Western Dairymen Cooperative, Inc. v. Board of Review of the Industrial Commission

STEWART, Justice:

Western Dairymen Cooperative, Inc. (WDCI), appeals an order of the Board of Review, Department of Employment Security, granting unemployment benefits to the respondents, Richard Palazzolo, Greg Trav-eller and John Riley. We reverse.

In 1983 Palazzolo, Traveller, and Riley worked at a WDCI cheese factory. Their duties placed them in close proximity to the foodstuffs produced. In April, 1983, WDCI hired a new plant manager. His quality control supervisor advised him that the inspector from the State Health Department had recently complained about the employees’ improper use and…