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Worker Dies After Being Cooked In Tuna Plant Oven
AP) ^
| October 12, 2012 6:53 PM
Posted on 10/13/2012 9:02:24 AM PDT by BenLurkin
SANTA FE SPRINGS (AP) 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 Jose Melena was found Thursday shortly before 7 a.m. at the plant in Santa Fe Springs.
California Division of Occupational Safety and Health spokeswoman Erika Monterroza says its unclear how the man ended up inside a cooking device called a steamer machine.
The state department has launched an investigation into the accident
(Excerpt) Read more at losangeles.cbslocal.com ...
TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: bumblebeetuna; darwinaward; napl; tunafish; undignifieddeaths
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To: a fool in paradise; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; ...
New slogan: "Bumble Bee: The Humanitarian Tuna"
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posted on
10/13/2012 11:07:42 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: afraidfortherepublic
No matter what people say about me being a Chef, I’m not that into Food!
Don’t scratch it off your list just yet.. I’m workin on a Mexican Tuna Recipe.. :)
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posted on
10/13/2012 11:13:12 AM PDT
by
carlo3b
(Less Government, more Fiber..)
To: BenLurkin
Tuna fingers?
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posted on
10/13/2012 11:18:46 AM PDT
by
Libloather
(The epitome of civility.)
To: BenLurkin; a fool in paradise
What tuna will they play at Jose’s funeral? Ow will they use canned music?
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posted on
10/13/2012 11:23:23 AM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong!)
To: BenLurkin
I started my working life right out of high school working third shift in a food processing factory (cannery). The prepared product is measured into cans by volume, a jet of steam displaces air in the can just as a lid is dropped in place and sealed by a mechanism which “rolls” the seam and seals the can. The can then enters a steam chest through a rotary “air lock” that keeps steam from escaping. The inside of the steam chamber is made up of conveyors which allow the can to spend 20 minutes while moving continuously toward the exit lock. After processing in the steam chamber the cans are labeled, boxed and moved to the shipping floor.
The cans are in motion from beginning (empty) to end (filled, cooked, & labeled) at a rate of about 300 cans a minute. The product is cooked in the sealed can. The steam chest heats the sealed can filled with product. Before the continuous process was developed cans were packed in large round baskets and lowered into large retorts (pressure cookers) to cook for 20 minutes. The retort loading and unloading slowed down the processing cycle and fell out of use when the continuous process was developed.
I would guess the unfortunate victim was probably a millwright working on the conveyor system inside the steam chest when someone closed the hatch and started the machine. Under ordinary conditions the machinery (and the whole plant) operates 24/7 until the raw material is all processed. It is a very noisy operation, with can clattering along on the various conveyors and the inlet and exit steam locks banging away like demented gatling guns.
Regards,
GtG
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posted on
10/13/2012 11:47:14 AM PDT
by
Gandalf_The_Gray
(I live in my own little world, I like it 'cuz they know me here.)
To: martin_fierro; BenLurkin; Charles Henrickson
I've heard of being grilled or in hot water *by* this guy, but ....
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posted on
10/13/2012 11:47:14 AM PDT
by
mikrofon
(RIP (That's in PEACE))
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
10/13/2012 12:59:23 PM PDT
by
Emperor Palpatine
("On the ascent of Olympus, what's a botched bar or two?" -Artur Schnabel)
To: BenLurkin
Shades of Millennium episode “Gehenna”..
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posted on
10/13/2012 3:12:17 PM PDT
by
Hardraade
(http://junipersec.wordpress.com (I will fear no muslim))
To: BenLurkin
“Mom! The tuna doesn’t taste like it used to!”
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posted on
10/13/2012 3:20:27 PM PDT
by
RichInOC
(No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?)...R.I.P.)
To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
...and that’s why smart employees “Lock Out/Tag Out!”
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posted on
10/13/2012 5:00:31 PM PDT
by
Rides_A_Red_Horse
(If there is a war on women, the Kennedys are the Spec Ops troops.)
To: Slings and Arrows
New slogan: “Bumble Bee: The Humanitarian Tuna”
**************
Or: “Bumble Bee: The Human Tuna”
Wondering if Jose was here legally....just because I “can”.
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posted on
10/13/2012 5:21:04 PM PDT
by
JouleZ
(You are the company you keep.)
To: Slings and Arrows; Revolting cat!; JoeProBono
"Something NEW has been added!"
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posted on
10/13/2012 6:01:41 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Obama likes to claim credit for getting Osama. Why hasn't he tried Khalid Sheikh Mohammed yet?)
To: Slings and Arrows
*
Not to worry; they probably fished him out.
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posted on
10/13/2012 11:22:33 PM PDT
by
LucyT
To: LucyT
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posted on
10/13/2012 11:36:16 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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