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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 2001 - 2020 of 3531 results
  • Tractor operator was killed in an overturn while moving a sandblasting trailer
    Tractor operator was killed in an overturn while moving a sandblasting trailer.
    Johnson, Wayne ;
    Rautiainen, Risto
    2000/01/12 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    During the winter of 1999 a man was killed while operating a narrow-front tractor at a rural business location in Iowa. The man was the owner of a sand blasting company and was in the process of moving a sandblasting trailer on his acreage. This homemade sandblasting trailer had previously been filled with sand by an employee who then parked the tr ...
  • Farmer was pinned by a skidsteer loader lift arm as he leaned out to close a gate
    Farmer was pinned by a skid-steer loader lift arm as he leaned out to close a gate
    Johnson, Wayne ;
    Rautiainen, Risto
    2000/01/11 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    In March, 1999, a 66-year-old Iowa farmer was killed while cleaning out his barn with a skid-steer loader. He was driving into the building, then backing up, using the edge of the bucket to scrape manure off the concrete floor. The small barn was set up for feeding/riding horses, and storing equipment. On the barn wall were two doors with light met ...
  • 15YearOld Campground Laborer Dies After Striking a Camper Trailer Hitch While Operating a Utility Vehicle Ohio FACE 9905
    15-Year-Old Campground Laborer Dies After Striking a Camper Trailer Hitch While Operating a Utility Vehicle- Ohio: FACE 99-05
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
    2000/01/10 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 15-year-old male laborer (the victim) died after striking a camper trailer hitch while he was operating a six-wheeled, 18-horsepower (hp) utility vehicle on a private campground. On the morning of the incident the victim drove a utility vehicle between campsites, stopping at each campsite to clean debris from fire pits. Evidence suggests that he ...
    Public Domain
  • Dairy Farm Worker Dies Following a Tractor Rollover in West Virginia
    Dairy Farm Worker Dies Following a Tractor Rollover in West Virginia
    West Virginia Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (West Virginia FACE)  ...
    2000/01/07 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On May 24, 1999, a 38-year-old male dairy farm worker (victim) died of injuries sustained when the tractor he was driving rolled over while transporting a round hay bale. The victim was using an older tricycle configured tractor. The tractor was equipped with a front end loader and a set of after market forks, which were chained on. Just prior to t ...
  • Two mechanics crushed to death when tow truck falls from jack stand
    Two mechanics crushed to death when tow truck falls from jack stand
    Johnson, Wayne ;
    Rautiainen, Risto
    1999/12/30 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    During the spring of 1998, two male auto mechanics, ages 42 and 48, were killed while working under the back end of a tow truck. The men were doing routine repair work on the rear axle and differential of the truck. The back end of the truck was raised from the floor and supported by the hydraulic central arm of the wheel lift at the rear of the to ...
  • Electrician Dies After Falling From Cherry Picker Basket
    Electrician Dies After Falling From Cherry Picker Basket
    Minnesota Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Program (MN FACE)  ...
    1999/12/23 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 41-year-old male electrician (victim) died after he fell from the basket of an aerial lift truck. The victim and two coworkers were installing electrical wiring for a sign on the side of a highway bridge. The two left most traffic lanes were closed to traffic. The workers arrived at the scene with a pickup truck and a truck equipped with a basket ...
  • A Massachusetts Drill Press Operator Strangled after his Shirtsleeve was Caught and Tightened by Rotating Drill Bit
    A Massachusetts Drill Press Operator Strangled after his Shirtsleeve was Caught and Tightened by Rotating Drill Bit
    Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE)  ...
    1999/12/21 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On June 16, 1999, a 57-year-old male supervisor/drill press operator (victim) was fatally injured after his shirtsleeve was caught by the rotating drill bit of the drill press he was operating. The rotating bit tightened the shirt around his neck, strangling him. The victim, working alone, was clamping eight-inch by eight-inch by half-inch thick st ...
  • Farmer Dies After Being Pinned Between Large Bale and Tractor Loader
    Farmer Dies After Being Pinned Between Large Bale and Tractor Loader
    Minnesota Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Program (MN FACE)  ...
    1999/12/16 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 63-year-old male farmer (victim) died after he was pinned between a large bale and a tractor loader. The victim used a tractor equipped with a front-end loader to remove a large bale from the ditch of a public road. He apparently planned to use chains to pull the bale out of the ditch before lifting it with the loader. He turned the tractor perpe ...
  • Logger Killed when Struck by a Dislodged Limb
    Logger Killed when Struck by a Dislodged Limb
    Alaska Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (Alaska FACE)  ...
    1999/12/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 37-year old male logger was killed by a limb that fell from a tree. The logger (the victim) and his partner were working separately in marked stands of trees within voice and visual contact of each other. The victim was attempting to fell the first of two trees. While making the backcut on the first tree, a limb from the canopy directly above him ...
    Supporting Files
  • Member of Road Striping Crew Stuck by Semi
    Member of Road Striping Crew Stuck by Semi
    Hetzler, William E. ;
    Hirsh, Gary L.
    1999/11/30 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 56-year-old senior highway maintenance worker, was killed when the vehicle he was operating was struck from the rear by a semi on an interstate highway. The victim was driving the trail vehicle of a three vehicle highway striping crew. The striping operation was traveling down the interstate at 18 miles per hour. A semi was traveling in the same ...
  • Night Foreman Killed After Falling from a Hay DeStacker in Washington State
    Night Foreman Killed After Falling from a Hay De-Stacker in Washington State
    Washington (State). Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (WA FACE)  ...
