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PLAINTIFF ENTITLED TO SUMMARY JUDGMENT ON LABOR LAW 240(1) AND 240(6) CAUSES OF ACTION, HEAVY MOTORIZED PALLET JACK SLID ON WATER ON A DESCENDING RAMP.

The First Department, in a full-fledged opinion by Justice Saxe, determined plaintiff was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law 240(1) and 241(6) causes of action. Plaintiff was guiding a heavy motorized pallet jack carrying concrete blocks down a ramp to a lower level of the building under construction. The ramp was wet and the pallet jack slid, running over plaintiff’s foot. The fact that the load was not being hoisted or secured at the time of the accident did not preclude recovery. The pallet itself was deemed a safety device that failed in an elevation-related accident:

Plaintiff’s testimony here established that his accident was proximately caused by the combination of the traction-reducing water condition and the slope, which caused the heavy, loaded pallet jack to slide downhill while the breaking [sic] mechanism was rendered useless. The jack, with its built-in braking mechanism, failed to provide him adequate protection against the gravity-related risk inherent in transporting the heavy load down the water-covered ramp. Therefore, defendants failed “to provide adequate protection against” the risk that was created in part by the ” significant elevation differential'” of the ramp … . Landi v SDS William St., LLC, 2016 NY Slip Op 08340, 1st Dept 12-13-16

LABOR LAW-CONSTRUCTION LAW (PLAINTIFF ENTITLED TO SUMMARY JUDGMENT ON LABOR LAW 240(1) AND 240(6) CAUSES OF ACTION, HEAVY MOTORIZED PALLET JACK SLID ON WATER ON A DESCENDING RAMP)/PALLET JACK (LABOR LAW-CONSTRUCTION LAW, PLAINTIFF ENTITLED TO SUMMARY JUDGMENT ON LABOR LAW 240(1) AND 240(6) CAUSES OF ACTION, HEAVY MOTORIZED PALLET JACK SLID ON WATER ON A DESCENDING RAMP)

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