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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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Showing 1821 - 1840 of 3531 results
  • Farmer Crushed between lift arms and frame of skidsteer loader
    Farmer Crushed between lift arms and frame of skid-steer loader
    Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Project) (MIFACE)  ...
    2002/02/16 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On May 27, 2001, a 67-year-old male farmer died from injuries sustained when he was crushed between the lift arm and the window frame of a skid-steer loader. The skid-steer loader was being used to pick up the manure cleaned from stalls. The witness to this incident worked inside the building scraping manure from stalls to a bay door. The victim ha ...
  • Machinist Struck and Killed by Fragments from Ruptured Steam Turbine Housing
    Machinist Struck and Killed by Fragments from Ruptured Steam Turbine Housing
    Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Project) (MIFACE)  ...
    2002/02/15 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On Saturday, February 24, 2001, a 51-year-old journeyman machinist was killed when he was struck by fragments projected from a steam turbine that broke apart during an overspeed trip test. He and several other employees of his company that rebuilt the turbine (Company A), employees of the company that operated the steam turbine (Company B), and emp ...
  • SeventeenYearOld Window Washer Dies After Falling 180 Feet Due to a Rigging Anchor Failure PA Pennsylvania FACE 200008
    Seventeen-Year-Old Window Washer Dies After Falling 180 Feet Due to a Rigging Anchor Failure - PA [Pennsylvania]: FACE 2000-08
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    2002/02/15 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 17-year-old male window washer (the victim) died after falling 180 feet when the rigging suspending him failed. The victim was one of four window washers cleaning windows at a 20-story condominium complex. The victim, his 21-year-old brother and 35-year-old cousin were cleaning the windows on the outside of the complex while his 12-year-old broth ...
    Public Domain
  • Rancher died when he was crushed beneath an overturned tractor
    Rancher died when he was crushed beneath an overturned tractor
    Oklahoma Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (OKFACE)  ...
    2002/02/10 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 59-year old rancher died on August 10, 2001 from injuries received when he was crushed beneath the overturned tractor that he was operating. OKFACE investigators concluded that to prevent similar occurrences, employers should: 1. Maintain tractors and similar farm equipment in safe operating condition, including original safety-related features a ...
  • A Crane Operator is Knocked Off a Truck Bed and Crushed by an Unsecured 40foot Tower Crane Jib
    A Crane Operator is Knocked Off a Truck Bed and Crushed by an Unsecured 40-foot Tower Crane Jib
    California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (CA/FACE)  ...
    2002/02/08 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 45-year-old crane operator died when knocked off a truck bed by a tower crane jib that rolled off a truck bed and struck him. The victim was assisting another employee rig the loads for unloading as they were being delivered. The victim was going to be the tower crane operator once it was erected. A meeting was held right after lunch on the day o ...
  • Mineworker was crushed between the couplings of a rail car and the tractor used to move loaded cars on a rail spur
    Mineworker was crushed between the couplings of a rail car and the tractor used to move loaded cars on a rail spur
    Oklahoma Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (OKFACE)  ...
    2002/02/07 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 63-year old mineworker died on August 7, 2001 from injuries received when he was crushed between the couplings of a rail car and the tractor used to move cars on a rail spur. OKFACE investigators concluded that to prevent similar occurrences, employers should: 1. Ensure that any crewmember that enters the space between a cut of cars to adjust knu ...
  • FourteenYearOld Laborer Dies After Falling Through a Skylight Alabama FACE 200107
    Fourteen-Year-Old Laborer Dies After Falling Through a Skylight - Alabama: FACE 2001-07
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    2002/02/07 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On February 4, 2001 a 14-year-old male laborer (the victim) died from injuries he sustained the previous day when he fell approximately 12 feet through a skylight to the lower concrete level below. The victim was reportedly working with his employer and a crew of six other workers removing existing roofing materials from the flat roof of a wholesal ...
    Public Domain
  • FACE Facts No Seatbelts A Deadly Mistake
    FACE Facts: No Seatbelts? A Deadly Mistake!
    California. Department of Public Health
    2002/02/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    The California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) program has been investigating work-related deaths since 1992. The goal of the FACE program is to prevent these deaths by informing workers and managers of worksite hazards and how to avoid them. The two incidents below involve workers who died because there were no seatbelts, or the ...
  • Worker was run over by his tractor as he tried to jumpstart it
    Worker was run over by his tractor as he tried to jump-start it
    Oklahoma Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (OKFACE)  ...
    2002/01/30 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 51-year old farm worker died on March 9, 2001 from injuries received when he was run over by the farm tractor he was operating. FACE investigators concluded that to prevent similar occurrences, employers should: 1. Maintain tractors and similar farm equipment in safe operating condition, including any original safety-related features and any retr ...
  • Logger Killed While Freeing Maple Log With Chainsaw During Skidding Operation
    Logger Killed While Freeing Maple Log With Chainsaw During Skidding Operation
    Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Project) (MIFACE)  ...
    2002/01/26 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 21-year-old male laborer was fatally injured after being struck in the throat with a chain saw on a logging site. The victim was working with 2 other loggers, one was driving the cable skidder, and the other was felling trees. The cable skidder had one main line with four chokers and was removing the felled logs from the logging site. While movin ...
