Bumble Bee Foods has been cited and fined after a state investigation into the death of a plant worker.

The body of 62-year-old Jose Melena was found last October inside an industrial pressure cooker at the company's tuna processing plant in Santa Fe Springs, California.

The Daily News reports that Melena's body was discovered inside the oven — an industrial pressure cooker used to cook canned tuna — and that an autopsy determined that he died from burns, according to Los Angeles County Department of Coroner officials.

The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) issued six citations carrying nearly $74,000 in fines. The agency cited five workplace safety violations — four deemed "serious" and one deemed "general."

Cal/OSHA determined Bumble Bee failed to take proper safety precautions or properly assess the danger posed to its employees while working inside the large ovens. The Daily News reports that the citations indicate Melena, a 6-year employee at the facility, and a father of six, entered the cooker to make a repair: