Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 127372.015 - Employee sustains heat exhaustion while delivering mail in h

Accident Summary Nr: 127372.015 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 06/26/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1481293.015	06/30/2020		491110	U.S. Postal Service

Abstract: At 3:50 p.m. on June 26, 2020, an employee working as a mail carrier for the post office was delivering mail. The employee began to experience symptoms consistent with heat-related illness due to high temperatures during his route. The employee was hospitalized to treat heat exhaustion.

Keywords: Dehydration, Delivery Work, Heat, Heat Exhaustion, Heat Injury Prevention Program, Heat index, Heat-related illness , High Temperature, Illness, Mail Carrier, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Postal Worker, Water, Weather

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1481293.015	29	M	Hospitalized injury		Mail carriers, postal service

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