Worker cooked to death at California tuna plant


SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif. -- Authorities say a 62-year-old employee was cooked to
death at a Southern California seafood plant for tuna maker Bumble Bee Foods.

The Whittier Daily News reports ( http://bit.ly/TmJFyv) Jose Melena was found
shortly before 7 a.m. Thursday at the plant in Santa Fe Springs.

Erika Monterroza is a spokeswoman for the California Division of Occupational
Safety and Health. She says it's unclear how the man ended up inside a cooking
device called a "steamer machine."

The state agency has launched an investigation.

Bumble Bee Foods spokesman Pat Menke expressed condolences to Melena's family in
a written statement. Menke says operations at the canning facility will be
suspended until Monday.










Interesting that the processing plant is so far away from the Docks