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U.S. POSTAL SERVICE

Exposure to environmental heat — Effects of heat and light, unspecified — NEDERLAND, TEXAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at U.S. POSTAL SERVICE in NEDERLAND, TEXAS
Employer U.S. POSTAL SERVICE Report ID 2019066490
Address 315 North St. City, State ZIP NEDERLAND, TEXAS 77627
Event Date June 27, 2019 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Effects of heat and light, unspecified Body Part BODY SYSTEMS
Event Type Exposure to environmental heat Source of Injury Heat-environmental
Industry (NAICS) 491110 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 29.96000, -94.00000

Incident Narrative

A CCA employee suffered a heat-related injury (confusion and heavy breathing) while training with another employee delivering mail.

Incident Summary

On June 27, 2019, a worker at U.S. POSTAL SERVICE in NEDERLAND, TEXAS suffered effects of heat and light, unspecified 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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