In this scaffolding case brought under Labor Law §§ 200, 240 and 241, the IAS Court properly granted summary judgment in favor of plaintiff against the owner of the premises on which he was injured. Plaintiff's testimony that the plywood platform upon which he stood collapsed, causing him to fall and sustain injury, was by itself sufficient to establish a prima facie case of violation of section 240 (1) (see, Antunes v 950 Park Ave. Corp.,
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