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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 Forklift Operator Dies After Being Caught Between Mast and Cage of Forklift North Carolina FACE 200209
    Hispanic Forklift Operator Dies After Being Caught Between Mast and Cage of Forklift - North Carolina: FACE 2002-09
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    2004/05/28 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On July 13, 2002, a 54-year-old Hispanic forklift operator (the victim) died after being caught between the mast and the protective operator's cage of a sit-down type forklift. The victim had been assigned the task of transporting pallets of yarn from the production floor of a textile plant to the plant's warehouse. The victim had been performing t ...
    Public Domain
  • Worker Electrocuted In Bucket Truck
    Worker Electrocuted In Bucket Truck
    Davis, Arthur W. ;
    Hetzler, William E.
    2004/05/27 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 27-year-old Spanish-speaking masonry laborer was killed when he contacted an overhead electrical line. The victim, along with a co-worker, had raised a bucket truck's personnel platform approximately 30 feet in the air. They were attempting to maneuver the personnel platform above and across some electrical wires in an attempt to clear ice and sn ...
  • Roofing Laborer Dies After 60Foot Fall
    Roofing Laborer Dies After 60-Foot Fall
    Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (KY FACE)  ...
    2004/05/27 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    At 8:00 AM on the morning of October 7, 2003, a 33-year-old roofing laborer, was discarding his first bag of debris off a commercial building's roof when he slipped and fell 60 feet to the sidewalk below. There were 2 other laborers and the contractor at the work site that morning. It was the second workday at this particular job site and the three ...
  • Master Plumber Dies When Trench Collapses
    Master Plumber Dies When Trench Collapses
    Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (KY FACE)  ...
    2004/05/27 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On July 29, 2003, a 35-year-old, male master plumber died when an unshorn trench collapsed. Two employees from the contracting company were speaking with him at the time from the side of the trench. He had searched and diagnosed a water line leak when the walls of the trench collapsed. The plumber was employed by a plumbing company contracted by a ...
  • Vessel Mechanic Drowns after Falling from a Ladder Between a Tugboat and the Dock Massachusetts
    Vessel Mechanic Drowns after Falling from a Ladder Between a Tugboat and the Dock - Massachusetts
    Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE)  ...
    2004/05/26 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On May 9, 2002, a 38-year-old male vessel mechanic (the victim) drowned when he fell approximately 13 feet from an aluminum ladder that was being used to access a tugboat from a pier. The victim was on site to assist in repairing the vessel when a coworker found him in the water between the tugboat, a wooden bumper and the pier. The victim was tran ...
  • Fatality Narrative Timber Faller Struck by Falling Tree
    Fatality Narrative: Timber Faller Struck by Falling Tree
    Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
    2004/05/19 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On July 30, 2003, a timber faller was killed when a tree that he felled struck him. The 39-year-old victim was working for an employer who was hired by a landowner to clear trees from his land. The employer, another worker, and the victim began working at the site at about 7:00 AM. At about 7:45 AM the employer found the victim lying under an alder ...
  • Hispanic Laborer Dies After Being Crushed Between the Frame of a Skid Steer Loader and the Scraper Attachment on the Loader Lift Arms Ohio FACE 200401
    Hispanic Laborer Dies After Being Crushed Between the Frame of a Skid Steer Loader and the Scraper Attachment on the Loader Lift Arms - Ohio: FACE 2004-01
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    2004/05/14 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On October 18, 2003, a 23-year-old Hispanic laborer (the victim) leaned outside a skid steer loader's operator compartment and was crushed between the frame of the skid steer loader and a scraper attachment. The victim and three other Hispanic coworkers were assigned to routine cleanup at a rendering plant. The victim was operating a skid steer loa ...
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  • Dairy Farmer Dies from Crushing Injuries Sustained while Loading Cows
    Dairy Farmer Dies from Crushing Injuries Sustained while Loading Cows
    New York State Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Program (NY FACE)  ...
    2004/04/16 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On July 6th, 2003, a 48-year-old dairy farmer was helping load cattle onto a trailer when he was fatally crushed between the end of a gate and a steel fence. At the time of the incident, the farmer and two other workers were attempting to load cows onto a trailer using a chute created by fencing and some portable gates. One of the cows turned and r ...
  • Roadway Construction Worker Dies from Crushing Injuries When Backed Over by a Dump Truck Virginia FACE 200206
    Roadway Construction Worker Dies from Crushing Injuries When Backed Over by a Dump Truck - Virginia: FACE 2002-06
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    2004/04/15 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On January 29, 2002, a 34-year-old roadway construction worker (the victim) was killed when he was backed over by a dump truck. The victim was walking along the side of a road grader picking-up centerline lane reflectors when a dump truck loaded with asphalt backed over him. When notified by CB radio that the paving machine was ready for him, the d ...
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  • PartTime Laborer Pinned Between Scissor Lift Work Platform Railing and Doorway Header Virginia FACE 200301
    Part-Time Laborer Pinned Between Scissor Lift Work Platform Railing and Doorway Header - Virginia: FACE 2003-01
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    2004/04/15 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On August 11, 2002, a 42-year-old part-time laborer (the victim) was killed when the scissor lift he was operating elevated and pinned him against the header of an interior doorway. The victim had been working during a weekend performing touch-up painting at a newly constructed day care center. Around midmorning, two coworkers left the jobsite whil ...
