# Heat exhaustion, prostration at United Parcel Service, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015074876` · 7/20/2015 · SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Heat exhaustion, prostration
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** United Parcel Service, Inc.
- **Location:** 43 3rd Ave., SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS, 02143
- **NAICS:** 492210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee delivering packages became dehydrated, got lightheaded, and began vomiting. The employee was hospitalized overnight for heat exhaustion.

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