# Heat syncope at USPS
> OSHA SIR `2019099307` · 9/7/2019 · JOPLIN, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Heat syncope
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** USPS
- **Location:** 101 N Main St, JOPLIN, MISSOURI, 64801
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on his route delivering mail when he lost consciousness due to the heat and fell, striking his head on a mailbox. He was hospitalized.

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