The Labour Inspection Department of the Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance has promoted the prosecution of an employer who violated the provisions of the Legislation on Occupational Safety and Health.
As a result of the prosecution, the Nicosia District Court sentenced an employer engaged, inter alia, in the execution of construction works, to a total fine of €4500 for the following violations of the Occupational Safety and Health Management Regulations, the Occupational Safety and Health (Notification of Accidents and Dangerous Occurrences) Regulations and the Mandatory Employers' Liability Insurance Act, which caused injury to an employee of the employer and endangered his employees and other persons:
(a) Failure to determine what preventive and protective measures should have been taken, based on a written assessment of the existing occupational hazards arising from the performance of his or her duties.
(b) Failure to send within fifteen (15) days to the Nicosia District Labour Inspection Office a written notification of the accident by submitting a properly and fully completed approved notification form regarding an accident that occurred to an employee during the course of his/her work and which rendered him/her unable to perform his/her work for more than three calendar days.
(c) Failure to insure with any insurer against liability for accident or occupational disease to any of his employees.
(MB/EXP)
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