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Mars Wrigley fined by OSHA after workers fell into vat of chocolate
FILE IMAGE - Chocolates are seen during production at Mars Chocolate of North America factory on March 29, 2019, in Elizabethtown, PA (Photo by Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images) Mars Wrigley was fined by federal workplace safety authorities in response to an incident last year in which two workers fell into a vat of chocolate.The central Pennsylvania confectionary factory will now be required to pay more than $14,500 over the accident from June.The Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Mars Wrigley in the accident at the Elizabethtown M&M/Mars factory. The agency said the workers were not authorized to work in the tanks and had not been trained on the proper safety procedures for the equipment.According to officials, two workers employed by an outside contracting firm fell into the partially filled chocolate tank as they were conducting maintenance work.