OAKES v. NIAGARA MOHAWK POWER CORPORATION

Order unanimously reversed on the law without costs, motion denied and cross motion granted. Memorandum: Supreme Court erred in granting plaintiff's motion and denying defendants' cross motion for summary judgment on plaintiff's Labor Law § 240 (1) claim. Plaintiff was injured while he was helping to guide a 45-foot metal bar with a tag line that was wrapped around his hand. At that time, the tag line became wedged in a gap in the hand rail and tightened around plaintiff's hand, causing severe injuries. Because plaintiff's injury was not the result of a fall from a height or a falling object, his Labor Law § 240 (1) cause of action must be dismissed (see, Shaffer v Niagara Mohawk Power Corp., 167 A.D.2d 824, 825, appeal dismissed 77 N.Y.2d 835; see also, Root v County of Onondaga, 174 A.D.2d 1014; Staples v Town of Amherst, 146 A.D.2d 292).