Plaintiff, a construction worker who fell between 16 and 24 feet to the ground when the corrugated metal flooring of the sidewalk bridge on which he was standing while dismantling the bridge bent downward, established prima facie a violation of Labor Law § 240(1) and that the violation was a proximate cause of his injuries (see Aburto v City of New York,
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