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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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  • Worker Killed in Compressed Air Explosion at a Tire Retread Plant
    Worker Killed in Compressed Air Explosion at a Tire Retread Plant
    Bost, Patrick ;
    Bresnitz, Eddy A.
    2002/08/29 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On September 27, 2001, a 36-year-old male laborer at a tire retreading company was killed when a truck tire exploded as it was being filled with compressed air. There were no witnesses to the incident. The victim had been hired one week before the incident as a laborer for a small company that retreaded (recapped) truck tires. The victim came in ea ...
  • Maintenance Worker Crushed Between Forklift and Truck
    Maintenance Worker Crushed Between Forklift and Truck
    Nebraska Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (Nebraska FACE)  ...
    2002/08/27 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 55-year old forklift operator was killed when he was pinned between the forklift mast and the front of a semi tractor trailer truck. A loaded semi tractor-trailer was sitting on a gravel parking lot. The lot had a slight 4 to 5 degree slope to the rear of the truck, and was covered with 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 inches of ice. The truck operator was unable ...
  • Truck Driver Run Over by Trash Compactor at Municipal Landfill
    Truck Driver Run Over by Trash Compactor at Municipal Landfill
    New York State Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Program (NY FACE)  ...
    2002/08/27 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On February 20, 2002, a 35 year-old male truck driver (the victim) sustained fatal injuries as a result of being run over by a mobile landfill compactor at a local municipal landfill. The victim, a truck driver for a municipal solid waste (MSW) trucking company, was delivering a load of refuse to the landfill at approximately 2:00 p.m. He pulled hi ...
  • FACE Facts Truck Driver Run Over by Trash Compactor in Municipal Landfill
    FACE Facts: Truck Driver Run Over by Trash Compactor in Municipal Landfill
    New York State Department of Health  ...
    2002/08/27 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On February 20, 2002, a 35 year-old male truck driver died as a result of being run over by a landfill compactor at a municipal landfill. The victim worked for a municipal solid waste (MSW) trucking company and was delivering a load of refuse to the landfill. He exited the cab of his truck at the unloading site and was struck by a compactor that wa ...
  • FACE Hechos un Camionero de 35 Aos Muri Al Ser Atropellado Por una Compactadora de Residuos en un Vertedero de Residuos Municipal
    FACE Hechos: un Camionero de 35 Años Murió Al Ser Atropellado Por una Compactadora de Residuos en un Vertedero de Residuos Municipal
    New York State Department of Health  ...
    2002/08/27 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    El 20 de febrero de 2002, un camionero de 35 años murió al ser atropellado por una compactadora de residuos en un vertedero de residuos municipal. La víctima trabajaba para una empresa municipal de camiones recolectores de residuos sólidos y estaba descargando basura en el vertedero de residuos. Salió de la cabina del camión en el sitio de descarga ...
  • Worker Dies After Being Pinned Between Wheel And Bed Of FlatBed Trailer
    Worker Dies After Being Pinned Between Wheel And Bed Of Flat-Bed Trailer
    Minnesota Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Program (MN FACE)  ...
    2002/08/26 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 54-year-old male worker (victim) died when he was crushed between a wheel of a flat-bed trailer and the bed of the trailer. The victim and his brother were working on the dual axle trailer while it was parked on a concrete floor. The front of the trailer was supported by two stands located at the front of the trailer. A payloader equipped with a ...
  • Plumber Dies After Being Crushed Between a Tandem Scissors Lift Platform and the IBeam Frame of a Mobile Home Tennessee FACE 200204
    Plumber Dies After Being Crushed Between a Tandem Scissors Lift Platform and the I-Beam Frame of a Mobile Home - Tennessee: FACE 2002-04
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    2002/08/26 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On March 11, 2002, a 32-year-old male plumber (the victim) died after being crushed between a tandem scissors lift platform and the I-beam frame of a mobile home. The victim worked as a plumber for a mobile home manufacturing company, and he had crawled under a mobile home that was nearly finished to complete a measurement. A few minutes later the ...
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  • Construction Laborer Dies After Being Run Over and Crushed by a Grader at a Road Construction Site North Carolina FACE 200203
    Construction Laborer Dies After Being Run Over and Crushed by a Grader at a Road Construction Site - North Carolina: FACE 2002-03
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    2002/08/26 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On December 4, 2001, a 54-year-old male construction laborer (the victim) was fatally injured when he was run over and crushed by a motor grader (hereafter termed grader). At the time of the incident, the grader operator was driving the grader in reverse on a road under construction in a housing development. The victim and a coworker were standing ...
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  • Farmer Dies When Skid Steer Loader Overturns
    Farmer Dies When Skid Steer Loader Overturns
    Wisconsin Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (Wisconsin FACE)  ...
    2002/08/11 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A male farmer (the victim) died when the skidsteer loader he was operating overturned in a field on his farm. The victim was apparently planning to move a pile of stones on a hill. When he drove the loader uphill with the bucket raised in a high position, the loader tipped over backwards. The restraint bar on the loader was lowered, but the seatbel ...
  • A Construction Carpenter was Killed When Struck by the Bucket of a Backhoe
    A Construction Carpenter was Killed When Struck by the Bucket of a Backhoe
    California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (CA/FACE)  ...
    2002/08/06 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 24-year-old construction carpenter died when struck by the bucket of a backhoe. The victim was checking the measurements of the footings on the foundation of a building that was being built at the time of the incident. The backhoe operator extended the bucket up and out to empty some dirt, then swung it back toward the work. When the operator swu ...
