# Is it OSHA recordable if a worker briefly loses consciousness?

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Last updated: 2026-10-23

**Short answer:** Recordable — other recordable case (column J)

Yes. Any work-related loss of consciousness is recordable, however short and whatever caused it — a fall, a blow to the head, heat or fumes.


## Why

- The worker lost consciousness. [29 CFR 1904.7(b)(6)](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-29/section-1904.7)

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