Weird you want...
A man has died after falling into a vat of hot chocolate at a factory in the US state of New Jersey.
Vincent Smith Jr, 29, was emptying pieces of solid chocolate into the melting vat when he slipped from a platform into the 2.5m (8ft) deep unit.
A spokesman for the local prosecutor's office said the man appeared to have died instantly from a blow to his head by a paddle mixing the chocolate.
His colleagues at the factory tried to shut down the mixer, but were too late.
Mr Smith was a temporary worker at the Cocoa Services Inc plant in the city of Camden.
The chocolate is mixed at the plant by another company before being shipped.
I know that's sad and everything...but I hope they questioned the Oompa Loompas on this one!
Weird little bastards!
I have a couple of comments:
ReplyDelete" A spokesman for the local prosecutor's office said the man appeared to have died instantly from a blow to his head by a paddle mixing the chocolate."
- Good thing too. I'd pity the poor assistant county coroner who had to remove the chocolate-filled lungs if the guy had actually drowned in the stuff!
" His colleagues at the factory tried to shut down the mixer, but were too late."
- Indeed; they foresaw having to completely clean the mixer... beyond clean... as in FDA-inspected clean...
" Mr Smith was a temporary worker at the Cocoa Services Inc plant in the city of Camden."
- Temporary? Not anymore!
" The chocolate is mixed at the plant by another company before being shipped."
- It is unknown at this time if the other company also makes Soylent Green...
'I know that's sad and everything...but I hope they questioned the Oompa Loompas on this one!'
- They couldn't. Union rules won't allow it.