# Heat syncope at Marek Brothers Systems Inc
> OSHA SIR `2017076548` · 7/15/2017 · PORTER, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Heat syncope
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** Marek Brothers Systems Inc
- **Location:** 21360 Valley Ranch Pkwy, PORTER, TEXAS, 77365
- **NAICS:** 238310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hanging sheet rock when he became sick due to possible dehydration. He passed out, started shaking, and fell, striking and scratching his face.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*