Two workers rescued from chocolate-filled tank at Mars Wrigley factory

[ZonkerHarris]

Two workers rescued from chocolate-filled tank at Mars Wrigley factory

Federal regulators are investigating after two workers became trapped Thursday inside a chocolate-filled tank at a Mars Wrigley factory in Pennsylvania.

Emergency crews were called Thursday afternoon to the factory in Elizabethtown, Pa., about 12 miles from the chocolate capital, Hershey. Brad Wolfe, communications supervisor for Lancaster County 911 Dispatch, told CNN that firefighters had to “cut a hole in the side of the tank to get them out.” The workers, who have not been publicly identified, were taken to a hospital — one by helicopter, Nick Schoenberger, an assistant supervisor for the dispatch center, told CNN.

A spokesperson for Mars Wrigley, which makes M&M’s, Snickers and other candies, confirmed in a statement Friday to The Washington Post that the workers were taken off-site for evaluation. “We’re extremely grateful for the quick work of the first responders,” it read. Leni Fortson, a spokesperson for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), which is investigating the incident, said the workers were performing maintenance work inside the vat when they got trapped.

It is still unclear how the workers got stuck in the tank and how much chocolate was in it at the time. PennLive reported that dispatchers believed the chocolate was about waist-level. Dispatchers also believed that it was dry chocolate...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/06/10/workers-trapped-chocolate-tank/

This story reminded me of an old Smothers Brothers song about falling into a vat of chocolate
Yell Fire! 'Cuz nobody comes if you yell 'Chocolate!' Tom Smothers

[Meowmee]

1. Scary- I am glad they are ok

there is a paywall so I can't read the article.

[ZonkerHarris]

4. Most of the article is included in the post

[Meowmee]

8. Thanks

[SouthernDem4ever]

2. Willie Wonka would be really pissed!

[Frustratedlady]

3. Hopefully they are going to be OK.

I have mixed feelings about death by chocolate.

[jmowreader]

5. This reminds me of an old joke

“Your Uncle Fred fell into a vat at the public distillery. Five men jumped in to save him but he fought them off bravely.”

[Midnight Writer]

6. Would Tucker think M&Ms are sexy again if he knew workers nearly died making them?

[lindysalsagal]

7. Where's the sign-up sheet for this job?