Man trapped in tank of chocolate

by Nick Vagnoni, Posted Aug 19th 2006 @ 4:44PM

A factory worker in Kenosha, Wisconsin, was trapped waist-deep in a vat of 110° dark chocolate for over two hours yesterday, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Darmin Garcia, 21, was apparently trying to free up some chocolate stuck in a vat when he accidentally slid in and got his pants stuck in a roller. Co-workers attempted to thin the viscous chocolate with cocoa butter and firefighters eventually plucked Garcia out after removing chocolate from the vat, allowing him to get out of his stuck pants. "It was in my hair, in my ears, my mouth, everywhere," Garcia told the MJS.

Filed Under: Food Oddities, Ingredients
Tags: america, chocolate, midwest cities, oddities, stuck, vat, wisconsin, worker

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8-19-2006 @6:44PM Yukari said... I know I should feel badly for this guy, and I'm sure it was traumatic for him...but why does this sound like ultimate joy to me?
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8-19-2006 @10:01PM Frank Paynter said... Did he yell "fire!" when he fell into the chocolate?

(...old joke... after all, who would come to the rescue if he yelled "Chocolate!)
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8-19-2006 @11:25PM Angela Pitt said... That's a new twist on a "mud bath". All joking aside,
I'm glad the guy wasn't hurt.
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8-20-2006 @8:46AM MarkRohr said... Okay,so let me get this right; this guy's worst problem that day was that he got to wade nude in a comfortably warm tub of melted chocolate!? I want his life. Not only that but think of all the chocolate-dipped _ _ _ _s jokes all the local ladies will be making - what a great icebreaker!
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