cleaning Freon 113 Degreasing Tank in Virginia FACE 8717
    Worker Dies While Cleaning Freon 113 Degreasing Tank in Virginia: FACE 87-17
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
    1986/12/11 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A worker died while assisting three workers who were cleaning out a Freon-113 (76131) vapor degreaser at a chemical fuel plant. During this procedure solvent was drained off and the residue on the bottom of the degreaser was cleaned out. The company had written instructions for cleaning out the degreasing tank. All but about 1 gallon of the solvent ...
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  • Worker Electrocuted in South Carolina FACE 8718
    Worker Electrocuted in South Carolina: FACE 87-18
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
    1986/12/09 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    While steam cleaning a rubber mill, a worker suffered electrocution. The on/off switch on the mill was not watertight and steam entered the switch, condensed, forming water, and short circuited the switch, energizing the outer surface of the switch and the rubber mill. The victim was standing in water, holding the wand of the steam cleaner in one h ...
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  • Laborer Electrocuted in Tennessee FACE 8713
    Laborer Electrocuted in Tennessee: FACE 87-13
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
    1986/12/09 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A laborer was unloading sewer pipe from a flatbed truck and was electrocuted when the boom cable of a truck mounted crane contacted an overhead high voltage line. A crane truck was backed up to the rear of the flatbed and the victim was to help position the sewer pipes on the ground and unhook the wire rope choker from the pipes after the crane ope ...
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  • Stagehand Electrocuted in Tennessee FACE 8714
    Stagehand Electrocuted in Tennessee: FACE 87-14
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
    1986/12/03 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A stagehand, working above the ceiling of the entertainment center, was electrocuted when he contacted an exposed electrical wire protruding from an uncovered junction box on one side of the catwalk. Previously this wire had been used to supply electricity to a nearby mercury vapor light. When this light was disconnected the cover plate of the junc ...
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  • 26YearOld Electricians Helper Electrocuted in South Carolina FACE 8633
    26-Year-Old Electrician's Helper Electrocuted in South Carolina: FACE 86-33
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
    1986/12/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    An electrician's helper employed by an electrical contracting company was electrocuted while wiring a fluorescent light fixture in a suspended ceiling. Five electricians and helpers were wiring fluorescent light fixtures in a suspended ceiling of a new wing of a hospital. The panels for the drop ceiling were not in place at the time. The crew were ...
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  • OperatorTruck Driver Electrocuted in Maryland FACE 8710
    Operator/Truck Driver Electrocuted in Maryland: FACE 87-10
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
    1986/11/25 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A pump operator/truck driver was electrocuted when the boom on the concrete pump he was operating contacted a 7600 volt power line. The man worked for a family owned and operated business which was involved in the construction of concrete footers and foundations for light construction. The truck in use by the driver that day was 28 feet long, and h ...
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  • OwnerForeman of Construction Company Dies in 15 FootDeep Manhole in California FACE 8705
    Owner/Foreman of Construction Company Dies in 15 Foot-Deep Manhole in California: FACE 87-05
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
    1986/11/25 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    The owner of a construction company was discovered face down at the bottom of a 15 foot deep manhole which had about 3 feet of muddy water at the bottom. The company employed about 13 individuals and was subcontracted to install a sewage collection system in a park. Extensive damage to a section of the concrete cylinder produced by efforts to strai ...
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  • 34YearOld Machine Operator Electrocuted in Ohio FACE 8707
    34-Year-Old Machine Operator Electrocuted in Ohio: FACE 87-07
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
    1986/11/24 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A machine operator was electrocuted when he inadvertently contacted an energized conductor located in a motor control panel box that had the cover plate removed. He was employed in a manufacturing company division responsible for packaging and shipment of fiberglass products. A safety program was in existence at this company. The victim and a fello ...
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  • Laborer Electrocuted in North Carolina FACE 8708
    Laborer Electrocuted in North Carolina: FACE 87-08
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
    1986/11/24 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 20 year old laborer was electrocuted when the 21 foot aluminum flagpole he was installing came into contact with an overhead electric power line. He was employed by a small firm which set up and took down fairs and trade shows. Several flagpoles had already been installed before the accident occurred. Standard operating procedure calls for such p ...
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  • Two Dead Five Injured in Confined Space Incident in Oregon FACE 8706
    Two Dead, Five Injured in Confined Space Incident in Oregon: FACE 87-06
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
    1986/11/18 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A self employed contractor and a shipping supervisor who attempted to come to his rescue died in an underground vault. The contractor was overcome in an underground vault which housed the backflow device for the city water line running along the front of property owned by a sawmill. His was a one man operation and had no safety program or confined ...
