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REPAIRING A LIGHT FIXTURE IS COVERED UNDER BOTH LABOR LAW 240 (1) AND 241 (6), DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN GRANTED (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing (modifying Supreme Court) determined defendants’ motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s Labor Law 240 (1), 241 (6) and 200 causes of action should not have been granted. Plaintiff fell from an A-frame ladder when he was repairing a light fixture at the Nassau Coliseum. Repairing the light fixture is an activity covered by both Labor Law 240 (1) and 241 (6):

Here, the County defendants’ own submissions highlighted rather than eliminated triable issues of fact as to whether the plaintiff was engaged in repairs or routine maintenance at the time of his accident. Among other things, the County defendants submitted the plaintiff’s deposition testimony in support of summary judgment. Although the plaintiff’s testimony demonstrated that some of the lighting poles on which he worked may have only required the tightening or replacement of a lightbulb, he testified that more labor intensive work was performed on other lighting poles in order to make them function, which fell within the scope of “repairing” a light fixture and, concomitantly, within the scope of Labor Law § 240(1) … . …

“Labor Law § 241(6) imposes a nondelegable duty of reasonable care upon owners and contractors to provide reasonable and adequate protection and safety to persons employed in . . . construction, excavation or demolition work”… . “[T]he courts have generally held that the scope of Labor Law § 241(6) is governed by 12 NYCRR 23-1.4(b)(13), which defines construction work expansively. Under that regulation, construction work consists of [a]ll work of the types performed in the construction, erection, alteration, repair, maintenance, painting or moving of buildings or other structures” …. Since the plaintiff was arguably engaged in the repair of the subject lighting fixtures, the County defendants failed to establish, prima facie, that Labor Law § 241(6) was inapplicable to the plaintiff’s activities. Wass v County of Nassau, 2019 NY Slip Op 04748, Second Dept 6-12-19

 

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