# Effects of heat and light, n.e.c. at U.S.Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2019088640` · 8/21/2019 · MONTICELLO, KENTUCKY
## 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:** 1516 East Hwy 90 Bypass, MONTICELLO, KENTUCKY, 42633
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

While delivering mail, an employee began to suffer heat-/dehydration-related illness.

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