# Effects of heat and light, unspecified at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2020077168` · 7/30/2020 · READING, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 3321 Kutztown Road, READING, PENNSYLVANIA, 19605
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At 4:30 p.m., after delivering mail from a van, an employee developed heat stress and was hospitalized.

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