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   https://abcnews.go.com/US/company-fined-worker-dies-fall-pot-molten-   
   iron/story?id=93400947   
      
   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.   
      
   “Investigators with the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and   
   Health Administration determined the foundry routinely exposed employees   
   to unprotected fall hazards as they worked within four feet of deep   
   ceramic containers of super-heated molten iron,” OSHA said in a statement.   
   “If required safety guards or fall protection had been installed, the 39-   
   year-old employee's ninth day on the job might not have been their last.”   
      
   Caterpillar, a Fortune 500 corporation and construction equipment   
   manufacturer, was cited for one willful violation and fined $145,027 by   
   OSHA, according to OSHA’s statement announcing the punishment.   
      
   "A worker's life could have been spared if Caterpillar had made sure   
   required safety protections were in place, a fact that only adds to this   
   tragedy," said OSHA Regional Administrator Bill Donovan in Chicago.   
   "Producing more than 150,000 tons each year, Caterpillar's foundry is one   
   of the nation's largest and they should be acutely aware of industry   
   regulations to protect workers using smelters and other dangerous   
   equipment."   
      
   Federal safety regulations require employers to install guardrails and   
   restraint systems to protect workers from falls into dangerous equipment   
   like Dierkes suffered.   
      
   "Caterpillar's failure to meet its legal responsibilities to ensure the   
   safety and health of workers leaves this worker's family, friends and co-   
   workers to grieve needlessly," said OSHA Area Director Christine Zortman   
   in Peoria, Illinois. "We implore employers to review the agency specific   
   regulations to protect workers from falls into equipment in industrial   
   settings."   
      
   More than 800 people are employed at the Caterpillar foundry in Mapleton,   
   Illinois, and the foundry manufactures “engine components used for   
   construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas   
   engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives,”   
   according to OSHA.   
      
   Caterpillar has 15 business days from the time of OSHA’s citation to   
   either comply, request an informal conference with OSHA’s area director to   
   discuss the matter further or contest the findings and citation in front   
   of the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.   
      
      
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