# Heat exhaustion, prostration at United States Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2023065442` · 6/20/2023 · COPPERAS COVE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Heat exhaustion, prostration
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Postal Service
- **Location:** 802 East Avenue D, COPPERAS COVE, TEXAS, 76522
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was delivering mail outside when they began exhibiting 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*