    1999/11/30 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On March 9, 1998, a 24-year-old night-shift foreman (the victim) died of injuries when he fell approximately 13-15 feet from a piece of equipment known as a "hay de-stacker". The victim had been trying to clear a "jammed" hay bale on top of the de-stacker when he was pinned in the machine's sweep arm mechanism. After some effort, his fellow employe ...
  • Farm Worker Electrocuted While Repairing Bale Conveyor Electrical Cord
    Farm Worker Electrocuted While Repairing Bale Conveyor Electrical Cord
    Minnesota Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Program (MN FACE)  ...
    1999/11/29 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 45-year-old farmer (victim) was electrocuted at his brother's farm. The victim was working alone at the time of the incident. He had just had lunch with his brothers and was repairing an electrical cord on a bale conveyor. The conveyor was going to be used to unload a rack of bales into the barn loft. It appeared that the victim had tried to repl ...
  • Operator of threewheeled agricultural sprayer was killed when machine overturned
    Operator of three-wheeled agricultural sprayer was killed when machine overturned.
    Johnson, Wayne ;
    Rautiainen, Risto
    1999/11/15 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    During the spring of 1999, a 26-year-old operator of a three-wheeled agricultural boom sprayer was killed when the sprayer drove through a barbed wire fence and careened down a steep ravine, rolling over at the bottom. The victim had just finished spraying a small 5-7 acre field with bean herbicide and was folding in the hydraulically-controlled sp ...
  • Tree Feller Dies After Being Struck by Snag While Felling Tree in West Virginia
    Tree Feller Dies After Being Struck by Snag While Felling Tree in West Virginia
    West Virginia Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (West Virginia FACE)  ...
    1999/11/12 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On July 6, 1999, a 46-year-old male tree feller (the victim) died of injuries sustained when he was struck in the head and back by a 63-foot snag which had been lodged in two trees. The crew had discussed removing the snag which rested in a tree above the skid road and was in contact with a tree below the road. Although company policy called for me ...
  • Laborerforklift operator dies when crushed by a forklift driven by a coworker in California
    Laborer/forklift operator dies when crushed by a forklift driven by a co-worker in California
    Harrison, Robert ;
    Styles, Laura
    1999/10/28 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 47-year-old male laborer/forklift operator (decedent) died when he was crushed between a flatbed trailer and the rear of a forklift. He and his co-worker were moving recycling materials inside a congested storage yard. The decedent parked the forklift and proceeded to a flatbed trailer that was stored in the yard. Approximately 20 seconds later, ...
  • SelfEmployed Residential Contractor Dies in Ten Foot Fall Through Floor Opening on Massachusetts Construction Site
    Self-Employed Residential Contractor Dies in Ten Foot Fall Through Floor Opening on Massachusetts Construction Site
    Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE)  ...
    1999/10/26 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On March 30, 1999, a 39-year-old male self-employed residential construction contractor (victim) was fatally injured when he fell 10 feet through a floor opening striking his head on the concrete chimney footing below. The victim was working with a co-worker to true up the gable end of the second floor of a single family home under construction. Th ...
  • Machine Operator Crushed by Robotic Platform
    Machine Operator Crushed by Robotic Platform
    Hetzler, William E. ;
    Hirsh, Gary L.
    1999/10/25 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 23-year-old carousel operator, at a meat packing plant, was killed when his foot tripped a light sensor causing a computer controlled robotic platform to come down from above, crushing his skull. He had been watching a maintenance technician work on a conveyor and apparently stepped on the conveyor to get a better view of what the mechanic was do ...
  • The foreman for an electrical construction and maintenance company in Texas was electrocuted after grabbing energized bayonet fuse in a live front transformer
    The foreman for an electrical construction and maintenance company in Texas was electrocuted after grabbing energized bayonet fuse in a live front transformer.
    Texas Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (Texas FACE)  ...
    1999/10/22 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On March 30, 1999, a 44 year-old male foreman (the victim) was electrocuted after he grabbed an energized bayonet fuse on a transformer. The victim and co-workers, under contract with the local utility company, were in the process of changing 12 transformers from submersible to pad mounted dead front transformers at an apartment complex. On the day ...
  • Farmer Dies After Being Pinned Beneath The Front Of SkidSteer Loader
    Farmer Dies After Being Pinned Beneath The Front Of Skid-Steer Loader
    Minnesota Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Program (MN FACE)  ...
    1999/10/18 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 51-year-old female farmer (victim) died after being pinned beneath the front of a skid-steer loader while using it to unload a piece of equipment from a hayrack. She routinely used the loader and was familiar with its operation. The loader showed significant signs of wear and duct tape was used on the control lever linkage for the hydraulic syste ...
  • A forklift shop technician for a dealer who services sells and rents material handling equipment in Texas died when the carriage of a forklift fell and one of the forks tines crushed his chest
    A forklift shop technician for a dealer who services, sells, and rents material handling equipment, in Texas, died when the carriage of a forklift fell and one of the fork's tines crushed his chest.
    Texas Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (Texas FACE)  ...
    1999/10/15 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On May 8, 1999, a 58 year-old male forklift shop technician (the victim) died when the carriage of a forklift he was working on fell and one of the forks struck him in the chest. The victim was repacking the lifting cylinder which raises and lowers the mast. The victim used his own chain to secure the intermediate rail and carriage in a raised posi ...
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