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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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  • Hispanic Painter Electrocuted When the Aluminum Extension Ladder He Was Positioning Contacted an Overhead Powerline South Carolina FACE 200311
    Hispanic Painter Electrocuted When the Aluminum Extension Ladder He Was Positioning Contacted an Overhead Powerline - South Carolina: FACE 2003-11
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    2004/12/03 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On March 25, 2003, a Hispanic painter/caulker (the victim) was electrocuted when the aluminum 40-foot extension ladder he was attempting to re-position contacted a 13.8 kilovolt overhead powerline. The victim was a member of a five-man crew that had been subcontracted to paint and caulk windows and siding on a newly constructed three-story private ...
    Public Domain
  • Metal Fabrication Shop Owner Dies When Crushed By Falling Steel Plate
    Metal Fabrication Shop Owner Dies When Crushed By Falling Steel Plate
    Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (KY FACE)  ...
    2004/12/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On December 15, 2003, a metal fabrication shop owner died when a 4,000-pound steel base plate fell on him. While inside the shop building, the work crew of least three men, including the owner, fabricated a 10'x 20' steel base plate to be used at a water treatment plant. The base plate was to house or serve as a base anchor for a large water pump. ...
  • Laborer Crushed Under Overturned Road Milling Machine
    Laborer Crushed Under Overturned Road Milling Machine
    Bost, Patrick ;
    Bresnitz, Eddy A.
    2004/11/29 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On September 30, 2003, a 24-year-old construction laborer was killed when he was crushed under an overturning road milling machine. The incident occurred at the construction site of a new taxiway at a large international airport. The construction company was using a large, diesel-powered milling machine (profiler-reclaimer) to remove an old concret ...
  • Farmer Died When Electrocuted While Welding Feed Bunker Wagon
    Farmer Died When Electrocuted While Welding Feed Bunker Wagon
    Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Project) (MIFACE)  ...
    2004/11/24 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On August 6, 2003, a 44-year-old male farmer was welding a feed bunker wagon when he was electrocuted. The portable 240-volt plug-in cord-connected Hobart welder was in disrepair. The power cord and the cables had damaged insulation exposing the conductors. The welder lead cables were at least 10 years old and were 12 feet long. The victim parked t ...
  • Fatality Narrative Roofing Contractor Killed When Parked Flatbed Truck Rolls Backward
    Fatality Narrative: Roofing Contractor Killed When Parked Flatbed Truck Rolls Backward
    Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
    2004/11/23 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On February 9, 2004, the owner of a roofing company was killed when a parked flatbed truck rolled backward and ran over him. The victim, a 61-year-old roofing contractor, and his crew had finished removing an old roof from a private residence and the debris had been loaded into the debris box on the back of a tilt-bed truck. The victim started the ...
  • Fatality Narrative Worker Killed in Crash on Icy Road
    Fatality Narrative: Worker Killed in Crash on Icy Road
    Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
    2004/11/23 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On January 26, 2004, a 22-year-old construction laborer, working for a roofing contractor, was killed when the pickup truck he was riding in collided head-on with another vehicle on a snow and ice covered highway. At the time of the incident he was one of two passengers in a pickup truck traveling to a job site. At about 8 a.m., the driver of the p ...
  • Machinist Crushed by a Steel Spool while Working on a Hydraulic Lift Table
    Machinist Crushed by a Steel Spool while Working on a Hydraulic Lift Table
    New York State Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Program (NY FACE)  ...
    2004/11/19 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On May 3, 2004, a 49 year-old male machinist, who was employed by a machine shop, sustained fatal injuries as a result of being struck by a 1,800-pound steel spool that fell from a hydraulic lift table at a tissue paper plant. The hydraulic lift table was part of a section of a paper machine called a core extractor, or spool extractor. The machine ...
  • Welder Dies from Fall off Rigging
    Welder Dies from Fall off Rigging
    Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Project) (MIFACE)  ...
    2004/11/19 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On Saturday, November 22, 2003, a 44-year-old male welder fell 24 feet to a concrete floor at a metal stamping plant. He was a general welder in the plant's facility engineering department. The welder who fell, a co-worker who was an apprentice welder, and another worker were preparing the site for the installation of the top of a press, the crown, ...
  • A Machine Operator Dies When Crushed Inside a Knitting Machine
    A Machine Operator Dies When Crushed Inside a Knitting Machine.
    Cierpich, Hank ;
    Harrison, Robert
    2004/11/16 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 26-year-old Hispanic male knitting machine operator died when he was crushed by moving parts within the knitting machine as he tried to make an adjustment. The victim opened a safety gate and jammed a needle in the "on" button that allowed the machine to operate with the safety gates open. The CA/FACE investigator determined that, in order to pre ...
  • Laborer Dies When Caught in Arms of a Skidsteer Loader
    Laborer Dies When Caught in Arms of a Skidsteer Loader
    Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (KY FACE)  ...
    2004/11/05 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On September 19, 2003, a 23-year-old male laborer (decedent) died when he became caught in the activated arms of a skidsteer loader. A work crew consisting of a contractor and 3 laborers had spent the day installing fence on a dairy farm. Earlier in the day, the contractor had borrowed a skidsteer from the farm owner. The work crew used the skidste ...
