# Heat syncope at APM Terminals Mobile, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016088115` · 8/29/2016 · MOBILE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Heat syncope
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** APM Terminals Mobile, LLC
- **Location:** 901 Ezra Trice Blvd, MOBILE, ALABAMA, 36603
- **NAICS:** 488320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While unlashing a container aboard the deck of a coastal vessel, the employee passed out due to possible heat stress and fell backwards striking the deck with his face and causing a laceration to his right cheek.

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