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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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  • Farm Youth Died When He Became Entangled in an Unguarded PTO Shaft
    Farm Youth Died When He Became Entangled in an Unguarded PTO Shaft
    Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Project) (MIFACE)  ...
    2004/03/17 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On May 23, 2003, a 13-year-old farm youth was killed when he became entangled in an unguarded rotating power take-off (PTO) shaft at the rear of his narrow front Farmall Model M tractor. (See Figure 1) The youth and his teenage cousin were raking hay in a field that had been cut a few days prior on an adjoining property. Both were driving narrow fr ...
  • Timber Cutter Dies After Being Struck From Behind by a Tree Which Became Entangled with the Tree He was Felling in West Virginia
    Timber Cutter Dies After Being Struck From Behind by a Tree Which Became Entangled with the Tree He was Felling in West Virginia
    West Virginia Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (West Virginia FACE)  ...
    2004/03/12 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On January 6, 2004, a 68-year-old male tree feller (victim) died of injuries sustained when he was struck from behind by a tree which became entangled with the tree he was felling. He was in the process of felling a 65 foot red oak with substantial back lean. As he began cutting the tree, the victim did not use a hinge to control the fell and wedge ...
  • Tractor Operator Run Over and Killed While Making Repairs
    Tractor Operator Run Over and Killed While Making Repairs
    Johnson, Wayne ;
    Rautiainen, Risto
    2004/03/09 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    During the summer of 2003, a 69-year-old worker was run over while making repairs to a tractor. He worked part-time as a handyman for a land developer, and routinely used this utility tractor for various jobs on the property. A front axle attachment had become loose, and needed repair. This axle had a "wishbone" bracket underneath the engine, attac ...
  • Young Farmer Crushed Under Rolling Silage Wagon
    Young Farmer Crushed Under Rolling Silage Wagon
    Johnson, Wayne ;
    Rautiainen, Risto
    2004/03/08 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    During the fall of 2002, a 22-year-old farmer was killed while cutting corn silage on his farm. He was working with his brother, chopping silage for their dairy operation. The brother was driving a tractor, pulling the corn chopper and silage wagon. After the wagon was full, they stopped at the edge of the field and the victim disconnected the wago ...
  • Tractor Owner Dies After Being Pinned by Tractor Attachment Which Fell on Him During Disassembly in West Virginia
    Tractor Owner Dies After Being Pinned by Tractor Attachment Which Fell on Him During Disassembly in West Virginia
    West Virginia Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (West Virginia FACE)  ...
    2004/03/07 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On December 28, 2003, a 79-year-old male tractor owner (victim) died of injuries sustained when the tractor component he was removing fell on him fatally pinning him to the ground. While the victim was in the process of removing the tractor's front-end loader, he had positioned himself under the rear part of the attachment without supporting it. Up ...
  • Farm Worker Dies during Forage Chopper Entanglement
    Farm Worker Dies during Forage Chopper Entanglement
    New York State Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Program (NY FACE)  ...
    2004/03/06 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On Saturday, September 6th, 2003, a 24-year-old farm worker was fatally injured when he became entangled while putting hay bales through a forage chopper. At the time of the incident, the victim and a co-worker had been chopping hay bales to add to the total mixed ration to be given to cows that day. In order to feed the bales through the John Deer ...
  • Timber Cutter Dies After Being Struck by Elevated Butt of Previously Felled Tree Which Dropped as He Walked Under it in West Virginia
    Timber Cutter Dies After Being Struck by Elevated Butt of Previously Felled Tree Which Dropped as He Walked Under it in West Virginia
    West Virginia Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (West Virginia FACE)  ...
    2004/03/05 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On December 2, 2003, a 24-year-old male timber cutter (victim) died of injuries sustained when he was struck from above by the elevated butt section of a tree he had previously felled as he walked under it. Just prior to the incident he had felled another tree which hung. As the skidder approached to mechanically remove the hung tree, the victim be ...
  • Construction Laborer Dies from Heat Stroke at End of Workday
    Construction Laborer Dies from Heat Stroke at End of Workday
    Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (KY FACE)  ...
    2004/03/04 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On June 27, 2003, a 41-year-old, male laborer died from heat stroke one day after being taken to the hospital. The laborer was working on an addition to a factory sawing boards to make concrete forms. He worked until 5:00 pm that day and was in the parking lot on his way to his vehicle when he apparently collapsed beside his vehicle. A worker on th ...
  • 28YearOld Man Dies after Falling with Lift
    28-Year-Old Man Dies after Falling with Lift
    Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (KY FACE)  ...
    2004/03/03 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On June 27, 2003, a 28-year-old male sound technician died due to injuries received after falling approximately 50 feet from a lift. Three men (one chief sound engineer and two sound technicians) were sent to repair a sound system in a school gymnasium. Upon arriving and assessing the situation, the three diagnosed that a particular speaker, locate ...
  • Hispanic Painter Electrocuted When the Ladder He Was Carrying Contacted a 13200 Volt Overhead Powerline North Carolina FACE 200308
    Hispanic Painter Electrocuted When the Ladder He Was Carrying Contacted a 13,200 Volt Overhead Powerline - North Carolina: FACE 2003-08
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    2004/02/27 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On February 24, 2003, a 32-year-old Hispanic painter (the victim) was electrocuted when the metal ladder he was carrying contacted an overhead powerline. Prior to the incident, the victim and his co-workers had been painting a private residence. As the workers were beginning to clean up the job site at the end of the work day, the victim picked up ...
