Submitted Photo An interior photo of Dunkirk Specialty Steel.

An employee’s death at the Dunkirk Specialty Steel plant on Brigham Road this week is under investigation.

A U.S. Labor Department spokesman on Thursday did confirm that “(the Occupational Safety and Health Administration) is currently investigating this incident and has six months to complete its investigation. More information will be available after the investigation is complete.”

Dunkirk Fire Chief Nicholas Barter said the city department responded to the incident, which was classified as an industrial accident, at the plant around 5 p.m. Monday.

Universal Stainless Steel headquarters in Bridgeville, Pa., did not return a phone call from the OBSERVER on Thursday afternoon. A call to the city plant was referred to the company attorney.

It is the first death at the location since 1995 when a worker was caught in a piece of machinery.

Universal Stainless took over the plant in 2002 after it closed in 2001. It has additional locations in North Jackson, Ohio, Bridgeville and Titusville, Pa.