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Caterpillar worker dies when falling into container used to melt metal, officials say

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But he is credited with creating a new alloy - Manolium.

Ewwwwwww. Damn though - that's hell for the family...

Well, he’s got a glow to him….

I pray it was quick and painless.

That’s awful. Feel bad for him and the family.
I gotta think the guy was somewhere he wasn’t supposed to be, violating some safety protocol.
That said; if not, the family is gonna get a big chunk of caterpillar.

Sounds like an unfortunate schmelting accident . . .

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Considering the cost of steel these days, that's going to be one hell of an expensive funeral.

May God go with those three daughters. 😔

Here is video of the event.

That is terrible

Just by what little that was written in the article, at least two safety violations. No fall protection equipment used, working near an unguarded/uncovered hole in the floor. How fúckin STUPID can a person get... 🤬

Being the metal is more dense than a human, I'd assume he floated on top while just being on fire and burning. Hopefully he passed out quick due to lack of oxygen.

Thankfully it would be a very short but painful death. Prayers for his children who are now without a father.

I know what happens when a drop of water hits the surface of molten lead.

That's horrible. Prayers for the family.

Poor guy.

My uncle died at work too. He worked at the local brewery and fell into the Whiskey vat, several of his co-workers tried to save him but he bravely fought them off.

If you work in that setting and don't pay attention for a few seconds it can cost you your life.

Also true in very many settings outside of the office.

Not the first employee death at this facility. Here's a fella died at the plant last December.

There were two fatal accidents at the foundry during the time I worked there. The first one was an electrician that I knew put himself somewhere he shouldn't have been and got crushed to death. The second one was one of two general laborers got crushed to death inside a holding furnace while tearing out the brick lining in the furnace. I didn’t know the man who died, the kid that was inside the furnace helping him also got trapped for four hours before they could get him out went through plant orientation with me. Jason was never right after the accident. Neither were properly trained to be doing the debricking job.