# Heat exhaustion, prostration at United States Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2016087581` · 8/13/2016 · MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA
## 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:** 1355 Old Courthouse Square, MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA, 25404
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 13, 2016, at 4:30 p.m., an employee became ill while delivering mail in a company vehicle. The employee was hospitalized for heat exhaustion.

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