# Effects of heat and light, unspecified at UPS
> OSHA SIR `2017076471` · 7/13/2017 · METAIRIE, LOUISIANA
## 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:** UPS
- **Location:** 5000 West Esplanade, METAIRIE, LOUISIANA, 70006
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was delivering mail along a route in an open mail truck. Around 5 p.m., he began experiencing hand and leg cramps. The cramping persisted overnight and he was hospitalized the next morning for heat-related illness.

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