Worker was cooked to death in industrial oven with 12,000lb of TUNA at 270F after colleagues thought he was in the bathroom
- Jose Melena, 62, died when he was trapped inside the 35ft-long oven
- A colleague filled the oven with 12,000 pounds tuna and turned it on
- During the two-hour cooking process, it reached a temperature of 270F
- Authorities have now filed charges against the company and two managers
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