# Heat syncope at CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS
> OSHA SIR `2018065421` · 6/6/2018 · HOUMA, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Heat syncope
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS
- **Location:** 5532 Grand Caillou, HOUMA, LOUISIANA, 70363
- **NAICS:** 517110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing cable services at a customer's home and felt dizzy. The employee sat down, stood up and then lost consciousness possibly due to heat-related illness.

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