RCMP and workplace safety officials are investigating a fatal workplace incident at a mine in northern Manitoba.

Police say the fatality occurred on Saturday at the mine in Snow Lake, about 685 kilometres north of Winnipeg.

They say a 59-year-old man from Brandon was working in the mine late on Saturday night when he fell.

Workers on scene administered first aid and rescue personnel transported the male out of the mine. He was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.