District attorney jackie lacey said the settlement is the. Bumble bee foods and two of its employees have been charged. Bumble bee seafoods was founded in 1899 by a handful of dedicated fishermen. Fake headline muddles real story of man cooked to death in tuna oven. Bumble bee foods employees charged with baking coworker to. Jose melena was performing maintenance in a 35footlong oven when a coworker filled the pressure cooker with six tons of tuna and it was. Bumble bee foods charged in death of worker cooked in tuna. It is true that two bumble bee employees were charged with violating safety regulations in melenas death back in 2012, but those employees did not mix his remains with a batch of tuna. Jose melena, aged 62, was doing maintenance work in a 35 foot long pressure cooker at bumble bee foods santa fe springs plant before dawn on october 11, 2012. Bumble bee foods charged after worker cooked to death. Bumble bee foods, two managers charged in death of worker cooked in tuna oven. Bumble bee charged in death of worker cooked with tuna. Bumble bee foods employee jose melena was killed in a.
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Tuna company charged after employee burned to death in oven. Bumble bee foods has been charged in the death of an employee who was accidentally cooked to death inside an industrial oven. County district attorney jackie lacey, who alleges that bumble bee foods, the. The former safety manager at a tunaprocessing plant faces a. Tuna company, 2 employees charged in death of worker in. Bumble bee foods, two employees charged in workers 2012 death. Bumble bee foods charged in death of employee who was. Canned tuna manufacturer bumble bee foods charged over.
Safety manager charged in workers oven death shrm blog. Bumble bee foods, llc, is a company that produces canned tuna, salmon, other seafoods. Bumble bee tuna charged after man cooks to death in oven two employees at the california based bumble bee foods have been charged with causing the 2012 death of an employee, who was cooked to. If convicted of all charges, the two managers could receive maximum sentences of three years in prison. Bumble bee foods faces fines and jail time for the death of an employee that was tragically killed when an oven turned on with him inside as. In august 2015, bumble bee foods was sued, accused of colluding with chicken of the sea and starkist to fix prices. Bumble bee foods and two of the tuna companys employees were charged monday with willfully ignoring safety rules, leading to a plant worker burning to death inside an industrial pressure cooker. Bumble bee foods charged after worker cooked to death in. Bumble bee foods and two of its employees face felony criminal charges related to the 2012 death of an employee in a pressure cooker at a. The news and stories that matters, delivered weekday mornings.
Worker death at bumble bee tuna plant results in charges. Bumble bee foods, two managers charged in death of man cooked with tuna the bumble bee tuna processing plant in santa fe springs, california. Bumble bee charged in death of man cooked to death in tuna. Bumble bee solid white albacore tuna, 5 oz, pack of 8 cans. San diegobased food manufacturer bumble bee and two of the companys managers were charged with violating safety regulations after a worker was cooked to death in a pressure cooker in 2012. Bumble bee charged in gruesome worker oven death cnnmoney. In october 2012, jose melena entered the 35foot oven at the company. Bumble bee foods charged in death of worker cooked in tuna oven jose melena died in 2012 after he was cooked to death in an industrial oven holding 6 tons of tuna.
This is really about the life or death of our company and its ability to. They charged a fortune and then send the wrong product. Bumble bee foods and two employees charged after worker. The oven is used at bumble bee to sterilize thousands of cans of tuna at a. Bumble bee foods and two of its employees have been charged with willfully violating safety rules in the death. Jose melena was performing maintenance in a 35footlong oven at. Criminal charges have been filed against bumble bee tuna after the death of an employee at a plant. Bumble bee foods and two of its managers were charged monday in the 2012 death of an employee who became trapped inside an industrial oven. Bumble bee foods, 2 managers in california charged in. Bumble bee foods, two managers charged in death of man cooked with tuna let our news meet your inbox. Today, privately held and headquartered in the united states, bumble bee seafoods is north americas largest branded shelfstable seafood company, offering a full line of canned and pouched tuna, salmon, sardines, and specialty seafood products marketed in the u. Two employees of canned seafood company bumble bee foods are facing prison time and serious fines over the death of a coworker.
Two bumble bee tuna execs were charged yesterday in the death of a worker who was accidentally cooked in a factory oven with 12,000 pounds of fish their victim, jose melena, was performing maintenance inside one of the companys massive ovens on the morning of october 11th 2012, when it was inadvertently filled with tons of tuna and then turned on. The company is owned by investment firm lion capital. Bumble bee tuna charged for cooking employee crime magazine. Bumble bee foods and two employees were charged monday in the death of a tuna plant worker who was burned to death in an industrial oven. Bumble bee worker cooked alive with 12,000 pounds of. Tuna plant charged after worker cooked to death usa today. Bumble bee foods employees charged with baking coworker. Bumble bee foods, two managers charged in death of worker. Bumble bee foods poised to file for bankruptcy amid tuna. Bumble bee foods charged in death of worker cooked with tuna. This illustration image shows ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the novel coronavirus.
Bumble bee charged in gruesome worker oven death business. Jose melena, 62, was accidentally cooked to death inside an oven at a bumble bee tuna factory in santa fe springs in october 2012. People magazine reported that bumble bee foods and two managers have been charged in the death of an employee who was accidentally cooked to death inside an industrial oven on october 11, 2012. Tuna company, 2 managers charged in death of worker in oven. Bumble bee foods employees charged with baking coworker to death. A worker at a bumble bee tuna plant in california was literally cooked in an industrial oven along with 12,000 pounds of tuna and now two company executives have been charged in the death. Bumble bee foods, along with two of the tuna companys workers, were charged monday in connection with a plant employee who burned to death. Tuna company, 2 managers charged after worker cooked to. San diegobased bumble bee foods is expected to file a chapter 11.