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Man Cooked to Death at Tuna Factory

A seafood plant employee died Thursday after he was cooked in an oven in an industrial accident, authorities said Friday.

Bumble Bee Foods officials identified the man as Jose Melena, a 6-year employee of the business.
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The initial investigation indicated that, "he was fatally injured when he was cooked in an oven," California Division of Occupational Safety and Health spokeswoman Erika Monterroza said. Cal-OSHA has launched an investigation into the the circumstances of what officials are calling an accident.

The cooking device that injured the man was described in coroner's documents as a "steamer machine," Dietz said.

It was unclear how the man ended up inside the industrial cooker.

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Rescuers who responded to a 9-1-1 call pronounced the man dead at the scene, police said.
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By OSHA policy, an investigation is to be completed within six months, Monterroza said. It will include visits to the tuna-canning plant, extensive interviews and a review of company safety documentation.

"Once all of the facts are gathered, at that point, a determination will be made if California health and safety regulations were violated," she said.

A finding of violations would result in civil penalties assessed against the employer, Monterroza said. The Los Angeles County District Attorney's office will determine whether criminal charges are warranted.
http://www.contracostatimes.com/cal...worker-dies-industrial-accident-at-bumble-bee
 
Does anyone know what companies Bumble Bee cans for? Ick.

Answering my own question...
Bumble Bee Foods is a popular canned seafood company, best known for its tuna, but also produces and distributes canned crab, salmon, shrimp, sardines, and other specialty canned seafoods under the Bumble Bee, Coral, Libby's, Orleans, and King Oscar brands.
 
he was fatally injured when he was cooked in an oven

Nah, really? Y'think he could've survived being cooked like Saehrimni in the Norse myth - come back to life to be hunted and cooked again for the warriors that live in Valhalla?

Crazy circumstance all around.
 
Santa Fe Springs, CA — According to the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health,*a 62-year-old man working at a Bumble Bee tuna plant died after he was cooked inside an oven.
Sometime around 7 a.m. Thursday,*Jose Malena was found inside a cooking device they are calling a “steamer machine.” Paramedics were called but they pronounced malena dead as soon as they arrived.
Although they know who the man is, the coroner’s office is having some issues positively identifying Malena because of how badly his body was damaged in the machine. He died as a result of being “trapped in a pressure cooker,â€￾ Lt. Cheryl MacWillie*said, bringing up images that do not play well with the breakfast burritos I ate earlier.
An investigation is currently underway in hopes of finding out how Malena, who had worked at the factory for six years, ended up inside the machine.*I did a little Googling to find out exactly what this steamer machine looks like, and found some images of an industrial tuna steamer sold by JBT. I also learned how canned tuna is made in the process.
Bumble Bee Foods spokesman Pat Menke said in a written statement,*”The entire Bumble Bee Foods family is saddened by the tragic loss of our colleague, and our thoughts and prayers are with the Melena family.” *The plant was shut down after the accident, but is supposed to resume operations this morning.…

This article was written by Morbid for The Dreamin Demon - the Internet's self-appointed buzzkill.


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All reminds me of my great uncle's death ... he had finished up his lunch early and crawled into the back of his cement truck to clean it out ... his partner comes back from lunch and doesn't see my uncle, figures he's gone out to lunch and so sparks up the truck ... fuck.
 
Bumble Bee Foods has been fined nearly $74,000 and cited for six safety violations after an employee was cooked to death after being trapped in an industrial pressure cooker.

The citations come seven months after state regulators began investigating the accidental death of Jose Melena, 62, of Wilmington. The father of six had been employed with the company for five years.

According to a 25-page report by the state Division of Occupational Safety and Health, Melena was responsible for loading the 54-inch by 36-foot ovens with 12 rolling metal baskets full of tuna cans. The ovens are used to sterilize aluminum cans and to process the tuna in the cans.

At the start of his 4 a.m. shift on Oct. 11, 2012, Melena was ordered by his supervisor to load one particular oven. Sometime before 5 a.m., according to the report, Melena entered the oven to make a repair or to adjust a chain inside the machine, leaving the pallet jack he was using outside the oven.

At that time, a second employee noticed the unused pallet jacket. Assuming Melena was in the bathroom, the second employee took the machine and loaded the oven with the baskets.

“Around the same time, the supervisor questioned why the employee was using the pallet jack and began asking employees if they had seen" Melena, the report said.

The report states an announcement was made on the intercom. Workers also began looking for Melena. They discovered that his vehicle was still in the parking lot. After searching for nearly an hour and a half, the boiler operator suggested that they open the last oven that was loaded.

The workers waited about 30 minutes for the oven to cool down before they could open it. Melena's body was eventually found at the exit side of the oven. Firefighters pronounced him dead at the scene.

The Santa Fe Springs tuna company was issued "serious" citations for failing to evaluate and identify the 10 ovens in the production area as hazardous and permit-required spaces.

State officials also faulted the company for not informing workers about the areas with "danger" signs or implementing a program to address safety precautions while working inside the large ovens, as required by law.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/la-me-ln-bumble-bee-worker-cooked-20130510,0,571457.story
 
Poor old guy, terrible way to go, I hate bumblebee tuna and always have, it seems to be made from the scraps and leftover parts of the tuna... why wouldn't they have an emergency escape thing or alarm in that oven like they do in industrial freezers? Even car trunks have an emergency button to get out...
 
