# Effects of heat and light, unspecified at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2019088488` · 8/17/2019 · BETHANY, OKLAHOMA
## 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:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 6801 NW 59th Street, BETHANY, OKLAHOMA, 73008
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 17, 2019, a mail carrier was at the last stop of his route when he became nauseated and began vomiting. He was hospitalized for heat-related illness.

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