# Effects of heat and light, unspecified at US Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2019088003` · 8/5/2019 · HENDERSON, NEVADA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Effects of heat and light, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** US Postal Service
- **Location:** 404 South Boulder Highway, HENDERSON, NEVADA, 89015
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee had completed approximately seven hours and forty-five minutes of mail carrying duties. He returned to the post office and went to the break area. He was observed to be ill but was responsive. The employee was hospitalized for a heat-related illness.

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