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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 Crushed Unloading Steel Waste Container
    Worker Crushed Unloading Steel Waste Container
    New York State Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Program (NY FACE)  ...
    2018/05/08 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On May 25, 2016, a 58-year-old shop supervisor (victim) at a waste management company was fatally crushed while unloading a 2-yard steel container that weighed 900 Lb. from the back of a truck using an attached hydraulic liftgate. At the time of the incident, the truck driver was inside the bed of the truck operating the liftgate while the victim s ...
  • WorkRelated Farm Injuries in Michigan First Report January 2015 December 2016
    Work-Related Farm Injuries in Michigan: First Report (January 2015 - December 2016)
    Kica J ;
    Rosenman, Kenneth D.
    2018/05/04 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    Michigan State University's Occupational and Environmental Medicine Division compiles data on work-related farm injuries in the state of Michigan. This is the first report on occupational farm-related injuries in Michigan; it covers two years, 2015 and 2016. These are the key findings: Work-related farm injuries were identified through hospital med ...
  • Gua de Seguridad Para Reuniones Trabajador de Construccin Cae de un Andamio Desde 6 A 7 m 2025 ft de Altura
    Guía de Seguridad Para Reuniones: Trabajador de Construcción Cae de un Andamio Desde 6 A 7 m (20-25 ft) de Altura
    Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Program) (OR-FACE)
    2018/05/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    Hoy la reunión de seguridad trata de un instalador de revestimiento de 46 años de edad quien murió después de caer de 6 a 7 metros de altura desde un andamio a un bloque de concreto. Estaba instalando revestimiento en un corredor de un edificio recién construido. Los trabajadores solo usaron un poste de palometa de gato para poder trabajar por los ...
  • FACE Facts un Trabajador de un Huerto Muere Luego de Ser Picado Por Abejas Melferas
    FACE Facts: un Trabajador de un Huerto Muere Luego de Ser Picado Por Abejas Melíferas
    Departamento de Salud Pública de California
    2018/05/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    Un trabajador de huerto hispánico de 49 años de edad, Alejandro* (*No es el nombre real de la víctima), murió cuando fue picado por varias abejas melíferas mientras que rociaba dátiles con agua a presión alta en un huerto de palmas de dátiles. Alejandro se encontraba sobre un cubo abierto alto que era remolcado por un compañero de trabajo en un tra ...
  • FACE Facts An Orchard Worker Dies After He Is Stung by Honey Bees
    FACE Facts: An Orchard Worker Dies After He Is Stung by Honey Bees
    California. Department of Public Health
    2018/05/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 49-year-old Hispanic orchard worker, Alejandro* (*Not the victim's real name), died when he was stung by numerous honey bees while spraying dates with high-pressure water in a date palm orchard. Alejandro was in an open raised bucket that was towed by a co-worker in a tractor. He sprayed close to a hidden beehive, and multiple bees began to sting ...
  • Toolbox Talk Guide Construction Worker Falls 2025 Feet from PumpJack Scaffold
    Toolbox Talk Guide: Construction Worker Falls 20-25 Feet from Pump-Jack Scaffold
    Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Program) (OR-FACE)
    2018/05/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    Our safety talk today is about a 46-year-old siding installer who died after falling 20 to 25 feet from a pump-jack scaffold platform to a concrete slab. He was installing siding in a breezeway of a newly constructed apartment building. To work at height around concrete stairs in the breezeway the crew used only one pumpjack pole, and used the stai ...
  • Farm Worker Died When Unsupported Combine Head Fell Onto Him During Repair Activities in a Bean Field
    Farm Worker Died When Unsupported Combine Head Fell Onto Him During Repair Activities in a Bean Field
    Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Project) (MIFACE)  ...
    2018/04/25 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    In fall 2014, a male farm worker in his 30s died when the unsupported Case International 1680 combine soybean head lowered onto his side during repair activities in a soybean field. The decedent was working alone in the field harvesting soybeans. Although the incident was unwitnessed, it was hypothesized that the sensing mechanism, which permitted ...
  • Truck Driver Struck by Rear Tractor Tires When Semi Tractor Driven Forward
    Truck Driver Struck by Rear Tractor Tires When Semi Tractor Driven Forward
    Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Project) (MIFACE)  ...
    2018/04/25 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    In late fall 2014, a truck driver in his 50s died when he was struck and run over by the passenger side tires of a 2011 International semi-tractor while positioned in a blind spot on the passenger side of the cab. The incident occurred at night. The incident occurred in a staging area lit by four lights attached to the building. Several of the dece ...
  • Farmer Died When Clothing Was Entangled in a Rotating Power Take Off Shaft
    Farmer Died When Clothing Was Entangled in a Rotating Power Take Off Shaft
    Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Project) (MIFACE)  ...
    2018/04/25 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 54-year old female farmer was killed in the fall of 2016 when her clothing became entangled in the unguarded rotating power take off (PTO) shaft of a tractor she was using to power a corn elevator. She and the owner were using a PTO driveline to power a corn elevator, which in turn was used to transfer corn from a wagon into a corncrib. Once the ...
  • Fatality Narrative Ironworker Falls 30 Feet Through Skylight Roof Opening
    Fatality Narrative: Ironworker Falls 30 Feet Through Skylight Roof Opening
    Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
    2018/04/23 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 60-year-old ironworker died when he fell 30 feet through a skylight roof opening. The victim had 39 years of experience as an ironworker. He had previously worked for his employer, a poured concrete foundation and structure contractor, as a union referral. The job site was a new construction precast concrete building for storage of water tanks. O ...
