A dad was killed instantly after he tripped and fell into a vat of 1,500C molten iron in a tragic workplace accident.
Steven Dierkes was 'split in half' with part of his body left lying on the factory floor in front of horrified colleagues at the Caterpillar Mapleton Foundry in Illinois last Thursday.
Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood was quoted in the Peoria Journal Star saying that no foul play was suspected in the 39-year-old's death.
