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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 Construction Laborer Falls Through Skylight
    Fatality Narrative: Construction Laborer Falls Through Skylight
    Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
    2004/08/04 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On September 4, 2003, a construction laborer fell 50 feet through an unguarded skylight during reroofing operations at a steel plant. The 35-year-old victim was an employee of the construction company performing the re-roofing and had been working at this job site for the past three weeks. He was working with a crew of three others. On the date of ...
  • Fatality Narrative Worker Changing Flat Tire Struck by Passing Vehicle
    Fatality Narrative: Worker Changing Flat Tire Struck by Passing Vehicle
    Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
    2004/08/04 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On July 21, 2003, a garage door installer was struck and killed by a passing motor vehicle while he was changing a flat tire on his vehicle that was parked on the shoulder of a road. The victim was a 46-year-old male employed by a garage door installation company who was driving his pickup truck between jobs when his left rear tire went flat. He pu ...
  • Satellite TV Company Manager Dies While Preparing Pickup Truck for Transport
    Satellite TV Company Manager Dies While Preparing Pickup Truck for Transport
    Johnson, Wayne ;
    Rautiainen, Risto
    2004/08/02 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    During the summer of 2003, a 28-year-old employee for a satellite TV company was killed while preparing a vehicle for transport. He was towing an older pickup truck behind his company truck, using a tilt-bed tow dolly. He had already towed the vehicle for a short distance and needed to make final preparations for highway travel. He had just visited ...
  • Worker Killed While Inflating a Tire Mounted on a MultiPiece Rim Massachusetts
    Worker Killed While Inflating a Tire Mounted on a Multi-Piece Rim - Massachusetts
    2004/08/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    Incident: A 42-year-old male laborer was fatally injured while using an air line with a faulty pressure gauge to inflate a tire mounted on a multi-piece rim on a front end loader. The victim sat in a chair positioned directly in front of the flat tire's sidewall and in the trajectory of the multi-piece rim parts. While he was inflating the tire, th ...
  • A 54yearold Hispanic worker was killed when he was crushed by a forklift
    A 54-year-old Hispanic worker was killed when he was crushed by a forklift.
    Oklahoma Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (OKFACE)  ...
    2004/07/30 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 54-year-old Hispanic forklift operator died on January 6, 2004, from crushing head injuries received when he was pinned by a forklift that overturned. He was operating the forklift on uneven terrain at the metal recycling facility where he was employed. The decedent was using a rented forklift to move a metal basket filled with scrap metal weighi ...
  • Farmer Dies After Being Pinned By Bucket Of Skid Loader
    Farmer Dies After Being Pinned By Bucket Of Skid Loader
    Minnesota Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Program (MN FACE)  ...
    2004/07/26 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 29-year-old male farmer (victim) died after being pinned by the bucket of a skid loader that he used for various tasks associated with his herd of dairy cows. After completing the morning milking he apparently used the skid loader for one or more tasks associated with the dairy operation. At some point, he drove the skid loader into an outside ar ...
  • SeventeenYearOld High School Student Working as a Warehouse Laborer in WorkBased Learning Program Dies After Forklift Tips Over and Crushes Him Tennessee FACE 200403
    Seventeen-Year-Old High School Student Working as a Warehouse Laborer in Work-Based Learning Program Dies After Forklift Tips Over and Crushes Him - Tennessee: FACE 2004-03
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    2004/07/23 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On December 26, 2003, a 17-year-old warehouse worker (the victim) was fatally injured when the sit-down type forklift he was operating outside the warehouse tipped over and crushed him. The youth was employed by an agricultural cooperative through a work-based learning program in his high school. At approximately 2:00 p.m., the victim had apparentl ...
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  • A maintenance mechanic died when the forklift he was working on slipped off a jack and fell on him
    A maintenance mechanic died when the forklift he was working on slipped off a jack and fell on him
    Cierpich, Hank ;
    Harrison, Robert
    2004/07/20 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 40-year-old Hispanic male maintenance mechanic died when the forklift he was working under slipped off a jack and fell on him. The forklift was not supported with jack stands or cribbing and the front wheels were not chocked. The concrete pavement was wet from an early morning rain, and it also had a slight incline up toward the front of the fork ...
  • A machine operator died when crushed in a plastic injection molding machine
    A machine operator died when crushed in a plastic injection molding machine
    Cierpich, Hank ;
    Harrison, Robert
    2004/07/20 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 48-year-old Hispanic male machine operator died when he was crushed inside a plastic injection molding machine. Evidence suggests the victim was attempting to adjust or repair the machine or one of its components when the incident occurred. Company policy was for machine operators to contact a shift supervisor whenever repair was needed on a mach ...
  • Contractor Run Over by Frontend Loader at City Salt Stockyard
    Contractor Run Over by Front-end Loader at City Salt Stockyard
    New York State Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Program (NY FACE)  ...
    2004/07/15 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On January 13th, 2004 a 42 year-old male machine operator, who was hired by a liquid deicer distributing company as a subcontractor, sustained fatal injuries as a result of being run over by a front-end loader. On the day of the incident, the victim was providing customer service at a municipal rock salt stockyard that belonged to a city Department ...
