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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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  • Maintenance Technician is Struck by Crane Falls 10 feet to Conveyor and Dies
    Maintenance Technician is Struck by Crane, Falls 10 feet to Conveyor and Dies
    Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (KY FACE)  ...
    2016/02/15 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On Monday, January 26, 2015 a maintenance technician was working from an elevated platform and leaned through a railing on the west side of the upright I-beam to clear a jam and to change a micro switch while the overhead crane system was active. The victim's back was towards the crane system as he worked. While the victim attempted to change the m ...
  • Fatality Narrative Two Dump Truck Drivers Die When Their Trucks Crash HeadOn
    Fatality Narrative: Two Dump Truck Drivers Die When Their Trucks Crash Head-On
    Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
    2016/02/09 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    In May of 2014, two dump truck drivers died when their trucks struck each other head-on. The drivers, ages 45 and 53, were employed by the same road construction company. They were both experienced truck drivers who held class A commercial driver's licenses. On the day of the incident, the two drivers were hauling gravel for a road construction pro ...
  • Treecare Worker Electrocuted While Trimming Branch Near Power Line
    Tree-care Worker Electrocuted While Trimming Branch Near Power Line
    New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE)  ...
    2016/02/05 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 39-year-old male tree-care worker was electrocuted after his power pole saw made contact with a 7,200-volt primary transmission line. The incident occurred on a residential property in southern NJ. On the day of the incident, the victim (who was also the company owner) and two coworkers, functioning as ground crew were trimming a large maple tree ...
  • Plant Manager Crushed to Death Under Fallen Pile of Steel Beams
    Plant Manager Crushed to Death Under Fallen Pile of Steel Beams
    New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE)  ...
    2016/02/05 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 65-year-old male plant manager was killed after a pile of steel beams fell over and crushed him. The incident occurred in the yard of a steel beam processing and distribution warehouse facility in northern NJ. On the day of the incident, the victim was walking between an unsecured, stacked pile of steel beams and a flatbed trailer that was being ...
  • SemiTruck Driver Fatally Struck by Falling Flatbed Cage Door
    Semi-Truck Driver Fatally Struck by Falling Flatbed Cage Door
    Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (KY FACE)  ...
    2016/02/03 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On Monday, January 5, 2015, an equipment rental company driver drove to a construction jobsite to deliver elevator equipment. He climbed a ladder to unfasten the ratchet straps from the elevator equipment so that the crane operator could unload the equipment. He was standing to the right side of the flatbed rolling up the straps when the crane oper ...
  • WorkRelated Burns in Michigan Fourth Annual Report January 2013 December 2013
    Work-Related Burns in Michigan: Fourth Annual Report (January 2013 - December 2013)
    Elhindi A ;
    Rosenman, Kenneth D.
    2016/02/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    Michigan State University's Occupational and Environmental Medicine Division compiles data on work-related burns in the state of Michigan. This report is the fourth annual report on occupational burns in Michigan; it covers the year 2013. These are the key findings: Work-related burns were identified through multiple reporting sources: There were 1 ...
  • New Digital Story Highlights the Dangers of Methylene ChlorideContaining Paint Strippers
    New Digital Story Highlights the Dangers of Methylene Chloride-Containing Paint Strippers
    California. Department of Public Health
    2016/02/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    Jason is a former painter who almost died from exposure to a paint remover containing methylene chloride. He was using the product to strip the interior of a yacht when he was overcome by the product's toxic vapors. A new digital story (video) produced by the https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CCDPHP/DEODC/OHB/FACE/Pages/FACE.aspx explains Jason's tr ...
  • Pedestrian Tow Truck Operator Struck and Killed by Drunk Driver While Rendering Assistance on Highway Roadside
    Pedestrian Tow Truck Operator Struck and Killed by Drunk Driver While Rendering Assistance on Highway Roadside
    Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (KY FACE)  ...
    2016/01/27 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On Thursday night, July 3, 2014, a 35-year-old tow truck driver and his 31-year-old male driver trainee arrived on the scene to assist a 1998 Volkswagen Beetle driver who needed his vehicle to be towed. The tow truck driver parked his towing unit in front of the Volkswagen Beetle on the eastbound shoulder of the roadway. The victim was operating th ...
  • Sergeant Struck by a Motor Vehicle on Interstate Highway New Mexico LEO 201401
    Sergeant Struck by a Motor Vehicle on Interstate Highway - New Mexico: LEO 2014-01
    Lultschik, Jennifer L. ;
    Moore, Paul H.
    2016/01/21 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On December 5, 2013, a 47-year-old sheriff's office sergeant was fatally injured when he was struck by a motorist while investigating several motor vehicle crashes on an interstate highway. The sergeant had been dispatched in response to reports of multiple, minor motor vehicle crashes under blizzard conditions. Disabled vehicles were situated on t ...
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  • Construction Laborer Killed in Trench Collapse While Taking Grade Measurements
    Construction Laborer Killed in Trench Collapse While Taking Grade Measurements
    Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (KY FACE)  ...
    2016/01/17 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On Wednesday, May 4, 2016 a 22-year-old male construction laborer (victim) was assisting an excavator operator who was digging a 13.4 ft. section of a trench along a two-lane roadway. At approximately 9:30 am, the victim entered the trench, which was lacking proper cave-in protection, by running down into it, to take grade measurements as instructe ...
  • Crane operator killed by falling steel beam
    Crane operator killed by falling steel beam
    Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Program) (OR-FACE)  ...
