An employee at a Redwood City Grocery Outlet was killed Thursday night in an accident involving a machine used to compact cardboard for recycling, officials said today.

The store janitor was found by another employee around 10 p.m. crushed to death in a compactor/baler in the store at 1833 Broadway, according to California Division of Occupational Safety and Health spokesman Peter Melton.

The employee has been identified as Mendie Udo, 43, of Burlingame, according to the San Mateo County coroner's bureau.

Cal/OSHA has sent an investigator to the site and has removed the piece of equipment for inspection, Melton said.

Melton said the Redwood City store does not have a record of previous problems.

A company spokeswoman said today that Udo had worked at the Redwood City store for more th

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