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Steven Dierkes, 39, was taking a sample from the crucible when he tripped and fell in at the Caterpillar Mapleton Foundry in Illinois last Thursday.
OSHA began an investigation after the accidental death of Steven Dierkes at the Caterpillar Mapleton Foundry in June.
In discussing Lehman’s program, many workers voiced strong agreement with his call to end the wage and benefit tier system, bring temporary workers up to full pay, and restore COLA and pensions, among other demands.
Tragedy struck the Caterpillar Mapleton Foundry in Illinois last Thursday, June 2, after employee Steven Dierkes plunged to his death while working. The dad of 3 tripped and fell into a vat of molten iron which had a temperature of almost 1,500 degrees Celsius, causing his body to split in half.
Steven Dierkes, 39, was only on the fifth day of his new job at Caterpillar Mapleton Foundry in Peoria County when he tripped and fell, a factory worker said.