Heron v. J.S. Alberici Construction Co.

Appeals from an order of Supreme Court, Erie County (Cosgrove, J.), entered October 30, 2002, which, inter alia, denied that part of the cross motion of fourth-party defendant for summary judgment seeking dismissal of plaintiff’s claim pursuant to Labor Law § 241 (6).

It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously modified on the law by granting that part of the cross motion of fourth-party defendant seeking dismissal of plaintiffs claim pursuant to Labor Law § 241 (6) to the extent that it is based on the alleged violations of 12 NYCRR 23-8.1 and 23-8.2 and as modified the order is affirmed without costs.

Memorandum: We conclude that Supreme Court erred in denying that part of the cross motion of fourth-party defendant seeking dismissal of plaintiff’s claim pursuant to Labor Law § 241 (6) to the extent that it is based on the alleged violations of 12 NYCRR 23-8.1 and 23-8.2. Those regulations apply to the use of equipment not used at the time of plaintiffs injury (see Jacome v State of New York, 266 AD2d 345, 347 [1999]). We therefore modify the order accordingly. We otherwise affirm the order for the reasons stated in the decision at Supreme Court (Cosgrove, J.). Present—Wisner, J.P, Hurlbutt, Scudder, Gorski and Lawton, JJ.