![]() ![]() While New York Labor Law Section 240(1) is informally called the “Scaffold” law, it might as easily be called the “Gravity” law since its stated objective is to protect workers from the risks of falling themselves or of falling objects, risks which the Court’s call “elevation-related risks”. The law operates in practicality as a form of insurance for workers at job sites, (although the Court’s bristle at this characterization). It reads, in pertinent part:Īll contractors and owners and their agents, except owners of one and two-family dwellings who contract for but do not direct or control the work, in the erection, demolition, repairing, altering, painting, cleaning or pointing of a building or structure shall furnish or erect, or cause to be furnished or erected for the performance of such labor, scaffolding, hoists, stays, ladders, slings, hangers, blocks, pulleys, braces, irons, ropes, and other devices which shall be so constructed, placed and operated as to give proper protection to a person so employed. Even if the Owner or General Contractor did nothing wrong and had now knowledge of the condition which caused Plaintiff’s injuries, they may be held strictly liable under the Scaffold Law. Under the Scaffold Law, a worker’s own negligence which contributes in part, or nearly entirely, to his accident, counts for nothing. It is unique among Labor Laws in requiring a finding of strict liability against Owners and General contractors who run afoul of its provisions. ![]() If you have a JHA covering a topic not represented, please share it with the Natural Stone Institute's Safety Committee for review and possible incorporation.Section 240(1) of New York’s Labor law is known as its “Scaffold” Law. STONE JHA 022- Cutting Tile with 4" Grinder.STONE JHA 021 - Cutting Tile with Tile Break.STONE JHA 017 - Mixing Thinset or Grout with Electric Drill.STONE JHA 015 - Unloading or Moving Material.STONE JHA 014 - Moving Slabs with Overhead Crane.STONE JHA 013 - Loading a Flatbed Trailer - with Poles.STONE JHA 012 - Loading Truck with A-Frame.STONE JHA 011 - Loading a Flatbed Trailer - No Poles or A-Frame.STONE JHA 010 - Removing Slabs from Open Top Containers. ![]()
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