dgmodel Posted July 25 Report Share Posted July 25 Worker drownsin vat of chocolate By OWEN MORITZDAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER A Pennsylvania factory worker has drowned in a 1,200-gallon vat of melted milk chocolate, swallowed up by the gooey, quicksand-like mixture.Yoni Cordon, 19, of Philadelphia, an employee of the Kargher Corp. in Hatfield Township, apparently tumbled from a platform into the 7-foot-deep vat, which is used for mixing and melting chocolate.But nobody saw the accident, and Cordon couldn't save himself."It was like quicksand," said Jim Viscusi, assistant chief of the Volunteer Medical Service Corps of nearby Lansdale, which was first rescue unit on the scene."We found the gentleman immersed in the vat. It was not the heat - but [the chocolate] is particularly sticky."Viscusi said it would have been difficult for anyone to extricate himself from the vat without immediate help.Co-workers told police that none of them saw the accident, which happened about 4:30 p.m. Tuesday. After noticing that Cordon was missing, they began a search and called authorities when it turned up no trace of the man.Cordon was pronounced dead at the scene by the Montgomery County Coroner's Office. It was not known how long he had been in the vat.After the accident, workers gathered outside the one-story factory, but one of them said they had been told by managers not to comment.Cordon's father, who was brought to the chocolate factory, was too distraught to speak, and company president Douglas Kargher did not return calls for comment.Police say the accident remained under investigation, with county officials and the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration also involved.The plant, located in an industrial area in Montgomery County 40 miles from Philadelphia, produces chocolate and cocoa products for customers in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/story/5798p-5391c.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stacychase Posted July 25 Report Share Posted July 25 i wonder what they did with that vat of choclate, do u think they finished making it into choclate bars to sell??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgmodel Posted July 25 Author Report Share Posted July 25 lol... i was thinking the exact same thing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
so54 Posted July 25 Report Share Posted July 25 next time you find a hair or something in your chocolate bar you'll know where it came from! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgym Posted July 25 Report Share Posted July 25 Sounds like Augustus from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory Damn, what a way to go :eek: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoke Posted July 25 Report Share Posted July 25 Gotta ask... did "death by chocolate" ever have an OLD meaning? They probably made the chocolate... hell... slaughterhouses have been known to keep making hamburger after people fall in the machines... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotcheme Posted July 25 Report Share Posted July 25 Originally posted by hoke Gotta ask... did "death by chocolate" ever have an OLD meaning? isn't it the name of a type of cake?my parent's used to sing a song to me about drowning in a vat of chocalate when i was little - scary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeg Posted July 25 Report Share Posted July 25 Originally posted by hotcheme isn't it the name of a type of cake?my parent's used to sing a song to me about drowning in a vat of chocalate when i was little - scary. *dials dyfus* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ou812 Posted July 25 Report Share Posted July 25 I read somewhere that death tends to loosen a persons bowels too.............it'd probably blend in quite unnoticed with the chocolate dontcha think. :constipa: "It's a bit nutty?!" - Austin Powers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stacychase Posted July 25 Report Share Posted July 25 Originally posted by ou812 I read somewhere that death tends to loosen a persons bowels too.............it'd probably blend in quite unnoticed with the chocolate dontcha think. :constipa: "It's a bit nutty?!" - Austin Powers BLUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgmodel Posted July 25 Author Report Share Posted July 25 Originally posted by hoke Gotta ask... did "death by chocolate" ever have an OLD meaning?its a name for a dessert treat... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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