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Worker Dies After Falling Into Vat Of Melted Chocolate
Authorities say a man has died after falling into a vat of melted chocolate in a New Jersey processing plant.
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Authorities say a man has died after falling into a vat of melted chocolate in a New Jersey processing plant.
The Camden County prosecutor's office identified the victim as
29-year-old Vincent Smith II of Camden. He was a temporary worker at the Cocoa Services Inc. plant.
The accident happened Wednesday morning as Smith was loading chocolate into a vat where it's melted and mixed before being shipped elsewhere to be made into candy.
Prosecutor's spokesman Jason Laughlin says a co-worker tried to shut off the machine and two others tried to pull Smith out of the 8-foot-deep vat. He was hit and fatally injured by the agitator that mixes the chocolate.
Cocoa Services hires a second company -- Lyons and Sons -- to do the mixing.
Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.
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Weird way to go. Did he get a Oompa-Loompa song at his funeral?
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I have been waiting for someone to say that. I thought it as soon as I heard this on the radio on my way to work!!!
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this death by chocolate was actually predicted many years ago by the smothers brothers. they even wrote a song about it. as a retired president of a mid-sized manufacturing company, i can tell you that safety is more than trying ti lower insurance rates. safety was an constant in my employees' work day. i believe that to be true in 99% of companies.
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