# Heat syncope at Colorado River Construction, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019066218` · 6/20/2019 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Heat syncope
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** Colorado River Construction, LLC
- **Location:** 7901 E. Riverside Drive, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78744
- **NAICS:** 236210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing bracing on the edge form as the crew prepared a bridge for a deck pour. The employee began to feel hot and thirsty and then fainted. He was hospitalized for heat stress.

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