A man in his 40s was found dead early on Tuesday morning at Navan Retail Park in Co Meath.
It is understood a large steel security gate at the entrance to a delivery section of the retail park collapsed on top of the man.
His body was discovered at about 6.20am on Tuesday and was removed to Navan General Hospital where a postmortem will be carried out. Gardaí are treating the death as a workplace incident.
The Health Service Authority is currently at the scene in Navan Retail Park which has been preserved for examination.