# Heat syncope at United Airlines Technical Operations
> OSHA SIR `2023087357` · 8/12/2023 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Heat syncope
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** United Airlines Technical Operations
- **Location:** 4933 Wright Road, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77032
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was outside inspecting new golf carts. As he was leaving to perform a technical walkaround of a plane he began feeling ill and returned to the building. The employee lost consciousness and was hospitalized for heat illness.

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