# Heat syncope at R. L. S. ENTERPRISES, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2016076469` · 7/18/2016 · KEY LARGO, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Heat syncope
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** R. L. S. ENTERPRISES, INC.
- **Location:** 14 S MARINA DR, KEY LARGO, FLORIDA, 33037
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee on a construction site was standing while talking and suddenly passed out possibly due to heat, hitting their head on the wall and falling to the floor. The employee was hospitalized.

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