Window cleaning firm admits risking staff and public safety

Monday 18 November 2019

A local window cleaning company has admitted putting staff and passing members of the public at risk by ordering employees to work five metres above ground without the required safety measures in place.

Henry Brown appeared in the Royal Court on behalf of the company 'Ronnie Brown Window Cleaning' where he admitted to the breaches of Jersey's Health and Safety law.

The charges relate to two breaches which took place whilst window cleaners were working on a property in St. Helier on 6 March 2019.

The Court heard how the company had sent three members of staff to clean windows whilst standing on a 45cm-wide ledge, five metres above ground level, without complying with the required safety measures, supervision or administering the correct training.

Meanwhile, the area which the cleaners were working on was not sectioned off with signs or cones - putting passers-by at risk.

Pictured: The case was heard in the Royal Court.

Mr Brown - and his firm - were represented by Advocate Nicholas Mière who indicated his client's admission of the breaches.

Royal Court Commissioner Sir William Bailhache presided over the hearing, accompanied by Jurats Blampied and Hughes.

Mr Brown will next appear in court on 29 November, when counsel will decide on a date for this matter to be sentenced.