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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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  • Plumbing Supply Warehouse Worker Dies in a Fall From a Raised Order Picker Massachusetts
    Plumbing Supply Warehouse Worker Dies in a Fall From a Raised Order Picker - Massachusetts
    Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE)  ...
    2010/03/31 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On May 29, 2008 a 53-year-old male warehouse worker (victim) for a plumbing supply company was fatally injured when he fell from a raised order picker he was operating. The victim was accessing a toilet located on a top section of shelving when he fell approximately 16 feet from the raised order picker onto the concrete floor below. A co-worker dis ...
  • Dockworker Dies Due to Carbon Monoxide Poisoning While Using a Gasoline Powered Pressure Washer to Clean Inside a Freshwater Tank Massachusetts
    Dockworker Dies Due to Carbon Monoxide Poisoning While Using a Gasoline Powered Pressure Washer to Clean Inside a Freshwater Tank - Massachusetts
    Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE)  ...
    2010/03/11 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On November 9, 2006, a 38 year old dock worker (the victim) died from carbon monoxide poisoning, as he was pressure washing a freshwater tank on a fishing vessel. Five additional dockworkers sustained exposures to carbon monoxide in rescue attempts, and seven fire, police and emergency medical personnel were also exposed. The gasoline-powered press ...
  • 55YearOld Communications Tower Worker Killed After Falling 60 Feet
    55-Year-Old Communications Tower Worker Killed After Falling 60 Feet
    Fagliano, Jerald ;
    Lefkowitz, Daniel
    2010/03/10 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On July 18, 2008, a 55-year-old male communications tower worker died after falling 60 feet from a self-supported tower to the ground. On the day of the incident, the decedent and three other workers were performing structural upgrades to a 280-foot-tall communications tower in southern New Jersey. Two workers, including the victim, were stationed ...
  • 69YearOld Sanitation Worker Run Over by Refuse Truck
    69-Year-Old Sanitation Worker Run Over by Refuse Truck
    Fagliano, Jerald ;
    Lefkowitz, Daniel
    2010/03/10 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On October 17, 2008, a 69-year-old male private sector sanitation worker died after he was run over by a refuse truck. On the day of the incident, the victim and one other worker were collecting tree brush in a rural southern New Jersey community. The workers had stopped the rear-loading compaction truck and began to load brush into the rear compar ...
  • Fatality Narrative Well Driller Struck by Water Drill Pipe Sliding off Back of Truck
    Fatality Narrative: Well Driller Struck by Water Drill Pipe Sliding off Back of Truck
    Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
    2010/03/02 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On July 8, 2008, a well driller operating a skid steer loader was struck by water drill pipes that slid off the back of a flatbed truck. The 23-year-old victim had over three years experience as a water driller and was employed by a water drilling company. The victim and another worker were bringing drilling equipment to a well drilling site. The a ...
  • Contractor Crushed against the Cab of a Dump Truck by the Dump Body
    Contractor Crushed against the Cab of a Dump Truck by the Dump Body
    New York State Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Program (NY FACE)  ...
    2010/03/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    In July 2008, a self-employed construction contractor (the victim) sustained fatal injuries when he was crushed against the cab of a dump truck by the dump body at a residential construction site. At the time of the incident, the victim was using the dump truck to deliver soil to the site and then grading the soil with a backhoe. The victim worked ...
  • Day Laborer at Boat Dock Drowns After Falling Into River
    Day Laborer at Boat Dock Drowns After Falling Into River
    New York State Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Program (NY FACE)  ...
    2010/03/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    In April 2008, a male day laborer at a boat dock on a river drowned after falling into the water. The victim had been unemployed, but was retained by the dockmaster to assist with transferring floating boat docks from a storage area into the river for the beginning of the boating season. At approximately 11:00 AM, the victim and his friend were sta ...
  • Fatos Do FACE Trabalhador Municipal Morre Aps Cair de Um Caminho de Lixo Em Movimento
    Fatos Do FACE: Trabalhador Municipal Morre Após Cair de Um Caminhão de Lixo Em Movimento
    Departamento de Saúde Pública de Massachusetts
    2010/03/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    Incidente Em 2009, um trabalhador municipal de 49 anos morreu enquanto coletava o lixo residencial. A vítima fazia parte de uma equipe de três trabalhadores designados a um caminhão de lixo com dois assentos dentro da cabine do caminhão. A vítima e um colega de trabalho viajavam no degrau traseiro do caminhão enquanto seguiam para o local da próxim ...
  • FACE Facts City Laborer Dies After Falling off a Moving Refuse Collection Truck
    FACE Facts: City Laborer Dies After Falling off a Moving Refuse Collection Truck
    Massachusetts. Department of Public Health
    2010/03/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    Incident: In 2009, a 49-year-old male city worker died while collecting waste from homes. The victim was part of a three-person work crew assigned to a refuse collection truck with two seats inside the truck's cab. The victim and a co-worker were riding on the rear step of the truck while traveling to the next collection location. The victim fell f ...
  • Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation FACE Annual Report 2007 Occupational Fatalities
    Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE), Annual Report 2007, Occupational Fatalities
    Douglas J ;
    Hammond T
    2010/03/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    In 2007, Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation recorded 66 fatal occupational incidents, with 68 worker deaths. The number represents a rate of 3.7 fatalities per 100,000 employed workers in the civilian labor force in Oregon. The national worker fatality rate in 2007 was 3.8 (CFOI). The following notable trends occurred in 2007. Incide ...
