"try to bite off more than their share of chocolate profits."
Posted on 03/24/2023 9:28:45 PM PDT by nuconvert
The incident occurred at the RM Palmer Company in West Reading.
Two people are dead, 9 are missing and multiple others are injured after an explosion at a chocolate factory Friday in West Reading, Pennsylvania, police and city officials said.
The explosion occurred at around 4:57 p.m. at the RM Palmer Company in West Reading, located about 60 miles northwest of Philadelphia.
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It would seem to be a gas-related issue.
Such complete destruction is strange to see.
Prayers for all involved. This does not look survivable.
Sure hope it wasn’t nuts that set it off.
Wow!
Not like a chicken farm burning down completely, but still, not good.
Better stock up on some chocolate too, for the bartering supplies, if not personal consumption!
But what a way to go...
Didn’t intend to sound so callous above... May God bless all involved.
Terrible news... Two workers are gone... Hoping the missing workers are found safe and sound.
Not sure whether many people are familiar with this company, but their chocolate is carried in stores in the Philadelphia area.
Yes, I think they make a lot of holiday themed molded chocolate.
The photos are awful...probably not survivable.
I wonder if this is the manufacturer that Daily Wire uses for Jeremy’s Chocolate…?
I suspect that many of the industrial accidents we are seeing recently has a lot to do with those that “can do” retiring over the past few years. Those competent people are being replaced by those that “can’t and won’t” but are given a place of importance in companies that need to make sure they have a sufficient number of employees that check the correct boxes in order to satisfy the EEO regulations.
The new hires are aware that the former maintenance foreman simply walked around the manufacturing floor every other hour so they assumed that is the only thing which needed to be done. They have no idea that as he walked throughout the plant, the former maintenance manager noted floors that needed sweeping, gears that needed oil, frayed electrical wires that needed replacing, and machines that needed new belts installed. When he returned to his office, he sent out orders to have those repairs done or parts replaced asap. The new manager just returns to the maintenance office to check and see which Tik-Tok videos have been uploaded or how many text messages she has received. Thus the sudden uptick in manufacturing fires and disasters.
Such a hiring policy, which we now see in all public and private institutions, can only end in disaster.
Lucy?
similar thoughts
Up late. Hate to hear this awful news. Prayers for all involved.
"try to bite off more than their share of chocolate profits."
That's half of it.
I retired from a company that had been run by engineers and others who worked their way up from within the company.
When the VP in charge of our division, who had been in that position since the end of WWII, retired, a bean counter was hired to replace him.
Throughout the company business and accounting degree types were hired to replace all of the engineering types as retirements continued.
Few of the new hires understood maintenance and upgrades of equipment, dimensional control of products or training of people.
All they cared about was numbers, getting product out the door.
For about 10 years everything spiraled downward as all they cared about was the next quarter earnings.
Finally somebody in upper management must have figured it out and started hiring bright young engineers.
Everything was improving as I left.
Combine the EEO, ESG and DEI practices with bean counters running the show and it's amazing we don't have more disasters in manufacturing and transportation.
More food attacks.
And this time it’s CHOCOLATE.
This is getting serious....
They make the molded chocolate Easter Bunnies.
Nine MISSING in an explosion indicates one hell of an explosion. RIP.
Your bartering comment is good. Wise advice.
Did Charlie get out alright?
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