A man has died after falling into a vat of hot chocolate

ISmokeIce · #1 07-09-2009, 11:21 AM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8141612.stm

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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 Mr Smith 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.

'Need answers'

Jason Laughlin, from the local county prosecutor's office, said: "There are paddles, called agitators, that are moving inside this vat. He was hit by one of them before someone could hit the shut-off valve."

Investigators said the chocolate had reached 49C (120F). It was being melted in the factory before being shipped out to other companies to make into chocolate bars and other sweets.

Mr Smith had been in the vat for about ten minutes before rescue crews arrived.

Thombe Smith, told journalists: "We just really need to know what happened to my cousin. We just need some answers."

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, part of the US Department of Labor, is investigating the accident.

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CK_army · #2 07-09-2009, 11:23 AM

(clever post)

shamey79 · #3 07-09-2009, 11:28 AM

melt the chocolate they said

Jonnyblaze1991 · #4 07-09-2009, 11:31 AM

It's how any real man would have wanted to go.

shamey79 · #5 07-09-2009, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Jonnyblaze1991

It's how any real man would have wanted to go.

vat of beer would of been more appropriate if i had to die in a vat, beerfest style

SPLAT-IQ · #6 07-09-2009, 11:38 AM

I don't thin I'm going to be eating chocolate for a while.

Ali Legend (Banned) · #7 07-09-2009, 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by SPLAT-IQ

I don't thin I'm going to be eating chocolate for a while.

Why not.. you don't have to make it... oh wait... yeah...

Srs, you think that they'll actually distribute the chocolate for consumption that somebody died in?

shamey79 · #8 07-09-2009, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Ali Legend

Srs, you think that they'll actually distribute the chocolate for consumption that somebody died in?

is that a serious question? no they ****ing wont

Jonnyblaze1991 · #9 07-09-2009, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Ali Legend

Srs, you think that they'll actually distribute the chocolate for consumption that somebody died in?

Yes.

GWO_Balor · #10 07-09-2009, 11:45 AM

Im sure he'll be sadly missed by the company After Eight years of loyal service.

Buckfrenzy · #11 07-09-2009, 11:50 AM

This guy?

kevin_szp · #12 07-09-2009, 11:50 AM

Thats like wayyyyy back in the day when the dude fell into the hotdog filling mixer and they still made the hotdogs and sold them....ewwwy

nenovielK · #13 07-09-2009, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by GWO_Balor

Im sure he'll be sadly missed by the company After Eight years of loyal service.

I lul'd

Erik Hellhammer · #14 07-09-2009, 12:05 PM

Chocolate: 1+
Marijuana: 0

Ali Legend (Banned) · #15 07-09-2009, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by shamey79

is that a serious question? no they ****ing wont

No I meant that they obviously wouldn't.

BigD1993 · #16 07-09-2009, 12:16 PM

I wonder if there keeping the chocolate

Harrisonv2 · #17 07-09-2009, 12:19 PM

Camden, why am i not suprised?

E-Techy · #18 07-09-2009, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Ali Legend

No I meant that they obviously wouldn't.

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Originally Posted by BigD1993

I wonder if there keeping the chocolate

fml.

outlaw19 · #19 07-09-2009, 12:20 PM

hes going to come back as him

Truck Driver · #20 07-09-2009, 12:23 PM

I guess you could call this a heart melting story...

pbmann1213 · #21 07-09-2009, 12:26 PM

the irony is he fell into a vat of liquid but was killed by a blow to the head