12,616 Hunt-Wesson Foods, Inc.

By: Cal-OSHA Decisions

Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated April 14, 1978, Docket No. 77-R2D4-1190. August F. Cetti, Administrative Law Judge.

For App: Frank C. Hill, Manager of Safety and Workers' Compensation. For DIS: Gil Morthole, CSE.

Guarding, Machinery and Equipment, Cleaning and Setting UP. (Digest Note: See 11,684 for contra holding on similar facts).

A serious violation of 3314(a) was established and the proposed penalty of $175 was affirmed.

An employee of the Appellant was injured while operating a tomato can filling machine. The machine had malfunctioned, spilling cans and tomatoes. She pressed the stop button, reached into the machine to clean out the s

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