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So bad feds got involved: Freak factory accident melts worker in half, and it could have been prevented

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited equipment manufacturer Caterpillar for violations of the Occupational Safety and Health Act after an employee at one of its foundries fell into molten iron in June.

The 39-year-old worker, Steven Dierkes, was just nine days into his job as a melting specialist at Caterpillar’s foundry in Mapleton, Illinois, when he fell into an 11-foot-deep vat of molten iron heated to over 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit, according to an OSHA news release.

Dierkes was removing a sample of molten iron from the furnace when he fell into it and was “immediately incinerated.”

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