# Heat syncope at Bloom Engineering CO. Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017065524` · 6/16/2017 · NORFOLK, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Heat syncope
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
- **Secondary source:** Forging machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Bloom Engineering CO. Inc.
- **Location:** 2301 W. Omaha Ave., NORFOLK, NEBRASKA, 68701
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On June 16, 2017, at 4:15 p.m., an employee was calibrating the burners on a furnace when the employee passed out due to possible heat stress/exhaustion, requiring hospitalization.

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