# Heat syncope at Ahlstrom-Munksjo
> OSHA SIR `2021042773` · 4/2/2021 · RHINELANDER, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Heat syncope
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** Ahlstrom-Munksjo
- **Location:** 515 West Davenport Street, RHINELANDER, WISCONSIN, 54501
- **NAICS:** 322121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was at his locker, gathering his equipment when he began feeling ill. The employee went into the cooling room to sit for approximately 20 minutes. The employee left the cooling room to report to his supervisor that he was feeling unwell. While his supervisor was talking to him, the employee collapsed in the supervisor's office and was unresponsive. The employee 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*