The Ministry of Labour and OPP are investigating after a Howick Township man was found dead in a manure pit near Listowel.

Huron County OPP say the man was found by a co-worker just after 11:30 a.m. Monday at a pig farm on McIntosh Line, east of Gorrie and northwest of Listowel.

Jack Schwehr, 60, was declared dead at the scene.

A post-mortem is scheduled to take place Tuesday in London.