Steven Dierkes celebrated his 39th birthday one month before his death on June 2, according to his obituary Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer-Reporter for PEOPLE. An Illinois man "died ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 50-year-old East Peoria man working at the Caterpillar Inc. Mapleton foundry fell to his death Thursday, according to the Peoria ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A sign points the way to the Caterpillar Inc. Proving Grounds at Spring Creek Road and Caterpillar Lane in rural Washington. For ...

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 ...

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 ...

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MAPLETON, Ill. — Caterpillar Inc. is facing proposed fines of more than $145,000 after a federal investigation concluded that the construction-equipment manufacturer failed to install necessary safety ...

A man was killed instantly at work after tripping and falling into a vat of molten iron which was almost 1,500C. Steven Dierkes, 39, was left with half his body lying on the factory floor at the ...