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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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  • Skidsteer operator crushed while controlling the skidsteer from outside the cab
    Skid-steer operator crushed while controlling the skid-steer from outside the cab.
    Gilbert-Jones, Illa
    2019/09/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On March 30, 2018, a 36-year-old male skid-steer (track loader) operator was caught between the cab and lift arm. Nearby security video captured the event. Installation of helical piers, foundation support anchors, had been completed. The operator was attempting to disconnect the employer fabricated helical hydraulic head attachment from the last i ...
  • Occupational Fatalities in Oregon Annual Report 2016
    Occupational Fatalities in Oregon: Annual Report 2016
    Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Program) (OR-FACE)
    2019/09/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    In 2016, Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation recorded 57 fatal occupational incidents resulting in worker deaths, as well as 2 incidents that could not be determined due to insufficient information. The number represents a rate of 2.92 fatalities per 100,000 employed workers in the civilian labor force in Oregon. The national worker f ...
  • Protecting Outdoor Workers from Wildfire Smoke
    Protecting Outdoor Workers from Wildfire Smoke
    California. Department of Public Health
    2019/09/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A new https://www.dir.ca.gov/title8/5141_1.html, effective July 29, 2019, requires that when the Air Quality Index* (*This refers to the Air Quality Index (AQI) for particulate matter 2.5 micrometers and smaller (PM2.5) is 151 or higher due to wildfire smoke, employers must: Allow workers to work indoors in effectively filtered buildings when feasi ...
  • IT Consultant Dies on Kentucky Interstate in Single Vehicle Collision
    IT Consultant Dies on Kentucky Interstate in Single Vehicle Collision.
    Mosley, Beau
    2019/08/27 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On Tuesday, February 19, 2019, a 37-year-old male information technologist (IT) consultant (victim) was traveling from a client's business in Kentucky to a regional airport in order to return to his home state. While driving, the driver lost control of the passenger vehicle, contacted the guardrail, overcorrected, and then struck the concrete media ...
  • Municipal Public Works Foreman Dies After Falling From a Dump Truck Massachusetts
    Municipal Public Works Foreman Dies After Falling From a Dump Truck - Massachusetts
    Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE)  ...
    2019/08/12 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On September 11, 2018, a 59-year-old municipal foreman died after falling from the bed of a dump truck. At the time of the incident, the foreman and a co-worker were using wood planks as a ramp to unload a sod cutter that was located on the truck's bed. When the foreman fell, his head struck the ground. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: Key contributing factor ...
  • Fatality Narrative Roofing Foreman Falls 19 Feet from Extension Ladder
    Fatality Narrative: Roofing Foreman Falls 19 Feet from Extension Ladder
    Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
    2019/08/07 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 43-year-old roofing foreman died when he fell 19 feet from an extension ladder. The foreman worked for a roofing contractor who occasionally did siding repair. He had overseen the company's projects for five years. The foreman and a company roofer were replacing siding on the wood chimney chase of a two-story house. The roofer used a 24-foot exte ...
  • Racetrack Safety Crewmember Struck by Racecar
    Racetrack Safety Crewmember Struck by Racecar
    Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Project) (MIFACE)  ...
    2019/08/05 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    In fall 2016, a male racetrack safety crewmember in his 40s died when he was struck by a racecar while on the track directing traffic under Caution conditions. During the race, a racecar had dropped oil or some other fluid on the track and the Caution was issued (via radio communication to all track personnel, racecar drivers and Safety Crew)also C ...
  • Construction ForemanCarpenter Dies from Complications From Fall From Roof
    Construction Foreman/Carpenter Dies from Complications From Fall From Roof
    Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Project) (MIFACE)  ...
    2019/08/05 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    In fall 2017 a male construction foreman/carpenter in his 40s died from complications of the injuries sustained in a 13-foot fall from a metal pole barn roof. The crew had completed the installation of the plywood and felt for the 4/12 pitch roof. Some metal sheeting on one side of the roof had been installed. According to one coworker at the scene ...
  • Sole Proprietor Falls Eight Feet from Flat Roof While Installing Siding
    Sole Proprietor Falls Eight Feet from Flat Roof While Installing Siding
    Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Project) (MIFACE)  ...
    2019/08/05 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    In summer 2017, a sole proprietor installing siding fell approximately eight feet from a flat roof to the concrete/packed dirt below. The decedent and his coworker were removing old aluminum siding and installing new cedar shake siding, removing and installing windows, and trimming the new windows and fascia. The decedent's coworker was working in ...
  • Fatal Injuries at Work Massachusetts Fatality Update 20162017
    Fatal Injuries at Work: Massachusetts Fatality Update, 2016-2017
    Massachusetts. Department of Public Health
    2019/08/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    Fatal injuries at work are all the more tragic because they are largely preventable. Information about where and how they occur is essential to develop effective prevention programs. This update provides an overview of fatal injuries at work that occurred in Massachusetts during 2016-2017 and includes details collected by both the Fatality Assessme ...
