# Multiple effects of heat and light at United States Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2022065230` · 6/16/2022 · INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple effects of heat and light
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Postal Service
- **Location:** 14200 East 32nd Street South, INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI, 64055
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A postal carrier was on their delivery route and experienced heat exhaustion and dehydration. The employee was hospitalized.

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