# Effects of heat and light, n.e.c. at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2018077096` · 7/14/2018 · MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA
## 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:** Simpson and Wagner Roads, MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA, 26508
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 14, 2018, while delivering mail on foot, an employee became dehydrated and began vomiting. The employee was hospitalized for heat illness.

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