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A joinery company that specialises in doorways and staircases, has admitted breaking the health and safety law after an employee was seriously injured.
Jordan Flaguel suffered serious injuries when he fell approximately three metres down an unguarded, stairway opening whilst creating a ‘safe access’ on the first floor at a property in St Peter on 5 April 2016.
His employer John Paul Horgan from Ireland, and the company ‘Unit 6 Joinery Limited,’ have admitted to breaking the Health and Safety at Work Law.
The law requires the employer to ensure the safety of its employees. This includes identifying and controlling any risks the employees are exposed to with the work being undertaken, and provide employees with appropriate training.
In the Royal Court yesterday, Advocate Jean-Marie Renouf representing Horgan, pleaded guilty to the charge, which accuses him, and the joinery company, of neglecting their duty, by failing to assess risks and provide a safe system of work - as well as training and supervision to keep three employees, Daniel Fletcher, David Hughes and Jordan Flaguel, safe.
The Bailiff, Sir William Bailhache, sitting with Jurat Collette Crill and Jurat Jerry Ramsden, ordered Horgan to return to court on 16 February 2018 for sentencing.
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