  • Youth Landscaper Pinned Underneath Front End Loader
    Youth Landscaper Pinned Underneath Front End Loader
    Davis, Arthur W. ;
    Hetzler, William E.
    2002/01/25 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 16-year-old landscaper was killed when the front end loader he was operating overturned pinning him underneath. The victim and his supervisor had just completed trimming and removing some trees from a residential property. They were returning equipment back to their storage yard. The supervisor, driving a dump truck, left a few minutes before the ...
  • Corrections Officer Dies When He Falls Off Ladder While Supervising Prison Work Crew
    Corrections Officer Dies When He Falls Off Ladder While Supervising Prison Work Crew
    Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Project) (MIFACE)  ...
    2002/01/08 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On July 8, 2001, a 40-year-old male corrections officer died from injuries sustained when he fell off an 18-foot wood straight ladder on January 24, 2001. The correction officer and work crew were at the site of a public works project. The victim and crew were contracted by a project agency to perform a variety of work. On the date of the incident, ...
  • Operator of SkidSteer Loader Killed When Thrown Out of Seat
    Operator of Skid-Steer Loader Killed When Thrown Out of Seat
    Johnson, Wayne ;
    Rautiainen, Risto
    2002/01/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 60-year-old operator of a skid-steer loader was killed while moving dirt at his rural acreage. The man was moving and smoothing soil, preparing to make a foundation for a new barn. The area was level and the soil was dry. To increase the hauling capacity of the front-end bucket, the man had attached four 45-kilogram (100 lb.) tractor counter weig ...
  • City Street Worker Was Struck and Killed by a Speeding Car
    City Street Worker Was Struck and Killed by a Speeding Car
    Johnson, Wayne ;
    Rautiainen, Risto
    2002/01/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 52-year-old city employee, working on the SW corner of a city sidewalk, was struck and killed by a speeding car at a typical 4-way intersection, which had stop signs. The speed limit on both streets was 25 mph (40 km/h). Two folding barricades were set up in the street at that corner, but the intersection was fully operational. A teenage boy driv ...
  • Fatal Occupational Injuries in Massachusetts 19911999
    Fatal Occupational Injuries in Massachusetts 1991-1999
    Bekele TM ;
    Davis LK
    2002/01/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    Work-related fatalities are a significant public health problem in Massachusetts, as they are in the United States. Information about the occupations, industries and circumstances in which these fatalities occur is essential to guide efforts to prevent future fatalities. Since 1991, the Massachusetts Department of Public health has collected inform ...
  • Delivery Man Struck by Vehicle While Stopped on Roadway to Change Delivery Van Flat Tire
    Delivery Man Struck by Vehicle While Stopped on Roadway to Change Delivery Van Flat Tire
    Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Project) (MIFACE)  ...
    2001/12/28 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On February 13, 2001, a 49-year-old male died from injuries sustained when he was struck by another vehicle after pulling off a roadway to a paved shoulder to change a blown passenger side front tire. (See Figure 1). It is unknown where the driver experienced the blown passenger tire. The incident occurred on an asphalt two-lane road, speed limit 4 ...
  • Maintenance Worker is Killed When Backed Over by a Bucket Loader at a Glass Recycling Center
    Maintenance Worker is Killed When Backed Over by a Bucket Loader at a Glass Recycling Center
    California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (CA/FACE)  ...
    2001/12/21 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 48-year-old maintenance worker died when backed over by a bucket loader at a glass-recycling center. The victim was performing maintenance on a sprinkler system at the time of the incident. The victim was standing on a mound of glass repairing a sprinkler system that was mounted on a retainer wall, which separated different bins of colored glass. ...
  • Separate Rotating Shafts Entanglements Kills Two Massachusetts Fishermen
    Separate Rotating Shafts Entanglements Kills Two Massachusetts Fishermen
    Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE)  ...
    2001/12/20 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On December 20 and 22, 1999, a 43-year-old male fisherman (victim #1) and a 40-year-old male fisherman (victim #2) were fatally injured in two separate incidents when their clothes became entangled in the rotating propulsion shafts of the fishing vessels they were working aboard. Both victims were one of two people aboard each vessel. Victim #1 was ...
  • Police Officer Killed When Struck By Motorist While Directing Traffic At Roadway Work Zone
    Police Officer Killed When Struck By Motorist While Directing Traffic At Roadway Work Zone
    Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE)  ...
    2001/12/20 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On September 21, 2000, a 38-year-old male police officer (the victim) was fatally injured when a motorist intruded into a roadway work zone striking him. The victim was standing at a four-way intersection directing traffic through a detour. The main flow of traffic followed the detour making a right-hand turn at the four-way intersection. The motor ...
  • Youth Killed While Driving Golf Cart at Country Club Massachusetts
    Youth Killed While Driving Golf Cart at Country Club - Massachusetts
    Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE)  ...
    2001/12/20 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On September 16, 2000, a 16-year-old male golf bag room attendant (the victim) was fatally injured while operating a golf cart. The victim was driving a golf cart at work and struck a section of a deck that had been built over a pathway. The impact of the golf cart against the deck sheared off the steering wheel. The golf cart continued forward, an ...
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