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Operating a Scaffold for the Benefit of an Enumerated Activity Done by Others (Caulking) Entitles Scaffold Operator to Coverage Under Labor Law 240 (1)

The First Department determined a scaffold operator was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law 240 (1) claim. The scaffold was being operated for the benefit of caulkers who could not do their work without the scaffold operator:

Although plaintiff …. was not operating the scaffold in his capacity as a window washer at the time of the accident, he was operating it for the caulkers who could not have safely discharged their duties without him. Since caulking is an activity of the sort enumerated in Labor Law § 240(1) …, plaintiff is entitled to the same statutory protection as the caulkers, and his Labor Law § 240(1) claim against 888 Seventh Avenue should not be dismissed. Further, given the evidence that the lanyard and harness provided to plaintiff proved inadequate to shield him from falling through the rail track, plaintiff is entitled to summary judgment on the issue of liability on that claim … . DeJesus v 888 Seventh Ave LLC, 2014 NY Slip Op 01273, 1st Dept 2-25-14

 

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