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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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  • Construction Injury Narrative Roofer Falls 20 Feet Through Rotten Roof 2012
    Construction Injury Narrative: Roofer Falls 20 Feet Through Rotten Roof [2012]
    California. Department of Public Health
    2012/10/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 40-year-old Hispanic day laborer, Juan V.* (*Not the victim's real name), died when he fell from a scaffold. Juan was hired from a street corner to apply stone and stucco to the outside of a house. The victim rented, put together, and worked on the scaffold by himself. The homeowner did not know if Juan had any training in scaffold use. The scaff ...
  • Truck driver died of thermal injuries after his tractortrailer crashed into concrete median on the interstate and burst into flames
    Truck driver died of thermal injuries after his tractor-trailer crashed into concrete median on the interstate and burst into flames
    Anthony, T. Renée ;
    Leonard, Stephanie
    2012/09/18 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 40-year-old long-distance truck driver died in 2011 from thermal injuries after his tractor-trailer struck a concrete barrier median on an interstate highway. The driver was the single occupant of a fully loaded tractor-trailer travelling east at highway speed on a six-lane section of interstate. The truck tractor struck the concrete median in an ...
  • Operator Dies after Being Caught between Bulldozers Track and Fender
    Operator Dies after Being Caught between Bulldozer's Track and Fender
    Clark, Randy ;
    Jalonen, Eric
    2012/09/14 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    In February of 2010, a 68-year-old male construction crew supervisor and heavy equipment operator died of injuries he received after being crushed between the track and fender of his bulldozer. The operator was employed by a contractor that does site development, single family home construction, and commercial construction work. He had previously o ...
  • Farmer engulfed in soybeans while operating grain vacuum in steel bin
    Farmer engulfed in soybeans while operating grain vacuum in steel bin
    Anthony, T. Renée ;
    Leonard, Stephanie
    2012/09/11 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    In 2012, a 60-year-old farmer was engulfed in soybeans while he was using a grain vacuum ("grain vac") to pneumatically convey seed beans from a steel storage bin to a waiting grain truck. The farmer was working alone inside the bin, prior to the arrival of his employee who often worked with him to empty bins. The event occurred before daylight and ...
  • Bathtub refinishing technician died from inhalation of paint stripper vapors
    Bathtub refinishing technician died from inhalation of paint stripper vapors
    Anthony, T. Renée ;
    Leonard, Stephanie
    2012/09/11 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    In 2012, a 37-year-old female technician employed by a surface-refinishing business died from inhalation exposure to methylene chloride and methanol vapors while she used a chemical stripper to prep the surface of a bathtub for refinishing. The technician was working alone without respiratory protection or ventilation controls in a small bathroom o ...
  • Fatality Narrative Crane Operator Dies After Falling from Crane Turntable Deck
    Fatality Narrative: Crane Operator Dies After Falling from Crane Turntable Deck
    Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
    2012/09/10 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    In July of 2010, a 61-year-old crane operator was fatally injured when he fell from a 120-ton mobile hydraulic crane's turntable deck while attempting to dismount. The operator and a crane service company oiler were dispatched by their employer to a school to lift an HVAC unit to the building's roof. The crane operator and oiler were setting up the ...
  • Mechanic killed by excavator bucket during maintenance
    Mechanic killed by excavator bucket during maintenance
    Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Program) (OR-FACE)  ...
    2012/09/04 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 47-year-old mechanic was killed by an excavator bucket during a maintenance operation. The conveyor on a portable rock crusher had stopped working, and the mechanic and equipment operators were working to raise the conveyor with the arm of a hydraulic excavator to get underneath. The mechanic stood on the conveyor, 15 feet above the ground, to co ...
  • Owner Operator Hauling Asphalt Flux Dies After Driving into a Ravine and Striking Trees
    Owner/ Operator Hauling Asphalt Flux Dies After Driving into a Ravine and Striking Trees
    Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (KY FACE)  ...
    2012/08/13 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    In the early morning of a late summer's day, a 50 year old semi-truck driver was transporting a load of asphalt flux. He had been driving for approximately five hours and was getting ready to exit the interstate when for an unknown reason, the unit left the interstate, sideswiped a SUV parked on the shoulder, drove through a guardrail then proceede ...
  • Prevencin de cadas en la industria solar
    Prevención de caídas en la industria solar.
    Departamento de Salud Pública de California
    2012/08/06 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    El uso de la energía solar sigue creciendo en California y los EE.UU. Este método de energía va acompañado con un número creciente de trabajadores, de instalación solar, que están expuestos a riesgos de caídas que pueden causar heridas o la muerte. Este video explica los eventos que causaron la muerte de un instalador de energía solar después de ha ...
  • Fatality Narrative Carpet Installer Dies After Falling from Window Opening
    Fatality Narrative: Carpet Installer Dies After Falling from Window Opening
    Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
    2012/08/06 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On November 12, 2009, a carpet installer died when he fell from the fourth floor window opening of a building. The 45-year-old victim had worked as a carpet layer for over 20 years. He was hired by a flooring contractor to install carpeting in a new hotel. The victim was unloading carpet rolls from a three-sided wooden box through the unfinished wi ...
  • Heavy Equipment Operator Killed When Ejected From Cab
    Heavy Equipment Operator Killed When Ejected From Cab
    Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Project) (MIFACE)  ...
