The record demonstrates conclusively that Labor Law § 240(1) was violated and that the violation was the proximate cause of plaintiff's injuries. Upon completing the assembly of a cylindrical rebar column weighing approximately 1,000 pounds, plaintiff's fellow ironworkers pushed the column down a ramp from its resting position atop two sawhorses to the ground below. Plaintiff was struck by the heavy rolling column when he inadvertently walked into its path. The evidence...
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