FATALITY ASSESSMENT AND CONTROL EVALUATION (FACE) PROGRAM

Hispanic Scrap Yard Worker Dies When Struck By Material Handler at Metal Recycling Facility—South Carolina

Grade Checker Severely Injured When Backed Over by Grader, Washington

• Fatality Narrative – as slideshow (To view as a slideshow, open the file by clicking the “as slideshow” link, click “Tools” in the command bar menu and then “Full Screen Mode” in the drop down menu. Or you can press ctrl+L.)

OR FACE Toolbox Talks

• Young Worker Dies After Falling Through Skylight
• Hispanic Laborer Drowns After Falling into Landscaping Pond
• Millwright Fatality Involving a Hydraulic Accumulator

Warehouse Worker Falls From Elevated Forklift Platform – New Jersey

Batch Maker Dies after Toxic Exposure to Toluene Vapor – New Jersey

NJ FACE – Ladder Safety on the Job Website (Español)

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NJ FACE Assessing Barriers to the Use of Fall Protection in Small Residential Construction Companies in New Jersey

NY FACE Video: Plumber Killed in a Catastrophic Trench Collapse

Tractor Operator Dies When Tractor Rolls Over On Road, Washington

• Fatality Narrative – as slideshow (To view as a slideshow, open the file by clicking the “as slideshow” link, click “Tools” in the command bar menu and then “Full Screen Mode” in the drop down menu. Or you can press ctrl+L.)

Laborer Compressed between the Top Rail of a Scissor Lift Guardrail and a Steel Beam – Massachusetts

Temporary Worker Fell from a Fixed Ladder inside a Building Being Renovated – Massachusetts

Pipe Layer Severely Injured in Trench Collapse, Washington

• Fatality Narrative – as slideshow (To view as a slideshow, open the file by clicking the “as slideshow” link, click “Tools” in the command bar menu and then “Full Screen Mode” in the drop down menu. Or you can press ctrl+L.)

National Safety Council, Safety+Health Magazine
FACE Value – Laborer Killed After Struck by Car in Parking Lot

FACE Investigation Documents Factors Contributing to a Worker’s Death Inside Pressure Cooker

CA FACE Program Action Page – Preventing Worker Drownings

KY FACE Fatality Investigation article – Mixer Was in Need of Repair

National Safety Council, Safety+Health Magazine
FACE Value – Foreman Dies After Falling into Running Auger

Palm Tree Worker Suffocated by Palm Fronds – Another Death in California

Roofer Falls 20 Feet from Roof, Washington

• Fatality Narrative – as slideshow (To view as a slideshow, open the file by clicking the “as slideshow” link, click “Tools” in the command bar menu and then “Full Screen Mode” in the drop down menu. Or you can press ctrl+L.)

Log Truck Driver Dies When Struck by Logs Being Loaded onto Trailer – Washington

Two Propane Gas Supplier Workers Electrocuted when Boom Truck Crane’s Boom Contacts 7,200 Volt Overhead Power Line – Washington

Orchard Laborer Dies after Being Struck and Run Over by Dump Trailer – Washington

CA FACE Video: Preventing Worker Drownings

Scrap Magazine
Safety Spotlight – Anatomy of a Fatality: Kentucky

Use Skid-steer Loader Lift Arm Supports During Maintenance that Requires Lift Arms to be Raised – Massachusetts

Traffic Incident Management Responders Struck and Killed by Oncoming Traffic – Kentucky

Truck Driver Crushed By Roll Off Scrap Metal Box During Unloading From Truck – Michigan

Truck Porter Dies From Head Injury Complications When He Fell From Either the ICC Bumper or Deck of a Semi-Trailer – Michigan

Mechanic Crushed When the Dozer He Was Lowering Shifted and Fell off the Jack – Massachusetts

National Safety Council, Safety+Health Magazine
FACE Value – Laborer Electrocuted by Underground Power Line

Equipment World – Safety Watch

Scrap Processor Struck by Wrench and Dies after Makeshift Torque System Fails – Kentucky

Hispanic Roofer’s Fall Protection Failed Causing Him to Fall 29.91 Feet to his Death – Kentucky

Two Masons Electrocuted after Contact with an Overhead Power Line – Kentucky

Horse Breeder Falls 11-12 Feet from Hayloft When Throwing Hay Bale – Michigan

National Safety Council, Safety+Health Magazine
FACE Value – Truck Driver Struck and Killed By Concrete Panel

Hop Yard Laborer Struck by Hop Pole, Washington

• Fatality Narrative – as slideshow (To view as a slideshow, open the file by clicking the “as slideshow” link, click “Tools” in the command bar menu and then “Full Screen Mode” in the drop down menu. Or you can press ctrl+L.)

Construction Worker Falls 14 Feet from a Beam onto Concrete and Suffers Serious Brain Injury, Washington

• Fatality Narrative – as slideshow (To view as a slideshow, open the file by clicking the “as slideshow” link, click “Tools” in the command bar menu and then “Full Screen Mode” in the drop down menu. Or you can press ctrl+L.)

