That’s when the floor gave way, and she could feel herself falling — into a long, horizontal tank of chocolate in the factory’s basement. At 4 feet, 10 inches tall, Borges landed on her feet ...

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Each year, more than 5,200 workers die from injuries and 135,000 from work-related illnesses. Another 3.2 million suffer non-fatal injuries, likely a severe undercount.

Borges was pulled alive from the rubble of the R.M. Palmer Co. factory, a chocolate factory in West Reading, Pa., after an explosion that killed seven co-workers.