Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York January 5, 2010 (Collins v. Switzer Construction Group, Inc.)

*408Plaintiff, an electrician, was injured when, in the course of installing conduit sleeves, he stepped off a ladder and slipped on debris scattered around the ladder. Industrial Code (12 NYCRR) § 23-1.7 (e) (2) requires that areas of floors where persons work “be kept free from accumulations of. . . debris . . . insofar as may be consistent with the work being performed.