Man dies at chocolate factory (fell into vat of hot chocolate)

[Renew Deal]

CNN) -- 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.

According to the Camden County prosecutor's office, three other people were on the platform at the time. One was able to shut the machinery off quickly, but it was too late to save Smith.
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The rectangular vat, which was 8 feet deep, 14 feet long and 6 feet wide, was churning a batch of chocolate for Hershey's when the accident occurred, the prosecutor's office said.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/07/09/new.jersey.chocolate.death/

[Ptah]

1. I yelled fire when I fell in the vat of chocolate - Smothers Brothers

Life imitating Smothers Brothers

Chocolate The Smothers Brothers:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDonSwXPUZU

[Orsino]

2. The Most Dangerous Truffle...

...man!

[Deja Q]

3. Could be worse...

[Tuesday Afternoon]

4. truly, Death By Chocolate.

[Captain Hilts]

5. I remember a Smother's Brothers song about falling into a vat full of chocolate. nt

[gmoney]

6. "I yelled fire when I fell into the chocolate..."

Because nobody would come if I yelled "Chocolate!"

[Captain Hilts]

7. Yep, that's it! On this album...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/archive/0/02/20051109201432!The_Two_Sides_of_the_Smothers_Brothers.gif