# Heat stroke, syncope at United Parcel Service - Hamburg Road New Castle, DE.
> OSHA SIR `2025077408` · 7/29/2025 · NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Heat stroke, syncope
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat  outdoor
- **Source:** Heat environmental
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** United Parcel Service - Hamburg Road New Castle, DE.
- **Location:** 721 Hamburg Road, NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE, 19720
- **NAICS:** 484110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was driving and delivering packages when he experienced back spasms and lost consciousness. The employee was hospitalized for heat exhaustion and injury to his kidney.

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