  • Teens at Work WorkRelated Injuries to Teens in Massachusetts 20032007
    Teens at Work: Work-Related Injuries to Teens in Massachusetts, 2003-2007
    Massachusetts. Department of Public Health. Occupational Health Surveillance Program
    2010/03/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    What We Do: Having information about where and how young workers are injured on the job is essential to prevent future injuries and to promote safer work opportunities for youth. So, for over 16 years, the Teens at Work: Injury Surveillance and Prevention Project at the Massachusetts department of Public Health (MDPH) has been tracking work-related ...
  • Construction Fatality Narrative Siding Installer Falls 23 Feet from Pump Jack Scaffold 2010
    Construction Fatality Narrative: Siding Installer Falls 23 Feet from Pump Jack Scaffold [2010]
    Departamento de Salud Pública de California
    2010/03/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    Lucas J.*(* No es el nombre real de la víctima ), un electricista de 46 años de edad, y Roberto M. *(* No es el nombre real de la víctima), un trabajador de almacén de 56 años de edad, murieron después de caer a través de tragaluces mientras trabajaban en un techo. Lucas llevaba un panel solar cuando tropezó con el borde del tragaluz y cayó hacia a ...
  • FACE Facts Deadly Skylights Solar Energy and Warehouse Workers Killed
    FACE Facts: Deadly Skylights! Solar Energy and Warehouse Workers Killed
    California. Department of Public Health
    2010/03/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 46-year-old electrical worker, Luke J.* (*Not the victim's real name), and a 56-year-old warehouse worker, Roberto M.*(*Not the victim's real name), both died after falling through skylights while working on a roof. Luke was carrying a solar panel and tripped on the ledge of the skylight and fell backward through the skylight. Roberto was on the ...
  • Workers Killed While Working with Forklifts
    Workers Killed While Working with Forklifts
    University of Kentucky. College of Public Health. Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center
    2010/03/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    To prevent forklift injuries: Do not operate a forklift without being certified and trained. Forklift operators should wear their safety belts. Do not jump from an overturning forklift. Keep your body inside the forklift frame. Ride it out and lean in the opposite direction of the overturn. Do not place yourself between two forklifts. Do not handle ...
  • Arborist Dies After Fall from Tree
    Arborist Dies After Fall from Tree
    Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (KY FACE)  ...
    2010/02/19 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 30-year old arborist was hired by a private resident to remove trees from a yard. At approximately 5:00 PM, the arborist, along with a ground person, arrived at the residence. The arborist donned climbing spurs, and a tree climbing saddle then spoke briefly with the homeowner. With the climbing line and spurs, the arborist climbed the first tree. ...
  • Team Semi Driver Dies after Rig is Struck by Impaired Driver
    Team Semi Driver Dies after Rig is Struck by Impaired Driver
    Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (KY FACE)  ...
    2010/02/17 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    During the early hours one fall morning, a husband and wife driving team were traveling west on a divided interstate highway. A concrete barrier separated the four east bound lanes from the four west bound lanes. The wife was driving while the husband was asleep in the sleeper berth. Driving conditions were dark and the pavement dry. They were trav ...
  • Print Machine Operator is Strangled When His Shirt is Caught on a Rotating Knob
    Print Machine Operator is Strangled When His Shirt is Caught on a Rotating Knob
    Cierpich, Hank ;
    Harrison, Robert
    2010/02/10 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 38-year-old machine operator was strangled when his clothing caught on a rotating knob of a printing machine. The rotating knobs did not have any guarding or protective barriers around them to prevent inadvertent contact. The CA/FACE investigator determined that in order to prevent future incidents, employers with printing machines that have expo ...
  • Machinist Dies When He Came Into Contact With a Rotating Vertical Cutting Head of a Gantry Mill
    Machinist Dies When He Came Into Contact With a Rotating Vertical Cutting Head of a Gantry Mill
    Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Project) (MIFACE)  ...
    2010/01/28 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    In the summer of 2008, a 48-year-old male machinist died when he came into contact with a rotating vertical cutting head of a gantry mill. The decedent programmed the gantry mill to begin a milling operation. Leaving the remote pendant attached to the gantry mill frame, he walked approximately seven feet to the home position of the cutting head nea ...
  • Fatality Narrative Carpenter Struck by Concrete Pump Hose
    Fatality Narrative: Carpenter Struck by Concrete Pump Hose
    Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
    2010/01/28 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On June 26, 2008, a carpenter suffered fatal injuries when struck by a concrete pump hose. The 31-year-old victim had worked for the past five years as a carpenter for his employer, a company that performs commercial and institutional building construction. On the day of the incident, the victim was the pour leader working with a crew pouring concr ...
  • Laborer Died During Test Drive of FourWheel All Terrain Vehicle ATV
    Laborer Died During Test Drive of Four-Wheel All Terrain Vehicle (ATV)
    Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Project) (MIFACE)  ...
    2010/01/27 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    In the fall of 2008, a 23-year-old male laborer in an automobile repair shop died when both he and the Kawasaki Tecati Model XF 250 four-wheel all-terrain vehicle (ATV) he was test driving in the parking lot struck a concrete wall . The decedent was not wearing a helmet or other protective equipment. The ATV did not have a seat when it was brought ...
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