# Effects of heat and light, n.e.c. at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2015086048` · 8/24/2015 · DENTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Effects of heat and light, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 101 E. McKinney St., DENTON, TEXAS, 76201
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A letter carrier became sick to his stomach. He was given water and told to sit down. The employee was transported and admitted to the hospital for dehydration.

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