# Heat stroke, syncope at Negwer Materials, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025077434` · 7/29/2025 · SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Heat stroke, syncope
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat  outdoor
- **Source:** Heat environmental
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Negwer Materials, Inc.
- **Location:** 101 South Lewis Street, SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, 62704
- **NAICS:** 444190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 29, 2025, an employee was transporting 10 sheets of drywall on a cart. While walking down a ramp the employee felt discomfort in his calf and then lost consciousness due to heat. The employee sustained severe dehydration and an injury to his calf.

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