# Heat exhaustion, prostration at USPS
> OSHA SIR `2016065545` · 6/22/2016 · SPRINGFIELD, 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:** 1919 W BENNETT, SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, 65807
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee felt ill at work while delivering mail on a walking/driving route. He was hospitalized for heat exhaustion.

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