Nineteen-year-old Yoni Cordon was discovered dead in a 4542 litre vat of liquefied chocolate by co-workers at Kargher Corp earlier this week.

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The Pennsylvania candy factory employee died after being submerged in the vat, which is used for mixing and melting chocolate. Police reports say that the death is being treated as an accident.

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