SAN ANTONIO – H-E-B faces nearly $50,000 in penalties following an Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigation into the death of an employee who was injured at the grocer’s Northeast Side warehouse.
OSHA records show H-E-B was initially cited for 10 safety violations — eight labeled “serious” — for a total $80,388 penalty. H-E-B told KSAT after presenting evidence of safety training, processes and compliance, the federal agency dismissed seven of the violations, lowering the penalty to $49,650.
The investigation stems from the death of Austin Lewis Flores. H-E-B said Flores “was involved in an accident at work,” on April 4, 2026, at the company’s warehouse near Interstate 35 and Rittiman Road…