U.S. regulators have fined Mars Wrigley, the maker of M&M’s and Snickers, following an accident last June when two workers fell into a tank of chocolate at its factory in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) imposed a fine of more than $14,500 for the incident, citing it as “serious” in a report.
Officials said two workers employed by an outside contracting firm fell into the partially filled chocolate tank while doing maintenance work. “Employees of an outside employer, I.K. Stoltzfus Service Corp., cleaned tanks, including the Dove chocolate batching 20 micron tank, owned by the onsite/host employer, Mars Wrigley,” the report said….