Section 240 (1) does not apply to this accident because the falling window that caused the injury, while "clearly a general hazard of the workplace," was "not a material being hoisted or a load that required securing for the purposes of the undertaking at the time it fell" (Narducci v Manhasset Bay Assoc.,
As to plaintiffs' Labor Law § 200 and common-law negligence claims, Levine Builder...
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