A man died after falling into a cast iron vat, according to the coroner. Steven Dierkes, 39, was collecting a sample from the crucible at 1.400°C When tripped and fell, dying instantly. Half your body was out of the containeraccording to a colleague at Caterpillar’s Mapleton Foundry in Illinois.
The official had three daughters. The family remembers him as a “a hardworking teddy bear” who “absolutely adored” his daughters, ages 12, 5 and 4, and wife Jessica Stutter.
According to the Peoria Journal Star, from Steven’s hometown, police rules out crime in the tragic accident that took place on the morning of June 2nd. But they were raised Foundry safety concernswhere another worker died in December last year after climbing down a ladder and falling 20 feet into a hole in the ground.
An employee said that Steven “was only there for five days” and didn’t have enough training to be there, according to the “World Socialist Web Site.”
The installation was fined US $ 5,750 (about $ 28,000) by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for a security breach in 2020, due to failure of “fall protection systems and falling objects”.
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