# Heat exhaustion, fatigue at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2024087274` · 8/8/2024 · BUFORD, GEORGIA
## 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:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 6760 Maple Avenue, BUFORD, GEORGIA, 30518
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking into the building after returning from his route which involves driving a delivery route for 8-9 hours a day. The employee felt hot and ill, and he started to experience aches and cramps. He was hospitalized for heat illness due to dehydration.

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