# Effects of heat and light, n.e.c. at United Parcel Service
> OSHA SIR `2018089024` · 8/31/2018 · BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS
## 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:** United Parcel Service
- **Location:** 200 Oak Hill Way, BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02301
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was delivering packages along his truck route when he became dehydrated due to the hot weather, requiring hospitalization.

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