NIOSH-Funded State FACE Investigation Leads to Safer Handicapped-Accessible Accelerator Pedals

ARTBA Video Series Focuses on Road Worker Fatalities

American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), ByDesign Newsletter
Municipal electrician Dies After Falling From an aerial Lift Truck’s raised Bucket After it was Struck by a Semi-Tractor Trailer-Massachusetts
2015 / 14(3):4-5

Foreman Falls into Running Auger after Stepping on Door Panel with Broken Door Interlocks – Kentucky

Laborer Electrocuted When Jackhammer Strikes Underground Power Line, Washington

• Fatality Narrative – as slideshow (To view as a slideshow, open the file by clicking the “as slideshow” link, click “Tools” in the command bar menu and then “Full Screen Mode” in the drop down menu. Or you can press ctrl+L.)

Preventing Injuries to Retail Workers: How to protect retail workers from being struck by motor vehicles, Washington

A 17-year-old (minor) farm worker was caught between the raised bucket of a wheel loader and the door header of a cattle shed – Iowa

Factory Laborer Dies When a Car Driven by Coworker Crashes into Him in Parking Lot – Kentucky

Owner of Towing Company Dies When Struck by Driver of a Box Truck – Kentucky

Semi Team Driver Dies After Being Ejected from Sleeper Berth – Kentucky

Immigrant Granite Installer Killed After Falling with Homemade Construction Box – Kentucky

Worker Crushed To Death by Falling Steel Coil – Kentucky

National Safety Council, Safety+Health Magazine
FACE Value – Worker Crushed by Industrial Washing Machine

National Safety Council, Safety+Health Magazine
FACE Value – Worker Killed by Falling Tree Branch

National Safety Council, Safety+Health Magazine
FACE Value – Worker Crushed by Industrial Washing Machine

OR FACE Toolbox Talks

• Construction worker dies when he leans out of a protective cage of a skid steer forklift
• Mechanic killed pouring gasoline on fire
• Auto salvage worker killed by unsecured car on transporter

Hunt Club Member Died When Struck by the Top of the Tree He Had Felled – Michigan

Airport Manager Killed When Homemade Drag Struck Him While Smoothing a Runway – Michigan

Semi-Truck Driver Died When Struck by Precast Concrete Panel That Fell From Semi Trailer – Michigan

Tower Technician Killed When Guyed Tower Collapsed – New York

Roofer Killed After Falling From a Ladder Lowered From a School Roof – New Jersey

Collapsed roof trusses kill carpenter foreman – Oregon

Contract sanitation worker killed cleaning meat blending equipment – Oregon

Vineyard worker killed in fall from trailer – Oregon

Landscaper Working from a Raised Portable Work Platform Was Electrocuted When a Pole Saw Contacts Overhead Power Line – Massachusetts

Restaurant Co-owner Fatally Crushed by a Dumbwaiter Car – New York

Law Enforcement Officer Killed in Line of Duty – Iowa

Timber Harvester Operator Killed Following a Chain Shot Incident – Washington

Machinist Dies After Being Struck by Rotating Steel Bar Stock in Lathe – Washington

Department of Public Works Worker and a Volunteer Firefighter Died in a Sewer Manhole – New York

Orchard Laborer Dies when Crushed Between a Motor Grader and Semi-Truck – Washington

Farm worker electrocuted while pressure-washing interior of swine barn – Iowa

Farmer and his employee died after collapse and attempted rescue in manure storage pit – Iowa

Tractor Operator Crushed by Trailer, Washington

• Fatality Narrative – as slideshow (To view as a slideshow, open the file by clicking the “as slideshow” link, click “Tools” in the command bar menu and then “Full Screen Mode” in the drop down menu. Or you can press ctrl+L.)

Factory Manager Bypasses Lockout/Tag-out and is Electrocuted – Kentucky

Truck Driver Falls from Tanker Truck to His Death – Kentucky

Hispanic Laborer is Crushed by Gantry Roller Press While Retrieving a Dropped Hammer – Kentucky

Flagger Struck by Motorist and Killed – Kentucky

Laborer Falls 55 to 75 Feet to the Ground While Spray Painting Grain Bins – Kentucky

Tree Trimmer is Struck and Killed by Falling Tree Limb – Kentucky

Two Semis Collide – Fire Ensues; Both Drivers Perish – Kentucky

Roadside Responder is Struck by a Box Truck and Dies – Kentucky

Semi-Truck Driver Dies After Being Struck by Flatbed Driver in Crossover Collision – Kentucky

Two Tree Trimmers Die When Struck By Errant Semi Tractor-Trailer – Kentucky

Semi-truck Driver Dies After Striking A Bridge Abutment – Kentucky

Coal Truck Driver Fatally Injured in Collision With another Coal Tractor-Trailer – Kentucky

