Last week the Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued an interpretation letter indicating that fainting may be a recordable event even if the loss of consciousness was due to a non-recordable injury.
In the circumstance leading to the interpretation letter, an employee scratched his finger while at work. While a co-worker applied a band aid to the scratch, the “injured” employee saw his own blood and fainted. The employee explained that he cannot stand the sight of his own blood. He did not require any treatment beyond the band aid no other injury occurred beyond the scratched finger. 
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