# Effects of heat and light, n.e.c. at US Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2015063680` · 6/15/2015 · GEORGETOWN, SOUTH CAROLINA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Effects of heat and light, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** US Postal Service
- **Location:** 1101 Charlotte Street, GEORGETOWN, SOUTH CAROLINA, 29440
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee, performing duties as a mail career, was hospitalized for dehydration due to heat stress.

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