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U.S. POSTAL SERVICE

Exposure to environmental heat — Effects of heat and light, n.e.c. — PROVO, UTAH

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at U.S. POSTAL SERVICE in PROVO, UTAH
Employer U.S. POSTAL SERVICE Report ID 2016076794
Address 936 SOUTH 250 EAST City, State ZIP PROVO, UTAH 84601
Event Date July 26, 2016 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Effects of heat and light, n.e.c. Body Part BODY SYSTEMS
Event Type Exposure to environmental heat Source of Injury Heat-environmental
Industry (NAICS) 491110 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 40.23000, -111.66000

Incident Narrative

An employee was delivering mail when he began to feel dizzy. He was hospitalized due to heat stress and kidney failure.

Incident Summary

On July 26, 2016, a worker at U.S. POSTAL SERVICE in PROVO, UTAH suffered effects of heat and light, n.e.c. to the body systems. The incident was classified as exposure to environmental heat, with heat-environmental identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

OSHA has recorded 2,196 severe injury reports involving "Exposure to environmental heat" incidents in our database. Browse all Exposure to environmental heat injuries.

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