Death by chocolate
Well, almost:
A man has died after falling into a vat of melted chocolate in a New Jersey processing plant, authorities say.
The Camden County prosecutor’s office identified the victim as 29-year-old Vincent Smith II, a temporary worker at the Cocoa Services Inc plant.
Overwhelmed by that sweet chocolate-y goodness? Nothing so poetic, alas:
[A] co-worker tried to shut off the machine and two others tried to pull Smith out of the 2.5-metre deep vat. He was hit and fatally injured by the agitator that mixes the chocolate.
So far, the press has generally refrained from obvious jokes, as will I.
McGehee »
10 July 2009 · 9:19 pm
I hope they don’t fudge their safety stats.
There — now nobody else will feel compelled to break the embargo.