# Heat syncope at U. S. Forest Service RR-Siskyou NF
> OSHA SIR `2023076855` · 7/28/2023 · PROSPECT, OREGON
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Heat syncope
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** U. S. Forest Service RR-Siskyou NF
- **Location:** 47201 Highway 62, PROSPECT, OREGON, 97536
- **NAICS:** 924120
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was working when he fainted due to heat, striking his head on the floor.

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