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Wooden Flooring With Gaps Between the Planks Constituted an Elevation-Related Hazard

The First Department noted that wooden planks with gaps between them high above the bottom of a shaft constituted and elevation-related hazard to which Labor Law 240 (1) applied “regardless of whether the flooring was permanent.”  Kircher v City of New York, 2014 NY Slip Op 07951, 1st Dept 11-18-14

 

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