Plaintiff was an employee of a company contracted by defendant Port Authority to sandblast and paint the George Washington Bridge. On a day when plaintiff could not do his scheduled sandblasting work, he was instructed by his foreman to hang tarps on an upper truss located above a platform. To get there, plaintiff grabbed a cable above him, put his foot on a pole and cable and climbed up. The foreman never instructed plaintiff to wear a safety harness while climbing up or...
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