FACE Program: U.S. Workplace Fatality Investigation Reports

U.S. workers suffer 12 to 13 fatal traumatic injuries on the job each day. The Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program investigates these incidents to identify contributing factors and develop prevention recommendations. This web page provides access to NIOSH investigation reports and related safety resources.

Use Cases

• Identify common risk factors for fatal workplace injuries based on investigation narratives.
• Develop targeted safety recommendations based on detailed incident case studies.
• Analyze trends in occupational fatalities based on the collection of investigation reports.

Strengths

• Reports are generated from official NIOSH investigations.
• Data is used to develop specific recommendations for preventing similar deaths.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

NIOSH (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health)

Collection Method

Investigations conducted through the FACE Program.

Time Range

Daily incidents are referenced, but specific temporal coverage of the dataset is unknown.

Freshness

Last updated date is unknown.

Geography

United States