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  • Apprentice Sheet Metal Worker Electrocuted in Tennessee FACE 8704
    Apprentice Sheet Metal Worker Electrocuted in Tennessee: FACE 87-04
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
    1986/11/18 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A sheet metal apprentice was electrocuted while guiding a powered scaffold being unloaded from the flatbed of a truck, using the crane mounted on the truck. The company for which he worked fabricates and installs awnings and canopies. There was a written safety program, but no safety meetings or specific training. The ground where the victim was st ...
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  • Mechanic Electrocuted in Tennessee FACE 8703
    Mechanic Electrocuted in Tennessee: FACE 87-03
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
    1986/11/17 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A mechanic for a wrecker service was electrocuted when he contacted a 7200 volt overhead power line with a two way radio antenna he was holding. The company for which he worked operated a wrecker service and repaired and sold used cars. There was no written safety policy or programany safety training was provided on the job. The mechanic and a wrec ...
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  • 36YearOld Laborer Electrocuted in North Carolina FACE 8702
    36-Year-Old Laborer Electrocuted in North Carolina: FACE 87-02
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
    1986/11/07 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A laborer standing on top of a house being moved down a street contacted a live 7200 volt power line and was electrocuted. The laborer and a coworker were raising wires to clear the top of the house. The victim was employed by a house moving company which had no written safety programtraining consisted of telling the workers to be careful. At the t ...
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  • Lead Line Mechanic Electrocuted in Maryland FACE 8655
    Lead Line Mechanic Electrocuted in Maryland: FACE 86-55
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
    1986/10/06 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A power company lineman (a lead line mechanic) was electrocuted while repairing storm damage to a distribution system. The lineman and a groundman began working at 10pm and by 3am moved to the site where the accident occurred. The lineman worked from a two man aerial bucket without the benefit of any personal protective equipment such as a noncondu ...
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  • Insufficient Oxygen Level in Sewer Claims the Life of Plumbing Contractor in Georgia FACE 8654
    Insufficient Oxygen Level in Sewer Claims the Life of Plumbing Contractor in Georgia: FACE 86-54
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
    1986/09/29 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A plumbing contractor died of asphyxia due to oxygen deficiency in a sewer vault. The plumbing contractor and two fellow workers were laying out a new sewer line for an industrial building under construction. The contractor descended a 15 foot ladder through a manhole opening to measure a stub out location for the new sewer line. He complained of a ...
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  • 28 YearOld Dies in Rescue Attempt in Drainage Pit in Illinois FACE 8648
    28 Year-Old Dies in Rescue Attempt in Drainage Pit in Illinois: FACE 86-48
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
    1986/09/19 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    The owner of a sewer service company and three additional workmen were attempting to clean out a 12 foot deep drainage pit. This was the first day on this particular job for the 28 year old victim and for a 22 year old helper. There was no ladder provided for entrance or exit through the manhole into the pit. A rope was tied to a bucket which was l ...
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  • 41YearOld Truck Driver Electrocuted in Kentucky FACE 8651
    41-Year-Old Truck Driver Electrocuted in Kentucky: FACE 86-51
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
    1986/09/18 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    During the unloading of pallets of concrete blocks from a truck, a 41 year old truck driver was electrocuted. At the time of the accident, he was operating the controls for the truck mounted crane boom. The victim had driven the truck to a three sided, 5 foot high, wooden storage bin where he was to deliver the blocks. The bin was erected beneath a ...
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  • Electrician Dies in Ohio FACE 8652
    Electrician Dies in Ohio: FACE 86-52
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
    1986/09/17 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    An electrician employed by an electrical contractor died of injuries from an electrical discharge or electrical explosion which occurred while he was trying to wire around a circuit breaker with blown fuses. Branch circuit conductors were to be installed to an existing 20 amp 277 volt (V) circuit breaker in a 480V/277V electrical panelbox. The elec ...
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  • 40YearOld Lineman Technician Electrocuted in North Carolina FACE 8650
    40-Year-Old Lineman Technician Electrocuted in North Carolina: FACE 86-50
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
    1986/09/16 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    While attempting to repair a power line, a 40 year old meter technician, working overtime as a lineman technician, was electrocuted when he contacted an energized conductor. He had worked for 20 years as a meter technician, and had recently qualified as a lineman technician. During unplanned outages he worked as a lineman technician to restore elec ...
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  • Electrician Dies in North Carolina FACE 8644
    Electrician Dies in North Carolina: FACE 86-44
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
    1986/09/11 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    An electrician died from burns received when an explosion occurred as he was making a live wire connection on a circuit breaker located in a six breaker panelboard which supplied power to an industrial park complex. He was employed by a light duty electrical contractor. The firm had no written safety policy or established safety program. He had bee ...
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