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.
NIOSH FACE Reports: Prevention Through Design
| Pub. Date | Report No. | State | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5/16/2022 | 2021-01 | NC | Sanitation worker struck by backing refuse truck - North Carolina. |
| 4/18/2018 | 2015-01 | WV | Oil and gas delivery driver crushed between a dozer and a semi-truck while connecting towline - West Virginia. |
| 11/7/2011 | 2011-01 | CO | Railcar worker dies after being crushed by a reach stacker lifting a wind tower section - Colorado. |
| 8/26/2011 | 2010-01 | TN | Solid waste compost facility worker dies, body is recovered in digester tube - Tennessee. |
| 8/19/2011 | 2009-02 | TN | Hispanic worker dies when a sixty-foot tree falls onto the hydraulic excavator he was operating to clear land - Tennessee. |
| 4/3/2009 | 2008-01 | SC | Cement truck driver dies after being backed over by a skid-steer loader - South Carolina. |
| 7/6/2007 | 2006-05 | TN | Equipment operator dies from burns after a hydraulic line burst on a bulldozer and sprayed hydraulic fluid across the exhaust manifold - Tennessee. |
| 6/29/2007 | 2007-03 | OH | Company owner dies from fall after upper boom failure on aerial lift - Ohio. |
| 6/20/2007 | 2006-03 | VA | Laborer dies after being run over by a backing dump truck during a nighttime paving project - Virginia. |
| 3/16/2007 | 2006-02 | SC | Millwright killed when pinned between the feed rolls of a debarker during machine maintenance - South Carolina. |
| 2/12/2007 | 2005-09 | TN | Operator dies from crushing injuries after being pinned between a track drill control console and exterior wall of courthouse - Tennessee. |
| 12/22/2006 | 2006-01 | NC | Hispanic carpenter's helper dies after crane boom fell on him during disassembly - North Carolina. |
| 5/31/2006 | 2004-05 | OH | Four construction workers die after cantilever launching gantry collapses at bridge construction site - Ohio. |
| 4/7/2006 | 2005-11 | NC | Construction worker dies after being run over by a bulldozer at a commercial construction site - North Carolina. |
| 2/13/2006 | 2004-08 | MD | Fifteen-year-old Hispanic youth dies after entering the hopper of a bark blower - Maryland. |
| 10/7/2005 | 2005-06 | NC | Hispanic worker dies after falling from a pile of construction debris in the bed of a trash-style body truck to a paved driveway below - North Carolina. |
| 8/29/2005 | 2005-05 | TN | Hispanic youth dies in densifier at a plastics recycling plant - Tennessee. |
| 5/28/2004 | 2002-09 | NC | Hispanic forklift operator dies after being caught between mast and cage of forklift - North Carolina. |
| 4/15/2004 | 2003-01 | VA | Part-time laborer pinned between scissor lift work platform railing and doorway header - Virginia. |
| 1/23/2004 | 2003-12 | SC | Hispanic pipe layer dies after being struck by excavator (track hoe) bucket on construction site - South Carolina. |
| 1/7/2004 | 2003-13 | SC | 18-year-old dies after being entangled in a portable mortar mixer - South Carolina. |
| 11/20/2003 | 2002-10 | OH | Youth farm worker dies after falling into operating feed grinder/mixer - Ohio. |
| 11/14/2003 | 2003-09 | NC | Two Hispanic guardrail installers die after being struck by a guardrail - North Carolina. |
| 10/29/2003 | 2002-05 | SC | Maintenance mechanic dies after being trapped in the pneumatic door of a vacuum cooler - South Carolina. |
| 3/21/2003 | 2003-05 | NC | Hispanic construction laborer dies and two coworkers are injured after falling 10 feet from an unsecured box on the forks of a forklift - North Carolina. |
| 2/12/2003 | 2002-11 | NC | Hispanic construction laborer dies after portable silo collapse - North Carolina. |
| 12/12/2002 | 2002-08 | TN | Hispanic dump-truck driver dies after being caught between frame and dump body of off-road truck while performing routine lubrication - Tennessee. |
| 8/26/2002 | 2002-04 | TN | Plumber dies after being crushed between a tandem scissors lift platform and the I-beam frame of a mobile home -Tennessee. |
| 8/26/2002 | 2002-03 | NC | Construction laborer dies after being run over and crushed by a grader at a road construction site - North Carolina. |
