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Worker Dies After Being Cooked In Tuna Plant Oven
2012-10-14
Actually, it was probably in the process of being cooked in the oven, not after it. Unless he was Beyond All Cares and Woe when he was put in there, in which case it would be before...
Authorities say a 62-year-old employee was cooked to death at a Southern Caliphornia seafood plant for tuna maker Bumble Bee Foods.
Way up there among the least favored methods of departure from the gene pool...
The Whittier Daily News reports Jose Melena was found Thursday shortly before 7 a.m. at the plant in Santa Fe Springs. Caliphornia Division of Occupational Safety and Health spokeswoman Erika Monterroza says it's unclear how the man ended up inside a cooking device called a "steamer machine."
Yeah. Did he fall or was he pushed? What were Hansel and Gretel doing when the 'accident' occurred?
The state department has launched an investigation into the accident.
"Legume! The game's afoot! Get me my saxophone!"
In a written statement, Bumble Bee Foods front man Pat Menke expressed condolences to Melena's family and says operations at the canning facility will be suspended at the plant until Monday.
It'll take them that long to get the caked-on gravy out of the oven...
Posted by:Fred

#14  Y'all are relentless. Keep it up. ;-p
Posted by: Barbara   2012-10-14 20:43  

#13  wonder how this impacts Bumble Bee's carbon credits????
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2012-10-14 19:23  

#12  #6 Sorry, Charlie Carlos.
Posted by: no mo uro 2012-10-14 05:48


fify.....

Posted by: Uncle Phester   2012-10-14 15:46  

#11  And his remains will be returned to you in a convenient ring-pull can...
Posted by: Grunter   2012-10-14 15:15  

#10  Dear Mrs. Melena,
Please accept our sincere condolences on the cooking of your husband.
Regards,
Pat Menke
Bumble Bee Foods
Posted by: Pat Menke:Bumble Bee Foods   2012-10-14 14:22  

#9  I'm not buying the spokesman's statement - It sounds canned.
Posted by: GORT   2012-10-14 13:03  

#8  Something about this death is fishy...
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2012-10-14 09:10  

#7  Any suggestions....?

In honor of Mr. Melena, Soylent Beige.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2012-10-14 08:40  

#6  Sorry, Charlie.
Posted by: no mo uro   2012-10-14 05:48  

#5  It's also usually grainy as hell. No good.
Posted by: Shipman   2012-10-14 05:34  

#4  "Bumble Bee" tuna, who buys it? The name is too 60's, too anglo and non-inclusive. I recommend a name change. Any suggestions....?
Posted by: Besoeker   2012-10-14 04:05  

#3  Clean up, aisle three.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike   2012-10-14 04:04  

#2  I wonder if the poor fellow suffered a heart attack.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2012-10-14 01:14  

#1  Shit, Johnson, there goes that batch...
Posted by: tu3031   2012-10-14 00:26  

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