# Effects of heat and light, n.e.c. at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2018088455` · 8/17/2018 · 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:** 5415 Lawndale St., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77023
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 17, 2018, around 3 p.m., an employee was driving back to a postal station after delivering mail when she threw up and became nauseated. She was hospitalized for kidney failure, dehydration, nausea, and vomiting.

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