  • Oil and Gas Delivery Driver Crushed Between a Dozer and a SemiTruck While Connecting Towline West Virginia FACE 201501
    Oil and Gas Delivery Driver Crushed Between a Dozer and a Semi-Truck While Connecting Towline - West Virginia: FACE 2015-01
    Moore, Melanie L. ;
    Sayeed, Yousef
    2018/04/18 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On July 3, 2013, a 24-year-old oil and gas delivery truck driver was fatally injured when he was crushed between a dozer and the front of his semi-truck. The driver was delivering concrete to the job site and, due to the hilly terrain, needed a tow to the well site. The towing dozer operator backed to the front of the driver's semi-truck. The drive ...
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  • Washington State WorkRelated Fatalities Report WA FACE Program 2017
    Washington State Work-Related Fatalities Report WA FACE Program 2017
    Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
    2018/04/13 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    2017 Washington State Work-Related Fatalities Report WA FACE Program. Who is Included: 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. Workers based in other states that have fatal injury incidents in Washington are included. Types of Incidents Included: A ...
  • Feller Struck by Dead Locust Tree While Felling Adjacent Tree North Carolina FACE 201504
    Feller Struck by Dead Locust Tree While Felling Adjacent Tree - North Carolina: FACE 2015-04
    Lincoln, Jennifer E.
    2018/04/12 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On August 8, 2014, a 31-year-old tree feller died after he was struck by a dead tree. At the time of the incident, two fellers were working on a wood lot in separate cut blocks approximately 600 feet apart. The fatally injured feller had cut a poplar tree and retreated to the chosen escape path. However, before he could escape the area, he was stru ...
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  • Feller Struck by Tree Limb While Felling Adjacent Tree North Carolina FACE 201503
    Feller Struck by Tree Limb While Felling Adjacent Tree - North Carolina: FACE 2015-03
    Lincoln, Jennifer E.
    2018/04/12 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On December 2, 2014, a 61-year-old Hispanic feller was struck by a tree limb while felling an adjacent tree and died the next day. The feller dropped a pine tree that caught an adjacent poplar limb on the way down. The poplar limb broke off the standing tree, fell butt first, and struck the feller on the head. Two of the three coworkers saw the inc ...
  • Farmer Crushed Under Free Standing Grain Bin Struck by Horses andor Manure Spreader
    Farmer Crushed Under Free Standing Grain Bin Struck by Horses and/or Manure Spreader
    Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Project) (MIFACE)  ...
    2018/04/04 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    In fall 2014, a male dairy farmer in his 20s died when he was crushed by a falling freestanding (unsecured) grain bin containing approximately six tons of grain after it was struck by bolting horses and/or the trailing manure spreader. The grain bin was positioned on a concrete pad between two barn access points on the east side of the barn. Two ho ...
  • Mechanic Struck and Killed by OverPressurized Suspension Air Spring on Tractor Trailer
    Mechanic Struck and Killed by Over-Pressurized Suspension Air Spring on Tractor Trailer
    Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (KY FACE)  ...
    2018/03/21 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On Thursday, August 4, 2016, a 50-year-old male mechanic (the victim) was in a pit changing a suspension air spring on a tractor-trailer cab when the over-pressurized air spring exploded and struck his forehead, instantly killing him. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS - This investigation identified the following factors that contributed to the fatality: 1. Lac ...
  • A Date Palm Worker Dies After Being Stung by Bees
    A Date Palm Worker Dies After Being Stung by Bees
    Cierpich, Hank ;
    Harrison, Robert
    2018/03/20 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A date palm tree worker died after being stung by numerous bees while working in an organic date orchard. The victim and a co-worker were spraying the dates with high-pressure water when the incident occurred. The victim was reportedly allergic to bee stings and his employer was unaware of his medical condition. The victim was not carrying an epine ...
  • A Bathtub Refinisher Dies from Methylene Chloride Exposure While Removing Paint from a Bathtub
    A Bathtub Refinisher Dies from Methylene Chloride Exposure While Removing Paint from a Bathtub
    Harrison, Robert ;
    Scholz, Peter
    2018/03/20 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A bathtub refinisher, working alone in a small apartment bathroom, died of methylene chloride exposure while using the chemical to remove paint from a bathtub. The bathroom had a small, open window but no mechanical ventilation. The victim was not wearing any respiratory protection. The victim was the sole employee of a company that specialized in ...
  • Fatality Narrative Siding Contractor Falls 23 Feet from Apartment Balcony
    Fatality Narrative: Siding Contractor Falls 23 Feet from Apartment Balcony
    Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
    2018/03/12 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 61-year-old siding contractor died when he fell 23 feet from an apartment building balcony. On the day of the incident, he was working as a subcontractor at an apartment complex under construction. He and two other employees were installing trim and soffits on the exterior of the building. He was working alone on a third floor balcony of the buil ...
  • 2016 Annual Report Tracking WorkRelated Deaths in Michigan
    2016 Annual Report: Tracking Work-Related Deaths in Michigan
    Chester, Debra A. ;
    Pickelman BG
    2018/03/05 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    The Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine at Michigan State University (MSU) began tracking work-related fatalities in the state of Michigan in January 2001. This is the 16th annual Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (MIFACE) report on acute traumatic work-related deaths in Michigan. There were 162 work-related deaths ...
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