The evidence establishes without contradiction that plaintiff, while cleaning ducts in 450's building, was injured due to the failure of the unsecured ladder upon which he was working. Accordingly, since "[i]t is well settled that the failure to secure a ladder to insure that it remains stable and erect while the plaintiff [is] working on it constitutes a violation of Labor Law § 240 (1) as a matter of law" (MacNair v Salamon,
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