SAN ANTONIO — A federal agency which looks into workplace deaths confirmed it was investigating a fatal October incident centered around an H-E-B employee who San Antonio police say was found unconscious inside a warehouse freezer.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), said it began its investigation on Oct. 24 – the day local authorities said 27-year-old Teresa Dominguez died – but hasn't been able to provide updates for the last few weeks due to the federal government shutdown. On Thursday, with the shutdown lifted, the agency said it began its investigation "without incident or delay."

According to an SAPD incident report, Dominguez had "sustained an injury from possibly a forklift" at the facility before she was found in a freezer. She eventually died at a loca

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