Latino Worker Cooked to Death in Bumble Bee Tuna Cooker

Jose Malena died last Thursday when he became trapped inside the industrial-size pressure cooker and his family claims the company has offered no explanation to them.

By Jorge Rivas Oct 17, 2012

A 62-year-old man was recently found dead inside a cooking device called a "steamer machine" at a Bumble Bee Tuna factory in Los Angeles. Paramedics declared him [dead at the scene](http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-bumble-bee-foods-death,0,5496173.story). Jose Malena died last Thursday when he became trapped inside the industrial-size pressure cooker and his family claims the company has offered no explanation to them. "All they came and did was notify my mother that he had lost his life in an accident, and that’s it," Tony Melena, [one of the victim’s six children told the AP](http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/state&id=8847172). "We don’t have any official report." "He was a hard worker," his daughter Sara Melena told the [Whittier Daily News.](http://www.whittierdailynews.com/ci_21779570/family-attempts-cope-wilmington-mans-death-at-bumble) "A very hard worker." "He dedicated himself to providing for the family," the daughter said. "He was very loving." "I believe he is with God," Sara went on to say. "I can’t say, `God, why us?’ I just think everything has a purpose. God is not going to leave us alone." According to police records local authorities received a 911 call from the Bumble Bee plant Thursday morning to report an industrial accident. When officers arrived, they found the man dead. Craig Harvey, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County coroner’s office told the [AP](http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/state&id=8847172) the man died in a device described as a pressure cooker.