Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (FACE) - Publications

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Reports

• California FACE Investigation Reports (over 180 in-depth fatality reports)

Brochures

• Common Questions About the FACE Program (PDF)

Fact Sheets - one-page incident summaries with recommendations

NEW!  For a list of Spanish fact sheet titles, see Programa de Evaluación y Control de Fatalidades – Publicaciones

***Please click here for a list of print versions of the fact sheets below that can be photocopied and distributed to workers***

Construction:

• Runaway Killer: Preventing Forklift Fatalities (PDF, English) ... Spanish
• No Seatbelts? A Deadly Mistake (PDF) ... Spanish
• Backing Vehicles can be Deadly (PDF) ... Spanish
• Highway Worker Killed! Struck By Truck While Picking Up Traffic Cones (PDF) ... Spanish 
• Crane Operator Crushed!  Unsecured Load Falls During Rigging (PDF) ... Spanish
• Youth Killed in Forklift Rollover! (PDF) ... Spanish
• Two Mechanics Electrocuted! Crane Boom Contacts High-voltage Line (PDF) .. Spanish 
• Plumber Dies in Trench Cave-in! (PDF) ... Spanish 

Machine-Related:

• Punch Presses "Shoot" Two Workers (PDF) ... Spanish
• Workers Killed! No Lockout/Tagout (PDF) ... Spanish
• Worker Crushed! Caught Between Die Plates While Repairing Injection Molding Machine (PDF) ... Spanish
• Tree Trimmer Killed! Pulled Through Wood Chipper (PDF, English) ... Spanish
• Trash Truck Workers Crushed! (PDF) ... Spanish
•  Two Workers Killed When Caught in Steel Slitting Machinery! (PDF) ... Spanish

Auto Repair/Maintenance:

• Falling Vehicles Kill: Jackstand Safety (PDF, English) ... Spanish
• Mechanic Killed! Truck Falls Off Lift (PDF) ... Spanish
• Shattered Wheel Rim Kills Mechanic (PDF) ... Spanish  
• Welder Killed By Exploding Fuel Tank (PDF) ... Spanish 

Newsletter Articles

     Related topics in OHB's Occupational Health Watch newsletter:

• Tractor Rollovers Kill (PDF) - Fall 2005, page 1
• Youth killed by forklift (PDF) - Fall 2005, page 5
• Tree trimmer pulled into wood chipper (PDF) - Fall 2005, page 10
• Eleven years of FACE investigations: 1992-2002 (PDF) - Summer 2004, pages 6-7
• Case study: seatbelt use in heavy equipment (PDF) - Spring 2003, page 9
• Dangerous jobs: worker injuries and deaths in 1999 (PDF) - Summer 2002, page 4
• Latinos face higher risk of work injury, death (PDF) - Summer 2002, page 5
• Case study: slowly backing vehicle fatality (PDF) - Summer 2002, page 6

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