    2012/08/02 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    In the spring of 2010, a male heavy equipment operator in his 30's died when he was ejected from the driver's seat of a Daewoo loader equipped with a tree fork, then pinned under the driver's side rear tire. The decedent, who was an authorized operator of the loader, fueled the loader at the fueling station located at the top of a hill. After fueli ...
  • Teenagers Safety at Work Dangerous Tasks and Safety Training
    Teenagers' Safety at Work: Dangerous Tasks and Safety Training
    McGeeney TJ
    2012/08/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    Teenaged workers are twice as likely to be injured on the job as adult workers, and face a number of differences developmentally and psychosocially that present challenges for their safety at work. Little research has focused on the tasks that teenagers perform at work and what factors mediate their performance of hazardous tasks and tasks prohibit ...
  • A Psychiatric Technician Dies from a Patient Assault at a Forensic Psychiatric Facility
    A Psychiatric Technician Dies from a Patient Assault at a Forensic Psychiatric Facility
    Cierpich, Hank ;
    Harrison, Robert
    2012/07/24 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A psychiatric technician died after she was strangled by a patient at a forensic psychiatric facility. The patient assaulted the victim while the victim was walking alone across the large, open grounds of the facility Secure Treatment Area (STA)). The victim carried a personal alarm that was not able to transmit a signal inside to security personne ...
  • A Maintenance Worker Dies from Exposure to Dichloromethane Methylene Chloride While Stripping the Floor of a Baptismal Font in a Church
    A Maintenance Worker Dies from Exposure to Dichloromethane (Methylene Chloride) While Stripping the Floor of a Baptismal Font in a Church
    Cierpich, Hank ;
    Harrison, Robert
    2012/07/19 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A maintenance worker died while using a paint stripper, which contained dichloromethane (methylene chloride), to strip the floor of a baptismal font within a church. The maintenance worker (victim) poured an unknown amount of the paint stripper (up to one gallon) over the steps and floor of the baptismal font and spread it around using a push broom ...
  • Tree Trimmer Working in Tree Died When a Tree Branch Supporting Rigging Rope Broke Below the Crotch and Struck His Head
    Tree Trimmer Working in Tree Died When a Tree Branch Supporting Rigging Rope Broke Below the Crotch and Struck His Head
    Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Project) (MIFACE)  ...
    2012/07/19 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    In the fall of 2009, a male self-employed tree trimmer in his 50s died while he was removing a dead tree from a residential yard. The decedent was working approximately 30 to 40 feet above ground removing branches using a saddle belt, safety rope, and branch (natural) crotch rigging with a 3/4-inch rope. He was injured when a tree branch that had b ...
  • Machinist Dies After Being Struck by Rotating Steel Bar Stock in Lathe in Washington State
    Machinist Dies After Being Struck by Rotating Steel Bar Stock in Lathe in Washington State
    Clark, Randy ;
    Jalonen, Eric
    2012/07/15 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On January 29, 2010, a 27-year-old machinist was fatally injured when he was struck by a piece of round stainless steel bar stock that he was machining in a computer numerical control (CNC) lathe. According to the general manager, the victim was machining washers from the round bar stock for a gill net reel frame. He had placed a 6 foot piece of th ...
  • Roadside Responder is Struck by a Box Truck and Dies
    Roadside Responder is Struck by a Box Truck and Dies
    Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (KY FACE)  ...
    2012/06/27 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On a winter day, a 53-year-old retired fire chief was working for an environmental company to clean up a tractor trailer crash along an interstate. A semi tractor-trailer driver had fallen asleep and crashed. The environmental company had been deployed to assist in the cleanup and facilitate a lane closure. The cleanup was almost complete and there ...
  • Fatality Narrative Dairy Worker Struck by Bull
    Fatality Narrative: Dairy Worker Struck by Bull
    Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
    2012/06/12 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On December 30, 2008, a laborer at a dairy farm was kicked and/ or trampled by a bull. The 31-year-old victim worked for 4 1/2 years as a laborer at the dairy farm and was considered by his coworkers to be an experienced dairy worker. The victim went to a pen to herd the cows into the milking parlor. As he was herding them along the yard's transpor ...
  • Deck Engineer on Barge Dies When Struck by Crane Counterweight in Washington State
    Deck Engineer on Barge Dies When Struck by Crane Counterweight in Washington State
    Clark, Randy ;
    Jalonen, Eric
    2012/06/08 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    In June of 2010, a 26-year-old female deck engineer died when she was struck by the counterweight of a barge mounted crane/derrick. The deck engineer (victim) and a crane operator, both employees of a marine construction company, were working from a crane/derrick barge in support of a crew working at a job site on a project to replace pilings under ...
  • FACE Facts Podador de rboles Muere Al Ser Arrojado Contra una Astilladora de Madera
    FACE Facts: Podador de Árboles Muere Al Ser Arrojado Contra una Astilladora de Madera!
    Departamento de Salud Pública de California
    2012/06/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    Un podador de árboles Latino de 33 años, Antonio B.*(* No es el nombre real de la víctima), murió cuando fue arrojado contra una astilladora de madera. Sus compañeros de trabajo estaban trepando a los arboles para cortar las ramas. Antonio estaba recogiendo y colocando las ramas de los árboles en la astilladora. La cuerda para escalar de un compañe ...
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