An employee died following an “incident” at the First Solar facility at 28101 Cedar Park Blvd., company officials announced Monday.

“We can confirm that an incident occurred at our manufacturing facility in Perrysburg, Ohio, resulting in the death of one of our colleagues,” First Solar officials said in a release.

“We are deeply saddened by this loss and extend our heartfelt condolences to our associate’s family, friends, and coworkers. Out of respect for those affected and to ensure the integrity of any ongoing investigations, we are not sharing further details at this time.”

Perrysburg Township emergency crews responded to the plant around 12:06 a.m., township officials said. They had no other information available to release Monday afternoon.

“We are cooperating fully with the relev

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