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The States have admitted that their actions led to an employee getting injured at a laundry facility.
The States Employment Board (SEB) - the entity that looks after public sector employees' pay and working conditions - will now be sentenced for breaching the Health and Safety Law in the Royal Court in January.
The breach came to light after an incident that occurred on 22 December 2017 at the Central Laundry Facility in Five Oaks.
An employee working to free a blockage from a foul water sump pump was injured when the pump activated during the maintenance process.
The SEB, represented by Rob Sainsbury, the Group Managing Director for the Department of Health and Community Services, pleaded guilty to breaching the Health and Safety at Work Law by failing to ensure "the health, safety and welfare of all your employees."
Pictured: The States Employment Board will now be sentenced in the Royal Court in January.
The Summons read in Court stated that the SEB failed to identify and assess the risks to health and safety their employees were exposed to at work, by not carrying out adequate risk assessment for the maintenance of the foul water sump pumps.
It was also said that the SEB failed to maintain the plant and systems to ensure they would be safe and without risks and health.
Finally the SEB was said to have not provided "information, instruction, training and supervision" to ensure the health and safety of its employees.
The SEB will reappear in Royal Court on 18 January to be sentenced. It is being defended by Advocate Jane Martin.
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