# Effects of heat and light, unspecified at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2016065130` · 6/10/2016 · BENTON, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Effects of heat and light, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 123 N Olive St, BENTON, ARKANSAS, 72015
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was delivering mail on his walking route when he became lightheaded and dizzy. The temperature at the time was 91 degrees with a humidity of 41%. He was hospitalized with heat stress.

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