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  • 60'schild
    Silver Haired Silver Ager
    • Mar 27, 2009
    • 0

    Man dies after falling in vat of chocolate

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090709/...colate_death_4

    CAMDEN, N.J. – 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.
  • Mikey
    Verbose Member
    • Aug 9, 2001
    • 47258

    #2
    That's weird that could happen.

    I've seen how them vats operate (at M&M Mars) and they're surrounded by safety features including toe kickers, knee stoppers, waist bars and heavy plexiglass dust covers to boot.

    To fall in you'd literally have to go out of your way to avoid all the safety devices.

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    • hobub
      Ghost of a Dead Indian
      • Jun 18, 2001
      • 4778

      #3
      Sad to hear. But of course, this comes to mind.
      Last edited by hobub; Jul 9, '09, 4:56 PM.

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      • generic
        Persistent Member
        • Jun 25, 2009
        • 1237

        #4
        Originally posted by hobub
        Or the Gobstopper movie trailer staring Christopher Lloyd:

        http://gobstoppermovie.com/trailer.html

        If you haven't seen it, it's awesome!
        Nostalgia just ain’t what it used to be.

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        • 4NDR01D
          Alpha Centauri....OR DIE!
          • Jan 22, 2008
          • 3266

          #5
          Originally posted by generic
          Or the Gobstopper movie trailer staring Christopher Lloyd:

          http://gobstoppermovie.com/trailer.html

          If you haven't seen it, it's awesome!
          That's hilarious, I feel like an idiot but I had to check IMDB just to make sure it wasn't a real movie.

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          • generic
            Persistent Member
            • Jun 25, 2009
            • 1237

            #6
            Originally posted by stretchandro
            That's hilarious, I feel like an idiot but I had to check IMDB just to make sure it wasn't a real movie.
            I checked IMDB too. I just couldn't believe that Christopher Lloyd was involved and the quality was so good if it wasn't promoting anything.
            Nostalgia just ain’t what it used to be.

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            • BlackKnight
              The DarkSide Customizer
              • Apr 16, 2005
              • 14622

              #7
              It seems as if the M Curse wants to grab more than just Celeb's now....
              ... The Original Knight ..., Often Imitated, However Never Duplicated. The 1st Knight in Customs.


              always trading for Hot Toys Figures .

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              • jessica
                fortune favors the bold
                • Nov 5, 2007
                • 4590

                #8
                Originally posted by BlackKnight
                It seems as if the M Curse wants to grab more than just Celeb's now....
                Those who look outside dream. Those who look within awake.
                Samples of my work are found here: Life, Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness

                To do list:
                1:6 boots for Mathilda, 1:1 Romulan Commander outfit, Ursus helmet; Cornelius appliance
                1:9 scale ape's new suit for Cornelius;

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                • megocrazy
                  Museum Trouble Maker
                  • Feb 18, 2007
                  • 3718

                  #9
                  Originally posted by BlackKnight
                  It seems as if the M Curse wants to grab more than just Celeb's now....
                  I hope the chocolate wasn't going to be used to make M&M's. It could cause a paradox rift that would destroy all the galaxy. And peanut M&M's could result in destruction of biblical proportions.
                  It's not a doll it's an action figure.

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                  • jwyblejr
                    galactic yo-yo
                    • Apr 6, 2006
                    • 11147

                    #10
                    That's what happens when they don't have Oompa Loompas to get the guy out.

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                    • The Toyroom
                      The Packaging King
                      • Dec 31, 2004
                      • 16653

                      #11
                      Mmmmmmmmmmm chocolate.....
                      Think OUTSIDE the Box! For the BEST in Repro & Custom Packaging!

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                      • Hector
                        el Hombre de Acero
                        • May 19, 2003
                        • 31852

                        #12
                        If I'm going to die in a similar manner...I want to drown in a massive beer tank.

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                        • toys2cool
                          Ultimate Mego Warrior
                          • Nov 27, 2006
                          • 28605

                          #13
                          poor guy
                          "Time to nut up or shut up" -Tallahassee

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                          • txteach
                            Banned
                            • Jun 17, 2005
                            • 3769

                            #14
                            I wanna drown in a sea of nude hot models.

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                            • saildog
                              Permanent Member
                              • Apr 9, 2006
                              • 2270

                              #15
                              Originally posted by Hector
                              If I'm going to die in a similar manner...I want to drown in a massive beer tank.

                              Sh*t, I'd have to pee before I drowned so I'd just get out and take a leek.........rather than befoul any beer. Then, I'd get back in.

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