| 5/28/2002 | 2000-05 | PA | Truck driver dies after the off-highway truck he was operating rolled over an embankment and came to rest on its top - Pennsylvania. |
| 5/23/2002 | 2002-02 | AZ | Seventeen-year-old warehouse laborer dies after the forklift he was operating tipped over and crushed him - Arizona. |
| 2/23/2001 | 2000-21 | FL | Fourteen-year-old youth pulled into operating wood chipper - Florida. |
| 2/14/2001 | 2000-22 | NY | Seventeen-year-old laborer at salvage lumber operation crushed by forklift that tipped over - New York. |
| 10/20/2000 | 2000-14 | CT | Sixteen-year-old mechanic's assistant dies after being run over by the rear wheels of a tub grinder - Connecticut. |
| 8/22/2000 | 2000-15 | NC | A plant production supervisor dies after being crushed between the boom arm and front chassis of a skid-steer loader - North Carolina. |
| 7/28/2000 | 2000-13 | UT | Fifteen-year-old part-time worker at retail grocery store suffers amputation while assembling meat grinder - Utah. |
| 7/28/2000 | 2000-19 | NY | Sixteen-year-old produce-market worker dies from crushing injuries after being caught in a vertical downstroke baler - New York. |
| 6/1/2000 | 2000-10 | NC | Construction laborer dies after being pinned between the bucket of a mini-excavator and an air compressor - North Carolina. |
| 5/25/2000 | 2000-09 | OH | Sixteen-year-old laborer at a building supply center crushed by forklift that tipped over - Ohio. |
| 5/22/2000 | 2000-12 | OH | Carpenter dies after being struck by uncontrolled concrete bucket when crane tips over - Ohio. |
| 4/18/2000 | 2000-01 | NC | Worker dies from crushing injuries after falling into a baling machine - North Carolina. |
| 3/21/2000 | 2000-06 | GA | Sixteen-year-old farmworker dies in a cotton packing machine after being covered with a load of cotton - Georgia. |
| 2/17/2000 | 1999-03 | SC | Female construction worker dies in a compactor tip over at a highway construction site - South Carolina. |
| 1/20/2000 | 1999-06 | CT | 16 year-old ride attendant dies after being caught and dragged by amusement park ride - Connecticut. |
| 1/10/2000 | 1999-05 | OH | 15-year-old campground laborer dies after striking a camper trailer hitch while operating a utility vehicle - Ohio. |
| 12/21/1999 | 1998-15 | MI | 9-year-old child helping with blueberry harvest dies after being run over by cargo truck on field road - Michigan. |
| 2/24/1999 | 1998-18 | VA | Equipment operator crushed when chimney falls on hydraulic excavator - Virginia. |
| 2/9/1999 | 1998-13 | NC | Groundsman on tree trimming crew caught in wood chipper - North Carolina. |
| 12/7/1998 | 1998-19 | VA | Laborer run over by dump truck at roadway resurfacing operation - Virginia. |
| 10/29/1998 | 1998-14 | PA | Machine operator dies after being crushed by 9,700-pound coil cart - Pennsylvania. |
| 10/14/1998 | 1998-12 | NC | Fence technician pinned inside cargo van by line laying machine - North Carolina. |
| 8/28/1998 | 1998-10 | SC | Temporary laborer crushed by dump truck at landfill - South Carolina. |
| 7/13/1998 | 1998-06 | VA | Construction laborer dies after being run over by asphalt roller at highway construction site - Virginia. |
| 4/3/1998 | 1998-02 | VA | Truck driver dies after crane boom strikes truck cab at construction site - Virginia. |
| 10/9/1997 | 1997-14 | NC | Maintenance worker dies after overhead crane collides with aerial platform at construction equipment plant - North Carolina. |
| 10/1/1997 | 1997-12 | VA | Tree trimmer dies after 40-foot fall in aerial bucker - Virginia. |
| 9/11/1997 | 1997-15 | SC | Laborer dies after falling into baler at paper products plant - South Carolina. |
| 7/22/1997 | 1997-11 | PA | Construction laborer dies after being stuck by a front end loader at a construction site - Pennsylvania. |
| 7/2/1997 | 1997-06 | VA | Tree trimming crew leader caught in wood chipper - Virginia. |
| 6/10/1997 | 1997-03 | PA | Mechanic fatally injured during dismantling of crane boom at scrap metal yard - Pennsylvania. |
| 6/10/1997 | 1997-07 | NC | Order picker dies after falling from a lift truck-suspended pallet - North Carolina. |
| 4/3/1997 | 1997-02 | TX | Laborer's legs amputated inside paper baler at resource recovery center. |
