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The Guardian - US
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Maya Yang

Mars Wrigley fined after two workers tumbled into chocolate tank last year

Elizabethtown factory is known for making an assortment of candy including M&Ms.
Elizabethtown factory is known for making an assortment of candy including M&Ms. Photograph: John Greim/LightRocket/Getty Images

US federal workplace authorities have fined a popular Pennsylvania candy factory more than $14,500 after two of its employees fell into a large tub of chocolate last year.

In a scene that could have come from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, two workers last June landed in the tub at the Mars Wrigley factory in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. Neither worker sustained injuries as they tumbled into a tank partially filled with chocolate as they carried out maintenance work.

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