# Effects of heat and light, n.e.c. at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2017077223` · 7/29/2017 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Effects of heat and light, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 747 Crosstimbers, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77022
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was delivering mail and became dizzy and sweaty. The employee was hospitalized for a dehydration related injury.

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