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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 Construction Laborer Dies and Two Coworkers Are Injured After Falling 10 Feet from an Unsecured Box on the Forks of a Forklift North Carolina FACE 200305
    Hispanic Construction Laborer Dies and Two Coworkers Are Injured After Falling 10 Feet from an Unsecured Box on the Forks of a Forklift - North Carolina: FACE 2003-05
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    2003/03/21 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On August 26, 2002, a 23-year-old Hispanic construction laborer (the victim) died, and two coworkers were injured after falling 10 feet to the ground from an unsecured wooden box that had been elevated on the forks of a rough terrain forklift. After the victim and his coworkers had been lifted in the box to a position where they could wash a recent ...
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  • Logger in Training Dies After Being Struck by a Previously Felled Tree Which Rolled off of a Bank in West Virginia
    Logger in Training Dies After Being Struck by a Previously Felled Tree Which Rolled off of a Bank in West Virginia
    West Virginia Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (West Virginia FACE)  ...
    2003/03/19 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On December 3, 2002, an 18-year-old male logger (the victim) died of injuries sustained when he was struck from behind by the section of a felled tree which rolled off the bank directly above him. He was positioned on the skid road with his back to the bank and was trimming the butt of a white oak which had been felled by a coworker. Just prior to ...
  • A Truck Driver Died When He Fell Off Of and Was Run Over by the Backhoe He Was Riding On
    A Truck Driver Died When He Fell Off Of and Was Run Over by the Backhoe He Was Riding On
    California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (CA/FACE)  ...
    2003/03/19 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 37-year-old truck driver died when run over by a backhoe at a road construction site. He was riding on the backhoe by standing on the backhoe step and holding onto the handrail. The backhoe operator saw the victim and assumed he was on when he started backing. The operator looked over his right shoulder and traveled approximately 10 feet before r ...
  • Fatality Narrative Diesel Mechanic Killed After His Truck Left a Gravel Road
    Fatality Narrative: Diesel Mechanic Killed After His Truck Left a Gravel Road
    Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
    2003/03/19 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On July 21, 2002, a construction machinery maintenance mechanic employed by a highway and street construction company was driving a service vehicle on a gravel pit access road when the vehicle left the road and rolled over. The 46-year-old driver was not wearing a seatbelt and was ejected or jumped from the vehicle. He died at the scene. The incide ...
  • Industrial Metals Recovery Worker Killed in Explosion
    Industrial Metals Recovery Worker Killed in Explosion
    Bost, Patrick ;
    Bresnitz, Eddy A.
    2003/03/18 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On January 25, 2002, a 20-year-old acid room worker died, and another worker was critically injured after a chemical explosion destroyed part of an industrial metals recovery plant. The incident occurred at the plant during a process that used acid to remove the epoxy coating from electronic components in order to collect the remaining metal. Appro ...
  • Contractor Dies in Tractor Overturn while Skidding Logs
    Contractor Dies in Tractor Overturn while Skidding Logs
    New York State Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Program (NY FACE)  ...
    2003/03/12 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On August 14, 2002, a 45-year-old male contractor died from traumatic asphyxia after being crushed in a tractor overturn. The victim had been skidding logs on a farm property for a few months prior to the incident. On the day of the incident, the victim had been dragging a log up an incline when the tractor he was operating overturned to the rear c ...
  • Two Laborers Die From a Scaffolding Fall Inside a Water Tank
    Two Laborers Die From a Scaffolding Fall Inside a Water Tank
    Robertson, Medearis
    2003/03/11 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    Two 20 year-old laborers died after falling approximately 25 feet from suspension scaffolding while preparing the inside of a municipal water tank for painting. Neither laborer was wearing fall personal protection equipment at the time of the fatal incident. The laborers were preparing the inside of a 200,000-gallon water tank for painting when one ...
  • Hispanic Worker Dies Due To Trench CaveIn
    Hispanic Worker Dies Due To Trench Cave-In
    Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (KY FACE)  ...
    2003/03/11 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On December 3, 2002, a 30-year-old Hispanic laborer died when an unsupported 8-foot wall of a trench collapsed on him. Three laborers were working in an unsupported trench when one side caved in, burying one laborer (decedent) and partially burying another Hispanic worker. The third laborer managed to escape the trench unharmed. Two of the laborers ...
  • Highway Construction Worker Dies When Struck By SemiTractor Trailer
    Highway Construction Worker Dies When Struck By Semi-Tractor Trailer
    Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (KY FACE)  ...
    2003/03/04 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    At approximately 8:30 am on April 16, 2003, a 48-year-old male (decedent) highway construction laborer working in an interstate highway median, died when he was struck by an out-of-control double trailer (a semi-truck pulling two trailers). The laborer was speaking with the job foreman and another laborer in the median next to a grading machine. As ...
  • Farm Worker Dies After Being Engulfed In Corn Inside A Steel Grain Bin
    Farm Worker Dies After Being Engulfed In Corn Inside A Steel Grain Bin
    Minnesota Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Program (MN FACE)  ...
    2003/02/26 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    An 18-year-old male farm worker (victim) died after he was engulfed in corn inside a steel bin. The bin was equipped with a ventilation fan to aerate grain stored in the bin. It was not turned on at the time of the incident. The bin had one roof access hatch that could be reached from an exterior bin ladder. The bin had a roof ladder adjacent to th ...
