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Jasmine · 08-19-2006

JS Online:A heap of truffles: Chocolate traps worker

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A heap of truffles: Chocolate traps worker

Man freed from Kenosha vat after 2 1/2 hours

By MARIE ROHDE
mrohde@journalsentinel.com

Posted: Aug. 18, 2006

Kenosha - An ordinary night's work at the chocolate company turned dangerous for Darmin Garcia early Friday after he fell into a vat of the molten goo and was trapped for more than two hours.

Chocolate Traps Worker

Photo/Kenosha Police

Darmin Garcia was submerged in chocolate up to his chest Friday at Debelis Corp., a maker of premium chocolate.

"I was pushing the chocolate down into the vat because it was stuck," said Garcia, 21. "It came loose, and I just slid down the hopper into the chocolate."

Garcia's co-workers at the Debelis Corp., 5000 70th Ave., first tried to pull Garcia out, but his pants were caught on a roller. That's when they called 911 and the Kenosha fire and police departments both responded, said police Sgt. Eric Larsen. Garcia wasn't extracted until 1:30 a.m., about 2 1/2 hours after the accident.

The viscous chocolate was warm - about 110 degrees, according to Capt. Greg Sinnen of the Kenosha Fire Department. For comparison purposes: The water in hot tubs is usually kept at 103 or 104 degrees.

Garcia can laugh about it now, but not at the time.

"I thought I was going to die," Garcia told a reporter.

Garcia, who has worked at the company for almost two years, said he was almost chest deep in the chocolate, the dark variety.

"It was in my hair, in my ears, my mouth, everywhere," Garcia said. "I felt like I weighed 900 pounds. I couldn't move."

Garcia said his colleagues added cocoa butter to the vat in an attempt to thin the chocolate. Sinnen said firefighters in the ladder company that responded to the accident helped scoop the chocolate out of the vat.

Eventually, enough chocolate was removed that Garcia was able to take off his pants and be pulled out.

He was taken to the Aurora Medical Center for treatment.

Debelis, a subsidiary of the Brussels, Belgium-based Puratos Group, makes a variety of premium chocolate for commercial customers.

Asked if he still had a taste for the stuff, premium or not, Garcia said: "Not so much anymore."

Thender · 08-19-2006

Such chocolately goodness...

jpa · 08-20-2006

Bud · 08-20-2006

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Eventually, enough chocolate was removed that Garcia was able to take off his pants and be pulled out.

Did I miss something in that story ???

josh · 08-20-2006

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Originally Posted by Bud8Fan

Did I miss something in that story ???

his pants were caught on a roller.

Bud · 08-20-2006

LOL, I read that too early in the morning.

ob1 · 08-21-2006

...sticky situation!

MMM · 08-21-2006

Yummy!!

08-19-2006	#2
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