FACE Reports

The laborer was unloading boxes from the elevated forks of a telehandler to the balcony, which had a temporary guardrail made boards.

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On the day of the incident, he was part of an experienced six-worker crew raising an external wood-framed wall that was around 14 feet high and weighed 2,100 pounds.

On the day of the incident, the worker arrived at a residential jobsite with a dump truck containing 5,000 pounds of gravel. The victim backed the truck into the driveway and raised the hydraulically controlled dump bed 2 feet.

Case report #: 25KY009 Date of report: Dec. 17, 2025 Issued by: Kentucky State Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program A 25-year-old general laborer had worked for...

A 53-year-old day laborer had worked for his employer, a general contractor, for four years doing random jobs. He and an assistant were installing vinyl flooring in a commercial building under renovation.

On the day of the incident, the technician was mounting a used automotive tire on a single-piece spare trailer rim for a customer.

On the day of the incident, he responded to a call to recover a disabled SUV on the shoulder of a major four-lane interstate.

A 44-year-old experienced framer had worked for his employer, a residential contractor, for five years. He and a co-worker were removing previously installed second-level floor joists to relocate an inside kitchen wall that was framed in the wrong place.