The Labour Inspection Department of the Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance promoted the criminal prosecution of the "Cyprus Electricity Authority" for violating the provisions of the Legislation on Occupational Safety and Health.
As a result of the prosecution, the Nicosia District Court sentenced the "Cyprus Electricity Authority", which operates, inter alia, in the electricity distribution sector, to a total fine of €8,000 for the following violations of the Minimum Safety and Health Standards (Use of Work Equipment at Work) Regulations, the Management of Occupational Safety and Health Regulations and the Occupational Safety and Health Acts which caused injury to an employee of another company and endangered its employees, employees of another employer and third parties:
(a) Failure to maintain an oil switch in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions, resulting in damage to and causing an explosion in the maintained equipment after the maintained equipment was turned on, resulting in injury to an employee of another company.
(b) Failure to provide proper information and instructions for use to its employees who performed maintenance on the power distribution substation equipment so that the employees were both aware of the proper way to maintain the substation oil switches, in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions, and the risks involved in maintenance, resulting in damage to and an explosion in a maintained substation oil switch shortly after the maintained substation equipment had been switched on.
(c) Failure to implement an appropriate safety system or risk management system describing, inter alia, the arrangements for the effective planning, organisation, control, and monitoring and review of the preventive and protective measures to be taken.
[D] Failure to assess the risks from maintenance of oil circuit breakers and determine the preventive and protective measures to be taken.
[E] Failure to provide adequate specific training to the
