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 Caterpillar Mapleton Foundry in Illinois last Thursday.
Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood was reported in the Peoria Journal Star as saying that foul play was not suspected.