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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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  • Fatal Facts Electrocution Hazards Working Near Overhead Power Lines
    Fatal Facts: Electrocution Hazards Working Near Overhead Power Lines
    Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
    2005/12/27 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    Many occupations may require workers to perform their job tasks near overhead power lines. Construction workers, truck drivers, tree service workers, mobile equipment operators, agricultural workers, and ofind themselves carrying-out their work in the vicinity of energized overhead power transmission lines. They may notbe trained to recognize the d ...
  • Fatality Narrative Contractor Struck by Falling Wall Section
    Fatality Narrative: Contractor Struck by Falling Wall Section
    Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
    2005/12/22 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On September 6, 2005, a contractor was killed when wall jacks being used to lift a section of wall failed and he was struck by the falling wall. The 41-year-old victim did "pick-up" type construction work. He was hired by an acquaintance to build a single family residence. He was not a registered contractor nor did he have a business license. On th ...
  • Dump Truck Driver Dies After Unintentional Release of Asphalt
    Dump Truck Driver Dies After Unintentional Release of Asphalt
    Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (KY FACE)  ...
    2005/12/13 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On June 6, 2005 a 55-year-old male dump truck driver (Driver 1) died when he was buried waist deep in 400-degree Fahrenheit asphalt. Driver 1 stopped along the highway to help another dump truck driver (Driver 2), (both were independent truck drivers), who had experienced brake problems. As the two men were examining the pneumatic brake system at t ...
  • A press brake operator died when he was struck by a steel lug
    A press brake operator died when he was struck by a steel lug.
    Oklahoma Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (OKFACE)  ...
    2005/12/07 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 39-year-old press brake operator died on January 24, 2005 from head and chest trauma he received after being struck by a steel lug (sheet of steel) that ejected from the machinery he was operating. Prior to the incident, the victim was using the press brake to finish curving the 920-pound steel lug. While the victim was applying pressure two to t ...
  • City Equipment Operator Killed when Run Over by a Rotary Riding Mower Massachusetts
    City Equipment Operator Killed when Run Over by a Rotary Riding Mower - Massachusetts
    Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE)  ...
    2005/11/30 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On August 20, 2003, a 54-year-old public sector equipment operator (the victim) was fatally injured when he was run over by a sit-down rough rotary mower. The victim, who was mowing a section of a city park, stopped the mower on an edge of a hill and turned off the engine. After exiting the mower, he noticed that it had started to roll down the hil ...
  • Fatality Narrative Workers Killed in Motor Vehicle Crashes 2005
    Fatality Narrative: Workers Killed in Motor Vehicle Crashes [2005]
    Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
    2005/11/30 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    Three Separate Fatality Incidents: 1. On September 18, 2004, a 21-year-old gutter installer was killed when the 18-foot box van he was driving left the interstate highway and crashed into a concrete pillar of a highway overpass. 2. On January 19, 2005, a 31-year-old electrician was killed when the box van he was driving was struck head-on by a vehi ...
  • Mill Hand Dies When Drill Was Thrown From Shattered Hardened Steel Tool Extension and Strikes Him In Chest
    Mill Hand Dies When Drill Was Thrown From Shattered Hardened Steel Tool Extension and Strikes Him In Chest
    Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Project) (MIFACE)  ...
    2005/11/10 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On November 18, 2004, a 23-year-old male mill hand died when a drill was thrown from a shattered hard steel tool extension and struck him in his chest. He was operating a high-speed computerized numerical control (CNC) machining center. The CNC programmer asked the victim to determine if a 3/4-inch drill that was 10 inches in length "ran true". The ...
  • Carpenter Dies When Eightfoot Trench Wall Collapses During Sewer Pipe Replacement
    Carpenter Dies When Eight-foot Trench Wall Collapses During Sewer Pipe Replacement
    Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Project) (MIFACE)  ...
    2005/11/10 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On October 21, 2004, a 22-year-old male carpenter died when the walls of an eight-foot excavation he was working in collapsed and completely covered him (See Figure 1). A homeowner hired his employer to replace the six-inch clay tile sewer pipe leading from his home to the alley behind the home and garage. The firm was "threading" a new four-inch P ...
  • Tow Truck Operator Dies When Car Being Driven By Intoxicated Driver Leaves Road and Strikes Him
    Tow Truck Operator Dies When Car Being Driven By Intoxicated Driver Leaves Road and Strikes Him
    Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Project) (MIFACE)  ...
    2005/11/09 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On February 11, 2005, a 34-year-old male tow truck driver was killed when a car driven by an intoxicated individual left the roadway and hit him. The victim positioned the tow truck in front of the disabled car, which had a flat tire. Both the tow truck and disabled car were on the east shoulder of the road, facing north. The tow truck beacon light ...
  • Engineering Technician Dies When Backed Over by Cement Mixer
    Engineering Technician Dies When Backed Over by Cement Mixer
    Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Project) (MIFACE)  ...
    2005/11/09 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On July 29, 2004, a 40-year-old male engineering technician was struck and killed on a road-building project by a cement mixer that was traveling in reverse. The road surface was compacted aggregate and crushed limestone and had a slight incline. There were two cement mixers in the immediate vicinity. Cement mixer #1 was unloading cement into a cur ...
  • A plumber was killed when a skidsteer loader tipped forward and struck him in the head
    A plumber was killed when a skid-steer loader tipped forward and struck him in the head.
