While working in an office space under renovation, plaintiff, an electrician, fell after stepping into a hand-hole, an approximately 12-inch wide and 8-inch deep opening used by electricians to provide access to wiring and ducts embedded in floors. Deposition testimony established that when hand-holes are not in use, they are covered by metal plates secured with screws and that on a construction site, electricians are ordinarily the only workers that open and re-cover them...
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