State officials also faulted the company for not informing workers about the areas with "danger" signs or implementing a program to address safety precautions while working inside the large ovens, as required by law.

Lockout/tagout, Bumble Bee. It's easy. Twenty bucks for each machine to buy a locking device that will accommodate up to six padlocks and five bucks per employee to buy a freaking padlock they can use on the lockout device, along with policies to prevent anybody from removing any padlock except their own on penalty of termination, would have prevented this tragedy.

--Al
 
Bumble Bee Tuna Fined After Employee Cooked To Death Inside Industrial Pressure Cooke

Last October we reported on 62-year-old Jose Melena, the Bumble Bee Food employee who was cooked to death after being trapped inside an industrial pressure cooker. Now the company has been fined nearly $74,000 and cited for six safety violations.
State regulators investigated the accidental death of Melena for seven months before handing over their report, which included the details behind the man’s horrible death.
Melena, a father of six, had been employed with the company for five years. One of his responsibilities was loading 54-inch by 36-foot ovens with 12 rolling metal baskets full of tuna cans. These ovens then sterilize the cans while also processing the tuna.
When I first reported on this, I was curious about the oven and did a little Googling and found some images of an*industrial tuna steamer*sold by JBT. Seeing what one looks like makes the following details a little easier to understand.
On Oct. 11, 2012, Melena was ordered by his supervisor to load one particular oven. According to the report, Melena entered the oven to make a repair or to adjust a chain, leaving a pallet jack outside the oven.…

This article was written by Morbid for The Dreamin Demon - the Internet's self-appointed buzzkill.


"Read the full Front Page article..."
 
Bumble Bee Foods and two managers were charged by Los Angeles prosecutors Monday with violating safety regulations in the death of a worker who was cooked in an industrial oven with tons of tuna.
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The company, its plant Operations Director Angel Rodriguez and former safety manager Saul Florez were each charged with three counts of violating Occupational Safety & Health Administration rules that caused a death.

The charges specify that the company and the two men willfully violated rules that require implementing a safety plan, rules for workers entering confined spaces, and a procedure to keep machinery or equipment turned off if someone’s working on it.

Rodriguez, 63, of Riverside, and Florez, 42, of Whittier, could face up to three years in prison and fines up to $250,000 if convicted of all charges, prosecutors said. Bumble Bee Foods faces a maximum fine of $1.5 million.

The state’s occupational safety agency previously cited the San Diego-based company for failing to properly assess the danger to employees working in large ovens and fined it $74,000.

http://nypost.com/2015/04/28/tuna-c...ter-worker-is-cooked-alive-in-6-tons-of-fish/
 
Bumble Bee Foods and two managers were charged by Los Angeles prosecutors Monday with violating safety regulations in the death of a worker who was cooked in an industrial oven with tons of tuna.

Jose Melena was performing maintenance in a 35-foot-long oven at the company's Santa Fe Springs plant before dawn Oct. 11, 2012, when a co-worker, who mistakenly believed Melena was in the bathroom, filled the pressure cooker with 12,000 pounds of canned tuna and it was turned on.

When a supervisor noticed Melena, 62, was missing, an announcement was made on the intercom and employees searched for him in the facility and parking lot, according to a report by the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health. His body was found two hours later after the pressure cooker, which reached a temperature of 270 degrees, was turned off and opened.


The company, its plant Operations Director Angel Rodriguez and former safety manager Saul Florez were each charged with three counts of violating Occupational Safety & Health Administration rules that caused a death.

The charges specify that the company and the two men willfully violated rules that require implementing a safety plan, rules for workers entering confined spaces, and a procedure to keep machinery or equipment turned off if someone's working on it.

Rodriguez, 63, of Riverside, and Florez, 42, of Whittier, could face up to three years in prison and fines up to $250,000 if convicted of all charges, prosecutors said. Bumble Bee Foods faces a maximum fine of $1.5 million.

The state's occupational safety agency previously cited the San Diego-based company for failing to properly assess the danger to employees working in large ovens and fined it $74,000.

Bumble Bee, which has appealed the penalties, said the company improved its safety program after the tragedy.

"We remain devastated by the loss of our colleague Jose Melena in the tragic accident," the company said in a statement. "We disagree with and are disappointed by the charges filed by the Los Angeles district attorney's office."

Florez refused to comment, and messages seeking comment from Rodriguez were not immediately returned.

District Attorney Jackie Lacey said prosecutors and investigators from her office have been going to major industrial accidents to ensure illegal and deadly work practices are prosecuted.

Prosecutions of workplace violations are uncommon — even in fatalities.

The state cited nearly 15,000 workplace violations in 2013, according to the state agency. Of 189 fatality investigations opened that year, the state only referred 29 to prosecutors.
http://m.nydailynews.com/news/crime...charged-death-cooked-worker-article-1.2201391
 
Holy shit, the safety situation was even worse than we thought. Wait until CalOSHA steps up to the plate!
 
Holy shit, the safety situation was even worse than we thought. Wait until CalOSHA steps up to the plate!
CalOSHA already fined them $74,000. Now LA prosecutors are going after the plant manager and safety manager and Bumble Bee.
 
I wonder what kind of Capers the plant and safety managers were up to...obviously their efforts didn't cut the Mustard.
 
Didn't realize the first fine was from OSHA, thanks. I would have guessed much more. Glad something serious is happening now.
 
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