On Thursday 21st January, a restaurant company has been prosecuted by Leicester City Council for an accident that had occurred on 24th January 2014.
Azzuri Restaurants Ltd were fined nearly £30,000 as an employee of Zizzi's Restaurant, Cosmin Mihut, slipped on some tiles in the kitchen area, making him land on his left elbow and injuring himself.
On 12th February 2014, the accident investigation officers visited the restaurant and noted that there were ceramic tiled floor surfaces in the rear and front kitchen, as well as in the area immediately in front of the front kitchen counter. It is said that the tiled areas were so slippery that it posed a risk to health and safety to staff and others.
Azzuri Restaurants pleaded guilty of three charges at Leicester Magistrates' Court. They were fined £12,000 for failing to ensure the floor was safe without risks to health and safety of its staff; £6,000 for failing to make a suitable and adequate assessment of the risks to the health and safety of employees from the ceramic flooring in the kitchen; and £6,000 for failing to inform employees about how to get first-aid treatment if needed.
Leicester Magistrates' Court also granted Leicester City Council's application for £5,967.75 costs. In total, the restaurant company has been ordered to pay £29,967.75 within 28 days.
