{"id":46599,"date":"2015-08-13T09:04:29","date_gmt":"2015-08-13T13:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=46599"},"modified":"2015-08-13T09:04:59","modified_gmt":"2015-08-13T13:04:59","slug":"bumble-bee-to-pay-6million-after-worker-accidentally-cooked-in-270-degree-oven-with-six-tons-of-tuna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/bumble-bee-to-pay-6million-after-worker-accidentally-cooked-in-270-degree-oven-with-six-tons-of-tuna\/","title":{"rendered":"Bumble Bee To Pay $6million After Worker Accidentally Cooked In 270 Degree Oven With Six Tons Of Tuna"},"content":{"rendered":"
Bumble Bee Foods have recently agreed to pay $6 million to settle criminal charges due the death of a worker who was cooked in an oven with over 6 tons of tuna.<\/p>\n
District Attorney Jackie Lacey said that this settlement is the largest payout in a California workplace-violation death.<\/p>\n
Jose Melena died at the factory three years ago in a 35 foot long, 270 degree oven at the seafood company’s plant after a co-worker mistakenly believed he was in the bathroom.<\/p>\n
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The father of six was making repairs inside the pressure cooker when other workers plowed 12,000 pounds of tuna inside, closed the doors and then proceeded to turn it on.<\/p>\n
Florez, 42, of Whittier was sentenced to three years of probation and will face fines and penalties of about $19,000 after pleading guilty to a single felony count of violating a workplace safety rule that caused a death.<\/p>\n
Rodriguez, 63, of Riverside, agreed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor in 18 months and pay about $11,000 after he completes 320 hours of community service and worker safety courses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Bumble Bee Foods have recently agreed to pay $6 million to settle criminal charges due the death of a worker who was cooked in an oven with over 6 tons of tuna. District Attorney Jackie Lacey said that this settlement is the largest payout in a California workplace-violation death. Jose Melena died at the factory […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3507,"featured_media":46601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n