Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program

Through the Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program, NIOSH conducts investigations of fatal occupational injuries. The primary intent of this program is to provide interested users with access to the full text of hundreds of fatality investigation reports.

State FACE Reports:
The following reports are the products of our Cooperative State partners and are presented here in their original unedited form from the states. The findings and conclusions in these reports are those of the individual Cooperative State partner and do not necessarily reflect the views or policy of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
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10/26/2021 2018NY063 NY Town sanitation worker fatally crushed while riding on the riding step of a refuse collection truck.
5/8/2018 2016NY066 NY Worker crushed unloading steel waste container.
2/26/2013 2011MA019 MA Refuse collector was fatally injured when struck by a backing refuse collection truck - Massachusetts.
10/10/2012 2010IA005 IA Special-needs sanitation route helper caught in tailgate of waste collection truck.
2/3/2011 2010CA005 CA A mechanic dies when he is crushed by the hydraulic arm of a recyclable refuse collection truck.
1/11/2011 2010KY006 KY Municipal solid waste collector dies after falling from solid waste vehicle hopper area.
3/10/2010 2008NJ079 NJ 69-year-old sanitation worker run over by refuse truck.
11/6/2009 2009MA020 MA Municipal laborer dies after falling off the back of a forward moving refuse collection truck - Massachusetts.
8/28/2009 2008KY074 KY Solid waste driver dies after single vehicle rollover.
8/24/2006 2005NJ077 NJ Recycling collector dies after falling under the wheels of his truck.
9/24/2003 2003OK016 OK Waste disposal worker was crushed between a waste disposal truck and a dumpster.
8/27/2002 2002NY007 NY Truck driver run over by trash compactor at municipal landfill.
3/21/2002 2001IA001 IA Extra rider on garbage truck is killed when he falls under truck.
6/1/2000 2000IA005 IA Sanitation assistant crushed between garbage truck and compactor.
7/1/1999 1994MD009 MD Garbage collector run over by trash truck at a county landfill while signalling the driver in backing maneuver.
1/6/1999 1998TX112 TX A rear load helper, for a refuse collection company in Texas, died when he was crushed by the rear wheels of a refuse collection vehicle.
2/24/1997 1996MN080 MN Operator dies after being crushed inside a side-loading waste-hauling truck.
1/16/1996 1995MO060 MO Sanitation worker struck by trash collection vehicle in Missouri.
7/25/1994 1994MO032 MO Intoxicated refuse collector falls off of and is backed over by refuse truck.
8/27/1993 1993MO008 MO Commercial route refuse collector crushed when refuse truck slid into semi-truck trailer.
6/1/1993 1992MO048 MO Refuse collector crushed by refuse truck compactor.
4/14/1992 1992MO001 MO Sanitation worker dies after falling from rear of moving refuse collection vehicle in Missouri.

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