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Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program

The Kentucky FACE Program is funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to conduct surveillance of all work-related deaths occurring in Kentucky. Data is collected from a variety of sources for surveillance, and on-site evaluation of occupational fatalities. With this information, prevention materials are developed and disseminated to workers in similar industries and occupations.

Surveillance

Information about fatalities is collected from newspapers, coroner reports, vital statistics, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI), other media, and people. Data has been collected since 1994 and includes demographics, occupation, industry, cause of death, date, time, location and an incident narrative. No personal identifiers are included.

On-site Evaluation

On-site evaluations are conducted of those incidents involving machinery, highway work zone, youths, and immigrant workers. People interviewed are coroners, employers, witnesses, and others with knowledge of the fatal work incident. Case reports are then written and include prevention recommendations. Evaluations are not compliance or regulation oriented.

 

Prevention Materials

Evaluation reports, hazard alerts, newsletters, publications and presentations are produced and disseminated based on the fatal occupational incidents.  These materials reach employers and employees in similar occupations and industries to raise awareness so that future workplace fatalities are prevented. 

 

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  • Case Reports
  • Case Summaries
  • Haz Alerts
  • FACE the Facts
  • Annual Reports
  • Publications
  • Interventions
  • Presentations
  • NIOSH

Case Reports

  • Motor Vehicle
  • Falls
  • Other
  • Tractors / Logging

 

 

FACE Case Narratives

  • Motor Vehicle
  • Falls
  • Other
  • Tractors / Logging

 

 

FACE Haz Alerts

Haz Alerts describe recent fatalities associated with a specific cause of death, industry or occupation. Case summaries of the circumstances for each incident are explained and tips for prevention and precautions to be undertaken while working are included.

(To help us provide you with the best prevention materials possible, please fill out the short evaluation form here after reading one of the following Haz Alerts)

  • Motor Vehicle
  • Falls
  • Other
  • Tractors / Logging

 


"FACE the FACTS" Newsletters

A “FACE the FACTS” newsletter includes descriptive statistics of work-related fatalities by industry and occupation categories, and other relevant variables (i.e. demographics, year comparisons, cause of death). Involved is a statement to raise awareness of new or emerging trends or to identify factors associated with specific work-related deaths.

(To help us provide you with the best prevention materials possible, please fill out the short evaluation form here after reading one of the following FACE the Facts newsletters)

 

Annual Report


FACE Publications

A number of peer-reviewed and non-peer reviewed articles have been published by the Kentucky FACE program. They relate to many different industries and occupations in Kentucky where fatalities have occurred.

Peer-reviewed Publications

Bunn, TL, Struttmann, TW. 2003. Characterization of Fatal Occupational vs. Nonoccupational Motor Vehicle Collisions in Kentucky (1998-2000). Traffic Injury Prev 4:270-275.

Wojcik, S., Kidd, P., Parshall, M., Struttmann, T. (2003) Performance and evaluation of small construction safety training simulations. Occupational Medicine 53:279-286.

Struttmann TW Reed DK (2002) Injuries to tobacco workers in Kentucky. Southern Medical Journal 95(8): 850-856.

Morgan, SE, Cole, HP, Struttmann, T, Piercy, L, (2002) Stories or statistics? Farmers’ attitudes toward messages in an agricultural safety campaign. Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health 8(2): 225-239.

Brandt V, Moon S, Ehlers J, Methner M, Struttmann T. Exposure to Endosulfan in Farmers: Two Case Studies. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 2001; pp 643-649.

Struttmann TW, Brandt VA, Morgan SE, Piercy LR, Cole HP. Equipment Dealers’ Perceptions of a Community-based Rollover Protective Structure Promotion. Journal of Rural Health 2001; 17(2) 131-139.

Scheerer A, Brandt V. Interviews with widows following fatal farming incidents. Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health 2001; 7(2):75-87

Struttmann TW, Scheerer A. Fatal injuries caused by logs rolling off trucks: Kentucky 1994-1998. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 2001; 39:203-208.

Brandt VA, Struttmann TW, Cole HP, Piercy LR. Delivering health and safety education messages for part-time farmers through local businesses and employers. Journal of Agromedicine 2001. pp 23-30.