    Oklahoma Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (OKFACE)  ...
    2005/11/04 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 50-year-old plumber working for a construction company subcontractor died on February 5, 2005 from head trauma he received after being struck in the head by a skid-steer loader that tipped forward. The victim had been installing a section of pipe in the ground next to a newly constructed foundation. The victim was standing in an open-end trench t ...
  • Guatemalan TreeService Worker Killed when Pulled into Brush Chipper
    Guatemalan Tree-Service Worker Killed when Pulled into Brush Chipper
    New York State Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Program (NY FACE)  ...
    2005/11/04 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On May 4, 2005, a 42-year-old Guatemalan tree-service worker died after he was caught and pulled into a brush chipper. The victim was a day laborer who had worked for the tree service for approximately two weeks. On the day of the incident, the victim and his employer, the tree service owner, were trimming trees behind a residence. The owner had cl ...
  • Lawn Technician Dies When Pinned Between Motorized Spreader Handles and Roof of Work Van
    Lawn Technician Dies When Pinned Between Motorized Spreader Handles and Roof of Work Van
    Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Project) (MIFACE)  ...
    2005/11/04 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On April 12, 2005, a 36-year-old male lawn technician was killed while unloading a motorized gas-powered, ride-on, granular fertilizer spreader from the back of an extended van. He was pinned between the handles on the spreader and the interior roof of the van. The ride-on spreader had four rubber tires, a riding platform consisting of metal slats ...
  • Farmer Pinned Under Left Rear Tire of Industrial TractorLoader With Backhoe
    Farmer Pinned Under Left Rear Tire of Industrial Tractor-Loader With Backhoe
    Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Project) (MIFACE)  ...
    2005/11/04 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On May 6, 2005, an 82-year-old male farmer was pinned under the left rear wheel of the John Deere 300-B industrial tractor-loader with backhoe. He was in the process of loading lime into a spreader so it could be distributed on his fields. He left the loader bucket in the air, and had not placed the tractor-loader in park. The engine was idling. It ...
  • Crane Operator Killed when Outrigger Sinks into Unstable Soil Causing the Crane to Overturn Massachusetts
    Crane Operator Killed when Outrigger Sinks into Unstable Soil Causing the Crane to Overturn - Massachusetts
    Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE)  ...
    2005/10/31 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On June 26, 2003, a 28-year-old male crane operator (the victim) was fatally injured when his crane overturned. Upon arrival to the worksite, the victim set up the crane in preparation for the lifting task. The setup included extending the boom approximately 150 feet up and over the rear of the crane with no load attached to the hook. The victim wa ...
  • Fatality Narrative Specialty Trade Contractor Falls from Ladder
    Fatality Narrative: Specialty Trade Contractor Falls from Ladder
    Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
    2005/10/31 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On October 21, 2004, a contractor was fatally injured when he fell 12 feet from a ladder. The 49-year-old contractor was a part owner of a construction business that built residential decks, installed gutters, handrails, and other building exterior work. The victim was descending from the roof of a single-family residence by way of an extension lad ...
  • Farm Worker Dies during Grain Bin Auger Entanglement
    Farm Worker Dies during Grain Bin Auger Entanglement
    New York State Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Program (NY FACE)  ...
    2005/10/11 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On November 9th, 2004 a 53-year-old farm worker was killed when he became entangled in a grain bin auger. At the time of the incident, the victim was cleaning the remaining wheat out of a grain bin when he became entangled in the sweep auger that was moving around the floor of the bin. Hooks on the sweep auger caught the material on the worker's pa ...
  • A backhoe operator died when his backhoe pinned him against a retaining wall
    A backhoe operator died when his backhoe pinned him against a retaining wall.
    Cierpich, Hank ;
    Harrison, Robert
    2005/10/10 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 38-year-old Hispanic equipment operator died when he was pinned against a retaining wall by the front bucket of his backhoe after he got off it to unload the front bucket with a shovel. The victim had set the backhoe brake, but the brake failed to hold the backhoe in place. The backhoe was on an incline, and the wheels were not chocked to hold th ...
  • A tractor operator died when his tractor rolled over on him
    A tractor operator died when his tractor rolled over on him.
    Cierpich, Hank ;
    Harrison, Robert
    2005/10/10 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 64-year-old equipment operator died when the tractor he was operating rolled over on him. He had been driving across a slope in a canyon while clearing trees and vegetation. A witness to the incident saw the tractor tumbling down the slope but did not see the victim exit the tractor. The tractor was equipped with a rollover protective structure ( ...
  • Hispanic Worker Dies After Falling from a Pile of Construction Debris in the Bed of a TrashStyle Body Truck to a Paved Driveway Below North Carolina FACE 200506
    Hispanic Worker Dies After Falling from a Pile of Construction Debris in the Bed of a Trash-Style Body Truck to a Paved Driveway Below - North Carolina: FACE 2005-06
    Higgins, Doloris N.
    2005/10/07 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On April 7, 2005, a 48-year-old Hispanic laborer (the victim) died after he fell from the top of a pile of construction debris that had been loaded into the bed of a trash-style body truck (hereafter referred to as a trash truck), to a paved driveway approximately 8.5 feet below. Just moments before the incident, one of two brothers who owned the d ...
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