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Mix Leaf (Green/Red leaf), Green/Red butter, Endive, Escarole, Napa, Bok Choy, Fennel, and Red/Green Cabbage: are harvested in the field. Employees cut, bag, pack, and load fresh mixed leaf lettuce, endive, escarole, Napa, bok choy, fennel and red and green cabbage in the field. Cutting is done by walking in uneven furrows behind a harvesting platform machine or belt. Under the direction of the field Supervisors, employees determine size and quality of the product to be harvested. Then, using a harvesting hand knife and bending at the waist, the employee cuts the head from the roots and trims the outer leaves from the head to prepare it to be placed into a carton or tote. Cutter places the product on a table for the packer to either or combination of; tie, spot wash, sort, wrapped, sealed and placed into a carton or tote. The cartons or totes for the product are constructed by unfolding and bending the material as designed to form a box. Carton is labeled and marked as required. The process is repeated. The cartons, totes or bins are then stacked onto pallets on the deck of the harvester or trailer. Cartons or totes with product can weigh up to 50 lbs. Empty bins Pallets can weigh up to 95 lbs. a forklift carries the bins onto a trailer and between two workers the bins are carried to be assembled.

Spinach, Tender Leaf: Employees spot check, sort, stack, fill and load spinach, tender leaf in the field. Under the direction of the field supervisor employees spot check for any foreign material such as trash, weeds, and move irrigation pipes from one furrow to another. Spotting is done by walking in uneven furrows in front of a harvesting platform machine or belt. The harvest machine or belt cuts the product and transports the product through a conveyor, where the workers will sort the product and fill the totes and/or bins. Once totes, cartons or bins are filled they are pushed on to conveyor belt for loaders to close/cover and stack on the pallet. The cartons or totes for the product are constructed by unfolding and bending the material as designed to form a box. Cartons, totes or bins are labeled and marked as required. The process is repeated. The cartons, totes or bins are lifted then stacked onto pallets on the deck of the harvester or trailer. Cartons or totes with product can weigh up to 50 lbs. Empty bins pallets can weigh up to 95 lbs.; a forklift carries the empty bin pallets onto a trailer.

Agricultural Equipment Operators/Field Forklift Drivers: are responsible for setting up, maintaining, and inspecting equipment prior to the start of the day. Workers will assist in preparing harvest machines for immediate field operation, or movement to a new location. Workers will operate tractors, tractor drawn machinery and harvest machines to harvest crops. Will operate tractors and harvesters through the furrows, towing loaded trailers on and off the field harvested area. They are also responsible for the following day, such as the setup of the tractors and harvesters, cartons for the harvested crops, fuel for the tractor, and general service of the equipment being used in the field. Field Forklift Drivers will operate the forklift tractor to move loads of totes/cartons, bins, and pallets from one trailer to another trailer in the fields. They will load and unload empty containers and containers full of products from the trailers. Workers are required to have basic knowledge of driving tractors, harvesters, field forklift, and must pass tractor/machine/forklift safety training and demonstrate the ability to operate equipment in a safe manner.

Workers may occasionally and/or sporadically perform duties associated with and directly related to the primary duties. Such work will be temporary and unsubstantial agricultural labor. Worke s may occasionally and/or sporadically perform duties associated with and directly related to the primary duties such as cleaning up field before during and after harvest, picking up trash, discarding cartons and assisting as safety monitor when equipment is turning in the field to begin a new pass.

In the event that an employee is injured while on the job, the Company will provide a temporary work assignment that will be as closely related to the job duties described herein, while the employee recovers from a work-related illness which meets with physicians clearance to return to work under specific limitations. The work assignment will not be a permanent position, it will be temporary to accommodate the injured worker under doctors restrictions and time period that may differ from the heavy field work described within.