# Heat syncope at Republic Services
> OSHA SIR `2023065740` · 6/28/2023 · LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Heat syncope
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** Republic Services
- **Location:** 1911 W. 65th St., LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, 72209
- **NAICS:** 562119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was completing an inspection of a waste truck when they lost consciousness. The employee was hospitalized for possible heat illness.

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