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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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  • Fatality Narrative Orchard Tractor Operator Run Over by Mower Attachment
    Fatality Narrative: Orchard Tractor Operator Run Over by Mower Attachment
    Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
    2014/04/03 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On April 29, 2013, a 25-year-old orchard laborer operating a tractor died when he fell from the tractor and was run over by a mower attachment. The victim was operating a narrow-width, low-profile tractor with an attached mower mowing grass between rows of pear trees. There were no witnesses, but based on evidence at the scene, investigators determ ...
  • Grain Truck Driver Killed at Train Crossing
    Grain Truck Driver Killed at Train Crossing
    Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (KY FACE)  ...
    2014/03/28 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On a clear fall Wednesday afternoon, at 3:45 p.m., a 69 year-old driver of a semi-trailer loaded with soybeans was killed when he turned off a two lane state highway and into a farm driveway, directly into the path of an oncoming freight train. The train and truck were both travelling west on parallel pathwaysthe truck driver was struck on the blin ...
  • Bus Driver Died While Attempting To Open Bus Doors While Bus Was Moving
    Bus Driver Died While Attempting To Open Bus Doors While Bus Was Moving
    Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Project) (MIFACE)  ...
    2014/03/17 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    In winter 2013, a female bus driver in her 40s died when she was run over by her bus while attempting to re-enter the bus as it moved forward in a parking lot. The decedent arrived at her last stop on the north end of her bus run and drove her bus into the parking lot. The bus faced east and was positioned near the top of a slight downward slope in ...
  • Fatality Narrative Roofing Contractor Falls 35 Feet from Roof Slideshow
    Fatality Narrative: Roofing Contractor Falls 35 Feet from Roof - Slideshow
    Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
    2014/03/11 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On Nov. 30, 2012, a 52-year-old roofing contractor died when he fell from a roof. The contractor was hired by a homeowner to repair a roof leak. He and an employee arrived late afternoon at the house, which was located on a hillside. It was raining lightly. The contractor accessed the cedar-shake roof by climbing up a ladder he placed in front of t ...
  • Fatality Narrative Orchard Tractor Operator Run Over by TrailerMounted Water Tank
    Fatality Narrative: Orchard Tractor Operator Run Over by Trailer-Mounted Water Tank
    Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
    2014/03/04 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 43-year-old apple orchard tractor operator died when he was run over by the wheels of a water tank trailer. On the day of the incident during the harvest, he was performing one of his normal job tasks. This task involved the operation of a tractor pulling a trailer-mounted, stainless steel 1,000 gallon capacity water tank to dampen the orchard's ...
  • Fatality Narrative Orchard Tractor Operator Run Over by TrailerMounted Water Tank Slideshow
    Fatality Narrative: Orchard Tractor Operator Run Over by Trailer-Mounted Water Tank - Slideshow
    Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
    2014/03/04 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 43-year-old apple orchard tractor operator died when he was run over by the wheels of a water tank trailer. On the day of the incident during the harvest, he was performing one of his normal job tasks. This task involved the operation of a tractor pulling a trailer-mounted, stainless steel 1,000 gallon capacity water tank to dampen the orchard's ...
  • Teens at Work WorkRelated Injuries to Teens in Massachusetts 20072011
    Teens at Work: Work-Related Injuries to Teens in Massachusetts, 2007-2011
    Massachusetts. Department of Public Health
    2014/03/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    Even in today's tough economy with fewer teens working than in the past, on average, over 17% of Massachusetts 15- to 17-year-olds are employed at any given point in time. While work can provide benefits to teens, it can also pose health and safety risks: nationally, young workers have about twice the rate of nonfatal work-related injuries per hour ...
  • Timber Harvester Operator Killed Following a Chain Shot Incident
    Timber Harvester Operator Killed Following a Chain Shot Incident
    Clark, Randy ;
    Jalonen, Eric
    2014/02/24 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On August 12, 2010, a 47-year-old timber harvester operator (employed by a logging company) was fatally injured when he was struck in the neck by a broken saw chain link while processing a Douglas-fir tree and the cutting chain experienced chain shot. Chain shot is the high velocity separation and ejection of a piece or pieces of cutting chain from ...
  • A Tree Trimmer Dies When He Falls From a Tree
    A Tree Trimmer Dies When He Falls From a Tree
    Cierpich, Hank ;
    Harrison, Robert
    2014/02/12 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A tree trimmer died from injuries received when he fell approximately 30 feet out of the tree he was trimming. He braced his leg on a branch for leverage as he attempted to start a chain saw that was attached to his tool belt. When the branch broke, the victim lost his balance and fell to the ground below. The victim was not secured to the tree eve ...
  • A Tree Trimmer Dies from Asphyxia When Compressed by Palm Fronds
    A Tree Trimmer Dies from Asphyxia When Compressed by Palm Fronds
    Cierpich, Hank ;
    Harrison, Robert
    2014/02/12 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A tree trimmer died while trimming the fronds from a palm tree in front of an apartment building. The victim climbed up the tree and underneath the dead palm fronds. He cut the dead fronds with a chain saw and then starting pulling on the fronds that were stuck. The frond skirt fell on the victim pressing him against the tree trunk and suffocating ...