A 53-Year-Old Male Iron Foreman Dies After Fall From Steel Decking – Kentucky

Semi-Tractor Trailer Driver Hauling Chicken Dies After Striking A Rock Wall – Kentucky

Passenger Dies When Semi-Truck Trailer Hits Cow In Roadway – Kentucky

Semi Owner-Operator Dies in Rollover After Speeding Through A Curve – Kentucky

Long Haul Trucker Dies After Striking an Embankment at the End of an Interstate Highway Off-Ramp – Kentucky

Semi Drivers Killed due to Rear-End Collisions – Kentucky

Backhoe Operator Crushed by Boom, Washington

• Fatality Narrative – as slideshow (To view as a slideshow, open the file by clicking the “as slideshow” link, click “Tools” in the command bar menu and then “Full Screen Mode” in the drop down menu. Or you can press ctrl+L.)

Auto Technician Mistakes Handicapped-Accessible Accelerator Pedal for Brake Pedal and Fatally Pins Co-Worker – Kentucky

A Welder Dies When He Is Struck by a Projectile from a Truck’s Hydraulic Tank – California

Salesman killed when forklift falls off truck loading ramp – Oregon

Hispanic Laborer Killed When Struck By Falling Plywood on a Commercial Construction Site – Kentucky

Tanker Truck Involved in Deadly Crash on Interstate – Kentucky

Construction Flagger Struck and Killed in Two-Lane Highway Work Zone – Kentucky

Laborer Dies after Falling Through 40-Foot High Roof of Recycling Facility – New Jersey

Painter Died When Elevated Scissor Lift Tipped to Side When Tire Entered Pavement Depression – Michigan

Laborer Died Due to Hypertensive and Arteriosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease with a Contributing Factor of Hyperthermia – Michigan

Bus Driver Died While Attempting To Open Bus Doors While Bus Was Moving – Michigan

Assistant Manager at Fertilizer Mixing Facility Dies When Pinned Under Overturned 1972 Tractor Without a ROPS – Michigan

Roofer Dies After Gust of Wind Knocks Him And A Co-Worker Off Roof – Kentucky

Grain Truck Driver Killed at Train Crossing – Kentucky

A Metal Fabrication and Finishing Foreman Dies After 25 Foot Fall at a Commercial Building Site – Kentucky

Truck Driver Dies When Tractor-Trailer Leaves The Road And Plunges Into A Creek-Bed – Kentucky

An Electrician Dies When He Is Crushed Between a Traveling Hoist and a Plating Tank – California

Experienced Journeyman Machinist Killed While Operating an Engine Lathe – Oregon

Tree-care Worker is Crushed by Cut Tree Section During Storm Damage Cleanup – New Jersey

Mechanic Crushed Underneath Four-ton Wood Chipping Machine – New Jersey

Laborer Killed after being Struck by a Slab of Concrete that had been Lifted – New Jersey

Operator Dies after Excavator Tips Over the Side of a Bridge into River – Washington

Timber faller killed while working under a hung tree limb – Oregon

Truck driver crushed between semi-trailer and loading dock – Oregon

Highway worker crushed by swinging backhoe boom – Oregon

Young warehouse worker killed by backing forklift – Oregon

Machine operator dies after head crushed in machine – Oregon

Log truck driver killed when brakes fail on steep road – Oregon

Logger killed by 41-foot pole sliding down steep hill – Oregon

Mechanic killed pouring gasoline on fire – Oregon

Municipal Mechanic Fatally Injured When Crushed Between a Skid-steer Loader’s Frame and Bucket – Massachusetts

Municipal Police Officer Fatally Injured When Struck by a Backing Dump Truck – Massachusetts

Municipal Electrician Dies after Falling out of an Aerial Lift Truck’s Raised Bucket after It Was Struck by a Semi-Tractor Trailer – Massachusetts

Truck Driver Dies When Tractor-Trailer Overturns After Leaving Road – Kentucky

A Machine Operator in a Food Processing Plant Dies When Trapped Inside a Steam Pressure Cooker – California

A Tree Trimmer Dies When He is Crushed by Palm Tree Fronds – California

A Stagehand Falls from the Ceiling of an Amphitheater – California

OR FACE Toolbox Talks

• Rigging Slinger Killed by Swinging Log in Yarding Turn
• Logging Worker Killed While Riding on Step of Skidder
• Logger Killed by a 41-foot Pole Sliding Down Steep Hill

Carpenter Falls from Ladder, Washington

• Fatality Narrative – as slideshow (To view as a slideshow, open the file by clicking the “as slideshow” link, click “Tools” in the command bar menu and then “Full Screen Mode” in the drop down menu. Or you can press ctrl+L.)

American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), ByDesign Newsletter
Carpenter Fell From the Roof of a Single Family Home Under Construction-Massachusetts
2015 / 14(2):6-7

Hispanic worker falls from residential roof – North Carolina

National Safety Council, Safety+Health Magazine
FACE Value – Operator Crushed when Auger Overturns