# Heat syncope at Eutaw Construction Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019088284` · 8/12/2019 · MADISON, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Heat syncope
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** Eutaw Construction Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 26921 Old Highway 20, MADISON, ALABAMA, 35756
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was laying pipe in a trench under hot conditions. The employee began to look ill and lost consciousness. He was hospitalized for heat-related illness.

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