One person is dead after being "consumed by fire and molten metal" Thursday at Caterpillar's Mapleton foundry. Peoria County Sheriff's Office deputies responded at about 5 p.m. to the plant on U.S.

A worker at the Caterpillar foundry in Mapleton, Illinois, died in a workplace accident on Thursday, June 2. Wilfredo Lee AP A worker at a Caterpillar foundry died instantly after he fell into a ...

MAPLETON — A Peoria man is dead after falling into a crucible at the Caterpillar foundry in Mapleton, the Peoria County coroner said. Steven Dierkes, 39, who lived on West McClure Avenue, was ...

MAPLETON, Ill. (WAND) - A Caterpillar Inc. cast metals foundry has been temporarily shutdown, the company said on Tuesday. They say the closure was due to customer demands in the oil and gas industry.

File photo of a Caterpillar truck. Authorities cited Caterpillar Inc. after a worker was killed at its Mapleton foundry earlier this year. Seth Perlman ASSOCIATED PRESS A 39-year-old employee on their ...

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