Appellant Calzada, a steamfitter employed by a private contractor, was assigned, on February 21, 1985, by his employer to repair ceiling pipes in the basement of the State-owned Alfred E. Smith Building at 80 Centre Street in the Borough of Manhattan. He was furnished with a mobile scaffold by the State. In the course of his work the middle part of the platform gave way, causing plaintiff to fall through and strike the base of his spine on a projecting angle iron of the scaffold...
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