Chocolate KILLS!!

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An employee at a New Jersey chocolate processing plant died Wednesday after falling into a vat of hot chocolate, according to a spokesman for the Camden County Prosecutor's office. Vincent Smith II, 29, was dumping raw chocolate into the vat for melting when he fell in from a nine-foot high platform. He suffered a fatal blow to the head from the vat's agitator, a paddle-like mechanism used for stirring the chocolate.
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Wow that sucks. That in fact is a chocolate coated suck-fest!



http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/07/09/new.jersey.chocolate.death/index.html
 
Well, technically the chocolate didn't kill, the giant metal spade killed.

I'd die with a smile if I were him.
 
Wonder what happened to all the chocolate in the vat. Mmmmm.... raspberry filling!:yikes:
 
Wow sounds eerily like the guy that got thrown into the paper vat in WI years ago. Although in that case he was already unconcious, and his co-workers added a 40 pound weight to his neck.
 
if only they mixed their chocolate by waterfall instead of an agitating paddle...
 
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-harry
 
Hopefully the rescue crews at least sang a catchy tune when they arrived.

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Chocolate is slippery... And, despite that the employees have been filling the mixer for years, maybe generations, without incident, expect OSHA to give the employer an enema over this one - ya gotta justify your budget somehow...
No headgear
No safety barrier
No fall arrest harness
No dead-man switch to stop the mixer
No thermal protection garment

denny-o fondly remembering his encounters with OSHA
 
Chocolate is slippery... And, despite that the employees have been filling the mixer for years, maybe generations, without incident, expect OSHA to give the employer an enema over this one - ya gotta justify your budget somehow...
No headgear
No safety barrier
No fall arrest harness
No dead-man switch to stop the mixer
No thermal protection garment

denny-o fondly remembering his encounters with OSHA

No so fast though....some of those did and probably did exist.

The story made reference to the dead-man switch, but they got to it too late. There may have been a safety barrier, and maybe the man was defeating it.

Without details, its hard to say. I do fear you're correct about the employer getting screwed by OSHA though. Sigh.
 
Wow sounds eerily like the guy that got thrown into the paper vat in WI years ago. Although in that case he was already unconcious, and his co-workers added a 40 pound weight to his neck.

Hanging out with our safety guys and hearing about all of the ways people can die in a manufacturing facility is a great way to take the flavor out of a day.

Cheers,

-Andrew
 
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