# Heat stroke, syncope at STEPAN COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2025076847` · 7/15/2025 · ELWOOD, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Heat stroke, syncope
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat  unspecified
- **Source:** Heat environmental
- **Secondary source:** Protective apparel  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** STEPAN COMPANY
- **Location:** 22500 Stepan Drive, ELWOOD, ILLINOIS, 60421
- **NAICS:** 325199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was wearing full PPE while emptying a 55-gallon drum of phosphorus pentoxide and fainted, collapsing and striking their head against the ground. The employee was hospitalized and it is likely that heat caused by wearing full body PPE contributed to fainting.

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