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A 51-year-old male worker at a Tecumseh metal fabricating plant has died after becoming trapped under a heavy piece of steel Wednesday afternoon.

Emergency crews were called to R.J. Cyr Co. steel fabricators at 5015 Concession 8 shortly before 4 p.m. after a man became pinned under a 1,200-pound steel beam.

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Mike MacPherson works at nearby DeMonte Fabricating Ltd., and said emergency vehicles initially had difficulty locating the building, which sits on land adjacent to the Husky Truck Stop next to Highway 401.

“We heard the sirens shortly after 3:30 and there was some confusion with some emergency vehicles going south, some stopping across the roadway, others turning right, others went up to North Talbot, you could hear them further away,” said MacPherson.

The man was eventually freed from beneath the piece of metal and taken to Windsor Regional Hospital where he later died.

Apparently distraught co-workers could be seen outside the building, which has several large bay doors that were open on an unseasonably mild November day.