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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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  • Fatality Narrative Carpenter Falls from Top Plate
    Fatality Narrative: Carpenter Falls from Top Plate
    Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
    2006/06/29 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On December 27, 2005, a carpenter died when he fell from the top plate of a wall on a house under construction. The 53-year-old victim was an experienced carpenter who had been hired by a residential contractor. On the day of the fatal incident, the victim and another worker were working at the job site after the first floor of the house had been f ...
  • A plumber died when the trench he was working in collapsed around him
    A plumber died when the trench he was working in collapsed around him
    Cierpich, Hank ;
    Harrison, Robert
    2006/06/28 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 35-year-old male plumber died when the trench he was working in caved-in around him. The victim was in the trench connecting a residential sewer line to a sewer main when the incident occurred. The trench was seven-feet deep and was not shored, benched, or sloped. The area where the trench was located had been dug up before by other utilities. Th ...
  • Logger killed by swinging tree in yarding operation
    Logger killed by swinging tree in yarding operation
    Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Program) (OR-FACE)  ...
    2006/06/28 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On November 1, 2004, a 47-year-old logger, working as a choker setter, was struck by a tree in a cable logging operation. The choker setter was working with a partner, setting chokers to a turn of logs under a high-lead cable system. The pair was working on opposite sides of the skyline. Once the turn was set, the choker setter signaled the yarder ...
  • A Facility Maintenance Mechanic Died When Crushed Between an Overhead Bridge Crane and Light Fixture
    A Facility Maintenance Mechanic Died When Crushed Between an Overhead Bridge Crane and Light Fixture
    Cierpich, Hank ;
    Harrison, Robert
    2006/06/28 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 50-year-old Hispanic male working as a facility maintenance mechanic, died when he was crushed between an overhead gantry crane and a light fixture. According to the victim's supervisor, the victim went to the roof of a building before informing him of his intent. The victim did not implement the company's lockout/tagout program before going onto ...
  • Hispanic Laborer on Roadway Construction Work Site Run Over and Killed by a Backing Flat Bed Dump Truck North Carolina FACE 200411
    Hispanic Laborer on Roadway Construction Work Site Run Over and Killed by a Backing Flat Bed Dump Truck - North Carolina: FACE 2004-11
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    2006/06/28 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On April 26, 2004, a 26-year-old Hispanic laborer (the victim) was backed over by a flat bed dump truck while working on a roadway work site. The victim drove the truck westward through the work site, while a laborer threw brackets used to secure concrete barriers onto the ground. Once completed, the victim parked the truck and walked to the tailga ...
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  • Laborer Dies After Being Run Over by a Backing Dump Truck During a Nighttime Paving Project Virginia FACE 200603
    Laborer Dies After Being Run Over by a Backing Dump Truck During a Nighttime Paving Project - Virginia: FACE 2006-03
    Kemp, Philip
    2006/06/20 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On July 18, 2006, a 21-year-old male road construction worker (the victim) was fatally injured when a dump truck partially loaded with asphalt backed over him. The victim was a member of a road construction crew working at night on a state highway paving project. The dump truck driver was backing through the work zone, with the truck's back up alar ...
    Public Domain
  • Farmer Crushed Against Tractor Tire by Gravity Flow Wagon Box while Unhitching
    Farmer Crushed Against Tractor Tire by Gravity Flow Wagon Box while Unhitching
    Madsen, Murray D. ;
    Rautiainen, Risto
    2006/06/15 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 23-year-old, part-time farmer from northeast Iowa was fatally injured while working alone on his farmstead late in the spring of 2005. He had towed a gravity-flow wagon filled with 150 bushels (5.3 m3) of shelled corn behind his 70 Hp (52 kw) row-crop tractor to the top of a slight knoll in the gravel driveway between the house and machine storag ...
  • Hispanic Laborer Falls With Ladder to Concrete Pad
    Hispanic Laborer Falls With Ladder to Concrete Pad
    Davis, Arthur W. ;
    Hetzler, William E.
    2006/06/13 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    The victim, a 38-year-old male Hispanic laborer, was killed when the ladder he was standing on slipped, causing him to fall approximately 8 ½ feet, striking his head on the concrete below. The victim had been hired the day before to the accident as a roofing laborer to pick up roofing debris at the job site, a residential house. At the end of the w ...
  • Farm Supply Store Manager Killed When Engulfed by Corn in Grain Bin
    Farm Supply Store Manager Killed When Engulfed by Corn in Grain Bin
    Davis, Arthur W. ;
    Hetzler, William E.
    2006/06/12 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 51-year-old farm supply store manager was killed when engulfed by moving corn inside a grain bin at the company's grain mill. The victim and a co-worker (truck driver) were attempting to empty corn from an overhead load-out bin into a truck. As they started to empty the bin, it appeared the discharge chute at the bottom of the bin was plugged by ...
  • Development and use of fatality narratives to convey hazard information
    Development and use of fatality narratives to convey hazard information.
    Clark R ;
    Sjostrom T
    2006/06/11 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    The Washington Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program is funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) along with 15 other states. The goals of the program are to track acute occupational fatalities in the state, conduct targeted research investigations, and to disseminate findings and educational ma ...
