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United States Postal Service

Exposure to environmental heat — Multiple effects of heat and light — BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at United States Postal Service in BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
Employer United States Postal Service Report ID 2020076932
Address 16 Thomas Patten Drive City, State ZIP BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02205
Event Date July 23, 2020 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Multiple effects of heat and light Body Part BODY SYSTEMS
Event Type Exposure to environmental heat Source of Injury Heat-environmental
Industry (NAICS) 491110 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 42.35000, -71.05000

Incident Narrative

An employee who had been delivering mail was hospitalized with heat exhaustion and dehydration.

Incident Summary

On July 23, 2020, a worker at United States Postal Service in BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS suffered multiple effects of heat and light 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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