| 12/9/1996 | 1997-01 | NC | Company president killed when forklift overturns - North Carolina. |
| 12/1/1996 | 1996-23 | TN | Recycling center laborer crushed in baling machine - Tennessee. |
| 11/26/1996 | 1996-24 | SC | Steel rack installer dies after being struck by 3,000 pound bundle of rack end pieces - South Carolina. |
| 9/11/1996 | 1996-16 | VA | Equipment operator dies after scraper overturns - Virginia. |
| 9/11/1996 | 1996-18 | VA | Supervisor dies as a result of injuries sustained in fall with powered vertical lift aerial platform - Virginia. |
| 5/28/1996 | 1996-11 | SC | Welder dies after being struck by a three-ton steel roof truss - South Carolina. |
| 5/17/1996 | 1996-07 | SC | Welder/ironworker dies after becoming entangled in a beltline driveshaft - South Carolina. |
| 5/8/1996 | 1995-20 | SC | Assistant manager dies after 15-foot fall from forklift-suspended pallet - South Carolina. |
| 4/16/1996 | 1996-03 | NC | Trash collector dies after being caught in compactor of refuse vehicle - North Carolina. |
| 4/15/1996 | 1996-04 | NC | Press operator dies after forklift rams scrap bin - North Carolina. |
| 4/15/1996 | 1996-09 | VA | Public-utility foreman dies after being struck against the protective cab of a tractor - Virginia. |
| 4/5/1996 | 1995-10 | VA | Tree trimmer dies after being run over by aerial bucket truck - Virginia. |
| 2/21/1996 | 1996-02 | SC | Sanitation worker dies after being caught in chiller at poultry processing plant - South Carolina. |
| 2/9/1996 | 1995-16 | VA | Janitorial worker dies as result of injuries sustained in fall with personnel lift - Virginia. |
| 10/31/1995 | 1995-14 | TN | Machine operator fatally injured when struck by the elevator of a concrete block cuber machine - Tennessee. |
| 9/18/1995 | 1995-11 | VA | Sanitation worker run over at solid waste transfer station - Virginia. |
| 8/29/1995 | 1995-13 | TN | Shift supervisor dies from injuries received after his arms were caught between two paper machine rollers - Tennessee. |
| 8/8/1995 | 1995-12 | TN | Laborer fatally injured while cleaning concrete mixer - Tennessee. |
| 5/31/1995 | 1995-07 | NC | Machine operator struck and killed by cutting head of feller buncher machine - North Carolina. |
| 2/13/1995 | 1994-19 | VA | Laborer dies after being struck by overturning crane - Virginia. |
| 1/12/1995 | 1995-02 | TN | Mill operator dies from injuries received after his upper torso was caught between lamination rollers - Tennessee. |
| 1/4/1995 | 1994-20 | VA | Clean-up person at veneer factory killed when cut-off saw inadvertently activated - Virginia. |
| 12/12/1994 | 1995-01 | TN | Ironworker foreman dies after falling 24 feet from a forklift - Tennessee. |
| 12/5/1994 | 1994-18 | VA | Asphalt milling superintendent crushed under asphalt milling machine - Virginia. |
| 10/3/1994 | 1994-06 | SC | Extrusion machine operator dies of head injuries received when his head became caught in extrusion machine rollers - South Carolina. |
| 8/24/1993 | 1993-07 | PA | Technical engineer dies after being struck and crushed by a bulldozer/earth compactor - Pennsylvania. |
| 7/1/1993 | 1993-16 | SC | Equipment operator struck and killed by skidder - South Carolina. |
| 3/4/1993 | 1992-39 | VA | Maintenance man dies after being drawn into 17 1/2-inch-diameter positive pressure intake pipe - Virginia. |
| 2/10/1993 | 1992-26 | VA | Warehouse supervisor dies after being caught between a pallet stacking machine and a storage rack support - Virginia. |
| 3/1/1992 | 1992-13 | AK | Bulldozer operator crushed by bulldozer during construction of oil exploration island - Alaska. |
| 11/22/1991 | 1991-24 | SC | Order selector dies after jumping 16 feet from an elevated pallet on an overturning forklift in South Carolina. |
| 7/20/1988 | 1988-10 | OH | City worker dies when struck and dragged by mobile equipment in Ohio. |
| 1/6/1986 | 1986-12 | WV | Welder dies in mine machine repair facility in West Virginia. |
| 9/1/1984 | 1984-20 | MI | Die cast operator pinned by robot. |
| 1/1/1983 | 1983-10 | VA | Overturning of a forklift. |
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