# Heat syncope at General Aluminum Manufacturing Company
> OSHA SIR `2020088156` · 8/27/2020 · RAVENNA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Heat syncope
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** General Aluminum Manufacturing Company
- **Location:** 5159 South Prospect Street, RAVENNA, OHIO, 44266
- **NAICS:** 331524
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing his routine job duties when he passed out, possibly due to high heat exposure. He was hospitalized.

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