SAN FRANCISCO police say an employee at the Cirque du Soleil Luzia show has died from his injuries in what was termed an “industrial accident.”

The employee who passed away was technician Olivier Rochette, the son of Gilles Ste-Croix, one of the founders of the world-famous travelling circus.

Officer Carlos Manfredi confirmed the death late Tuesday.

Officer Grace Gatpandan says officers responded to the area near AT & T Park after receiving a report of an “industrial accident” at the Cirque du Soleil Luzia tent in Lot A Tuesday evening.

Rochette passed away in hospital.

She says officers with San Francisco Police Department Traffic Collision Investigation Unit and investigators with the state’s workplace safety regulator, Cal/OSHA, are at the scene investigating.

Sarah Guyard-Guillot who was an acrobat for Cirque de Soleil passed away in July, 2013 after a safety wire became detached causing her to fall almost 30 metres.

The CEO of the circus, Daniel Lamarre, said he was “heartbroken” in a statement to BBC adding “Olivier has always been a member of our tight family and a beloved colleague.”