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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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  • FACE Fatal Facts Electrocution Hazard from Overhead Lighting Systems
    FACE Fatal Facts: Electrocution Hazard from Overhead Lighting Systems
    Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
    2007/05/14 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On October 5, 2004, a maintenance worker at an assistedliving facility in Washington State was electrocuted while attempting to change a metal halide light bulb. The bulb broke off in the fixture when the victim first tried unscrewing the bulb. After this, he studied the "as built" facility wiring plans and shut off the electrical breaker to the li ...
  • Long Haul Trucker Dies After Striking an Embankment at the End of an Interstate Highway OffRamp
    Long Haul Trucker Dies After Striking an Embankment at the End of an Interstate Highway Off-Ramp
    Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (KY FACE)  ...
    2007/05/02 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    In the fall of year 2005, at 12:40 AM, a 47-year-old male semi-truck driver began his delivery route hauling a refrigerated trailer loaded with 23,000 pounds of produce. His first delivery was approximately 265 miles away. After two hours and twenty minutes, he exited the interstate 23 miles from the start of his route. At the end of the exit ramp ...
  • Two Sewer Pipe Relining Workers Killed by Toxic Sewer Gas
    Two Sewer Pipe Relining Workers Killed by Toxic Sewer Gas
    Johnson, Wayne ;
    Madsen, Murray D.
    2007/05/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    Midsummer 2002, two male workers age 25 and 19 were overcome by toxic sewer gas - probably hydrogen sulfide - while walking through a 600 ft (183 m) length of underground sewer pipe. The men were clearing debris from the pipe in preparation for installing a Cured-In-Place-Pipe (CIPP) liner. The sewer pipe was 15 ft (4.5 m) under ground, measured 2 ...
  • Farmer Crushed in Machine Shed Doorway While Using SkidSteer Loader revised 20070501
    Farmer Crushed in Machine Shed Doorway While Using Skid-Steer Loader [revised 2007-05-01]
    Johnson, Wayne ;
    Rautiainen, Risto
    2007/05/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    During the fall of 2003, a 67-year-old farmer was killed while operating a skid-steer loader on his farm. He was using the loader to park gravity flow wagons in a machine shed for winter storage. His method was to catch the tongue of the wagon with the edge of the loader bucket and carefully back the wagons into the shed. This was a routine task ea ...
  • La Gravedad Mata
    La Gravedad Mata
    Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Program) (OR-FACE)
    2007/05/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    En tres años, 22 trabajadores de Oregon han muerto en caídas. El riesgo aumenta considerablemente después de los 35, y una vez más después de los 65. Los riesgos de caídas están por todas partes. La causa #1 son caídas de escaleras. Favor de seguir las siguientes recomendaciones de seguridad. Recomendaciones: Asegúrese de que la escalera este en bu ...
  • Los Vehculos Estacionados Matan
    Los Vehículos Estacionados Matan
    Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Program) (OR-FACE)
    2007/05/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    Durante el 2004, vehículos estacionados mataron siete trabajadores en Oregon en menos de un año. RECUERDE, su vehículo podría moverse inesperadamente, aunque usted no se encuentre en él. Por favor acate los siguientes consejos de seguridad. Recomendaciones: Apague el motor antes de salir del vehículo, y ponga el freno de mano. Antes de salir baje a ...
  • FACE Facts Two Workers Killed in Steel Slitting Machinery
    FACE Facts: Two Workers Killed in Steel Slitting Machinery!
    California. Department of Public Health
    2007/05/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    In recent incidents, two machine operator helpers, 18-year-old Pedro N.*, and 37-year-old Jaime C.* (* Not the victim's real name), died while helping co-workers operate steel slitting machinery. Both apprentices were crushed in between layers of steel being wound into large rolls. Pedro and Jaime were pulled into the steel slitting machines when t ...
  • Laborer Dies When a Water Truck Drifts Downhill and Pins Him Against a Retaining Wall Tennessee FACE 200606
    Laborer Dies When a Water Truck Drifts Downhill and Pins Him Against a Retaining Wall - Tennessee: FACE 2006-06
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    2007/04/30 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On June 9, 2006, a 28-year-old male laborer (the victim) died following injuries he received on June 7, 2006, when a water truck drifted downhill and pinned him against a retaining wall. The victim was working at a new residential construction site and was washing an entrance retaining wall. The employer had parked the water truck on an incline on ...
    Public Domain
  • Fatality Narrative Laborer Dies from Heat Stroke
    Fatality Narrative: Laborer Dies from Heat Stroke
    Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
    2007/04/23 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On June 26, 2006, a construction laborer suffered heatstroke while laying pipe. The 27-year-old victim had just been hired and was not acclimatized to working in hot weather. His current employer, a construction company performs various types of outdoor construction. On the day of the incident a four-member work crew, including the victim, were lay ...
  • A Hispanic laborer operating an overhead crane died when he was crushed between two steel frames when the rigging failed
    A Hispanic laborer operating an overhead crane died when he was crushed between two steel frames when the rigging failed
    Cierpich, Hank ;
    Harrison, Robert
    2007/04/19 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 36-year-old Hispanic laborer who was operating an overhead crane in a steel fabrication shop died when he was crushed between two steel frames. The victim was using a chain sling attached to the hook of an overhead crane and configured into a single choker hitch to pick up and turn over the steel frame that was lying horizontally on two saw horse ...
