# Heat exhaustion, prostration at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2023076298` · 7/14/2023 · GREENVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
## 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:** 300 West 2nd Street, GREENVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, 27834
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was delivering mail when they became overheated and dehydrated. They were hospitalized for heat exhaustion.

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