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The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited UPS Inc. for failing to protect employees working in excessive heat after an employee suffered heat-related injuries near the Riviera Beach, Florida, facility. The company faces $13,260 in penalties, the maximum penalty allowed by law for a serious violation.

The employee became ill while delivering packages and needed hospitalization. The heat index ranged between 99 and 105 degrees. OSHA cited the company for failing to adequately protect workers exposed to outdoor heat hazards.

“Employers must take proper precautions when employees work outdoors in excessive heat conditions, and ensure they receive prompt medical attention when exhibiting signs of heat-related illness,” said OSHA Area Director Condell Eastmond, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

A suspect is in custody after police say he tried to steal the tip jar from a restaurant on Old Spanish Trail.

This happened Saturday afternoon at the Wing Quarter in the 3900 block of OST.

Police said a man went into the restaurant at about 3:30 p.m. and ran out with the tip jar.

But a UPS driver was outside and witnessed the commotion, according to HPD.

That driver grabbed the suspect and got the tip jar back. The suspected thief ran away, but returned about a minute later in a car and shot at the UPS driver.

United Parcel Service Inc said on Friday it has been keeping a tab on shipments of prohibited substances by working with governments, in a response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s call to package delivery companies to refuse deliveries of synthetic opioid fentanyl from China.

Trump has asked package delivery companies UPS, as well as FedEx Corp and online retailer Amazon.com Inc to decline deliveries of the substance from China, which on Friday announced plans to impose new tariffs on U.S. goods.

The Transport Workers Union of America (TWU) and the United Parcel Service (UPS) have reached a tentative agreement for the Aircraft Dispatch Group.  Details of the tentative agreement will be forthcoming, as the parties finalize the documents.

Air Division Director Mike Mayes said, “This was a very important contract for our TWU membership at UPS who have been in negotiations for over four years. This contract provides our members with wages, health care, and pension security that is second to none in the industry. Our members trusted their negotiating team and our negotiating team fought against the odds to reach this agreement.”

“While it took longer than any of us wanted, UPS has done the right thing in providing our members with this well-earned contract,” said TWU Local 592 Air Carrier Representative Randy Carter.

Once the tentative agreement is finalized, members of the group will bring the process to review and a ratification vote will take place. Upon ratification, the new agreement will become effective Oct. 1, 2019.

Transporting medical samples between hospitals and their support facilities will be the initial market play for UPS as it expands into drone delivery services, according to plans filed with federal regulators.

The company’s drone unit, UPS Flight Forward, announced plans earlier this year to seek a “Part 35” exemption from Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations to allow it to expand beyond the limited phase of its drone system. Its application, published in the Federal Register on Aug. 22, comes weeks after Amazon filed for similar regulatory relief for its Amazon Prime Air drone system.

Since March, Flight Forward and its drone partner, Matternet, have been running a drone service for WakeMed hospital in Raleigh, NC. The operation involves transporting blood and medical samples for testing from satellite facilities to a laboratory on WakeMed’s main campus.