Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE)

Publications

Hazard Alerts

• Crossing Guards - Be Seen, Be Safe [pdf 201k]
  
  
• Wood Chippers Warning Bulletin: English, Spanish [pdf 146k]
  
  
• Warning! Tree Work Can Be Deadly: English, Spanish [pdf 320k]
  
  
• Warning! Dangers to Teens Working at Pizza Restaurants
  
  
• Don't Get Hurt Working Around Sanitation Trucks:
  English, Spanish [pdf 55k]
  
  
• Forklift Truck Fatalities
  
  
• Electrocution Hazard to Workers Servicing Overhead Fluorescent Light Fixtures

All NJ FACE investigation reports have been issued to employers and other parties interested in workplace safety in order to prevent similar incidents. These comprehensive reports do not contain any identifying information.

FACE Facts

• Workers Killed During Maintenance of Cargo-Container Spreader and Expandable Lifting Frame [pdf 190k]
  
  
• Cargo Handler Killed By Airplane Tail Stand Tip-Over During Transport [pdf 92k]
  
  
• Drill Crew Electrocuted by High Voltage Overhead Power Line
  
  
• Painter's Helper Falls to Death from Bridge Pier
  
  
• Worker Dies After Fall Off Wet Tarp
  
  

Ladder Safety

• Training Video: Don’t Fall For It. DVD. 11 minutes. $8 - This training video, developed for an injury prevention campaign, mixes interviews with survivors of falls from ladders (and victims’ survivors) with information about safe procedures. A collaboration between the New Jersey Department of Health, the New Jersey Building and Construction Trades Council, and the Center for Construction Research and Training. Please contact CPWR to order copies of the video.

  Also available are four worker tip sheets in English and Spanish:

	Tip Sheet #1: Protect Yourself from Fatal or Crippling Falls Spanish: Informativo N°1 Protéjase de la caídas que traen consecuencias mortales o lamentables
	Tip Sheet #2: Choosing and Inspecting Ladders Spanish: Informativo N°2 Cómo elegir e inspeccionar una escalera
	Tip Sheet #3: Setting Up Portable Ladders Spanish: Informativo N°3 Cómo colocar una escalera portáti
	Tip Sheet #4: Climbing Ladders Safely Spanish: Informativo N°4 Cómo subirse a una escalera sin arriesgarse

Firefighter Injury Investigation Reports

NJ FACE Firefighter Injury Project (FIP) Investigation Reports Archives

• Firefighter Suffered Respiratory Arrest As A Result of Smoke Inhalation
  
  
• Three Firefighters Injured While Recharging A Pressurized Water Fire Extinguisher
  
  
• Two Firefighters Injured Due to Exposure to A Refrigerant Gas
  
  
• Two Firefighters Injured in A Fire With Reported Missing Persons
  
  
• Three Firefighters Injured In A Multi-Residential House Fire
  

NJ FACE Workplace Fatality Investigation Reports

• Fire Chief Dies 10 Days After Exposure to Toxic Gases and Smoke [pdf 31k]

NIOSH Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program

Other Reports

• Crossing Guards Outreach -- Final Report [pdf 129k]
  
  
• Annual Report Archives:
    - Fiscal Year 2008 [pdf 4m]
    - Fiscal Year 2007 [pdf 2m]
    - Fiscal Year 2006 [pdf 2k]