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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 Tree Trimmer Killed After Being Pulled into A Wood Chipper
    Hispanic Tree Trimmer Killed After Being Pulled into A Wood Chipper
    Bost, Patrick ;
    Bresnitz, Eddy A.
    2004/08/30 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On June 14, 2003, a 20-year-old male Hispanic tree trimmer was killed when he was pulled into a wood chipping machine. The incident occurred at the site of a large suburban home that was being renovated. The owner had contracted with the employer to remove two trees and remove a branch from a third tree. These trees were removed the day before the ...
  • A butcher died after getting his hand caught in a meat grinder
    A butcher died after getting his hand caught in a meat grinder
    Cierpich, Hank ;
    Harrison, Robert
    2004/08/26 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 62-year-old Hispanic male butcher died the day after he caught his right hand in a meat grinder. The victim was cleaning the grinder when he stuck his hand into the revolving worm gear through the feed bowl. The power source to the meat grinder was not disconnected prior to the cleaning process. The victim was an independent contractor who rented ...
  • Welder Falls from Boom Forklift Platform When Boom Shifts Laterally
    Welder Falls from Boom Forklift Platform When Boom Shifts Laterally
    Johnson, Wayne ;
    Rautiainen, Risto
    2004/08/25 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 39-year-old welder was killed when he fell 20 feet off a platform attached to the forks of a boom forklift. The man was part of a 3-man crew installing a catwalk and ladder assembly along the side of a cement silo for a wood products company. The work platform was specifically made by the company for use with their rough terrain forklift. It was ...
  • A forklift operator died when he was crushed in the mast of a forklift
    A forklift operator died when he was crushed in the mast of a forklift.
    Cierpich, Hank ;
    Harrison, Robert
    2004/08/24 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 23-year-old Hispanic forklift operator died when he was crushed in the mast structure of a forklift while unloading cargo on pallets from a truck trailer. The victim was found leaning forward over the forklift's steering wheel with his right leg against the forklift controls and his head in between the beams of the inner and outer masts. The CA/F ...
  • Warehouse Forklift Operator Crushed Against Rack Beam
    Warehouse Forklift Operator Crushed Against Rack Beam
    Johnson, Wayne ;
    Rautiainen, Risto
    2004/08/24 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    During the fall of 2003, a 35-year-old warehouse worker was killed when his forklift slammed into the edge of an empty horizontal metal rack beam. He was operating a standup reach forklift, which normally has the operator's left side facing the rear of the machine. The man was driving his forklift in reverse down an alleyway when he crashed into th ...
  • Farmer Dies When Grain In Grain Bin Engulfs Him
    Farmer Dies When Grain In Grain Bin Engulfs Him
    Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Project) (MIFACE)  ...
    2004/08/24 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On August 20, 2003, a 40-year-old male farmer entered a 49-foot diameter Chief grain bin to clear corn that had clogged the unloading holes. The bin was approximately one-half full, with approximately 30,000 bushels left in the bin. The bin was equipped with a power sweep head unit that was not running. He was standing on the grain with the augers ...
  • Pyrotechnician Dies When Struck in Head by Firework While Putting on a Display
    Pyrotechnician Dies When Struck in Head by Firework While Putting on a Display
    Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Project) (MIFACE)  ...
    2004/08/24 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On July 3, 2003, a 41-year-old male independent fireworks "shooter" and the "pyrotechnician in charge" of a fireworks display died when he was struck in the back of the head by a firework shell. The display was set up in a gravel pit that had three "levels" with shells placed and lit at each level. The deceased used a propane torch to manually ligh ...
  • Case 03MI193 Electrocuted While Welding
    Case# 03MI193: Electrocuted While Welding
    Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Project) (MIFACE)
    2004/08/20 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    In 2003, a 44-year-old male farmer was welding on a leed bunker wagon using a very old 240-voll plug·in cord-conneded SMAW-Iype Hobart welder in disrepair. Victim connected two sets of welding lead cables and placed tne un-lnsulaled cable splices on bare dirt. Victim was Iying on damp, bare ground and was sweallng neavily wearing a snort-sleeve shi ...
  • Hispanic laborer died after being struck by a vehicle in a roadway work zone
    Hispanic laborer died after being struck by a vehicle in a roadway work zone.
    Oklahoma Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (OKFACE)  ...
    2004/08/17 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 23-year-old Hispanic utility contracting company worker died on December 30, 2003 from head injuries he received after being struck by a vehicle in a roadway work zone. He and a co-worker were cleaning mud out of a manhole so a telephone utility company could make repairs. A sport utility vehicle crashed through approximately 100-120 feet of 28-i ...
  • Farmer Dies When Pinned by Flail Mower
    Farmer Dies When Pinned by Flail Mower
    Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Project) (MIFACE)  ...
    2004/08/17 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On July 17, 2003, a 73-year-old male cattle farmer was killed when he was pinned beneath the front of a flail mower. He had been clipping pastures on a Farmall International 706 fast hitch tractor with a MC rotary scythe (flail mower) attached. When moving from the field he had just cut, he placed the flail mower in a locked upright position. The n ...
