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The Labour Inspection Department of the Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance has promoted the prosecution of the company PANTELIS G. CHARALAMBOUS PROPERTY LTD for violating the provisions of the legislation on occupational safety and health issues.
As a result of the prosecution, the Larnaca District Court sentenced PANTELIS G. CHARALAMBOUS PROPERTY LTD, which operates, inter alia, in the execution of construction works, to a total fine of €2,500 for the following infringements of the Occupational Safety and Health (Minimum Specifications for Temporary or Mobile Premises) Regulations and the Occupational Safety and Health (Protection from Asbestos) Regulations which endangered its employees and other persons:
(a) Failure to use suitable scaffolding, during the work of removing sheets containing asbestos from a roof of a dwelling house, which had suitable working platforms, of adequate dimensions, and solid handrails on those scaffolds, of adequate height, at least 1.10 metres from the floor, having a barrier or other obstacle at floor level of at least 0,15 metres high, a handrail and a horizontal element such that the distance between the barrier or other obstacle and the handrail or other horizontal element does not exceed 0,45 metres, or using other equivalent means to prevent persons from falling from a height.
(b) Failure to use appropriate equipment such as mobile lifting platforms for the work of removing sheets containing asbestos from the roof of a dwelling, resulting in its employees being exposed to a risk of injury.
(c) Failure to send or serve a notice in writing to the Chief Inspector stating (a) details of the employer who undertook the work and the premises where the work was to be carried out, (b) a brief description of the form and quantity of asbestos, (c) the number of employees to be involved in the work; and (d) the date of commencement of the work, whereby persons at work, as well as other persons, would be endangered in carrying out work to remove sheets containing asbestos from the roof of a dwelling.
(d) Failure to prepare and submit to the Chief Inspector a Work Plan for approval prior to the commencement of demolition or removal of sheets containing asbestos from a residential roof, resulting in persons at work, as well as other persons, being endangered during the conduct of work to remove sheets containing asbestos from a residential roof.
(e) Failure to ensure that the exposure of employees to asbestos dust or asbestos-containing materials in the workplace is minimised by taking appropriate precautions at all times, in particular by storing and transporting asbestos-containing materials in suitable sealed packaging, labelled to indicate that they contain asbestos, resulting in the risk to employees.
The Court also sentenced an individual to 45 days imprisonment for breaches of the Health and Safety at Work (Minimum Standards for Temporary or Mobile Construction Sites) Regulations and the Health and Safety at Work (Protection from Asbestos) Regulations.
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