# Effects of heat  n.e.c. at United Parcel Service, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025077138` · 7/22/2025 · ALTON, ILLINOIS
## 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:** United Parcel Service, Inc.
- **Location:** 1149 E Airline Drive, ALTON, ILLINOIS, 62002
- **NAICS:** 484220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 22, 2025, at approximately 4:30 a.m. after the previous day's shift, an employee was hospitalized with a kidney injury caused by heat-related illness. The employee had worked several consecutive days delivering packages in high outdoor heat and humidity without cooling gear.

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