# Heat syncope at Locke Supply Co.
> OSHA SIR `2022076569` · 7/27/2022 · ELKINS, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Heat syncope
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** Locke Supply Co.
- **Location:** 150 Stetson Rd, ELKINS, ARKANSAS, 72727
- **NAICS:** 423720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was making a delivery. After changing a flat tire on the delivery vehicle, the employee suffered syncope due to heat stress and was hospitalized.

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