# Heat exhaustion, prostration at United States Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2016065390` · 6/17/2016 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## 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 States Postal Service
- **Location:** 8205 Braesmain Drive, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77025
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was delivering mail when he experienced cramping due to heat exhaustion. He was hospitalized.

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