Plaintiff, a laborer employed by a subcontractor at a construction project, was injured when, in the course of carrying out a directive to retrieve a lighting fixture, he walked across a freshly poured concrete surface, covered with a polyplastic sheeting, and past the edge thereof, falling into an inclined opening or ramp that had been at least partially concealed by the sheeting. The motion court dismissed plaintiff's claim pursuant to Labor Law § 240 (1) on the ground...
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