# Heat syncope at BLUE WATER PLUMBING CO.
> OSHA SIR `20181111846` · 11/19/2018 · MIAMI, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Heat syncope
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** BLUE WATER PLUMBING CO.
- **Location:** 12180 NW 25th Street, MIAMI, FLORIDA, 33182
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a drain pipe on a canopy when he started vomiting at the job site and eventually lost consciousness due to heat. The employee was hospitalized.

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