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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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  • Roof Man Dies When He Falls From the Roof of a TwoStory House While Applying a Tent for Fumigation
    Roof Man Dies When He Falls From the Roof of a Two-Story House While Applying a Tent for Fumigation
    Cierpich, Hank ;
    Harrison, Robert
    2009/04/09 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 33-year-old Hispanic roof man died after he fell approximately 25 feet from the roof of a two-story house to the ground below. The victim was carrying a tarp to cover the roof when the incident occurred. The employer of the victim did not have a fall prevention program for their employees, and the victim was not wearing any personal fall protecti ...
  • Crane Failure Kills Worker at Scrap Metal Recycling Yard
    Crane Failure Kills Worker at Scrap Metal Recycling Yard
    Blando, James ;
    Lefkowitz, Daniel
    2009/04/06 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A crane boom at a scrap metal recycling yard collapsed onto a 41-year-old male worker as a result of a structural failure within the crane, resulting in the worker's death. Three other workers were injured during this incident, which occurred at approximately 4:30 am on November 24, 2005. The exact age of the crane was unknown, but it was at least ...
  • Machine Operator Dies when a Molding Press Machine Closes on Him
    Machine Operator Dies when a Molding Press Machine Closes on Him
    Cierpich, Hank ;
    Harrison, Robert
    2009/04/06 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 27-year-old male Hispanic machine operator died when he was crushed in a molding press machine that closed on him. The victim was in the process of setting up the machine when a piece of plastic dropped inside. The victim reached inside to retrieve it, and the machine closed and crushed him. It is not known if the victim had received training abo ...
  • Cement Truck Driver Dies After Being Backed Over by a SkidSteer Loader South Carolina FACE 200801
    Cement Truck Driver Dies After Being Backed Over by a Skid-Steer Loader - South Carolina: FACE 2008-01
    Tiesman, Hope M.
    2009/04/03 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On March 29, 2008, a 45-year-old male cement truck driver (the victim) was fatally injured when he was backed over by a skid-steer loader. Before 9:00 AM in the morning, the victim stepped out of a worksite trailer onto a gravel path to greet a contract worker who had just arrived on-site, and was struck by the skid-steer loader that was traveling ...
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  • A Diesel Mechanic Dies When He is Crushed Between the Tire and the Cab of a Fire Truck
    A Diesel Mechanic Dies When He is Crushed Between the Tire and the Cab of a Fire Truck.
    Cierpich, Hank ;
    Harrison, Robert
    2009/04/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A diesel mechanic died when he was crushed between the left front tire and the cab of a fire truck. The victim was attaching gauges and connections from a diagnostic monitor machine to the truck engine when the incident occurred. The CA/FACE investigator determined that, in order to prevent future occurrences: 1. Employers should ensure that diesel ...
  • Worker Severely Burned by Wet Concrete
    Worker Severely Burned by Wet Concrete
    Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
    2009/04/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    What happened? A 24 year-old concrete finisher was working at a construction site pouring concrete. He was wearing construction boots instead of liquid proof boots. The cement soaked through his boots. In addition it spread past his gloves on both wrists. He sustained the following injuries: 1. 2nd degree burns to both feet and ankles, and both wri ...
  • Young Workers Stay Alive on the Job 2009
    Young Workers: Stay Alive on the Job! [2009]
    Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Program) (OR-FACE)
    2009/04/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    This booklet tells the stories of young workers aged 12-24 who were killed on the job in Oregon from 2003 through 2007. In those 5 years, 352 workers of all ages were killed on the job in Oregon, including 45 young workers. Traumatic injury is the leading cause of death in the USA for youth and young adults. The true stories told here may help you ...
  • Fatality Narrative Siding Installer Supervisor Dies in HeadOn Motor Vehicle Collision
    Fatality Narrative: Siding Installer Supervisor Dies in Head-On Motor Vehicle Collision
    Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
    2009/04/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On January 19, 2008, a siding contractor employee died when his pickup truck crashed head-on with another vehicle. The 30-year-old victim had worked for his employer, a siding contractor, for several months. He was driving a company vehicle, a Ford F-150 pickup truck, looking for possible business leads. As he was driving along a two lane road, his ...
  • Worker Fatality Alert Laboratory Research Associate Dies of Burns from a Pyrophoric Chemical
    Worker Fatality Alert: Laboratory Research Associate Dies of Burns from a Pyrophoric Chemical
    California. Department of Public Health
    2009/04/01 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    Prevention Points: Train and supervise all researchers and staff on the proper procedures for using pyrophoric chemicals; Consider using other chemicals that are not spontaneously flammable in air; Track the purchase and use of pyrophoric chemicals. The California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (CA/FACE) program tracks and investigates ...
  • Hispanic Day Laborer Electrocuted When an Aluminum Extension Ladder Contacted an Overhead Power Line
    Hispanic Day Laborer Electrocuted When an Aluminum Extension Ladder Contacted an Overhead Power Line
    Blando, James ;
    Lefkowitz, Daniel
    2009/03/19 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On August 17, 2006, a 21-year-old Hispanic male day laborer was electrocuted when the aluminum extension ladder he and a co-worker were carrying in an upright position contacted a 13-kilovolt (KV) overhead power line. The ladder, missing a pulley to adjust the length, had been retrieved from a pile of damaged ladders at the general contractor's sto ...