  • 38 YearOld Construction Laborer Dies When Trench Walls Collapse
    38 Year-Old Construction Laborer Dies When Trench Walls Collapse
    Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (KY FACE)  ...
    2004/11/05 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On November 3, 2003, a 38-year-old male construction laborer died when the unprotected 8-foot-high walls of the trench he was working in collapsed. The decedent was working for a subcontractor who was contracted by a construction company to remove old gas, storm and sanitary sewer lines and install similar new lines. The old abandoned 6-inch diamet ...
  • Hispanic Arborists Helper Struck and Killed by A Falling Tree
    Hispanic Arborist's Helper Struck and Killed by A Falling Tree
    New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE)  ...
    2004/11/03 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On June 13, 2003, a 39-year-old Hispanic male arborist's helper was killed when he was struck by a tree that was being cut down. The incident occurred at a private residence as a tree-trimming crew was finishing the removal of 12 trees from the front yard. The owner of the company had placed the bucket of a front-end loader against the tree to help ...
  • SixteenYearOld Hispanic Youth Dies After Falling from a JobMade Elevated Work Platform During Construction South Carolina FACE 200406
    Sixteen-Year-Old Hispanic Youth Dies After Falling from a Job-Made Elevated Work Platform During Construction - South Carolina: FACE 2004-06
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    2004/11/02 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On March 9, 2004, a 16-year-old Hispanic construction laborer on a framing crew (the victim) was injured when he fell from a job-made elevated work platform (scaffold) and struck his head on a concrete slab 10 feet 3-inches below at approximately 3:00 p.m. The victim complained of a severe headache to his crew leader and to his father and uncles, w ...
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  • Engineering Technician Run Over and Killed by Backing Dump Truck
    Engineering Technician Run Over and Killed by Backing Dump Truck
    Nebraska Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (Nebraska FACE)  ...
    2004/10/26 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    The victim, a 51-year-old male engineering technician, was killed when he was backed over by a dump truck in a roadway work zone. The victim's employer had subcontracted with a road construction company to provide engineering services throughout the project. The victim entered the work zone behind a dump truck that was backing towards an asphalt mi ...
  • Farmer Dies When Tractor With FrontEnd Loader Overturns In Ditch and Pins Him
    Farmer Dies When Tractor With Front-End Loader Overturns In Ditch and Pins Him
    Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Project) (MIFACE)  ...
    2004/10/26 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On July 28, 2003, a 77-year-old male farmer was driving a 1954 77 Oliver tractor equipped with a front-end loader with 12-inch bucket tines to a woodlot on his property. He was carrying a salvage flail mower chained to the loader. The tractor was not equipped with a roll-over protection structure (ROPS). He traveled east along a lane between his co ...
  • Fatality Narrative Construction Laborer Killed When Trench Collapses
    Fatality Narrative: Construction Laborer Killed When Trench Collapses
    Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
    2004/10/25 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On September 25, 2003, a laborer was working in a 7 foot 6 inch deep trench that had not been shielded, sloped or shored. The victim was attempting to find a sewer main when the trench failed and he was engulfed by soil. The 29-year-old laborer was employed by a subcontractor to install and tie in, two side sewers, to an existing sewer main at a ne ...
  • Fatality Narrative Drywall Sprayer Burned by Flash Fire
    Fatality Narrative: Drywall Sprayer Burned by Flash Fire
    Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
    2004/10/25 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On October 6, 2003, a worker was spraying an shellac primer on to drywall at an apartment unit when a flash fire occurred and the victim was fatally burned. The 43-year-old drywall sprayer was employed by a contractor who was subcontracted to do drywall priming and texture work as part of renovations at several apartment buildings. Shortly before t ...
  • Licensed Electrician Dies When Electrocuted by 480Volts
    Licensed Electrician Dies When Electrocuted by 480Volts
    Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (KY FACE)  ...
    2004/10/22 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On July 4, 2003, a 36-year-old male lead electrician died after being electrocuted with 480 volts of electricity. A crew of five licensed electricians were working at an automotive supply manufacturing facility running wires to connect service for two air conditioning units (3-phase480 volts30 amp and 35 amp) and service for a lighting panel (3-pha ...
  • Pyrotechnician Struck in Head by Firework
    Pyrotechnician Struck in Head by Firework
    Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Project) (MIFACE)
    2004/10/12 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    In 2003, 41-year-old male independent fireworks shooter and the "pyrotechnician in charge" of a fireworks display died when struck in the back of the head by a 4-inch Lampare firework shell that used a 45-second delay fuse and a quick match fuse. The display was set up in a gravel pit that had three "Ievels" with shells placed and lit at each level ...
  • A heavy equipment operator was killed when he was crushed between the lift arm and the rollover protection cage of a skidsteer loader
    A heavy equipment operator was killed when he was crushed between the lift arm and the rollover protection cage of a skid-steer loader.
    Oklahoma Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (OKFACE)  ...
    2004/10/08 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    An 18-year-old heavy equipment operator died on August 6, 2004 from internal injuries he received after being crushed between the lift arm and the top edge of the rollover protection cage of a skid-steer loader. On July 24, 2004, the decedent was attempting to reinsert a pin that had slipped out of the arm where the bucket was attached. He had lift ...
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