Posted By Claire C Hello - looking for some advice. Whilst on site today one of the site trainees (17 years of age) fainted during a site toolbox talk. I initially presumed it was due to the fact he had been standing for some time and was too warm, however once he had came round he said he felt a sharp pain in his head which then caused him to feel faint. I was then told by the site manager that this was the second time he had fainted on site in the past two weeks. He has been sent home for today, and advised to go to the doctors. I have also advised the site manager to ensure that on his return he is supervised and is not allowed to work at height or with machinery. Is there anything else i can do to ensure his safety and also to keep ourselves right? Thanks Claire

Posted By Debbie S We had a similar problem with the guy who was our Qualified FLT Assessor. He fainted a couple of times during work activities (thankfully not when doing FLT assessment. We suspended all 'normal work', did a risk assessment and wrote SWP to cover planned activities, stopped early morning/late evening work. We went down the route of writing to his doctor explaining the problem (with his consent of course)- his GP thankfully sent him to see a specialist and low pressure was the problem - the specialist then wrote to us and advised how we could help deal with the problem - we revised his risk assessment and we haven't had any problems for over 8 months. This info was passed to all area managers that needed to know.