  • Fatality Narrative Operator Crushed When Tractor and Sprayer Roll Over
    Fatality Narrative: Operator Crushed When Tractor and Sprayer Roll Over
    Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
    2019/07/16 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 58-year-old orchard laborer died when the tractor he was operating with an attached sprayer went down an embankment and rolled over, crushing him. The victim was using the tractor and attached sprayer to deliver a water and calcium solution to apple trees in his employer's orchard. The tractor was a narrow, open station tractor. He filled the spr ...
  • Washington State WorkRelated Fatalities Report 2018
    Washington State Work-Related Fatalities Report 2018
    Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
    2019/07/09 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    2018 Washington State Work-Related Fatalities Report. Who is Included in this report? All people who were working in Washington State or the waters or airspace within or off of the state and died due to a work-related incident that occurred in 2018. Workers based in other states that die from fatal injury incidents in Washington are included. Types ...
  • County Road Division Worker Crushed Between Asphalt Truck and Shadow Truck During Rolling Cold Patch Operation
    County Road Division Worker Crushed Between Asphalt Truck and Shadow Truck During Rolling Cold Patch Operation
    Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Project) (MIFACE)  ...
    2019/06/25 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    In winter 2017, male county road division worker in his 40s died while conducting rolling cold patch activities on a five lane roadway. The decedent was a member of a 5-person crew engaged in a rolling (continually moving) cold patch operation to repair potholes in a roadway. One crew member, the acting foreman, was driving the lead vehicle spottin ...
  • An 18YearOld Laborer Dies When Pulled into a Clay Moulding Machine Pug Mill
    An 18-Year-Old Laborer Dies When Pulled into a Clay Moulding Machine (Pug Mill)
    Cierpich, Hank ;
    Harrison, Robert
    2019/06/24 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    An 18-year-old laborer died when his arm was pulled into the auger compartment of a clay moulding machine (pug mill). The victim had been on the job for one month. The victim was instructed not to go near the machine when in operation without supervision. The incident was unwitnessed and it is uncertain why the victim approached the machine. The ma ...
  • Construction Laborer Died in Trench Wall Collapse 2019
    Construction Laborer Died in Trench Wall Collapse [2019]
    Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Project) (MIFACE)  ...
    2019/06/07 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    In fall 2017, a male laborer in his 30s died when a 7-to 8-foot deep trench wall collapsed. The decedent and the company owner were attempting to locate a clogged sewer pipe at a residential home. The company owner used an excavator to dig an approximately 70-foot long trench from the sidewalk to the house. The north/south side of the trench was lo ...
  • Trench Wall Collapses DO Kill
    Trench Wall Collapses DO Kill
    Michigan State University
    2019/06/06 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    From 2001-2018, 30 workers have died while working in a trench, 20 of whom died when the trench wall collapsed and buried the worker. MIOSHA defines a trench as an excavation (any man-made cavity or depression in the earth's surface, including its sides, walls, or faces, formed by earth removal) having a depth greater than its width measured at the ...
  • Fatality Narrative Spotter Crushed Between Excavator Bucket and Trench Box
    Fatality Narrative: Spotter Crushed Between Excavator Bucket and Trench Box
    Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
    2019/06/03 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 23-year-old construction worker was severely injured when he was pinned between the bucket of an excavator and a trench box. He was spotting the lowering of a sewer pipe. He had worked two years for his employer, a site preparation contractor and been an equipment operator for eight years. On the day of the incident, he was working with a crew to ...
  • Maintenance Mechanic Crushed Working Inside of a Vertical Storage Machine
    Maintenance Mechanic Crushed Working Inside of a Vertical Storage Machine
    Eversmeyer, Steve
    2019/06/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On July 12, 2017, a 49-year-old Certified Field Technician was killed after he climbed into a mechanical vertical storage unit to facilitate repairs. He had a new, inexperienced employee with him on the day of the incidentthe Technician was training the new employee (Trainee) to perform routine preventive and/or scheduled maintenance (PM and/or SM) ...
  • Rubber equipment operator died after his head was caught between bars of operating machinery
    Rubber equipment operator died after his head was caught between bars of operating machinery
    Epstien, Barbara L. ;
    Gilbert-Jones, Illa
    2019/06/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On August 23, 2018, a 23-year-old male Caucasian rubber cutter was found caught between two bars of a festoon rubber processing line (cooling line). The event was unwitnessedhowever, circumstances suggested that the employee entered the festoon area to retrieve and redirect a rubber strip on a cooling bar that had passed the point where it should h ...
  • Two Tower Climbers Fatally Injured When a Cellular Tower Collapsed While Performing Tower Upgrades West Virginia FACE 201502
    Two Tower Climbers Fatally Injured When a Cellular Tower Collapsed While Performing Tower Upgrades - West Virginia: FACE 2015-02
    Romano, Nancy T. ;
    Moore, Melanie L.
    2019/05/28 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On February 1, 2014, at approximately 11:37 am, two tower climbers were fatally injured when a 340-foot, Rohn 80 series cellular tower collapsed during upgrading/construction activities. Four employees were working on the tower removing diagonal tower supports and no temporary supports were installed. As a result, the tower collapsed and two employ ...
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