# Heat exhaustion, prostration at USPS
> OSHA SIR `2015085334` · 8/1/2015 · KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Heat exhaustion, prostration
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** USPS
- **Location:** 12300 E 57TH ST, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, 64133
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking his mail delivery route when he experienced heat stress symptoms. He was hospitalized and treated for heat exhaustion.

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