# Heat exhaustion, prostration at US Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2016076843` · 7/27/2016 · MATTOON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Heat exhaustion, prostration
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** US Postal Service
- **Location:** 120 N 15th St, MATTOON, ILLINOIS, 61938
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee became disoriented while delivering mail and suffered leg cramping. The employee was hospitalized with heat exhaustion.

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