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  • Farm Owner Dies During Tractor Overturn
    Farm Owner Dies During Tractor Overturn
    New York State Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Program (NY FACE)  ...
    2004/02/25 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On August 9th, 2004 a 76-year-old dairy farm owner was fatally injured when the tractor he was operating overturned, pinning him underneath the tractor. The farmer had been moving large round hay bales from a field using a hay wagon pulled by a tractor when the incident occurred. As the farmer attempted to drive the tractor/wagon combination down a ...
  • Fatality Narrative Electrician Apprentice Killed When Van Leaves Roadway and Crashes
    Fatality Narrative: Electrician Apprentice Killed When Van Leaves Roadway and Crashes
    Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
    2004/02/25 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On April 16, 2003, an electrician apprentice was killed when the company van he was driving on a four lane divided state highway left the roadway and went down an embankment. The victim had just left a job site where he had delivered some materials and was driving back to the company office. He was wearing a seatbelt. At about 1:30 P.M. the van lef ...
  • Massachusetts Laborer Dies After Arm is Caught in Rock Crushing Machine Conveyor Belt
    Massachusetts Laborer Dies After Arm is Caught in Rock Crushing Machine Conveyor Belt
    Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE)  ...
    2004/02/24 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On February 7, 2002, a 37-year-old male laborer (the victim) was fatally injured when he became caught between a conveyor belt and an idler pulley of a rock crushing machine. The victim's job consisted of sweeping and shoveling the area around the rock-crushing machine. Approximately 20 minutes after the victim arrived at work he was found undernea ...
  • A road construction worker was killed when he was run over by an asphalt dump truck
    A road construction worker was killed when he was run over by an asphalt dump truck.
    Oklahoma Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (OKFACE)  ...
    2004/02/22 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 20-year old road construction worker died on June 20, 2003 from multiple injuries received when a dump truck fully loaded with asphalt backed over him. Five dump trucks loaded with asphalt were preparing to transfer their loads into the asphalt paver. As the first truck unloaded its asphalt, the victim was sent to repair a break in the string lin ...
  • Hispanic Quarry Supervisor Struck by Machine Part During Maintenance
    Hispanic Quarry Supervisor Struck by Machine Part During Maintenance
    Bost, Patrick ;
    Bresnitz, Eddy A.
    2004/02/20 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On March 29, 2003, a 44-year-old Hispanic stone quarry supervisor was killed when he was struck by a machine part while servicing a rock crushing machine. The victim and two workers were working during the weekend when the quarry was shut down. They were working on a rock crusher, a large machine that produced gravel by crushing rocks that had been ...
  • A gas drilling rig worker died during a well cleanout operation
    A gas drilling rig worker died during a well cleanout operation.
    Oklahoma Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (OKFACE)  ...
    2004/02/19 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 27-year-old gas drilling rig worker died on May 23, 2003 from blunt force trauma to the head, neck, and chest during a cleanout operation at the well. At the time of the incident, the victim was working within eight feet of the kelly on the drilling rig floor. Compressed air was used to blow out the conductor pipe, but due to a lack of communicat ...
  • An oil field worker died after being struck by a falling pump jack head
    An oil field worker died after being struck by a falling pump jack head.
    Oklahoma Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (OKFACE)  ...
    2004/02/18 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 24-year old oil field floor hand died on August 18, 2003 from massive chest trauma received on July 21, 2003 from a falling pump jack head (horsehead). The victim and three co-workers were working to replace the down-hole pump, which required removal of the horsehead. At the time of the incident, the victim was standing in the work over rig floor ...
  • DPW Worker Run Over by Pickup Truck Exiting the Vehicle to Open an Overhead Garage Door
    DPW Worker Run Over by Pickup Truck Exiting the Vehicle to Open an Overhead Garage Door
    Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Project) (MIFACE)  ...
    2004/02/13 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On March 5, 2003, a 62-year-old male Department of Public Works (DPW) employee was run over by a 3/4-ton pickup truck equipped with a snowplow that he had stopped and was exiting. He drove the truck to the front of an overhead garage door on a snow and ice covered, unsalted blacktop apron that extended 10-feet in front of the overhead garage door. ...
  • Emergency Medical Technician Dies in Ambulance Crash New York 200112
    Emergency Medical Technician Dies in Ambulance Crash - New York: 2001-12
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    2004/02/13 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On July 13, 2001, a 27-year-old female Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) [the victim] died when the ambulance she was working in struck a support column for an elevated train track. The victim had been riding unrestrained in the patient compartment while attending to a patient during a non-emergency medical transport. The ambulance was traveling a ...
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  • Department of Public Works Employee Electrocuted Attempting to Read a Water Meter Located Behind an Apartment Boiler
    Department of Public Works Employee Electrocuted Attempting to Read a Water Meter Located Behind an Apartment Boiler
    Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Project) (MIFACE)  ...
    2004/02/12 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On June 30, 2003, a 37-year-old male Department of Public Works (DPW) employee was electrocuted while attempting to read a water meter that was located behind an apartment boiler. The boiler room was lit by one overhead 40-watt light bulb. The meter was located near ground level. There was approximately a two-foot gap between the boiler and the bac ...
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