    2016/01/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 40-year old crane operator was killed when a 35-foot (5600 lb) H-beam fell crushing the crane cab and striking him in the head. During a pile driving operation, the H-beam pile had been placed in a drilled 25-foot hole. While using a vibratory hammer to force the pile further into the hole, the pile shifted. After several failed attempts to corre ...
  • Food Pantry Volunteer Pinned by a Table Against a Wood Cabinet When the Table was Struck by Backing Vehicle
    Food Pantry Volunteer Pinned by a Table Against a Wood Cabinet When the Table was Struck by Backing Vehicle
    Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Project) (MIFACE)  ...
    2015/12/21 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    In fall 2014, a food pantry volunteer in her 60s died when a sports utility vehicle (SUV) backed into a table, causing the table to pin the volunteer against a wood cabinet. The decedent and another volunteer were sitting in folding chairs behind the table, which was located approximately 12-15 feet from the overhead door opening. A third volunteer ...
  • High School Student Sustains a Partial Fingertip Amputation While Using a Jointer in Wood Shop Massachusetts
    High School Student Sustains a Partial Fingertip Amputation While Using a Jointer in Wood Shop - Massachusetts
    Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE)  ...
    2015/12/21 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    School Shop Injury Report: In 2014, a 9th grade student enrolled in a regional comprehensive high school that also offered some shop classes partially amputated a fingertip. The student was operating a wood jointer in shop class when the student's left hand middle finger came in contact with the jointer's cutting head. Immediately after the inciden ...
  • Hispanic Scrap Yard Worker Dies When Struck by Material Handler at Metal Recycling Facility South Carolina FACE 201301
    Hispanic Scrap Yard Worker Dies When Struck by Material Handler at Metal Recycling Facility - South Carolina: FACE 2013-01
    Miles, Virginia ;
    Lincoln, Jennifer E.
    2015/12/16 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On September 14, 2012, a 47-year-old Hispanic worker died from crushing injuries received when he was struck by a hydraulic material handler. The scrap yard worker was a torcher whose duties were to cut up metal using a torch. The material handler involved in the fatality removed scrap metal off delivery trucks and onto trucks hauling to a metal re ...
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  • Apprentice Distiller Fatally Burned by Overpressurized Pot Still
    Apprentice Distiller Fatally Burned by Overpressurized Pot Still
    Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (KY FACE)  ...
    2015/12/15 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    Friday, April 24, 2015, a 40-year-old distiller and a 27-year-old distiller apprentice (victim) were producing a batch of moonshine when the Revenoor 300 gallon pot still unexpectedly ruptured. The distiller said he heard a noise like a car backfiring and he and the victim were knocked to the ground covered in 200 degrees Fahrenheit mash (mixture o ...
  • Toolbox Talk Guide Hispanic Laborer Drowns After Falling into Landscaping Pond
    Toolbox Talk Guide: Hispanic Laborer Drowns After Falling into Landscaping Pond
    Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Program) (OR-FACE)
    2015/12/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    Our safety talk today is about a 23-year-old Hispanic day laborer who drowned after falling into a landscape pond. Employees arrived that day expecting to rototill some land on the property. When the equipment did not arrive as expected, they were instructed by the property owner to place rock around the pond. Safety positioning ropes, which had pr ...
  • Toolbox Talk Guide Millwright Fatality Involving a Hydraulic Accumulator
    Toolbox Talk Guide: Millwright Fatality Involving a Hydraulic Accumulator
    Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Program) (OR-FACE)
    2015/12/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    Our safety talk today is about a 61-year-old senior millwright who died while taking a hydraulic accumulator apart. The victim had 32 years of experience. Two other employees were injured in this incident. The victim was taking the hydraulic accumulator apart to rebuild it. The accumulator and instructions on the rebuild kit had warning labels to r ...
  • Occupational Fatalities in Oregon Annual Report 2013
    Occupational Fatalities in Oregon: Annual Report 2013
    Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Program) (OR-FACE)
    2015/12/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    In 2013, Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation recorded 43 fatal occupational incidents and worker deaths. The number represents a rate of 2.4 fatalities per 100,000 employed workers in the civilian labor force in Oregon. The national worker fatality rate in 2013 was 3.3 per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers. The following notable tr ...
  • An Iowa FACE Program Case Study Carbon Monoxide from a Smoldering Grain Fire Killed Two Employees Who Entered a Grain Storage Bin
    An Iowa FACE Program Case Study: Carbon Monoxide from a Smoldering Grain Fire Killed Two Employees Who Entered a Grain Storage Bin
    Anthony R ;
    Kraemer J
    2015/11/17 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    The Iowa Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (IOWA FACE) Program at the University of Iowa performs surveillance to identify all fatal occupational injuries occurring in the state. The Iowa FACE Program identifies work situations at high risk for injury and develops prevention messages that can be shared with workers, employers, safety manag ...
  • Lessons Learned from a Successful Farm Safety Workshop for Journalists Held in Cedar Rapids IA
    Lessons Learned from a Successful Farm Safety Workshop for Journalists Held in Cedar Rapids, IA
    Heiberger S ;
    Janssen B
    2015/11/17 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    In July 2015, the Iowa Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (IOWA FACE) Program and Iowa's Center for Agricultural Safety and Health (I-CASH) co-sponsored a journalists' workshop entitled "Injuries and Agriculture: Telling the Story." This 1-1/2 day event was modeled after successful journalist workshops on childhood agricultural injury that ...
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