Still No Answers to How Worker Was Cooked to Death at Food Plant

By Emma G. Gallego, LAist

Credit: Whittier Daily News

Still No Answers to How Worker Was Cooked to Death at Food Plant

October 19, 2012 Updated Oct 19, 2012 at 4:57 PM PDT

Bumble Bee Foods sent out a letter, saying that it still has no idea how an employee ended up being cooked to death inside an industrial oven at the plant last week.

Whittier police have ruled out any sort of foul play, City News Service reports. It adds that coroner should be releasing a report shortly on the death of the employee Jose Melena. Cal-OSHA is also required by law to complete an investigation on the death within 6 months.

But for right now, Bumble Bee Foods says it has no idea how the experienced worker ended up getting killed. This echoes the sentiment of a former employee who said earlier this week that whatever happened, it had to have been a really "bad mistake."

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