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A TWO-FOOT DEEP TRENCH WAS NOT AN ELEVATION HAZARD OR A HAZARDOUS OPENING.

The Second Department determined defendant was entitled to summary judgment dismissing the Labor Law 240(1) and 241(6) causes of action. Plaintiff alleged he was pulled into a two-foot deep trench while holding a cable. The court held the hazard was not “elevation-related” and the two-foot deep trench was not a “hazardous opening:”

The defendants established their prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law by demonstrating that the plaintiff’s alleged injuries were not caused by the elevation or gravity-related hazards encompassed by Labor Law § 240(1) … . …

… [T]he defendants made a prima facie showing of entitlement to judgment as a matter of law dismissing the cause of action alleging a violation of Labor Law § 241(6) by demonstrating, inter alia, that 12 NYCRR 23-1.7(b)(1), which is the only Industrial Code provision upon which the plaintiff presently relies, is inapplicable to the facts of this case. That provision provides, in pertinent part, that “[e]very hazardous opening into which a person may step or fall shall be guarded by a substantial cover fastened in place or by a safety railing” (12 NYCRR 23-1.7[b][1][i]). Although this provision is sufficiently specific to support a cause of action under Labor Law § 241(6) … , the trench in this particular case, which was only two feet deep, is not a hazardous opening within the meaning of 12 NYCRR 23-1.7(b)(1) … . Palumbo v Transit Tech., LLC, 2016 NY Slip Op 07305, 2nd Dept 11-9-16

 

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