# Heat exhaustion, fatigue at UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
> OSHA SIR `2024065753` · 6/27/2024 · FORT WORTH, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Heat exhaustion, fatigue
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat  outdoor
- **Source:** Heat environmental
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
- **Location:** 4108 San Quint, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76107
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A mail carrier experienced cramping in her left foot that led to pain from her foot to her thigh. She was hospitalized for dehydration/heat exhaustion.

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