Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (FACE) - Publications

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Alerts

•  Worker Fatality Alert – Solar Panel Installation (PDF) – Two solar energy installers die from a fall and electrocution, while installing solar panels on a rooftop (August 2009)
• Worker Fatality Alert – Pyrophoric Chemicals (PDF) – Research assistant dies of burns from a pyrophoric chemical in a laboratory (April 2009)
• More Alerts

Reports

• California FACE Investigation Reports (over 200 in-depth fatality reports)
• Work-Related Injury Deaths Among Hispanics – United States 1992-2006 – MMWR report (2008)

Fact Sheets

 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:

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

     Machine-Related:

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

     Auto Repair/Maintenance:

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

Other FACE Materials

• Common Questions About the FACE Program (PDF) – program brochure
• The California FACE Program:  A Closer Look at Fatal Work Injuries Involving Hispanics in LA County 1992-2005 (PDF, 1.4 MB) – conference poster (2007)

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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