# Heat exhaustion, prostration at U.S. Postal Service - Brooklyn Center Branch
> OSHA SIR `2018055163` · 5/26/2018 · MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA
## 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 - Brooklyn Center Branch
- **Location:** 6848 Lee Ave N, MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, 55429
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

At 2:00 p.m. on May 26, 2018, a city mail carrier began vomiting after completing a route. 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*