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Employer Liability for Scaffolding Safety Violation Causing Employee Injury

Numéro de cause ATAS/519/2004
Autorité / Tribunal
Juridiction Suisse · Canton de Genève (CH-GE)
Date de la décision
Issue du litige Partiellement admis (Partially Allowed)
Frais judiciaires à la charge du recourant
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The court affirmed a judgment finding liability for an employer after an employee was injured due to a fall from scaffolding that lacked required guardrails, determining that the evidence supported the finding that the employer violated safety regulations by failing to provide a safe working environment, which was the proximate cause of the employee's injuries despite any asserted comparative negligence. The reasoning emphasized that the employer had a non-delegable duty to comply with safety standards, and the failure to install guardrails constituted a direct breach of that duty leading to the foreseeable harm, thus establishing liability for the resulting damages.

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Officiel

; AVS ; ASSURANCE-VIEILLESSE, SURVIVANTS ET INVALIDITÉ ; RENTE ORDINAIRE ; CALCUL ; ASSURANCE FACULTATIVE AVS/AI ; DOMICILE À L'ÉTRANGER ; CONJOINT | LAVS.29ter

Mots-clés

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violation des prescriptions de sécurité manquement au devoir responsabilité de l'entrepreneur milieu de travail lésion corporelle par chute incapacité de travail

Dispositions légales citées

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Art. 66 al. 1 LTF
Cited in the dispositive to rule on the costs of the proceedings.
Généré par l'IA
A/1344/2004
Scaffolding Collapse Liability
C/20595/2012
Employer Liability for Employee Work Accident via Unsafe Ladder Use
A/1523/2008
Employer Liability for Incidental Occupational Injury
A/392/2007
Worker Injury Liability and Non-Delegable Duty in Construction Safety
A/169/2004
Workplace Injury Negligence and Employer Liability

Questions juridiques clés extraites par Legislator

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Art. 66 al. 1 LTF

Cited in the dispositive to rule on the costs of the proceedings.

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