INCIDENT Jose Melena, 62, worked at Bumble Bee’s plant in Santa Fe. He entered a 35-foot-long oven the morning of October 11, 2012. A coworker, mistakenly thinking Melena was using the restroom, loaded the oven with 12,000 pounds of tuna and turned on the oven. Another worker turned off the oven about two hours later. When it was opened, Melena was found inside. The industrial oven was dangerously outdated. Bumble Bee replaced all of their ovens after the accident, costing about $3 million. They also paid $1.5 million to Melena’s family. Another $1.5 million added up in fines, penalties, court costs, and miscellaneous […]
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