# Heat exhaustion, prostration at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2022075830` · 7/5/2022 · CREVE COEUR, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Heat exhaustion, prostration
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 331 N. New Ballas, CREVE COEUR, MISSOURI, 63141
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

After completing their delivery route, an employee returned to the mail facility and showed signs of heat exhaustion. The employee was hospitalized.

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