  • Young camp counselor killed when cannon bursts to pieces
    Young camp counselor killed when cannon bursts to pieces
    Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Program) (OR-FACE)  ...
    2004/08/16 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On August 1, 2003, a 16-year-old youth working as a camp counselor was fatally injured when a cannon he was attempting to fire exploded and burst into pieces. This cannon had been used during evening flag ceremonies at the camp for about three years. On the evening of the incident, the victim set up the cannon as instructed and attempted to fire it ...
  • Warehouse Manager Killed in Fall From Wooden Ladder
    Warehouse Manager Killed in Fall From Wooden Ladder
    Davis, Arthur W. ;
    Hetzler, William E.
    2004/08/11 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    The victim, a 42-year-old female, was killed when the top rung on the wooden ladder she was descending pulled free, causing her to fall approximately 40 feet. The victim and a co-worker climbed a ladder inside a storage warehouse to an overhead walkway to pre-plan some future cleaning work. They proceeded down the walkway for about half the buildin ...
  • Worker Falls to His Death in a Telescoping Boom Forklift Overturn
    Worker Falls to His Death in a Telescoping Boom Forklift Overturn
    Johnson, Wayne ;
    Rautiainen, Risto
    2004/08/10 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    During the summer of 2003, a 19-year-old construction worker died after falling 30 ft. (9 m) from the forks of a telescoping boom forklift. He was member of a five-man crew hired by a local greenhouse company to dismantle and relocate a large old barn. The company owner rented the forklift from a local rental service, where he received training in ...
  • Amish Carpenter Dies after Falling from Scaffold
    Amish Carpenter Dies after Falling from Scaffold
    Wisconsin Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (Wisconsin FACE)  ...
    2004/08/10 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 45 year-old carpenter (the victim) fell from a mobile scaffold while installing trusses at a town hall. The victim was self-employed and subcontracted by a construction company (contractor). The victim and his employee, his sixteen-year-old son, were standing on a plank on the top of a scaffold when a skid steer loader with a boom hit the scaffol ...
  • Sawmill worker crushed during debarker maintenance
    Sawmill worker crushed during debarker maintenance
    Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Program) (OR-FACE)  ...
    2004/08/10 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On February 7, 2004, a 24-year-old sawmill employee, working as a millwright, was killed in a routine maintenance operation, while grinding the teeth of the feed rolls inside a log debarking machine. The millwright shut down electrical power to the debarker before entering the intake area, but he did not block the press roll, held aloft by compress ...
  • Construction Worker Electrocuted When Boom Forklift Contacted Power Lines
    Construction Worker Electrocuted When Boom Forklift Contacted Power Lines
    Johnson, Wayne ;
    Rautiainen, Risto
    2004/08/08 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    During the fall of 2003, a 53- year-old construction worker was electrocuted at a rural road construction site. A six man crew was on site that day, preparing to install a box culvert. The victim was working with a boom forklift operator to prepare a submersible pump for removing water from the work area. They had unloaded the pump from a pickup tr ...
  • Slippery Clutch Pedal
    Slippery Clutch Pedal
    Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Project) (MIFACE)
    2004/08/07 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    1. In 2003, 87-year-old male farmer died while backing his Oliver Super 77 tractor with an attached 5·foot cut rotary mower into a storage area in an old barn. Running the length of the storage area was an enclosed round feed auger, which was 71 inches from the ground. 2. It is likely that the left rear tractor wheel tire traveled over a portion of ...
  • City Worker Killed When Struck by a Dump Truck in Washington State
    City Worker Killed When Struck by a Dump Truck in Washington State
    Washington (State). Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (WA FACE)  ...
    2004/08/05 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On August 8, 2000, a 43-year-old male public works employee died when he was struck and run over by a dump truck that was backing up along a city street that was under construction. A construction superintendent was also struck and seriously injured in the incident. The city worker was working alongside the construction superintendent at the time o ...
  • Auto Mechanic Dies from Explosion While Welding a Barrel in His Shop
    Auto Mechanic Dies from Explosion While Welding a Barrel in His Shop
    Johnson, Wayne ;
    Rautiainen, Risto
    2004/08/04 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    During the summer of 2003, a 40-year-old male auto mechanic was fatally injured in an explosion at his auto repair shop. His two employees had left about ten minutes earlier, and he was the only one working in the building at the time. He was repairing an old 250 gallon barrel that was used to hold waste motor oil. He had constructed a system to dr ...
  • FACE Fatal Facts Radiator Hose on Truck Ruptures Killing Worker
    FACE Fatal Facts: Radiator Hose on Truck Ruptures Killing Worker
    Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
    2004/08/04 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    Background: A 52 year-old equipment operator died from complications after being burned by hot coolant sprayed from a burst radiator hose on his loader dozer. In October of 2003, the loader operator went to inspect his engine after a fire had been extinguished in his engine compartment. After lifting the engine cover, the 2-1/4 inch radiator hose b ...
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