Two workers are trapped in a tank filled with M&M chocolate

Authorities fine a chocolate factory in Pennsylvania, US, more than $14,500 after an accident in which two workers fell into a tank of chocolate

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is suing Mars Wrigley over the June incident at an M&M/Mars factory in Elizabethtown.

The authorities have pointed this out workers were not allowed to work on the tanks and had not received adequate training on safety measures related to such equipment.

The accident of two workers who fell into the chocolate vat

Authorities said two workers, employed by a contractor firm, fell into the partially filled tank during maintenance.

Rescue teams managed to free the workers by opening a gap in the lower part of the tankofficials said. The two operators were taken to hospital, one of them by helicopter.

A company representative told reporters last week that the safety of employees and contractors is our top priority.

“As always, we appreciate OSHA’s cooperation in conducting the appropriate assessment after the fact,” said the representative.

The end of employees who have fallen into a tank of chocolate

The two employees of the Elizabethtown factory were not injured at the scene, e rescue teams managed to remove them by blowing a hole in the side of the tank.

Reading the news, several social network users have underlined the similarities between this story and the fate of one of the characters in Roald Dahl’s “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory”.

Who is Willy Wonka and what happened in his chocolate factory?

Willy Wonka is a fictional character from the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory written in 1964 by Roald Dahl.

There, Wonka is a famous chocolatier who, after having been very successful with his sweets and chocolates, decides to close his factory because several of his workers have betrayed him and brought to light several of his secret recipes; this made the chocolatier insecure and decided to close his factory to the public.

However, the factory continued to make sweets for everyone with the help of their Oompa Loompa helpers. They are in love with cocoa just like Wonka, that’s why they agreed to work in the factory… All for the cocoa.

In the film there is Charlie, a boy with few resources, a lover of Wonka sweets, who lives with his parents and grandparents,

Wonka has announced that inside the chocolates Wonka has hidden 5 golden tickets, whoever finds them will be able to visit his factory. It must be remembered that the factory had been closed to the public for years and this opportunity was unique and anything happens during the visit.

Wonka, in Tim Burton’s film, was played by Johnny Depp, who popularized the character and forever associated him with the world of cocoa and chocolate. Like now after the accident of the M&M factory workers.