# Effects of heat  n.e.c. at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2025076940` · 7/17/2025 · WILKES BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Effects of heat  n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat  outdoor
- **Source:** Heat environmental
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 300 South Main Street, WILKES BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA, 18701
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A city carrier was driving a vehicle without air conditioning and delivering mail. The employee came back from his route at 2:52 PM and felt ill. The employee was hospitalized with heat-related dehydration.

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