# Heat syncope at Targa Resources
> OSHA SIR `2023098190` · 9/6/2023 · MONT BELVIEU, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Heat syncope
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** Targa Resources
- **Location:** 10119 Hwy 146 North, MONT BELVIEU, TEXAS, 77580
- **NAICS:** 211112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a compressor panel when they lost consciousness due to heat stress, causing the employee to fall to the ground. They sustained five rib fractures and were hospitalized.

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