# Bumble Bee tuna plant worker cooked to death **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 14, 2012, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumble-bee-tuna-plant-worker-cooked-to-death/637702 "2012-10-14T17:06:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumble-bee-tuna-plant-worker-cooked-to-death/637702/21 "2012-10-14T22:12:01Z")
Completely unintentional. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumble-bee-tuna-plant-worker-cooked-to-death/637702/22 "2012-10-14T22:37:10Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Well, as I said, it’s _human_. That doesn’t mean it’s _ideal_. > > I think it’s more excusable from first responders blowing off steam (meaning, not in public/in front of a camera) but yeah, coming from counch jockeys it often becomes mean-spirited and just nasty. Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die. - Mel Brooks ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumble-bee-tuna-plant-worker-cooked-to-death/637702/23 "2012-10-14T22:46:48Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > It’s the usual morbid humor, where “comedy” is used as a defense mechanism so as to shield one’s mind from the full horror of what occurred. VERY typical of first responders, though traditionally they don’t indulge in front of the “civilians”. Not unknown in civilians as a way of coping with news stories like this. > > In other words, although offensive to some, it’s actually a pretty human response to a bad accident. A lot of those people are making comments about him being an illegal immigrant, because he had a Hispanic last name. That’s not morbid humor in the face of a horrible accident. That’s just being a racist dick. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumble-bee-tuna-plant-worker-cooked-to-death/637702/24 "2012-10-14T23:04:38Z")
I keep up with the monthly OSHA workplace fatality reports as part of my job. Death by fall from elevation is usually the biggest killer. But, food processing-related, every so often someone will be suffocated in a grain silo Hispanics make up a larger percentage of workplace fatalities than their % of the general population. Employers don’t have to hire them if they don’t speak adequate English: that’s not hiring discrimination. But if they do hire them, they are highly required to put all safety communication out there in Spanish. (We don’t joke about this stuff at work. I doubt the EMT’s do it until later, but no joking in the era of iPhone recording.) ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumble-bee-tuna-plant-worker-cooked-to-death/637702/25 "2012-10-14T23:15:23Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > The callousness of some of the comments on that article is just stunning. And they aren’t even anonymous! I’m sorry. Yeah, I was bad. Its pretty horrific. I’m going to be skipping tuna for a long while now. I just hope they have the good sense not to try to recycle the food into their pet food division. I mean, could you imagine 80 million cats with a taste for human flesh…? …that is SO going to be a SyFi Channel Movie… filmed in Canada… and with Tom Skerritt as the Sheriff… ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumble-bee-tuna-plant-worker-cooked-to-death/637702/26 "2012-10-14T23:35:43Z")
Jeffrey Dahmer worked in a candy factory. They made little chocolate Santas. What if he had been killed at work, and said a bunch of Latin incantations as he died? Thousands of little candy Chuckies! ---
**Author:** ![Enkel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df705f/32.png) [@Enkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enkel)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumble-bee-tuna-plant-worker-cooked-to-death/637702/27 "2012-10-14T23:52:34Z")
> [@Jenaroph](#): > > **A lot of those people are making comments about him being an illegal immigrant,** because he had a Hispanic last name. That’s not morbid humor in the face of a horrible accident. That’s just being a racist dick. I just read back through this whole thread and I don’t get your comment about him being an illegal immigrant? My reference to “Bubba” is to the average low-wit (often bear drinking) idiot that you find around trailer parks. So, if you think that was something to do with his ethnicity it wasn’t. I had to go back to the article to even find the man’s name. I haven’t seen anyone mention immigration status or even refer to it. (But, I admit, I don’t get the ‘turn pink in the can’ remark.) ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumble-bee-tuna-plant-worker-cooked-to-death/637702/28 "2012-10-15T00:21:52Z")