    Public Domain
  • Fatality Narrative Scaffolding Erector Falls from Scaffolding
    Fatality Narrative: Scaffolding Erector Falls from Scaffolding
    Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
    2004/04/08 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On August 16, 2003, a worker was erecting a scaffolding system to be used to apply a stucco finish on a new building when he fell 23 feet from the scaffolding to the ground. The 57-year-old scaffolding erector was working for a plastering contractor who was preparing to apply stucco plastering to a chapel that was under construction. He was working ...
  • Forklift Operator Killed When His Forklift is Overturned by a Backing Truck
    Forklift Operator Killed When His Forklift is Overturned by a Backing Truck
    Bost, Patrick ;
    Bresnitz, Eddy A.
    2004/04/06 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On April 9, 2003, a 19-year-old forklift operator was killed when a dump truck backed into, and overturned, his forklift. The incident occurred at a steel mill in the yard outside the melt shop where hot slag is collected from the furnace. The victim, a full-time plant employee who was also a part-time college student, was using a forklift to trans ...
  • Construction Worker Struck and Killed by a Pile Falling From a Crane
    Construction Worker Struck and Killed by a Pile Falling From a Crane
    Bost, Patrick ;
    Bresnitz, Eddy A.
    2004/04/06 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On February 4, 2003, a 35-year-old construction worker died when a 2,000-pound steel pile being raised by a crane fell and struck him. The incident occurred at the construction site of a new concrete bridge replacing an old timber bridge that spanned a reservoir in a residential community. The construction required driving piles (wood or steel colu ...
  • Hispanic Painter Electrocuted When the Metal Ladder He Was Repositioning Contacted an Overhead Powerline North Carolina FACE 200310
    Hispanic Painter Electrocuted When the Metal Ladder He Was Repositioning Contacted an Overhead Powerline - North Carolina: FACE 2003-10
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    2004/04/02 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On February 13, 2003, a 24-year-old Hispanic painter (the victim) was electrocuted when the metal ladder he was repositioning contacted an overhead powerline. The victim and his co-workers were painting several two-story townhouses. The victim attempted to reposition the 28-foot-aluminum extension ladder he was using. Several seconds later, the for ...
    Public Domain
  • FACE Facts Crane Operator Crushed Unsecured Load Falls During Rigging
    FACE Facts: Crane Operator Crushed! Unsecured Load Falls During Rigging
    California. Department of Public Health
    2004/04/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    In a recent incident, a 45­year­old crane operator, Raymond C.* (* Not the victim's real name), died while rigging a load. A tractor-trailer driver unstrapped the load to ready it for lifting. Raymond climbed onto the load during rigging and it rolled off the trailer and crushed him. The tractor-trailer driver was not at a meeting earlier that day ...
  • FACE Facts Tree Trimmer Killed Pulled Through Wood Chipper
    FACE Facts: Tree Trimmer Killed! Pulled Through Wood Chipper
    California. Department of Public Health
    2004/04/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    In a recent incident, a 33­year­old tree trimmer, Matt A.* (* Not the victim's real name), died while he was chipping tree branches and lost his balance or his gloves were caught in the feed rollers. He was pulled through the machine. Matt was standing in front of the opening to the hopper feeding in small branches when the incident occurred. WHAT ...
  • A Spanish Speaking Roofer Dies After Falling From a Roof of a Residential Structure
    A Spanish Speaking Roofer Dies After Falling From a Roof of a Residential Structure
    Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE)  ...
    2004/03/26 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On October 10, 2002, a 30-year-old Guatemalan male roofer was fatally injured when he fell from a residential structure roof. The roofing crew, including the victim, were installing a tarp from a ladder jack scaffold when the victim climbed onto the roof. The victim, who spoke Spanish, was reportedly told twice in Spanish by his foreman to get off ...
  • Three workers died following a propane gas explosion on a quailpheasant farm
    Three workers died following a propane gas explosion on a quail/pheasant farm.
    Oklahoma Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (OKFACE)  ...
    2004/03/25 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    Two Hispanic workers, ages 31 and 54, and the 57-year old owner of a quail and pheasant farm died from burn injuries received on August 4, 2003 following a propane gas explosion in a building where birds were kept. The owner of the farm was attempting to light a brooder in one of the quail buildings when the explosion occurred. The two workers were ...
  • Farmer Crushed Under Bucket of a SkidSteer Loader
    Farmer Crushed Under Bucket of a Skid-Steer Loader
    Johnson, Wayne ;
    Rautiainen, Risto
    2004/03/17 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    During the fall of 2003, a 46-year-old Iowa farmer was killed while operating a skid-steer loader on his farm. He had purchased the loader recently, and was using it to remove corn fines from a grain handling area into an adjacent field. While doing this, he apparently backed the loader into a 1,000 gallon (3800 L) propane tank and knocked it off i ...
  • Farm Owner Crushed Underneath Rotary Mower While Changing Blades and Untangling Wire Wrapped On Cutting Blades
    Farm Owner Crushed Underneath Rotary Mower While Changing Blades and Untangling Wire Wrapped On Cutting Blades
    Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Project) (MIFACE)  ...
    2004/03/17 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On Monday, May 26, 2003, a 56-year-old horse farm owner was killed when he was crushed under a rotary mower while changing the cutting blades. MIFACE researchers were informed of the farm work-related fatality by a newspaper clipping. On November 17, 2003, MIFACE researchers interviewed the victim's wife and viewed and photographed the area where t ...
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