  • Hardware Store Explosion Claims the Lives of Three Career Fire Fighters New York
    Hardware Store Explosion Claims the Lives of Three Career Fire Fighters - New York
    Tarley, Jay L. ;
    Braddee, Richard W.
    2003/02/25 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    Death in the Line of Duty…a Summary of a NIOSH Fire Fighter Fatality InvestigationOn June 17, 2001, a 50-year-old male career Fire Fighter (Victim #1), a 46-year-old male career Fire Fighter (Victim #2), and a 40-year-old male career Fire Fighter (Victim #3) died while performing interior suppression and exterior ventilation activities when an expl ...
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  • Hispanic Roofer Dies After 15Foot Fall from a Roof North Carolina FACE 200303
    Hispanic Roofer Dies After 15-Foot Fall from a Roof - North Carolina: FACE 2003-03
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    2003/02/12 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On August 29, 2002, a 23-year-old male Hispanic roofer (the victim) died from injuries he sustained when he fell over the unprotected edge of a roof of an elementary school gymnasium to an asphalt walkway approximately 15 feet below. The victim was part of a seven-man roofing crew. He was last seen standing near the edge of the roof pulling up an a ...
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  • Female Hispanic Farm Laborer Dies After Falling from the Elevated Forks of a Forklift North Carolina FACE 200304
    Female Hispanic Farm Laborer Dies After Falling from the Elevated Forks of a Forklift - North Carolina: FACE 2003-04
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    2003/02/12 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On October 5, 2002, a 37-year-old female Hispanic farm laborer (the victim) died after falling approximately 20 feet from the elevated forks of a forklift to a concrete barn floor. The victim was labeling bins of sweet potatoes that had been stacked five bins high in a curing barn. The victim stood on the forklift forks and was raised to the bottom ...
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  • Hispanic Construction Laborer Dies After Portable Silo Collapse North Carolina FACE 200211
    Hispanic Construction Laborer Dies After Portable Silo Collapse - North Carolina: FACE 2002-11
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    2003/02/12 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 45-year-old male Hispanic construction laborer (the victim) died after a retractable leg on a portable silo collapsed, causing the silo to fall over and crush him. The silo contained aggregates to mix stucco, which other crew members were applying to chimneys on the roof of newly constructed condominium units. The victim was operating the silo, d ...
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  • Timber Cutter Dies After Being Struck by the Tree He Was Felling in West Virginia
    Timber Cutter Dies After Being Struck by the Tree He Was Felling in West Virginia
    West Virginia Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (West Virginia FACE)  ...
    2003/02/07 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On July 4, 2002, a 48-year-old male tree feller (the victim) died of injuries sustained when he was struck by the tree he was felling. The tree, with a slight up-hill lean, was located approximately 10 feet down hill from a skid road. It was 15 inches in diameter at breast height (DBH) and 90 feet tall. At the time of the incident, a skidder had be ...
  • Worker Falls Into Mixing Tank
    Worker Falls Into Mixing Tank
    Davis, Arthur W. ;
    Hetzler, William E.
    2003/02/05 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 45-year-old mixer operator was killed when he apparently lost his balance and fell through an opening in an operating mixing machine. The victim was cleaning the inside of the mixer by spraying water from above through one of three top side openings covered by protective grates. The victim had not shut the mixer off. As he stepped onto the top of ...
  • Field Engineer Struck by Vehicle While Painting Highway Markings
    Field Engineer Struck by Vehicle While Painting Highway Markings
    Bost, Patrick ;
    Bresnitz, Eddy A.
    2003/02/05 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On November 2, 2001, a 43-year-old field engineer was killed when he was struck by a truck as he was marking the shoulder of a major highway. The victim was employed by an engineering firm who oversaw the technical aspects of a highway reconstruction project. The incident occurred along a 12-lane toll road as the victim was examining a planned work ...
  • Massachusetts Tractor Operator Killed While Wheel Harrowing a Tobacco Field
    Massachusetts Tractor Operator Killed While Wheel Harrowing a Tobacco Field
    Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE)  ...
    2003/02/04 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On May 12, 2001, a 64-year-old male, seasonal tractor operator was decapitated while operating a tractor that was pulling a wheel harrow inside a shade tobacco tent. The victim was preparing to turn the tractor around at the edge of a shade tobacco field when his neck came in contact with a wire used to support the netting shading the tobacco plant ...
  • Operator Crushed By Backhoe Boom While Doing Maintenance
    Operator Crushed By Backhoe Boom While Doing Maintenance
    Johnson, Wayne ;
    Rautiainen, Risto
    2003/01/31 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    In May 1999, a 75-year-old owner of a well-drilling business was killed while servicing a company tractor backhoe. The victim and his employee were performing routine maintenance on the machine, tightening a large nut, which connects the backhoe boom to main tractor frame. The boom was extended straight out to the back of the machine. The victim wa ...
  • Tree Excavator Killed Using SkidSteer Loader and Tree Shear Attachment
    Tree Excavator Killed Using Skid-Steer Loader and Tree Shear Attachment
    Johnson, Wayne ;
    Rautiainen, Risto
    2003/01/28 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    In the winter of 2001, a 25-year-old self-employed tree excavator was fatally injured while using a skid-steer loader equipped with a tree shear attachment. He was working on a hillside, clearing land of small trees. While cutting a large branch of a tree, the weight of the falling branch tipped the loader forward on top of the tree stump, pinning ...
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