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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 1941 - 1960 of 3531 results
  • Massachusetts SelfEmployed Farmer Killed When a Corn Chopper Head Attachment For a Forage Harvester Falls Onto Him
    Massachusetts Self-Employed Farmer Killed When a Corn Chopper Head Attachment For a Forage Harvester Falls Onto Him
    Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE)  ...
    2000/10/05 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On March 5, 2000, a 56-year-old male self-employed farmer (the victim) was fatally injured while repairing a corn chopper head attachment for a forage harvester. He was repairing the skid on a corn chopper head attachment when it tipped and struck him in the back with one of the tongs before falling on him. The victim was working alone in the garag ...
  • Equipment Operator Drowns in Canal
    Equipment Operator Drowns in Canal
    Hetzler, William E. ;
    Hirsh, Gary L.
    2000/09/25 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 56-year-old equipment operator drowned when the water tanker he was operating went into a canal. He was in the process of filling the tanker with water. The tanker was parked on a road parallel to the canal. The victim apparently was in the cab of the tanker when it rolled into the canal. He was found in the canal approximately 50 feet east of th ...
  • Welder killed in tank explosion
    Welder killed in tank explosion
    Choromanski, Deborah ;
    Johnson, Mark S.
    2000/09/16 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 44-year-old male welder was killed while welding on a 55-foot wastewater recovery tank. At the time of the incident, the victim was in the process of welding a pipe onto an empty tank. Residual material from inside the tank ignited and the tank exploded. Fire and emergency medical services arrived and located the victim's body outside of the buil ...
  • WorkRelated Deaths in Oklahoma 19981999
    Work-Related Deaths in Oklahoma, 1998-1999
    Kruger E
    2000/09/12 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    Work-related injuries are a significant public health problem in the United States (U.S.). The social and economic consequences of work-related injuries and deaths are enormous. The costs include years of potential life lost, lost wages, medical expenses, insurance claims, production delays, and equipment damage. The National Institute for Occupati ...
  • Farmer Dies After Tractor Overturns and Pins Him Beneath Tractor Seat
    Farmer Dies After Tractor Overturns and Pins Him Beneath Tractor Seat
    Wisconsin Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (Wisconsin FACE)  ...
    2000/09/09 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    An 49-year-old male part-time farmer (the victim) died when the tractor he was using to uproot a small tree overturned on him. The victim was clearing an old cherry orchard that was no longer used for commercial purposes, to prepare the property for other uses. He had previously removed trees with a chain saw, and dug out the stumps afterward. His ...
  • A SelfEmployed Welder Fatally Injured during an Explosion while Welding a Rim Wheel to Repair Air Leaks
    A Self-Employed Welder Fatally Injured during an Explosion while Welding a Rim Wheel to Repair Air Leaks
    Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE)  ...
    2000/09/08 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On June 16, 1999, a 34-year-old male self-employed welder (the victim) was fatally injured while attempting to repair leaks in a skid-steer loader rim wheel by welding, and the wheel exploded. Prior to welding, the victim had used multiple 12-ounce cans of a flammable tire sealant/inflator in an unsuccessful attempt to seal holes in the leaking rim ...
  • Maintenance Supervisor Dies After Being Pinned Between Dump Body and Truck Frame During Troubleshooting Inspection West Virginia
    Maintenance Supervisor Dies After Being Pinned Between Dump Body and Truck Frame During Troubleshooting Inspection West Virginia
    West Virginia Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (West Virginia FACE)  ...
    2000/09/08 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On May 24, 2000, a 37-year-old male asphalt and concrete plant maintenance supervisor (the victim) died of injuries sustained when he was pinned between the dump body and frame of a truck. Just prior to the incident, the victim and a coworker had decided to fix the truck's faulty brake lights. The coworker raised the bed for better access and turne ...
  • Youth Restaurant Cashier Shot to Death During Attempted Robbery
    Youth Restaurant Cashier Shot to Death During Attempted Robbery
    Wisconsin Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (Wisconsin FACE)  ...
    2000/09/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 16-year-old female restaurant cashier (the victim) died when she was shot in the head during an armed robbery attempt. The victim was the daughter of the co-owners of the small Asian food restaurant where the incident occurred. She worked there when not attending high school, and assisted with most of the business activities including food prepar ...
  • Deckhand Killed when Struck by Collapsed Boom
    Deckhand Killed when Struck by Collapsed Boom
    Beller, Michael ;
    Choromanski, Deborah
    2000/08/28 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On June 16, 1999, a 32-year-old male deckhand (the victim) was injured when a boom on a fishing vessel collapsed. The victim and a coworker were standing under the boom, pulling net through a power block to bring a load of salmon on board. A wire cable, used to raise and lower the boom, snapped. The boom collapsed and knocked both men down. The pow ...
  • A Plant Production Supervisor Dies After Being Crushed Between the Boom Arm and Front Chassis of a SkidSteer Loader North Carolina FACE 200015
    A Plant Production Supervisor Dies After Being Crushed Between the Boom Arm and Front Chassis of a Skid-Steer Loader - North Carolina: FACE 2000-15
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    2000/08/22 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 41-year-old male plant production supervisor (the victim) died after being crushed between the left boom lift arm and the front chassis of a skid-steer loader (Photo 1). The skid-steer loader had been dropped off that morning by a rental agency representative who gave basic operating instructions to the victim and the plant maintenance supervisor ...
    Public Domain
  • Municipal Utility Worker Falls While Clearing a Clog in a Conveyor Chute
    Municipal Utility Worker Falls While Clearing a Clog in a Conveyor Chute
    New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE)  ...
