ELYRIA — A man LifeFlighted from the Elyria Foundry this morning has “pretty serious” but nonlife-threatening  injuries to his arm, which had become stuck in a large piece of machinery, according to Elyria Fire Capt. Joe Pronesti.

Pronesti said firefighters were called to the foundry at 7:40 this morning, but Charles Bolin, 26, had actually been trapped “for some time” before anyone heard him screaming for help. Once firefighters arrived, Bolin was free in 36 minutes, Pronesti said.

Bolin was taken in an ambulance across the street to Basil’s restaurant, where he was loaded into a LifeFlight helicopter to be flow to MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland. His condition was not immediately available.

Bolin had been doing some maintenance work on the machinery when it came on for some reason, Pronesti said.

Pronesti commended the firefighters who freed Bolin for working well in what he called “a very tight space.”

“The hardest part was getting guys in there,” Pronesti said. “Our extrication tools are kind of large, so they had to do some real thinking in there.”

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