Update, 9:50 p.m.: A man sustained injuries to his lower leg after about 4,300 pounds of sheet metal fell on him Monday, the Chicago Tribune reports.
Crews used the jaws of life to free the man, who works at Metalex on the 1500 block of Artaius Parkway in Libertyville, according to the Tribune.
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Original story: Crews are on the scene on the 1500 block of Artaius Parkway extricating a man trapped under sheet metal, according to a dispatch alert.
The man is trapped under 40 sheets of sheet metal, according to the alert, and an "extensive extrication" is underway.
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