A man whose dismembered body was found at a recycling facility has been identified as 60-year-old Robert Benedict of Dayton.

Benedict’s leg was found inside a bundle of cardboard at the Rumpke Recycling Facility on East Monument Avenue late Wednesday and authorities said the remaining parts of his body were later found at the plant, according to Ken Betz, director of the Montgomery County Coroner’s Office.

Dayton Police Sgt. Eric Sheldon said a worker at the plant in the 1900 block of East Monument discovered the leg.

Benedict’s body is being autopsied by the coroner’s office in order to determine how he died. An official cause had not been determined Thursday afternoon.

Benedict was wearing work boots and blue jeans, according to Sheldon, but Rumpke officials said he was not an employee of the waste collecting company. The gruesome discovery has supervisors with the company working to make sure workers at the factory are able to cope with the finding at the plant.

“Even though we think they’re alright this minute, tomorrow when this sinks into them it could be devastating,” Larry Stone, safety director for Rumpke, said. “A person lost their life for some reason that we don’t know and we want to make sure that our employees are talked to by a professional that can help them just understand the whole grieving process.”

Police believe the worker discovered the body possibly around the same time the body arrived at the facility, according to Sheldon. Initially the employee found the leg and immediately shut down the machine he was working with, and upon further investigation the remaining portion of the man’s body was discovered around 150 feet away, Sheldon said.

The majority of the plant remained operational during the investigation as authorities were able to isolate the scene to a small section of the facility, Sheldon said. Investigators quarantined the scene off with crime tape to prevent any contamination of evidence.

Stone said where the body came from is still a lingering question and with the facility serving around five counties, it could take some time to discover where the victim arrived at the plant from. He said the company will be working with authorities to find answers.