Plaintiff met his prima facie burden of establishing that he was performing work covered by section 240 (1). It is undisputed that he was working on an elevated platform, attempting to lift a cone hanging from a rope, when he and a coworker fell from the platform (see Landgraff v 1579 Bronx Riv. Ave., LLC,
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