  • Fatality Narratives An Effective Way to Convey Hazard Information
    Fatality Narratives: An Effective Way to Convey Hazard Information
    Clark R ;
    Sjostrom T
    2007/04/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    THE WASHINGTON STATE Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program is funded by NIOSH. Through the program, staff tracks acute occupational fatalities in the state, conducts targeted research investigations, and disseminates findings and educational materia. Acute trauma fatalities are identified as events that occurred in the state to ...
    Peer Reviewed
  • Fallers Logging Safety
    Fallers Logging Safety
    Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Program) (OR-FACE)
    2007/04/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    This logging safety manual is intended to help train new fallers. Working as a faller is the most dangerous job in Oregon, and safety training is vital. This manual may help both trainers and trainees to cover safety issues completely, and remember key points to bring down a tree safely every time. Written materials, though, cannot replace hands-on ...
  • State Regulation of Cell Phone Use While Driving and the Risks of Driver Distraction
    State Regulation of Cell Phone Use While Driving and the Risks of Driver Distraction
    Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Program) (OR-FACE)
    2007/04/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    Legislation is emerging in several states related to the hazards of using a cell phone while driving. This report, prepared for the 2007 session of the Oregon Legislative Assembly, summarizes an expanding body of research on driver cell-phone use and other distractions, and answers key questions likely to be of most interest to legislators. [Descri ...
  • Landscaper Dies Inside the Hopper of a Truck Mounted Pneumatic Blower Massachusetts
    Landscaper Dies Inside the Hopper of a Truck Mounted Pneumatic Blower - Massachusetts
    Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE)  ...
    2007/03/20 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On November 15, 2005, a 23-year-old male landscaper (the victim) was fatally injured when he became entangled in rotating parts of a pneumatic blower. Prior to the incident, the victim had just finished clearing a jam from the self-contained, truck-mounted, pneumatic blower's hopper and given his two co-workers the "thumbs up" sign indicating that ...
  • Millwright Killed When Pinned Between the Feed Rolls of a Debarker During Machine Maintenance South Carolina FACE 200602
    Millwright Killed When Pinned Between the Feed Rolls of a Debarker During Machine Maintenance - South Carolina: FACE 2006-02
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    2007/03/16 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On January 17, 2006, a 52-year-old millwright (the victim) was fatally injured when he was pinned between the feed rolls of a debarker as he was welding additional metal to the teeth on the feed rolls. The victim had locked out two electrical disconnects in the debarking room before beginning his work, but he had not locked out all electrical disco ...
    Public Domain
  • Farmer Fatally Injured in Tractor Posthole Auger Entanglement
    Farmer Fatally Injured in Tractor Posthole Auger Entanglement
    Madsen, Murray D. ;
    Rautiainen, Risto
    2007/03/07 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 35-year-old, male farmer was fatally injured while operating a tractor PTO (power take-off) powered posthole auger. The incident occurred in central Iowa late in the fall of 2005. The victim was working alone in an alfalfa field near his farm home, digging post holes for a fence line. The incident was discovered early the next morning when a neig ...
  • Fatality Narrative Framer Falls from Roof
    Fatality Narrative: Framer Falls from Roof
    Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
    2007/03/07 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On June 26, 2006, a framer fell from a roof while trimming plywood sheathing. The 24-year-old victim had worked for his current employer, a framing contractor, for about 1 year. The victim arrived at the job site, a single-family home under construction, at about 4:30 AM, so as to avoid the heat. Using a worm drive saw, he spent about one-and-half ...
  • A 17YearOld Student Severely Injures Leg on a Construction Site While Working at a Steel Erection Company as Part of a Cooperative Work Experience Massachusetts
    A 17-Year-Old Student Severely Injures Leg on a Construction Site While Working at a Steel Erection Company as Part of a Cooperative Work Experience - Massachusetts
    Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE)  ...
    2007/03/02 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    In 2003, a 17-year-old student's right leg was severely injured while working on a construction site as part of a Cooperative Work Experience project. The injured student had been waiting for the work site foreman who was engaged in another activity, when the incident occurred. The injured student was standing next to a 37-foot long steel I-beam th ...
  • Truck Driver Buried by Mulch at Town Solid Waste Site
    Truck Driver Buried by Mulch at Town Solid Waste Site
    New York State Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Program (NY FACE)  ...
    2007/03/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    In September 2006, an adult truck driver employed by a trucking company sustained fatal injuries after being buried by mulch in his trailer at a town solid waste site. At the time of the incident, the victim's tractor trailer was being loaded with mulch. The trailer was equipped with a walking floor unloading system. After the town loader operator ...
  • Fatal Facts Farm Tractor Hazards
    Fatal Facts: Farm Tractor Hazards
    Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
    2007/03/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    Tractors may be one of the most deadly pieces of equipment on Washington State farms - if operated or maintained improperly. Between 1998 and 2006, 19 farmers and farm workers lost their lives in tractor-related incidents. "Accidents" don't just happen. Most of these deaths could have been prevented. Knowing the capabilities of a tractor, how to sa ...
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