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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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  • Fatal Facts Construction Worker Struck and Killed by Car
    Fatal Facts: Construction Worker Struck and Killed by Car
    Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
    2002/11/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 55-year-old excavator operator was killed after being struck by a car. He was struck while standing in a two-lane state highway acting as a spotter so that the driver of a dump truck could back out of a driveway onto the roadway. The construction work crew, including the victim, a dump truck driver, and a laborer, had just cleared a small mudslid ...
  • Preventing Young Worker Fatalities The Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation FACE Program
    Preventing Young Worker Fatalities: The Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    Hanrahan, Lawrence ;
    Higgins, Doloris N.
    2002/11/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    During the period between 1992 through 1998, the Bureau of Labor Statistics identified an average of 67 work related deaths of individuals younger than 18 each year. This article describes the Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) program and summarizes indepth data collected on 59 young worker fatalities in 26 states. These investigati ...
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  • Asphalt Compactor Operator Dies When Machine Slides and Falls 17 Feet
    Asphalt Compactor Operator Dies When Machine Slides and Falls 17 Feet
    Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (KY FACE)  ...
    2002/10/22 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 32-year-old woman (the decedent) was killed when the asphalt compactor she was operating slid over an embankment and dropped 17 feet to a roadway below. At the time she was pressing an asphalt joint joining a roadway and a shoulder/emergency lane. She was two miles behind the asphalt truck and 1000 feet in front of a flatbed truck. The location o ...
  • Farmer Run Over by a Tractor andor Manure Spreader
    Farmer Run Over by a Tractor and/or Manure Spreader
    Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Project) (MIFACE)  ...
    2002/10/18 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On July 7, 2001, a 58-year-old male part-time farmer died from injuries sustained while spreading manure in a nearby vacant open field with rolling hills. It appears that just after cresting a hill with a full manure spreader, he stopped the tractor, perhaps to retrieve his hat that had blown off of his head. Leaving the tractor running, the front- ...
  • Standup Forklift Operator Asphyxiated by Warning Chain
    Standup Forklift Operator Asphyxiated by Warning Chain
    Nebraska Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (Nebraska FACE)  ...
    2002/10/17 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 45-year-old forklift operator was killed when the standup forklift he had been operating ran into a steel link warning chain, pinning him against the plexiglas mast shield. The victim had started his shift approximately 45 minutes earlier. He was responsible for moving frozen food products on pallets into and out of the 'X' freezer. This freezer ...
  • 26YearOld Emergency Medical Technician Dies in Multiple Fatality Ambulance Crash Kentucky FACE 200111
    26-Year-Old Emergency Medical Technician Dies in Multiple Fatality Ambulance Crash - Kentucky: FACE 2001-11
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    2002/10/17 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On May 15, 2001, a 26-year-old emergency medical technician (the victim) died when the ambulance she was working in was struck head-on by a motorist. The emergency medical technician (EMT) had been riding unrestrained in the ambulance patient compartment while attending an elderly patient during a nonemergency medical transport. As the ambulance wa ...
  • Tanker Truck Driver Killed by Unshielded PTO Shaft
    Tanker Truck Driver Killed by Unshielded PTO Shaft
    Johnson, Wayne ;
    Rautiainen, Risto
    2002/10/14 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    In May 2002, a 61-year-old truck driver working for a farm supply cooperative was killed when he became entangled in an auxiliary power take-off (PTO) shaft of a truck tractor. This PTO shaft transferred power from the tractor engine to fuel pumps on the tanker trailer. The PTO shaft was mounted on the outside of the tractor frame on the passenger ...
  • A Construction Laborer Was Killed When a Rubber Tire Bulldozer Backed Over Him As He Was Doing a Grade Check
    A Construction Laborer Was Killed When a Rubber Tire Bulldozer Backed Over Him As He Was Doing a Grade Check
    California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (CA/FACE)  ...
    2002/10/11 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 40-year-old construction laborer was killed when he was backed over by a rubber tire bulldozer. The victim was doing a grade check on a housing foundation at the time of the incident. The victim gave instructions to the bulldozer operator to back up and away from the housing pad to make room for the scraper to drop a load of dirt. He then walked ...
  • A Welder Dies After Being Crushed by a Hydraulic Door on a Scrap Metal Shredding Machine
    A Welder Dies After Being Crushed by a Hydraulic Door on a Scrap Metal Shredding Machine
    California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (CA/FACE)  ...
    2002/10/10 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 52-year-old welder was crushed to death by a hydraulic door on a scrap metal shredder. The victim was attempting to remove a jammed piece of metal from the hydraulic door when the incident occurred. The system's energy had not been released and the controls were not locked, blocked, or tagged out before the victim attempted to remove the jam. Two ...
  • A Service Writer for a Car Dealership Died When He Was Struck in the Head by an Alignment Rack that Rolled Off a Handcart
    A Service Writer for a Car Dealership Died When He Was Struck in the Head by an Alignment Rack that Rolled Off a Handcart
    California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (CA/FACE)  ...
    2002/10/09 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 31-year-old service writer for an auto dealership was killed when the alignment rack he was pushing up a driveway incline fell off the handcart and crushed his head. The victim's supervisor was pushing the rack with him when the rack got too heavy and started to roll backwards. The supervisor was able to get out of the way, but the victim lost hi ...
