How have courts treated injuries to construction workers who fall from a high-rise construction scaffold?

In Wright v. State of New York, 110 A.D.2d 1060, 488 N.Y.S.2d 917, claimant was injured while working on a construction project in Allegany State Park. He was working in a sitting position on a so-called "carpenter's bracket scaffold" which he and a co-worker had erected. When claimant attempted to stand, as was necessitated by the project, he lost his balance and fell approximately seven feet to the ground. At the time of the accident, the scaffold had in place only one, of two, 12-inch-wide planks for use as a standing platform, and neither a guardrail nor other protective device had been installed to prevent such a fall.