Mars Wrigley was fined more than $14,500 by OSHA
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.
Mars Wrigley fined by OSHA after workers fell into vat of chocolate
Mars Wrigley was fined by OSHA after two workers fell into a vat of chocolate last summer. The workers had to be freed by emergency responders.
