A man who worked for SEMA Equipment, Inc.  died after falling from a raised platform at the business in LeRoy on Monday morning.

According to Mower County Sheriff Terese Amazi, Gary James Retterath, 47, of Stacyville, Iowa, was repairing a combine when the accident occurred at about 11:30 a.m. on Monday. Retterath was standing on the platform trying to remove an auger from the combine. The auger snapped, causing him to lose his footing and fall onto a cement floor with a metal grate.

An ambulance from LeRoy Emergency Services was called to the scene. CPR administered to Retterath proved unsuccessful and a doctor pronounced him dead at the scene.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will be investigating the accident.