  • Feed Mill Worker Dies in Grain Bin
    Feed Mill Worker Dies in Grain Bin
    New York State Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Program (NY FACE)  ...
    2002/10/04 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On March 15th, 2002, a 41 year-old male feed mill worker died from asphyxiation as a result of entrapment and submersion in flaked corn. The victim had been filling a hopper bottom grain bin with steamed flaked corn on the day of the incident. It appears that as the bin became full, the worker went into the top of the bin to level the corn as an at ...
  • Extra Rider on Garbage Truck is Killed When He Falls Under Truck
    Extra Rider on Garbage Truck is Killed When He Falls Under Truck
    Johnson, Wayne ;
    Rautiainen, Risto
    2002/10/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 19-year-old man was killed while riding on the back of a garbage truck. The driver and his helper were collecting garbage on their normal route through a residential mobile home park. The victim was a relative of the helper, and was allowed by the driver and helper to ride along. He was not employed by the waste collection company, but was simply ...
  • Landscaper Electrocuted and Two Workers Seriously Injured When a Felled Tree Landed on an Overhead Power Line
    Landscaper Electrocuted and Two Workers Seriously Injured When a Felled Tree Landed on an Overhead Power Line
    Bost, Patrick ;
    Bresnitz, Eddy A.
    2002/10/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On October 18, 2001, a 21-year-old landscaper was electrocuted when a felled tree landed on an overhead power line and caused the power line to drop. A landscaping company had subcontracted to take down 110 trees and clear the area for a parking lot. The company hired two experienced tree trimmers to assist with tree removal. When they felled a 65- ...
  • Rig Hand Entangled In Rotating Drive Shaft While Hanging Light in Rig Substructure
    Rig Hand Entangled In Rotating Drive Shaft While Hanging Light in Rig Substructure
    Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Project) (MIFACE)  ...
    2002/09/21 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On February 15, 2002, a 31-year-old male rig hand/welder was fatally injured when he was pulled upward and entangled in the rotating drive shaft between the chain case and the rotary table in the substructure of the oilrig derrick. The victim had previously removed a non-working light from the rig substructure and taken it to the doghouse, a genera ...
  • State Worker Fatally Injured While Operating a Bulldozer at a State Mental Health Facility Massachusetts
    State Worker Fatally Injured While Operating a Bulldozer at a State Mental Health Facility - Massachusetts
    Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE)  ...
    2002/09/19 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On December 29, 2000, a 37-year-old male equipment operator was fatally injured when he was run over by the bulldozer he was operating at a state mental health facility. While moving the bulldozer into the blacksmith shop, the victim slowed or stopped the bulldozer and climbed out of the bulldozer's operator area. Once standing on the ground, the v ...
  • A Heavy Equipment Spotter Died When He Was Backed Over by a Frontend Loader Inside a Trash Collection Transfer Station
    A Heavy Equipment Spotter Died When He Was Backed Over by a Front-end Loader Inside a Trash Collection Transfer Station
    California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (CA/FACE)  ...
    2002/09/04 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 59-year-old male, working as a spotter for heavy equipment inside a trash collection transfer station, died a month after being backed over by a front-end loader. He was directing and controlling traffic and designating dumping areas on the floor inside the structure at the time of the incident. The operator of the front-end loader stated he did ...
  • Fatality Narrative Excavation Contractor Run Over by Runaway SemiTractor
    Fatality Narrative: Excavation Contractor Run Over by Runaway Semi-Tractor
    Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
    2002/09/03 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On the morning of April 18, 2002, the 41-year-old owner of an excavation company was run over and killed while trying to enter the cab of a runaway semi-tractor and trailer loaded with an excavator. The victim, who had been running this company for nearly 2 years, had been constructing a retaining wall with an employee. After using the excavator th ...
  • Fatality Narrative Worker Falls 65 Feet from Scaffold
    Fatality Narrative: Worker Falls 65 Feet from Scaffold
    Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
    2002/09/03 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On May 13, 2002 a construction welder was fatally injured when he fell 65 feet after his support scaffold failed. The victim was a 59-year-old male and a member of the Boilermaker's Union. He was welding inside a metal water storage tank with other members of his crew. The workers were using a horizontal welder, which is a machine on wheels that is ...
  • Worker Crushed in Rubber Tire Assembly Machine
    Worker Crushed in Rubber Tire Assembly Machine
    Etre, Lois A. ;
    Johnson, Wayne
    2002/09/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    During the fall of 2000, a 46-year-old worker at a tire assembly plant was caught and crushed in a tire assembly machine. The machine was making prototype agricultural tires, which differ significantly in assembly procedure from other tires manufactured at this facility. The large computer-controlled machine normally operates in automatic mode whil ...
  • Massachusetts Fatal Injuries at Work 2000 Update
    Massachusetts Fatal Injuries at Work 2000 Update
    2002/09/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    Every year, men and women in a wide variety of jobs and industries throughout Massachusetts die as a result of injuries suffered at work. These deaths are all the more tragic because they are largely preventable. Information about when and how they occur is essential in order to target effective prevention programs. In Massachusetts, the Occupation ...
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