    2000/08/18 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On December 24, 1999, a 39-year-old municipal utility worker was killed when he fell from a hopper while trying to unclog a sludge conveyor chute. The incident occurred in the dryer area of a sewage treatment plant where sewage sludge is dried to a powder. The damp powdered sludge was being conveyed out of the dryer and into a hopper that directed ...
  • Cedar Salvage Logger Killed When Struck by Falling Cedar Blocks During a Helicopter Logging Operation in Washington State
    Cedar Salvage Logger Killed When Struck by Falling Cedar Blocks During a Helicopter Logging Operation in Washington State
    Washington (State). Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (WA FACE)  ...
    2000/08/16 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On July 9, 1998, a 54-year-old cedar salvage logger died after being struck by one or more cedar blocks during a helicopter logging operation. Two cedar salvage loggers were working together on the ground in a heavily wooded area and had hooked up a load of cedar blocks to a helicopter drop line using a sling. As the helicopter was lifting the load ...
  • Construction worker is crushed by steel beams when overloaded nylon slings fail
    Construction worker is crushed by steel beams when overloaded nylon slings fail
    California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (CA/FACE)  ...
    2000/08/08 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 24-year-old male construction worker died after steel beams fell on him when the nylon slings that were carrying them failed. The decedent and a co-worker were unloading a delivery truck that contained approximately 42,000 pounds of structural steel. A 450-ton crane on site was assisting with the unloading process. The lifting procedure was discu ...
  • Farmer crushed to death under broken corn planter
    Farmer crushed to death under broken corn planter.
    Johnson, Wayne ;
    Rautiainen, Risto
    2000/08/05 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    During the spring of 1999 a farmer was killed while he was repairing a broken corn planter. The man and his father had just begun to plant corn on their 400-acre farm. The victim's father was driving a tractor pulling the 8-row planter, full of seed corn and fertilizer. The victim was driving another tractor and cultivator. After planting only five ...
  • Laborer Dies After Falling Down Stairs at a Plastic Bag Manufacturing Plant
    Laborer Dies After Falling Down Stairs at a Plastic Bag Manufacturing Plant
    New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE)  ...
    2000/07/28 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On April 14, 1999, a 59-year-old laborer at a factory that manufactured plastic bags was fatally injured after falling down a flight of industrial stairs. The incident occurred after the victim had ascended the stairs to adjust a machine on the third level. He did not complete the adjustment and apparently fell as he was descending to the ground le ...
  • Trabajador de un mercado de productos agrcolas de 16 aos de edad muere a causa de lesiones por aplastamiento despus de ser atrapado por una prensa embaladora vertical en Nueva York
    Trabajador de un mercado de productos agrícolas de 16 años de edad muere a causa de lesiones por aplastamiento después de ser atrapado por una prensa embaladora vertical en Nueva York.
    Burkhart, Joseph E.
    2000/07/28 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    Un joven de 16 años de edad que trabajaba en un mercado de productos agrícolas (la víctima) murió a causa de lesiones por aplastamiento después de quedar atrapado en la prensa embaladora vertical que estaba operando (Figura 1). La víctima, que trabajaba sola en el sótano de un pequeño mercado de productos agrícolas, estaba aplastando cajas de cartó ...
    Public Domain
  • 15YearOld PartTime Worker at Retail Grocery Store Suffers Amputation While Assembling Meat Grinder Utah FACE 200013
    15-Year-Old Part-Time Worker at Retail Grocery Store Suffers Amputation While Assembling Meat Grinder - Utah: FACE 2000-13
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    2000/07/28 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On February 14, 2000, a 15-year-old part-time worker (the victim) at a retail grocery store suffered amputation of the right arm as a result of being caught by the auger of a meat grinder while he was reassembling it. The victim, working after school, had completed washing and cleaning the disassembled parts of the grinder and was reassembling it w ...
    Public Domain
  • SixteenYearOld ProduceMarket Worker Dies from Crushing Injuries After Being Caught in a Vertical Downstroke Baler New York FACE 200019
    Sixteen-Year-Old Produce-Market Worker Dies from Crushing Injuries After Being Caught in a Vertical Downstroke Baler - New York: FACE 2000-19
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    2000/07/28 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 16-year-old male produce-market worker (the victim) died from crushing injuries after being caught in the vertical downstroke baling machine that he was operating. The victim, working alone in the basement of a small produce market, was crushing cardboard boxes when at some point in the compacting process he was caught by the machine's hydraulic ...
    Public Domain
  • Heavy Equipment Operator Killed During Rollover of Frontend Loader
    Heavy Equipment Operator Killed During Rollover of Front-end Loader
    Alaska Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (Alaska FACE)  ...
    2000/07/13 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On October 19, 1999, a heavy equipment operator was crushed after being ejected from the operator's compartment of a front-end loader when it went off a road and began rolling down a slope. The operator (the victim) was driving to a logging camp from a work site. Tracks on the road indicated that the loader moved to the edge of the road, went down ...
  • Logger killed when stuck by rebounding tree
    Logger killed when stuck by rebounding tree
    Beller, Michael ;
    Choromanski, Deborah
    2000/07/13 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A logger (the victim) was killed while cutting a tree that rebounded after it became lodged in the fork of two trees. The victim was one of three cutters assigned to a work site on a steep forested hillside. There were no witnesses to the incident, but the evidence indicated that the victim was felling trees as he ascended the slope. His intended l ...
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