In determining whether defendant violated Labor Law § 240 (1), the trier of fact must consider whether plaintiff Robert Gordon was exposed to an elevation-related risk where gravity was a factor and whether the other methods allegedly proposed by Gordon which assertedly would have allowed him to work from above the pipes would have prevented his injury (see, Ross v Curtis-Palmer Hydro-Elec. Co.,
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