17,349 United Foods, Inc.

Digest of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated February 28, 1990, Docket Nos. 89-R1D2-197 and 198 (Salinas, CA). Dennis M. Sullivan, Administrative Law Judge.

For Employer: Vic R. Redula, Attorney at Law. For DOSH: Nicholas A. Champlin, Staff Counsel.

Of two alleged serious violations, one was affirmed (but with penalty reduced from $375 to $300) and one was vacated.

Guarding, Rolls and Pinch Points (4187). Serious violation affirmed; penalty reduced from $375 to $300.

An Employee received an amputation injury while cleaning a cauliflower de-leafing machine. The de-leafer contained a series of rotating metal rolls, forming a V-shaped path down which caul