  • Worker Dies in Trench Collapse
    Worker Dies in Trench Collapse
    Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Project) (MIFACE)  ...
    2006/06/09 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On Friday, August 19, 2005, at approximately 12:00 p.m., a 24-year-old worker died when he was buried under a wall of the trench he was working in. The excavation wall and part of the sidewalk next to the concrete garage floor collapsed onto him while he was attempting to attach the new PVC pipe he and his coworkers had installed that morning to th ...
  • Concrete Block Truck Operator Struck by Falling PreCast Steps
    Concrete Block Truck Operator Struck by Falling Pre-Cast Steps
    Davis, Arthur W. ;
    Hetzler, William E.
    2006/06/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 72-year-old male truck driver sustained fatal injuries when struck by a 1,500 pound pre-cast concrete step unit that broke loose and fell while being hoisted above him. The victim was part of a two-person crew that transported and delivered a set of pre-cast concrete steps to a residence. The victim was operating the truck-mounted loader. As he l ...
  • Workers Killed in Falls from Ladders
    Workers Killed in Falls from Ladders
    University of Kentucky. College of Public Health. Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center
    2006/06/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    To prevent falls from ladders while working: Make sure that an extension or straight ladder are erected according to the "4 to 1" rule of thumb. Safe work practices should be established by the employer for ascending and descending extension or straight ladders with materials and/ or equipment. All non-self-supporting ladders should be secured at t ...
  • Four Construction Workers Die After Cantilever Launching Gantry Collapses at Bridge Construction Site Ohio FACE 200405
    Four Construction Workers Die After Cantilever Launching Gantry Collapses at Bridge Construction Site - Ohio: FACE 2004-05
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    2006/05/31 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On February 16, 2004, three male ironworkers (aged 30, 42, and 44 years old) were killed, and three male ironworkers and two male operating engineers were seriously injured while working on a bridge construction project. On February 18, 2004, one of the seriously injured ironworkers died in a local trauma center. The incident occurred during the la ...
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  • Farmer Dies After He Became Caught In The Rollers of A Corn Picker
    Farmer Dies After He Became Caught In The Rollers of A Corn Picker
    Bender, Alan ;
    Wahl, George
    2006/05/30 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 27-year-old male farmer (victim) died after he became caught in a corn picker. He used a tractor and a pull-type corn picker to pick a field of corn. The power-take-off (PTO) driven corn picker was hooked to the tractor's drawbar and a wagon was hooked to the corn picker. One feature of the corn picker was a husking bed that consisted of several ...
  • Hispanic Carpet Laborer Overcome by Carbon Monoxide Fumes
    Hispanic Carpet Laborer Overcome by Carbon Monoxide Fumes
    Davis, Arthur W. ;
    Hetzler, William E.
    2006/05/30 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    The victim, a 25-year-old male carpet installer was part of a two-person crew installing carpets in a new residential home. Since electrical service had not yet been established they were using a gas-powered generator for power. Due to the extreme cold they did not open any windows or doors for ventilation. A neighbor noticed their work van was sti ...
  • Fatality Narrative Carpenter Falls from Balcony
    Fatality Narrative: Carpenter Falls from Balcony
    Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
    2006/05/30 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On November 1, 2005, a carpenter was killed when he fell from an apartment building balcony. The victim, a 40-year-old journeyman level carpenter, had been employed for one week with a company that does residential remodeling work. He and another employee were working from the fourth floor balcony of an apartment, installing the soffit in the balco ...
  • 69YearOld Male Construction Contractor Dies After Falling From Open Folding Chair He Was Standing On
    69-Year-Old Male Construction Contractor Dies After Falling From Open Folding Chair He Was Standing On
    Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Project) (MIFACE)  ...
    2006/05/25 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On August 19, 2005, a 69-year-old male construction contractor died from complications of a fall that occurred on July 27, 2005. The victim was standing on the seat of a steel folding chair and fell, striking his head on a tile floor. The victim was performing "punch-list" tasks (tasks that needed to be completed to get the renovation into the cond ...
  • Two Tow Truck Drivers Killed When Struck in a Highway Breakdown Lane Massachusetts
    Two Tow Truck Drivers Killed When Struck in a Highway Breakdown Lane - Massachusetts
    Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE)  ...
    2006/05/22 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On February 20, 2004, two male tow truck operators (the victims), ages 23 and 24, were fatally injured when a passing car struck them as they stood in the breakdown lane of a major interstate highway. Victim #1, the 23-year-old, was returning to the company office after towing a car with a conventional tow truck to a drop off location a few towns a ...
  • Hispanic Carpenter Killed When Struck by Piece of Concrete That Fell From Rigging Device During Hoist in Highway Work Zone
    Hispanic Carpenter Killed When Struck by Piece of Concrete That Fell From Rigging Device During Hoist in Highway Work Zone
    Davis, Arthur W. ;
    Hetzler, William E.
    2006/05/19 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 51-year-old Hispanic male carpenter was killed when struck by a 2000 pound piece of pre-cast concrete that broke loose and fell while being hoisted above him. The victim was part of a seven-person crew installing a 30 foot high interlocking concrete retaining wall system as part of a new bridge construction project. As the "cap" piece was being h ...
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