United Postal Service, Inc.
Exposure to environmental heat — Heat exhaustion, prostration — LENEXA, KANSAS
| Employer | United Postal Service, Inc. | Report ID | 2022076144 |
| Address | 14650 Santa Fe Trial Drive | City, State ZIP | LENEXA, KANSAS 66215 |
| Event Date | July 14, 2022 | Outcome | Hospitalized |
| Nature of Injury | Heat exhaustion, prostration | Body Part | BODY SYSTEMS |
| Event Type | Exposure to environmental heat | Source of Injury | Heat-environmental |
| Industry (NAICS) | 492210 | Inspection # | 1610886 |
| GPS Coordinates | 38.92000, -94.75000 | ||
Incident 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.
Incident Summary
On July 14, 2022, a worker at United Postal Service, Inc. in LENEXA, KANSAS suffered heat exhaustion, prostration 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
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