# Heat exhaustion, prostration at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2017076699` · 7/19/2017 · PARKERSBURG, 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:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** Liberty Street, PARKERSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA, 26101
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 19, 2017, at approximately 2:00 p.m., an employee experienced dizziness, cramping, and nausea, during the delivery of mail on his route. The employee was hospitalized for acute kidney failure and heat exhaustion. The heat index at the time of the incident was 90 degrees.

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