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THE SMALL CONCRETE PEBBLES UPON WHICH PLAINTIFF ALLEGEDLY SLIPPED DID NOT CONSTITUTE A “SLIPPERY CONDITION” WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDUSTRIAL CODE AND WERE NOT IN A “PASSAGEWAY” WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDUSTRIAL CODE; THE LABOR LAW 241(6) ACTION SHOULD HAVE BEEN DISMISSED (FIRST DEPT).

The First Department, reversing (modifying) Supreme Court, determined the Industrial Code did not apply to the small concrete pebbles on which plaintiff allegedly slipped when attempting to install a heavy glass divider:

When plaintiff stepped forward to place the glass into the track, he stepped onto “minute” pebbles near the track. His right foot slipped forward a few inches, but he did not fall. Plaintiff claims that he sustained injuries, not only because of pebbles he slipped on, but also because of [his employer’s] decision to remove one worker from his team when he undertook to move the glass.

… Neither of the Industrial Code regulations that plaintiff relies on apply to the accident. The floor was not in “a slippery condition” nor were the pebbles a “foreign substance which may cause slippery footing” within the meaning of Industrial Code § 23-1.7(d) … . Section 23-1.7 (e)(2) of the Industrial Code also does not apply as this was not a passageway, within the meaning of the regulation. In any event, the pebbles were debris that were an integral part of the construction work. The integral to the work defense applies to things and conditions that are an integral part of the construction, not just to the specific task a plaintiff may be performing at the time of the accident … . Ruisech v Structure Tone Inc., 2022 NY Slip Op 04941, First Dept 8-16-22

Practice Point: Small pebble-sized pieces of concrete are an integral part of the construction and therefore do not constitute a slippery “foreign substance” within the meaning of the Industrial Code. The Labor Law 241(6) action should have been dismissed.

 

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