Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
On December 21, 2001, the plaintiff Prek Makaj, who was employed as a painter on a bridge restoration project, was injured when he fell from a staircase handrail on which he was standing while attempting to reach a ladder stored on the roof of a building on the job site.
The plaintiffs made a prima facie showing of entitlement to judgment as a matter of law pursuant to Labor Law § 240 (1) by demonstrating...
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