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ANTONI TURCZYNSKI, Appellant, v. CITY OF NEW YORK, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent. PASSAL CONTRACTING CORP., Third-Party Defendant-Respondent.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with one bill of costs.

Labor Law § 240 (1) applies where the falling of an object is related to "a significant risk inherent in . . . the relative elevation . . . at which materials or loads must be positioned or secured" ( Rocovich v. Consolidated Edison Co., 78 NY2d 509, 514). Thus, to establish liability under Labor Law § 240 (1), a plaintiff must show more than simply that an object fell, thereby causing injury to a worker ( see Blake v. Neighborhood Hous. Servs. of N.Y. City, 1 NY3d 280, 288-289). A plaintiff must show that "the object fell, while being hoisted or secured, because of the absence or inadequacy of a safety device of the kind enumerated in the statute" ( Narducci v. Manhasset Bay Assoc., 96 NY2d 259, 268; see Belcastro v. Hewlett-Woodmere Union Free School Dist. No. 14, 286 AD2d 744). Here, the Supreme Court properly dismissed the plaintiff's complaint insofar as it was predicated on Labor Law § 240 (1) because the plaintiff's activities did not fall within the special elevation risks encompassed by Labor Law § 240 (1) ( see Melo v. Consolidated Edison Co. of N.Y., 92 NY2d 909; Phillips v. City of New York, 228 AD2d 570; Schreiner v. Cremosa Cheese Corp., 202 AD2d 657).

Furthermore, since the plaintiff failed to cite any concrete provision of the Industrial Code that could be said to have been violated by the defendant, the plaintiff's complaint insofar as it was predicated on Labor Law § 241 (6) was properly dismissed ( see Katrakazos v. Frank Bahar, Inc., 297 AD2d 332, 333; Brechue v. Town of Wheatfield, 241 AD2d 935).

The plaintiff's remaining contentions are without merit.

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TURCZYNSKI v. CITY OF NEW YORK
(Apr 11, 2005)