Authorities are investigating the death of a 47-year-old man at the Dow Prentiss Site on the evening of October 24.

The Prentiss site is home to a polyethylene plant operated by Dow Canada. Polyethylene is one of the most widely produced plastics in the world, with tens of million tons produced around the world each year.

Dow Canada confirmed the death through a tweet saying “Dow confirms at approximately midnight on October 24, 2018, there was a fatality at the Dow Prentiss site. Dow notified the appropriate authorities and the name of the worker is not being released at this time…”

They later tweeted out a statement to the family related:

Authorities are investigating the incident.