# Multiple effects of heat and light at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2018066538` · 6/30/2018 · KNIGHTDALE, NORTH CAROLINA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple effects of heat and light
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 1003 Mulford Ct., KNIGHTDALE, NORTH CAROLINA, 27545
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

On June 30, 2018, an employee was delivering mail when he started to cramp and feel dehydrated. He went home after completing his route, but was then hospitalized for heat stress and dehydration.

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