NY Labor Law 200 N.Y. Labor Law 200 requires employers to provide safe work conditions for construction workers. It requires that places, where it is applicable, “shall be so constructed, equipped, arranged, operated and conducted as to provide reasonable and adequate protection to the lives, health and safety of all persons employed therein or lawfully frequenting such places. All machinery, equipment, and devices in such places shall be so placed, operated, guarded, and lighted as to provide reasonable and adequate protection to all such persons.” This law is an extension of the general negligence law for construction workers.