A Ford Motor Company employee died Monday after being crushed by a malfunctioning industrial press machine at the automaker's transmission plant in Sharonville, Ohio.

Gregory Knopf, 61, was reportedly trapped and killed when the press machine unexpectedly activated while he was working. The incident occurred at Ford's Sharonville transmission manufacturing facility.

Details about the circumstances leading to the equipment malfunction have not been released. It remains unclear what safety protocols were in place or what may have caused the machine to turn on unexpectedly.

The Sharonville plant manufactures transmissions for Ford vehicles. The facility is one of several Ford manufacturing operations in Ohio.

Ford has not yet issued a public statement regarding the incident or announced any changes to safety procedures at the plant. Local authorities are expected to investigate the workplace fatality.