# Heat stroke at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2017043804` · 4/29/2017 · ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Heat stroke
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 6415 15th Street, ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA, 22307
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was delivering mail when she experienced pain in her right leg and numbness in her left leg. She was hospitalized for heat stroke symptoms.

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