  • West Virginia Dozer Operator Dies After Being Struckby a Tree which was Pushed Over by the Worker He was Training
    West Virginia Dozer Operator Dies After Being Struck-by a Tree which was Pushed Over by the Worker He was Training
    West Virginia Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (West Virginia FACE)  ...
    2002/07/24 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On March 13, 2002, a 34-year-old male heavy equipment operator (victim) died of injuries sustained when he was struck-by a tree which was pushed over on him by the timber cutter he was training to operate his dozer. The victim, who had traded jobs with the worker, was felling trees. He had just felled the last in a series of 7-8 trees and was waiti ...
  • Construction Worker Killed When Cement Forms Fell From Crane
    Construction Worker Killed When Cement Forms Fell From Crane
    Johnson, Wayne ;
    Rautiainen, Risto
    2002/07/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    In February 2002, a 39-year-old construction worker was killed when he was struck by a load of cement forms that fell from an overhead crane. The man was part of a crew erecting a new building for a private college. A stationary hammerhead-type crane was being used to move 13 plywood and steel cement forms to a storage area outside the new building ...
  • Un Joven de 16Aos de Edad de Massachusetts Fue Lesionado Gravemente en el Trabajo Mientras Operaba una Carretilla Elevadora
    Un Joven de 16-Años de Edad de Massachusetts Fue Lesionado Gravemente en el Trabajo Mientras Operaba una Carretilla Elevadora
    2002/07/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    Trasfondo: Al tiempo de terminar sus estudios segundarios muchos adolescentes, cerca de 80 por ciento, ya han tenido un trabajo. Si el trabajo ofrece muchos beneficios, puede también plantear muchos riesgos. Cada año, cerca de 70 adolescentes menores de 18 años de edad mueren en los Estados Unidos de lesiones sufridos en el trabajo. En este inciden ...
  • A 16YearOld Massachusetts Youth Was Fatally Injured at Work While Operating a Forklift
    A 16-Year-Old Massachusetts Youth Was Fatally Injured at Work While Operating a Forklift
    2002/07/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    Background: By the time teenagers leave high school, approximately 80 percent will have held a job. While work has many benefits, it also can pose risks. Approximately 70 teenagers under the age of 18 in the US die each year from injuries incurred on the job. In this incident the victim was performing a task prohibited for teens under the child lab ...
  • Machine Operator Killed In Masonry Block Palletizing Machine
    Machine Operator Killed In Masonry Block Palletizing Machine
    Bost, Patrick ;
    Bresnitz, Eddy A.
    2002/06/27 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On August 8, 2001, a 30-year-old machine operator was killed when his head was crushed in a masonry block-palletizing machine. The incident occurred at a plant that manufactured masonry (cement) block. The victim was a machine operator who oversaw the automated machinery that made the blocks and stacked the finished blocks on wooden pallets. The vi ...
  • 15YearOld Dies in Utility Golf Cart Overturn
    15-Year-Old Dies in Utility Golf Cart Overturn
    Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (KY FACE)  ...
    2002/06/27 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A fifteen-year-old golf course worker (the victim) was killed when the utility golf cart he was operating overturned. The victim was employed by the golf club adjacent to which he and his family resided and had driven the utility golf cart to his home located at the top of a hill to change clothes. Before leaving work for his residence, he contacte ...
  • Brick Mason Dies From Fall Through Scaffolding
    Brick Mason Dies From Fall Through Scaffolding
    Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (KY FACE)  ...
    2002/06/26 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 62-year-old male brick mason (victim) died after he fell approximately 55 feet through masonry scaffolding. He worked for a masonry subcontracting company contracted to do the masonry work on a new building. The victim was performing ongoing work laying brick at the construction site. At approximately 7:15 AM the victim entered the building he wa ...
  • A 14yearold laborer crushed under 5ton beam
    A 14-year-old laborer crushed under 5-ton beam
    Hull-Jilly, Deborah C. ;
    Middaugh, John
    2002/06/21 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On September 30, 2001, a 14-year-old male laborer died when he was crushed under a 5-ton beam. The victim was working with two co-workers under a structure that had been moved several months earlier and was resting on supports and cross members until a new foundation could be built. One of two beams had been positioned under the building. The beams ...
  • Worker Dies After Being Run Over by the Skidder He was Operating in West Virginia
    Worker Dies After Being Run Over by the Skidder He was Operating in West Virginia
    West Virginia Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (West Virginia FACE)  ...
    2002/06/18 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On February 26, 2002, an unrestrained 22-year-old male heavy equipment operator (victim) died of injuries sustained when the skidder he was operating ran over him. The victim was using the piece of equipment to drag logs down a skid road to the landing. Approximately 2 weeks before the incident the cab doors had been removed from the skidder for re ...
  • An Industrial Washing Machine Operator Died When Pulled Inside a Machine While Loading Sheets
    An Industrial Washing Machine Operator Died When Pulled Inside a Machine While Loading Sheets
    California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (CA/FACE)  ...
    2002/06/13 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 28-year-old male industrial washing machine operator died when he was pulled inside a washing machine while loading sheets. The loading procedure requires a series of buttons on the control panel to be depressed that maneuvers the machine in different positions. One of these buttons is called the "basket button" that, when depressed and released, ...
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