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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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  • Trabalhador Morreu Ao Ser Esmagado Por Placas de Granito
    Trabalhador Morreu Ao Ser Esmagado Por Placas de Granito
    2006/12/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    Histbrico: Na Nova Inglaterra, seis trabalhadores da industria de corte e distribuigzo de pedras morreram entre Agosto 2004 e April 2006. Assim como a maioria das lesoes e obitos relacionadas ao trabalho, essas mortes poderiam ter sido prevenidas. Description: trabalhador brasileiro morreu quando estava movendo uma placa de granito que estava armaz ...
  • Worker Killed When Crushed by Multiple Stone Slabs
    Worker Killed When Crushed by Multiple Stone Slabs
    2006/12/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    Background: In New England, six workers in the cut stone or stone distribution industry have been killed between August 2004 and April 2006. As with most work-related injuries and fatalities, these deaths could have been prevented. Incident: A Brazilian male stone worker was fatally injured while retrieving a granite slab located in a vertical slab ...
  • Four Hotel Maintenance Workers Exposed to Excessive Levels of Carbon Monoxide in Boiler Room Massachusetts
    Four Hotel Maintenance Workers Exposed to Excessive Levels of Carbon Monoxide in Boiler Room- Massachusetts
    Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE)  ...
    2006/11/29 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On September 17, 2003, four hotel maintenance department employees were exposed to excessive levels of carbon monoxide (CO). During an early afternoon check of a hotel boiler room by two maintenance department employees, it was discovered that the temperature inside the boiler room was elevated and that a power venter belt, which had been replaced ...
  • Mechanic killed when collar caught on PTO driveline
    Mechanic killed when collar caught on PTO driveline
    Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Program) (OR-FACE)  ...
    2006/11/27 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On February 9, 2006, a 33-year-old field mechanic was killed while repairing a 1989 Volvo water truck at a customer's construction site. The mechanic was dispatched to diagnose and repair a malfunction of the truck's water spray system. Working underneath the truck, the mechanic discovered a kink in the water discharge hose, which he fixed. After m ...
  • Truck driver crushed by frontend loader in mill yard
    Truck driver crushed by front-end loader in mill yard
    Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Program) (OR-FACE)  ...
    2006/11/27 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On September 23, 2004, a 50-year-old log truck driver was killed in a mill yard when he was crushed against his load of logs by a front-end loader. The log truck was being unloaded at 6:35 a.m., shortly after the mill yard opened. The loader operator assumed the driver was in the cab of his truck, because he did not see him, and it appeared the mid ...
  • Forklift Operator Dies When Head Caught in Lowering Mast
    Forklift Operator Dies When Head Caught in Lowering Mast
    Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Project) (MIFACE)  ...
    2006/11/27 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On July 28, 2005, at approximately 11:35 p.m., a 25-year-old male forklift operator was injured when his head was caught in the lowering mast of the forklift he was operating. He subsequently died as a result of these injuries on August 9, 2005. The decedent was working on the shipping dock operating a Toyota Model #7FGCU25 industrial forklift. He ...
  • Carpenter Dies After He JumpedLost Balance From An Unsecured Ladder That Fell Due To A Wind Gust
    Carpenter Dies After He Jumped/Lost Balance From An Unsecured Ladder That Fell Due To A Wind Gust.
    Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Project) (MIFACE)  ...
    2006/11/27 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On Wednesday, May 11, 2005, a 38-year-old male carpenter died after jumping or losing his balance from an unsecured ladder that was falling due to a gust of wind. The company's jobsite foreman instructed the victim and two coworkers to work on the siding on the west side of the house. The victim and one of the coworkers positioned their 30-foot fib ...
  • A Construction Foreman Dies When the Construction Equipment He was Operating Tipped Over on Him
    A Construction Foreman Dies When the Construction Equipment He was Operating Tipped Over on Him
    Cierpich, Hank ;
    Harrison, Robert
    2006/11/16 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 61-year-old construction foreman died when the tandem-drum vibratory compaction roller he was operating tipped over and crushed him. The compaction roller was a 3.5 ton version that articulated in the middle and came equipped with a roll-over protection structure (ROPS) device over the operator's seat. The victim was operating the roller along an ...
  • School Crossing Guard Struck and Killed by a Sport Utility Vehicle
    School Crossing Guard Struck and Killed by a Sport Utility Vehicle
    Bost, Patrick ;
    Bresnitz, Eddy A.
    2006/11/13 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On October 25, 2005, an 81-year-old female school crossing guard was struck by a large sport utility vehicle (SUV) after stepping into the street to stop traffic. The incident occurred on a wide, two-lane road near a suburban high school. It was a few minutes after sunrise when she walked into the southbound lane crosswalk and raised her hand-held ...
  • Fatality Narrative Laborer Electrocuted When Truck Mounted Boom Contacts Overhead Power Line
    Fatality Narrative: Laborer Electrocuted When Truck Mounted Boom Contacts Overhead Power Line
    Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
    2006/11/09 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On March 24, 2006, a construction laborer was electrocuted when a truck-mounted boom contacted an overhead power line. The 18-year-old victim had worked with his present employer for two months. Three employees, including the victim, were using a truck-mounted boom to load a 30-foot long section of irrigation pipe on to a truck bed. The pipe was to ...
