The in-depth story of the Tampa Electric Molten Slag Accident: “Mom, help me. I’m burning." These were the final words of a desperate son, trapped as molten slag poured around him. Although ...

Before today, I didn’t even know molten hot slag was a thing, never mind the massive, articulating trucks that are designed to haul the stuff. Not only are slag pot carriers real, they’re awesome.

The molten iron is tapped from the bottom of the furnace and transported to the steelmaking plant. The removed and cooled slag and can be used in construction, in building roads or other applications.

Steven Dierkes, the 39-year-old employee of a Mapleton, Ill., foundry, fell into an 11-foot-deep pot of molten iron heated to more 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit and was “immediately incinerated.” ...

Company fined after worker dies from fall into pot of molten iron twice as hot as lava. The 39-year-old employee was only on his ninth day at the job when he died.

These further showed that a seismic wave velocity close to that which resulted from the quake was only possible if Mars had a small, dense core of liquid iron surrounded by a molten silicate layer ...

The Caterpillar employee, a melting specialist at the Mapleton foundry, was removing an iron sample from a furnace when they fell into the 11-foot-deep pot, which was "heated to more than 2,000 ...

Caterpillar Inc. is facing more than $145,000 in fines from the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration because an employee fell into a pot of molten iron over the summer. Steven ...