Company fined after worker dies from fall into pot of molten iron twice as hot as lava – IOTW Report

Company fined after worker dies from fall into pot of molten iron twice as hot as lava

Thursday, 17 November 2022, 17:00 MJA Uncategorized 13

ABC: One of the world’s biggest manufacturers of industrial vehicles and equipment has been cited and penalized for the death of a worker who fell into an 11-foot-deep pot of molten iron heated to more than 2,000 degrees this summer.

Steve Dierkes, a 39-year-old employee and melting specialist at a Caterpillar foundry which produces cast iron engine components in Mapleton, Illinois, was “immediately incinerated” after falling into the huge tub of molten iron that was heated to approximately twice the temperature of volcanic lava on June 2 earlier this year. Dierkes was only on the ninth day of his new job when he died. MORE

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  3. Guessing there will be nothing left of him to recover, will he just become part of an earth mover or other large vehicle? Caterpillar should dedicate the machine in his name. Like they did to bombers in WWII. “Steve Dierkes” painted on the side of the vehicle would be fitting.

    Or, bury the whole damned earth mover, with a tombstone over it: “Here lies Steve Dierkes, A Man of Steel and Iron Resolve…He Showed the World his True Mettle”.

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  13. I wonder if it was a suicide. My former nephew who is a towboat captain was found dead floating in a local river three days ago near his towboat. That’s what is suspected. Sad deal. RIP

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