In connection with the renovation of defendant's building, plaintiff and a coworker were assigned to lower an inoperable elevator into the elevator pit. The task was performed from the top of the elevator cab with a pair of "coffin hoists" that, alternately secured to the elevator guide rails with support brackets, allowed the cab to be lowered five or six feet at a time. When the elevator stopped descending and there was slack in the chains of the hoists, plaintiff thought...
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