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: Commercial Fishing

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 each report 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.


Report No.	Incident State	Title

1999MA068	MA	Separate rotating shafts entanglements kills two Massachusetts fishermen.
1999AK020	AK	Deckhand killed when struck by collapsed boom.
1998MA035	MA	Temporary laborer dies in fish processing plant in Massachusetts.
1996AK045	AK	Crew member struck-by grease fitting during maintenance of vessel steering quadrant - Alaska.
1995AK023	AK	Commercial fishing vessel skipper dies after being pulled into a deck winch - Alaska.
1995AK003	AK	Stevedore falls to deck of tug in Dutch Harbor.
1995AK002	AK	Crabbing vessel capsizes in the Bering Sea.
1995AK001	AK	Crabbing vessel capsizes in the Bering Sea.
1993AK024	AK	Welder dies as a result of a fishing vessel explosion - Alaska.
1992AK036	AK	Operator dies in oxygen-deficient compartment of ice-making barge - Alaska.
1992AK032	AK	Commercial fisherman drowned after fishing vessel capsized - Alaska.