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Heat exhaustion, prostration

1 hospitalization · 2022076144 · 7/14/2022 · United Postal Service, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
BODY SYSTEMS
Nature of injury
Heat exhaustion, prostration

Cause

Event
Exposure to environmental heat
Source
Heat-environmental

Employer

Name
United Postal Service, Inc.
Location
14650 Santa Fe Trial Drive, LENEXA, KANSAS, 66215
NAICS
492210
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

A UPS employee was working as a package car driver sorting/selecting packages in the back of the vehicle and walking to/from delivery points with the packages during extreme heat. The employee was hospitalized for heat exhaustion.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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