Sunday, October 14, 2012

"Worker Cooked To Death In Oven 'Tragic Loss,' Bumble Bee Says" by Ann M. Simmons

In the Los Angeles Times there is an article about a Bumble Bee seafood plant worker who was cooked to death in an oven. The victim was a 62 year old man named Jose Melena who worked at the Bumble Bee seafood plant for six years. The Whittier Police Department said they received a call at 7:00 am Thursday regarding an industrial accident involving a worker at Bumble Bee Seafood's at 13100 Arctic Circle in Santa Fe Springs. The Police and local fire department responded and found the 62 year old man dead at the scene. They did not describe the nature of the accident, but the  California Division of Occupational Safety and Health is investigating the issue. Officials at the state agency could not be reached, and neither could Bumble Bee Foods officials, but they identified to the Whittier News the employee as Jose Melena. A spokeswomen Erika Monterroza told the paper that an initial investigation indicated that Melena was fatally injured when he was cooked in the oven, but it was unclear how he ended up in the oven. "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," Bumble Bee Foods spokesman Pat Menke said in a statement to KTLA News. This is a very interesting and mysterious article, in the fact that it does not all add up to me. The man was fatally injured prior to being cooked in an oven and I do not fully understand how he ended up in there. I have a gut feeling this was not a freak accident it was murder, a 62 year old man does not just accidentally fall in an oven someone must have hurt him and put him in there. But however it happened it is still tragic and may he Rest In Peace.

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