# Heat stroke at U. S. Postal Service (USPS)
> OSHA SIR `2017065596` · 6/19/2017 · NORTH HIGHLANDS, CALIFORNIA
## 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 (USPS)
- **Location:** 6483 Watt Ave, NORTH HIGHLANDS, CALIFORNIA, 95660
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee experienced tightness in the chest and was disoriented during his mail route. The employee was hospitalized for heat stroke.

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