An 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 (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.'
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