  • FACE Hechos Advertencia de Peligro Las Personas Que Trabajan en Equipos Mviles O Cerca de Ellos Corren Riesgo de Lesiones Graves Y Muerte
    FACE Hechos: Advertencia de Peligro! Las Personas Que Trabajan en Equipos Móviles O Cerca de Ellos Corren Riesgo de Lesiones Graves Y Muerte
    New York State Department of Health  ...
    2004/07/15 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    atropellado por una pala mecánica en el depósito de sal de la ciudad. Caminaba por la zona de trabajo de la máquina mientras realizaba el mantenimiento de la cinta transportadora. Un operario municipal dio marcha atrás con la pala mecánica para salir de un galpón de depósito y golpeó a la víctima. Al vehículo le faltaban dos espejos retrovisores la ...
  • FACE Facts Hazard Warning Workers Who Work in or Around Mobile Equipment Are at Risk of Serious Injury or Death
    FACE Facts: Hazard Warning! Workers Who Work in or Around Mobile Equipment Are at Risk of Serious Injury or Death
    New York State Department of Health  ...
    2004/07/15 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A machine operator who worked for a liquid deicer distributing company was killed when he was run over by a front-end loader at a city salt stockyard. He was walking around the loader working area performing conveyer maintenance. A city equipment operator backed the loader out of a storage shed and struck the victim. The loader was missing two side ...
  • Temporary Hispanic Laborer Dies After Being Struck by a Turning Devices at a Concrete Product Manufacturing Facility Massachusetts
    Temporary Hispanic Laborer Dies After Being Struck by a Turning Devices at a Concrete Product Manufacturing Facility - Massachusetts
    Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE)  ...
    2004/07/06 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On June 27, 2002, a 30-year-old male temporary worker was fatally injured at a concrete casting facility where he was assigned to work. The victim was hired as a laborer to help with the manufacturing of concrete products. While assisting with the removal of a 1,000-gallon concrete septic system tank from its form, the victim was struck in the head ...
  • Five MunicipalCounty Workers Died OntheJob in 2003
    Five Municipal/County Workers Died On-the-Job in 2003
    Chester, Debra A.
    2004/07/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    Often, people don't think that they work in a setting where they could be killed while at work. Some don't think that their jobs are "risky" and perceive that other work-related settings are "riskier," like working on a construction site or working on a farm or in a factory. Sadly, most work settings have the potential for a work-related death. In ...
  • Massachusetts Department of Public Health Releases Safety Report
    Massachusetts Department of Public Health Releases Safety Report
    2004/07/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    Resulting from a project investigating the death of a pressing machine operator in a diycleanJng shop two years ago, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health recently outlined a number of safety recommendations for the state's employers operating similar equipment. The department's Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program cond ...
  • Warning Dangers to teens working at pizza restaurants
    Warning! Dangers to teens working at pizza restaurants.
    New Jersey. Department of Health
    2004/07/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services is alerting pizza restaurants to the deaths of two teenagers who worked in pizzerias. Similar conditions may exist in many restaurants that may be dangerous to youths and other employees. A 15-year-old boy was killed when he was crushed in a pizza dough mixing machine. He had worked for two we ...
  • FACE Facts Mechanic Killed Truck Falls off Lift
    FACE Facts: Mechanic Killed! Truck Falls off Lift
    California. Department of Public Health
    2004/07/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    In a recent incident, a 46­year­old mechanic, Ernesto M.* (* Not the victim's real name), died when a truck he was repairing fell off a lift. The truck was too long, and the arms of the lift did not reach the proper lift points. Ernesto's employer did not have safety or training programs. WHAT WENT WRONG? The wrong type of lift was used. There was ...
  • Fatality Narrative Sider Falls from Failed Pump Jack Scaffolding
    Fatality Narrative: Sider Falls from Failed Pump Jack Scaffolding
    Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
    2004/06/30 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On December 22, 2003, a sider was putting siding on an apartment building when the pump jack scaffolding on which he was standing failed and he fell 27 feet to an asphalt driveway. The 31-year-old sider, employed by a residential construction contractor, was putting siding on a gable section of an apartment building. He was working from a scaffold ...
  • Youth Newspaper Carrier Dies after Being Struck by an Automobile While Delivering Newspapers on a Bicycle
    Youth Newspaper Carrier Dies after Being Struck by an Automobile While Delivering Newspapers on a Bicycle
    Wisconsin Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (Wisconsin FACE)  ...
    2004/06/04 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On March 25, 2003, a 12-year-old youth died when he was delivering newspapers on his bicycle and was hit by a car. The victim was crossing a highway after coming out of a driveway to cross a busy street. The incident occurred across the street from a day-care center. One of the day-care workers was outside and saw the youth fly off the bike after b ...
  • Two Vehicle Mounted Work Platforms Overturn Killing the Operators
    Two Vehicle Mounted Work Platforms Overturn Killing the Operators
    2004/06/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    Background: Vehicle mounted work platforms, also called aerial lifts, are used daily by workers to complete many tasks. Within a twelve-month period during 2001 - 2002, two Massachusetts workers were fatally injured in separate incidents when the rented vehicle mounted work platforms they were working from overturned. In both cases the outriggers h ...
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