> [@Enkel](#): > > (But, I admit, I don’t get the ‘turn pink in the can’ remark.) Here you go: [Guaranteed not to Turn Pink in the Can | Snopes.com](http://www.snopes.com/business/market/pinkcan.asp) ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumble-bee-tuna-plant-worker-cooked-to-death/637702/29 "2012-10-15T00:22:54Z")
Mmm, I love drinking bear. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumble-bee-tuna-plant-worker-cooked-to-death/637702/30 "2012-10-15T00:44:38Z")
> [@Enkel](#): > > I just read back through this whole thread and I don’t get your comment about him being an illegal immigrant? My reference to “Bubba” is to the average low-wit (often bear drinking) idiot that you find around trailer parks. So, if you think that was something to do with his ethnicity it wasn’t. I had to go back to the article to even find the man’s name. I haven’t seen anyone mention immigration status or even refer to it. (But, I admit, I don’t get the ‘turn pink in the can’ remark.) Not this thread. The comments on the original article, which were what olivesmarch4th first commented on as being stunningly callous. ---
**Author:** ![Enkel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df705f/32.png) [@Enkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enkel)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumble-bee-tuna-plant-worker-cooked-to-death/637702/31 "2012-10-15T00:54:51Z")
> [@Jenaroph](#): > > Not this thread. The comments on the original article, which were what olivesmarch4th first commented on as being stunningly callous. Ohhh… very well then… I shall unbunch my knickers, finish skirting my trailer then sit down for a nice cold brew. ---
**Author:** ![Enkel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df705f/32.png) [@Enkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enkel)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumble-bee-tuna-plant-worker-cooked-to-death/637702/32 "2012-10-15T00:56:04Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > Here you go: [Guaranteed not to Turn Pink in the Can | Snopes.com](http://www.snopes.com/business/market/pinkcan.asp) Thanks. Learn something every day. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumble-bee-tuna-plant-worker-cooked-to-death/637702/33 "2012-10-15T03:01:19Z")
[QUOTE=Broomstick] From the machine being termed a “steamer”, it’s possible that the death occurred _very_ quickly (which might have been a mercy to the victim). In other words, even if other workers had seen him fall into/trapped in the oven they may simply not have been able to extract him in time. [/QUOTE] Having seen similar processing facilities on TV shows like _How It’s Made_, I’m guessing he was in a pressurized steam vessel called a retort that operates at about 2500 degrees. I’m hoping that he suffered some other injury such as tripping and hitting his head, had a heart attack, or similar that left him unaware that he was about to be cooked. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumble-bee-tuna-plant-worker-cooked-to-death/637702/34 "2012-10-15T03:28:53Z")
“Tuna noodle hotdish is people!” ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumble-bee-tuna-plant-worker-cooked-to-death/637702/35 "2012-10-15T04:10:26Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > Having seen similar processing facilities on TV shows like _How It’s Made_, I’m guessing he was in a pressurized steam vessel called a retort that operates at about 2500 degrees. I’m hoping that he suffered some other injury such as tripping and hitting his head, had a heart attack, or similar that left him unaware that he was about to be cooked. 2500 degrees is nearly the melting point of Iron… ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumble-bee-tuna-plant-worker-cooked-to-death/637702/36 "2012-10-15T04:13:51Z")
I wonder if friends will bring his family tuna casserole. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumble-bee-tuna-plant-worker-cooked-to-death/637702/37 "2012-10-15T04:58:50Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > “No, Jose. Bumble-Bee wants employees with _Good Taste_…” Nice. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumble-bee-tuna-plant-worker-cooked-to-death/637702/38 "2012-10-15T04:59:57Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > Thank goodness our comments are only done in jest. :rolleyes: Oh, hi. You must be new here. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumble-bee-tuna-plant-worker-cooked-to-death/637702/39 "2012-10-15T13:50:57Z")
[QUOTE=beowulff] 2500 degrees is nearly the melting point of Iron… [/QUOTE] :smack: It’s also the melting point of decimal points or extra zeros. Needless to say, that should have been 250° F. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumble-bee-tuna-plant-worker-cooked-to-death/637702/40 "2012-10-15T13:58:02Z")
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