Effects of heat and light, unspecified

Name: Effects of heat and light, unspecified at US Postal Service
Start: 8/5/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019088003 · 8/5/2019 · US Postal Service

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: BODY SYSTEMS
Nature of injury: Effects of heat and light, unspecified

Cause

Event: Exposure to environmental heat
Source: Heat-environmental

Employer

Name: US Postal Service
Location: 404 South Boulder Highway, HENDERSON, NEVADA, 89015
NAICS: 491110
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee had completed approximately seven hours and forty-five minutes of mail carrying duties. He returned to the post office and went to the break area. He was observed to be ill but was responsive. The employee was hospitalized for a heat-related illness.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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