A post-mortem examination is to be carried out on the body of a man who died in a workplace accident in Boyle.

GardaĆ­ and emergency services responded to the accident at a construction site in the north Roscommon town shortly after 9am.

A man his 40s was pronounced dead at the scene.

His body has since been removed to the mortuary at Roscommon University Hospital for a post-mortem examination.

The local Coroner has been notified.

The Health and Safety Authority has been notified.