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.
MAPLETON − A federal investigation by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration concluded that Caterpillar failed to install necessary safety measures at the Mapleton foundry where a worker ...
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 ...