  • Machine Operator Dies When Struck By Flying Wood Chipper Guard
    Machine Operator Dies When Struck By Flying Wood Chipper Guard
    Anderson, Henry A. ;
    Islam, KM Monirul
    2006/11/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On July 22, 2005, a 56-year-old machine operator (the victim) died after he was struck by a flying guard from a wood chipper. The victim was working alone when he shut down the chipper. The chipper was a machine used to reduce wood edging and other wood waste into wood chips. The victim shut down the chipper and the blade continued to rotate for up ...
  • Techador Fue Electrocutado Cuando una Escalera de Extensin de Aluminio Tuvo Contacto Con Lneas Cables Elctricas Areas
    Techador Fue Electrocutado Cuando una Escalera de Extensión de Aluminio Tuvo Contacto Con Líneas (Cables) Eléctricas Aéreas
    2006/11/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    Antecedentes: En Massachusetts, desde 1991-2004, 18 trabajadores fueron electrocutados a través de contacto directo con líneas eléctricas (cables eléctricos) o cuando el equipo que estaban usando tocó las líneas eléctricas. Catorce de estas electrocuciones ocurrieron en la industria de la construcción. Como sucede con la mayoría de heridas y muerte ...
  • Roofer Electrocuted When Aluminum Extension Ladder Contacts Overhead Power Line
    Roofer Electrocuted When Aluminum Extension Ladder Contacts Overhead Power Line
    2006/11/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    Background: In Massachusetts, from 1991 - 2004, 18 workers were electrocuted either through direct contact with energized power lines or when the equipment they were using touched the power lines. Fourteen of these electrocutions occurred in the construction industry. As with most occupational injuries and fatalities, these electrocutions could hav ...
  • Trabajador Hispano Se Ahoga Despus de Caer en La Laguna de un Jardn
    Trabajador Hispano Se Ahoga Después de Caer en La Laguna de un Jardín
    Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Program) (OR-FACE)
    2006/11/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    El 2 de mayo del 2003, un trabajador varón hispano de 23 años de edad se ahogó después de caer en la laguna de un jardín. En el momento del incidente, la víctima estaba de pie sobre una pendiente escarpada al borde de la laguna y un compañero estaba trabajando muy cerca, directamente por encima de él en un acceso con pendiente escarpada al borde de ...
  • Conductor Agrcola Vuelca Camin en Zanja de Riego Y Se Ahoga
    Conductor Agrícola Vuelca Camión en Zanja de Riego Y Se Ahoga
    Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Program) (OR-FACE)
    2006/11/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    El 11 de octubre de 2003, un conductor de camión agrícola, hispano, de 20 años de edad, resultó muerto cuando su camión lleno de papas se volcó en una zanja de riego al borde del terreno de un rancho. El conductor había estado conduciendo el camión de papas durante dos semanas antes del incidente. El incidente ocurrió cerca de las 9:30 p.m., 13 hor ...
  • Montacargas Estacionado Atropella Al Operador Contra un Camin
    Montacargas Estacionado Atropella Al Operador Contra un Camión
    Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Program) (OR-FACE)
    2006/11/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    El 10 de febrero del 2004, un operador de montacargas, de 42 años de edad, fue atropellado entre el montacargas que había estado manejando y un camion que estaba ayudando a cargar. Mientras ayudaba al conductor del camión a amarrar la carga, el operador coloco el montacargas en el lado opuesto del camion, puso la transmisión automática en neutral, ...
  • Trabajador de Vivero Muerto en Cargador de Direccin Derrapante
    Trabajador de Vivero Muerto en Cargador de Dirección Derrapante
    Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Program) (OR-FACE)
    2006/11/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    El 25 de marzo de 2004, un trabajador de 24 años de edad de un vivero murió mientras operaba un cargador de dirección derrapante (minicargador). El operador estaba moviendo tarimas metálicas que contenían plantas, de una ubicación externa al interior de un invernadero. Había estado moviendo las tarimas por varias horas, antes de que se notara su au ...
  • Maintenance Worker Killed When Struck by a Vehicle Along a Highway in Washington State
    Maintenance Worker Killed When Struck by a Vehicle Along a Highway in Washington State
    Washington (State). Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (WA FACE)  ...
    2006/10/23 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On August 12, 2002, a 50-year-old maintenance technician died when he was struck by a pick-up truck along a major state highway in Washington State. A maintenance work crew, consisting of two people, was in the process of loading a tractor with a mower attachment onto a trailer when the incident occurred. The driver of the pick-up truck was traveli ...
  • Dairy Farm Owner Dies during Manure Pump PTO Entanglement
    Dairy Farm Owner Dies during Manure Pump PTO Entanglement
    New York State Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Program (NY FACE)  ...
    2006/10/23 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On February 20th, 2004 a 53-year-old dairy farm owner was fatally injured while transferring manure from an underground storage pit to a manure lagoon. At the time of the incident, the farmer was utilizing a manure pump that was connected to a John Deere 4230 tractor via a power take-off (PTO) shaft. The farmer reached across the unshielded PTO sha ...
  • Window cleaner killed in fall due to unsecured line
    Window cleaner killed in fall due to unsecured line
    Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Program) (OR-FACE)  ...
    2006/10/10 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On October 19, 2005, a 31-year-old Hispanic window cleaner was killed when he fell six stories from a balcony on a seven-story commercial building. The window cleaner and a coworker had rigged their descent lines, safety lines, and boatswain's chairs, and attached the equipment to wire cables strung between roof anchors. The window cleaner, who was ...
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