  • Land Owner Pinned by Tractor Bucket When Working in Ditch
    Land Owner Pinned by Tractor Bucket When Working in Ditch
    Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Project) (MIFACE)  ...
    2014/02/11 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    In summer 2012, a male land owner in his 70s died when his Massey Ferguson Model 65 tractor equipped with a front end loader bucket slid down a drainage ditch bank, pinning him between the bucket and the opposite ditch bank. He was clearing the ditch of weeds and small trees, for both drainage purposes and in preparation of repair to the culvert pr ...
  • A Metal Fabrication and Finishing Foreman Dies After 25 Foot Fall at a Commercial Building Site
    A Metal Fabrication and Finishing Foreman Dies After 25 Foot Fall at a Commercial Building Site
    Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (KY FACE)  ...
    2014/02/10 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On a fall Wednesday afternoon at 3:00 pm, a 53-year-old male fabrication and finishing foreman was installing sheets of insulation prior to decking on a commercial building. The foreman was standing at the edge of the decking on roof beams, arguing with an excavation contractor about the movement of his loader to complete grading work. Witnesses sa ...
  • Fatal Injuries at Work Massachusetts Fatality Update 2012
    Fatal Injuries at Work: Massachusetts Fatality Update, 2012
    Massachusetts. Department of Public Health
    2014/02/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    The Occupational Health Surveillance Program (OHSP) in the Massachusetts Department of Public Health collects information on all fatal occupational injuries as part of the national Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI), conducted in cooperation with the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Death certificates, OSHA records, news stories, police r ...
  • Worker Fatality Alert Tree Trimmers Suffocated by Palm Fronds
    Worker Fatality Alert: Tree Trimmers Suffocated by Palm Fronds
    California. Department of Public Health
    2014/02/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    Key Prevention Point: Palm tree frond removal should only be performed or supervised by a certified tree worker. The California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (CA FACE) program tracks and investigates cases of fatal injuries at work, and makes prevention recommendations for employers and workers. The CA/FACE program has investigated the ...
  • Temporary Worker Died while Cleaning a Double Auger Screw Conveyor Machine Massachusetts
    Temporary Worker Died while Cleaning a Double Auger Screw Conveyor Machine - Massachusetts
    Davis, Letitia ;
    Fiore, Michael A.
    2014/01/30 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On December 16, 2011, a 28-year-old male temporary worker (victim) was fatally injured while cleaning and sanitizing a double auger screw conveyor machine (feed pump skid). Reportedly the victim was cleaning the machine's tub while the machine's double augers were rotating. Both of the victim's arms became caught in the double augers and he was pul ...
  • Fatality Narrative PainterRigger Falls 200 Feet from Bridge into River
    Fatality Narrative: Painter/Rigger Falls 200 Feet from Bridge into River
    Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
    2014/01/27 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On October 7, 2012, a 40-year-old journeyman painter/rigger died when he fell from a bridge. The incident happened at a bridge over a large river where the steel superstructure was being cleaned and painted. The employer had been working on the bridge for over two years. The victim had 21 years of experience as a rigger and painter, 15 years of tha ...
  • Fatality Narrative PainterRigger Falls 200 Feet from Bridge into River Slideshow
    Fatality Narrative: Painter/Rigger Falls 200 Feet from Bridge into River - Slideshow
    Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
    2014/01/27 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On October 7, 2012, a 40-year-old journeyman painter/rigger died when he fell from a bridge. The incident happened at a bridge over a large river where the steel superstructure was being cleaned and painted. The employer had been working on the bridge for over two years. The victim had 21 years of experience as a rigger and painter, 15 years of tha ...
  • Owner of Towing Company Dies When Struck by Driver of a Box Truck
    Owner of Towing Company Dies When Struck by Driver of a Box Truck
    Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (KY FACE)  ...
    2014/01/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    In the early morning hours of a summer day, a 49-year-old male owner-operator of a towing company died when he was struck by a driver operating a box truck. The towing company had been called to retrieve a sport utility vehicle (SUV) that had broken down in another state and was returning the vehicle to its owner in Kentucky. It was approximately 4 ...
  • FACE Facts Employees Must Wear Fall Protection When Working from Aerial Lifts
    FACE Facts: Employees Must Wear Fall Protection When Working from Aerial Lifts
    Massachusetts. Department of Public Health
    2014/01/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    What happened in Massachusetts? During 2011 and 2012, two municipal workers were fatally injured while repairing traffic lights: each was working from the raised bucket of an aerial lift truck and was thrown from the bucket when struck by a passing tractor-trailer. In each incident: 1. The trucks were parked as far to the right side of the road as ...
  • Fatality Narrative Roofer Crushed Between Beam and BoomSupported Elevating Work Platform
    Fatality Narrative: Roofer Crushed Between Beam and Boom-Supported Elevating Work Platform
    Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
    2013/12/18 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On September 18, 2012, a 23-year-old roofer working from a boom-supported elevating work platform (also known as a boom or aerial lift) died when he was crushed between a horizontal building beam and the platform. The operator had worked in the construction industry for 29 years and was a trained lift operator. The victim had worked in the industry ...
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