  • Fatality Narrative Excavator Operator Killed When Excavator Tips Over
    Fatality Narrative: Excavator Operator Killed When Excavator Tips Over
    Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
    2009/03/18 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On January 15, 2008, an excavator operator died when the excavator tipped, and fell off a bridge into a river. The 62-year-old journeyman operator with certification to operate cranes was employed with a heavy/highway construction company. He was working on a project requiring the removal of an existing bridge deck and replacing it with a new deck. ...
  • 23YearOld Hispanic Road Maintenance Worker Struck by Wheel that Separated from the Trailer Axle of a TractorTrailer Truck
    23-Year-Old Hispanic Road Maintenance Worker Struck by Wheel that Separated from the Trailer Axle of a Tractor-Trailer Truck
    Lefkowitz, Daniel ;
    Ludwig, Gary
    2009/03/13 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On June 19, 2007, a 23-year-old male Hispanic public employee was killed when he was struck by a wheel and tire assembly that had separated from the axle of a flatbed pulled by a tractor-trailer truck. The victim was a laborer working on a road maintenance crew. On the day of the incident, the victim and one other worker were trimming grass with st ...
  • Pipe Technician Killed by Coke Oven Gas Pipe Explosion
    Pipe Technician Killed by Coke Oven Gas Pipe Explosion
    Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Project) (MIFACE)  ...
    2009/03/06 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On January 5, 2008, a 27-year-old male pipe technician was killed when he was struck by pieces of pipeline and explosion forces from a 54-inch coke oven gas (COG) pipe that exploded during repair activities. The site owner had subcontracted the company for whom the decedent worked to perform pipeline repairs. A by pass pipeline had been constructed ...
  • Fatality Narrative Framing Contractor Falls from Roof
    Fatality Narrative: Framing Contractor Falls from Roof
    Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
    2009/02/17 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On November 7, 2007, a framing contractor died when he fell from a roof. The 31-year-old contractor was working on a new single-family house. He went on to the house's 7/12 pitch roof to inspect the nails in the roof's sheathing that his employee had installed. He unhooked his lanyard from an anchor point and as he was moving to hook it to another ...
  • Semitruck Driver Dies After Striking A Bridge Abutment
    Semi-truck Driver Dies After Striking A Bridge Abutment
    Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (KY FACE)  ...
    2009/02/13 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    At approximately 11:45 PM on a spring night in 2008, a semi-tractor driver accompanied by a driver trainee began his route from a warehouse loading dock in Kentucky. The driver departed with a single axle day cab pulling a 28' refrigerated trailer loaded with detergent, refrigerated and frozen foods. An hour later, the semi driver was driving in th ...
  • Fatality Narrative Excavator Operator Killed When Excavator Rolls On Its Side
    Fatality Narrative: Excavator Operator Killed When Excavator Rolls On Its Side
    Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
    2009/02/08 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On August 17, 2007, a heavy equipment operator died when an excavator rolled on to its side. The 48-year-old victim had worked for his employer, a new single-family housing construction contractor, for five months and had about 25 years experience as a heavy equipment operator. He was operating an excavator to dig a foundation for a single-family r ...
  • Highway Worker Crushed by Swinging Backhoe Boom
    Highway Worker Crushed by Swinging Backhoe Boom
    Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Program) (OR-FACE)
    2009/01/29 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On July 1, 2007, a 47-year-old road construction worker was killed while working on the ground alongside a backhoe. The worker was a journeyman equipment operator working together with an apprentice, who operated the backhoe. The two road workers were preparing to pull pins from concrete barricades along the roadside, so they could be moved. The jo ...
  • Laborer Dies When He Falls 35 Feet From a Scaffold After Being Electrocuted
    Laborer Dies When He Falls 35 Feet From a Scaffold After Being Electrocuted
    Cierpich, Hank ;
    Harrison, Robert
    2009/01/27 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    A 34-year-old male Hispanic laborer working for a solar energy company fell 35 feet from a scaffold to the ground below after being electrocuted. The victim was standing on the scaffold and lifting a 20-foot aluminum bracket from the ground. When the metal bracket reached the top of the scaffold, the victim pulled on one end of the bracket. The oth ...
  • Fatal Facts Fatal WorkRelated Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes in Washington State 1998 2007
    Fatal Facts: Fatal Work-Related Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes in Washington State, 1998 - 2007
    Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
    2009/01/20 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    In Washington State, motor vehicle traffic crashes are the leading cause of work-related injury fatalities. Workers from many industries operate different types of motor vehicles to make deliveries, visit job sites, serve clients, make repair and sales calls, travel to meetings, and numerous other purposes. From 1998-2007, 190 motor vehicle drivers ...
  • RollOff Container Truck Driver Electrocuted When Raised Tilt Frame Contacted Overhead Line
    Roll-Off Container Truck Driver Electrocuted When Raised Tilt Frame Contacted Overhead Line
    Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Project) (MIFACE)  ...
    2009/01/13 | Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
    On January 18, 2008, a 45-year-old male truck driver for a roll-off container company was electrocuted when the tilt frame he had raised to load a full 40-cubic-yard roll-off container contacted energized 7,600-volt overhead power lines. He had deposited the empty 8-foot-high x 8-foot-wide x 22-foot-long roll-off container at the customer's propert ...
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