Cardenas v. One State Street, LLC
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
*437Contrary to defendant’s contention, plaintiff was exposed to an elevation-related hazard when he was instructed to pry from the wall an 80-pound, three-foot-high-by-five-foot-wide-by-one-foot-deep electrical panel that was positioned six or seven feet above the ground, and lower it to the floor. He was thereby engaging in an activity covered by section 240 (1) (see Francis v Foremost Contr. Corp., 47 AD3d 672 [2008]). Plaintiff testified that the panel was too heavy and bulky to hold in his hands as he was removing and lowering it, and that the only way to get it down without a hoist or other…
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