The Labour Inspection Department of the Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance promoted the criminal prosecution of an employer who violated the provisions of the Legislation on Occupational Safety and Health.
As a result of the prosecution, the Famagusta District Court convicted an employer engaged, inter alia, in the installation of copper pipes, to a total fine of €2500 and a prison sentence of eight months suspended for three years for the following violations of the Occupational Safety and Health Management Regulations and the Occupational Safety and Health Laws that caused the fatal injury of his employee and endangered his employees:
(a) Failure to provide a safe method of work using a portable scale.
(b) Failure to have available a written assessment of the risks to the safety and health of his employees and other persons based on which to determine preventive and protective measures to address the risks.
(c) Failure to provide appropriate information, guidance and training to his employees on the safe execution of the work.
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