# Myocardial infarction (heart attack) at ISLAND ROOFING CO.
> OSHA SIR `20191111571` · 11/6/2019 · TAMUNING, GUAM
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Heart
- **Nature of injury:** Myocardial infarction (heart attack)
## Cause
- **Event:** Climbing or stepping up or down-repetitive or prolonged
- **Source:** Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
## Employer
- **Name:** ISLAND ROOFING CO.
- **Location:** Guam Airport, TAMUNING, GUAM, 96913
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was just getting ready to start work for the day. To get to the roof, the employee needed to climb up several flights of stairs and a ladder. After climbing the stairs and ladder, the employee felt dizzy. He sat down and then became unconscious. He was hospitalized with a heart attack.

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