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A worker died Monday afternoon when he fell into a sugar vat in a Bucks County sugar processing plant and went missing for about an hour, authorities said.
Janio Salinas Valerda, 50, of Edgewater, N.J., was found dead at 2:30 p.m. at the bottom of a large funnel that moves sugar through the CSC Sugar plant in Morrisville, Falls Township, county Coroner Joseph Campbell said.
“It was a giant funnel, and they would go up on top of this hopper and they would try and open the clogs,” Campell said. “I guess somehow or other he fell into the hopper while he was trying to unclog it.
“Apparently, they had trouble with this hopper all day long,” he said.
Valerda’s fellow workers were not sure where he was when they called in a subcontractor to check what was stopping up the funnel, Campbell said.
“The subcontractor came in at 2:30 and they opened up an access port where they can look into the area where the funnel comes down,” the coroner said. “When they opened it up, they saw him in there,” in the sugar.
Chris Cassone
February 26th, 2013
“I Fell In A Vat of Chocolate” by the Smothers Brothers
http://youtu.be/kb4qJ5Za6zY
Anonymous
February 26th, 2013
one and a
two…
Who can take a sunrise, sprinkle it with dew
Cover it with choc’late and a miracle or two
The Candy Man, oh the Candy Man can
The Candy Man can ’cause he mixes it with love and makes the world taste good
Tony R
February 26th, 2013
He was such a sweet guy.
BigFurHat
February 26th, 2013
I think Def Leppard wrote a song about this.
(I’d pay cash money to see it played on bagpipes at his funeral.)
Moxie Man
February 26th, 2013
Breaking News: Chili Lady Finds Finger in Wendy’s Iced Tea.
FreeMan & Sarah Intend to Defend
February 26th, 2013
Vat Attack
Good thing they found him before he got to the taffy puller.
Birdie Num Num
February 26th, 2013
New from Hershey’s:
The new extra crunchy Valerda Bar!
Kenny Sullivan
February 26th, 2013
Oh, sweet Jesus…Where were the Oompa Loompas?
Moxie Man
February 26th, 2013
Hey Manny, switch to the “Light Brown” bags!
Nash Montana
February 26th, 2013
Salinas? LOL! That’s portuguese for Salt. Hehehe
Mary Jane Anklestraps
February 26th, 2013
He wasn’t diabetic, was he? That would be an insult to injury right there.
Moxie Man
February 26th, 2013
Sucre Bleu!
Mary Jane Anklestraps
February 26th, 2013
“Apparently, they had trouble with this hopper all day long,” he said.
Apparently.
Jethro
February 26th, 2013
SEE! I told you sugar is unhealthy!
Jethro
February 26th, 2013
Did anybody check for cavities during the autopsy?
BigFurHat
February 26th, 2013
It’s a shame, really, because he was more of a salt of the earth kinda guy.
BigFurHat
February 26th, 2013
They sent him back to his homeland of Mexico, where they sold him as a pinata.
Jethro
February 26th, 2013
Just last fall they had to pull some guy’s body out of an oven at the bumblebee tuna canning factory. His name was Jose. I wonder if they were related?…
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/10/mystery-over-bumble-bee-tuna-worker-cooked-to-death-in-oven.html
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Jethro
February 26th, 2013
Was that racist?
Bayouwulf
February 26th, 2013
I foresee my death in a tragic accident in a Scotch whisky distillery.
Jethro
February 26th, 2013
His nickname was buñuelo.
Look it up…
Moxie Man
February 26th, 2013
He finally (and posthumously) will have enough money to be some chica’s Sugar Daddy.
factslady
February 26th, 2013
Gives new meaning to Sugar Daddy.
AvgDude
February 26th, 2013
Hey… My Snickers bar tastes kinda funny…
Chalupa
February 26th, 2013
At least he made the Guiness book for world’s largest churro.
Anonymous
February 26th, 2013
Valerda always put himself 100% into his work. His death left a bad taste with his co-workers.
Jerry Manderin
February 26th, 2013
“Pour Some Sugar On Me.”
Okay.
Stirrin the B.S.
February 27th, 2013
I think the Archies sang a song about this.
http://us.yhs4.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?p=archies+sugar+sugar+video&hspart=att&hsimp=yhs-att_001&type=att_lego_portal_home
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Dick Clark in Hell
February 27th, 2013
This calls for a song…
Lowell
February 27th, 2013
“I foresee my death in a tragic accident in a Scotch whiskey distillery.”
Bayouwulf, if you climb out to pee, even once, the jigger is up.
Bayouwulf
February 27th, 2013
Okay, I promise. Seriously, though. Just the thought of all that smokey peat makes me woozie.
The Lagavulin Distillery would be Nirvanah.
Cotton Pickin' Cracker
February 27th, 2013
May he rest in Pez
Cotton Pickin' Cracker
February 27th, 2013
They will sing “In The Sweet Bye and Bye” at his
funeral.