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Illinois foundry worker dies after falling into crucible filled with 2,600F molten iron



An Illinois foundry worker died when he accidentally fell into a 2,600-degrees Fahrenheit molten iron crucible, burning half of his body while the other half dropped on the factory floor.

Steven Dierkes, 39, was only on the fifth day of his new job on June 2 at Caterpillar Mapleton Foundry in Peoria County when 'he was taking a sample of iron for the met lab and apparently just tripped', an anonymous veteran factory worker identified as 'Ron' told World Socialist Web Site (WSWS).

'He died instantly, but not all of him went in,' the source added. 'Part of his body remained on the deck for the coroner to retrieve. It must have been ghastly for those folks that witnessed it and to wait for the coroner with half of their coworker lying on the floor.'

Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood said that foul play has been ruled out and that an investigation led by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the county's coroner office and sheriff's office is ongoing, the Peoria Journal Star reports.

Local authorities were called to the facility at around 10 a.m. on Thursday after an 'occupational accident' had been reported, Peoria County Sheriff's Office Captain Chris Watkins said. An online obituary for Dierkes revealed that the father-of-three died at 9.23 a.m. - nearly half an hour before deputies arrived at the scene of the incident.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10895331/Illinois-foundry-worker-dies-falling-crucible-filled-2-600F-molten-iron.html