Cole HP, Westneat SC, Browning SR, Piercy LR, Struttmann TW. Sex differences in principal farm operators’ tractor driving safety beliefs and behaviors. Journal of the American Medical Womens’ Association 2000; 55(2):93-95.

Britt M, Chrislip D, Bayer S, Cole H, Kidd P, Parshall M, Isaacs S, Struttmann T, Colligan M, Scarf T. Farm work planning simulation in multi-media: A comparative evaluation. American Journal of Industrial Medicine Supplement 1999; 1:113-115.

Gelberg KH, Struttmann TW, London MA. A comparison of agricultural injuries between the young and elderly: New York and Kentucky. Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health 1999; 5(1):83-81.

Rubenstein H, Sternbach M, Pollack S. Protecting the health and safety of working teenagers. American Family Physician 1999; 60:575-580.

Kidd PS, Isaacs SG, Cole HP, Parshall M, Scarf T, Struttmann T. An economic motivator for safe farming: Changing perceptions through learning. Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health 1998; Special Issue 1: 205-212.

Struttmann TW, Scheerer A, Moon E. Potentially productive years of life lost (PPYLL) in Kentucky due to occupational fatalities. Journal of the Kentucky Medical Association 1998; 96:369-373.

Struttmann TW, Moon-Hampton E, Scheerer A, Pollack SH, Spurlock CW. Occupational fatalities in Kentucky - 1994. Journal of the Kentucky Medical Association 1996; 94:395-400.

Struttmann TW, Scheerer A, Prince S, Goldstein L. Unintentional carbon monoxide poisoning from an unlikely source: A case report. Journal of the American Board of Family Practice 1998; 11:481-484.


Non-peer reviewed Publications

Scheerer A. Occupational burn surveillance in Kentucky. Kentucky Epidemiologic Notes and Reports 2001; 36(5):1-3.

Pollack SH, Struttmann TW, Zweiling C, Ravtiainen C, Lundell J, Johnson W, Etre L, Hanrahan LP, Tierney J. Deaths among children aged less than 5 from farm machinery rollovers – Iowa, Kentucky and Wisconsin, 1995-1998, and United States, 1990-1995. MMWR 1999; 48(28):605-608.

Struttmann T, Scheerer A, McClanahan K. Agricultural injury in Kentucky. Kentucky Epidemiologic Notes and Reports 1999; 34:1-3.

Scheerer A. Kentucky begins surveillance of occupational burns. Kentucky Medical News 1998; 4:22.

Scheerer A. Kentucky begins surveillance of occupational burns. Journal of the Kentucky Medical Association 1998; 96:76-77.

Struttmann TW, Brandt V, Scheerer A, Leach R. Outdoor carbon monoxide poisoning attributed to tractor exhaust – Kentucky, 1997. MMWR 1997; 46(51);1224-1227.

Struttmann TW, Moon-Hampton E, Scheerer A, Pollack SH, Spurlock C. Occupational fatalities in Kentucky - 1994. Kentucky Epidemiologic Notes and Reports 1997; 32(8):2-4.

Scheerer A, Struttmann TW, Auslander M. Occupational burn surveillance in Kentucky. Kentucky Epidemiologic Notes and Reports 1997; 32(12):4.

Struttmann T, Auslander M. Farm injury surveillance in Kentucky – What have we learned? Kentucky Epidemiologic Notes and Reports 1996; 31(10):1-4.

FACE Interventions

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FACE Slide Presentations

FACE presentations are given to associations, business and trade organizations, labor unions, educational institutions and at professional meetings.

 

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Have Questions?

To request more information about the Kentucky FACE program or our services, contact Terry Bunn, Project Manager (e-mail: tlbunn2@uky.edu) or Medearis Robertson, Case Evaluator (e-mail: Medear@uky.edu) or mail:

Kentucky FACE Program
Kentucky Injury Prevention & Research Center
333 Waller Ave., Suite 202,
Lexington, KY 40504-2915
Tel: 1-800-204-3223 (toll-free)
FAX: 859-257-3909