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: Energy Production

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

2010CA005	CA	A mechanic dies when he is crushed by the hydraulic arm of a recyclable refuse collection truck.
2008CA006	CA	Laborer dies when he falls 35 feet from a scaffold after being electrocuted - California.
2007MI172	MI	Roofer dies from fall off residential roof.
2007CA007	CA	A Hispanic maintenance worker dies after falling through a skylight.
2005NJ077	NJ	Recycling collector dies after falling under the wheels of his truck.
2005MA018	MA	Temporary laborer was fatally injured when caught between an idler pulley and conveyor belt at a recycling facility - Massachusetts.
2003WI042	WI	Hispanic painter dies after falling from a new house roof.
2003OK016	OK	Waste disposal worker was crushed between a waste disposal truck and a dumpster.
2002MA030	MA	A Spanish speaking roofer dies after falling from a roof of a residential structure - Massachusetts.
2002CA008	CA	A Hispanic female laborer was run over by a forklift that was moving a trash bin in a waste transfer and recycling station.
2001CA012	CA	A heavy equipment spotter died when he was backed over by a front-end loader inside a trash collection transfer station.
2001CA005	CA	Maintenance worker is killed when backed over by a bucket loader at a glass recycling center.
2000MA035	MA	Massachusetts laborer crushed in baler at paper recycling facility.
2000IA031	IA	Worker dies when tower crane and water tower crash to the ground.
1999NJ024	NJ	Recycling plant laborer engulfed by a load of plastics on a conveyor in New Jersey.
1998CA011	CA	Laborer falls through skylight opening in warehouse roof to the ground below and dies in California.
1997NJ087	NJ	Roofer dies after falling 23 feet through a school skylight in New Jersey.
1997NJ078	NJ	Recycling plant worker killed when caught in a closing overhead bay door.
1997IA052	IA	Mobile tower crane falls 180 feet to the ground killing the crane operator.
1996NJ026	NJ	Recycling center laborer crushed in a vertical upstroke baling machine.
1996MN080	MN	Operator dies after being crushed inside a side-loading waste-hauling truck.
1995NJ108	NJ	Machine operator crushed in a recycling center baling machine.
1995MA026	MA	Foreman dies when struck by front end loader at a Massachusetts scrap metal recycling plant.
1995CA006	CA	Recycling packer dies after being crushed by a recycling ram in California.
1994MN013	MN	Construction worker dies after falling from a wind turbine tower.
1992MA020	MA	Massachusetts trash collection company operations manager dies when crushed between conveyor truck and dumpster.