# Heat exhaustion, fatigue at United Parcel Service, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024076429` · 7/16/2024 · HARRINGTON, DELAWARE
## 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 Parcel Service, Inc.
- **Location:** 15994 S. Dupont Hwy, HARRINGTON, DELAWARE, 19952
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was delivering packages on a route when he began to lose his voice and experience cramps, resulting in hospitalization due to heat exhaustion and dehydration.

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