# Heat syncope at Fred's Stores of Tennessee
> OSHA SIR `2017054388` · 5/15/2017 · GUNTERSVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Heat syncope
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** Fred's Stores of Tennessee
- **Location:** 1477 Sunset Drive, GUNTERSVILLE, ALABAMA, 35976
- **NAICS:** 446110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to unload a truck at the stock room doors outside when she collapsed due to heat-related syncope and required hospitalization.

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