DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The plaintiff Timothy Conway (hereinafter Conway), while employed as a construction worker, stepped on an A-Frame dolly in a storage room in a building owned by the defendant, Beth Israel Medical Center (hereinafter Beth Israel). The dolly moved about a foot and Conway's knee buckled causing him to fall and hit his shoulder on a compressor.
The Supreme Court properly dismissed the plaintiffs' Labor Law § 200 Lab. claim because there was insufficient evidence in the record to create an issue of fact as to whether Beth Israel directed or controlled Conway's work ( see, Rosemin v. Oved, 254 A.D.2d 343; Akins v. Baker, 247 A.D.2d 562). Additionally, an owner's duty to provide a safe workplace does not include protecting workers from dangers which, as here, are readily apparent ( see, Rottkamp v. American Ref-Fuel of Hempstead, 251 A.D.2d 644; Duclos v. Bisordi, 209 A.D.2d 376).
The plaintiffs' Labor Law § 240 Lab. claim was also properly dismissed in light of the fact that Conway's work did not involve an elevation-related risk ( see, Melber v. 6333 Main St., 91 N.Y.2d 759; Sousa v. American Ref-Fuel Co. of Hempstead, 91 A.D.2d 759 [2d Dept., Feb. 8, 1999]; Masullo v. City of New York, 253 A.D.2d 541; Duffy v. Bass D'Allesandro, 245 A.D.2d 333).
Finally, the Supreme Court properly dismissed the Labor Law § 241 Lab. (6) claim. The Industrial Code provisions relied upon by the plaintiff, 12 NYCRR 23-1.7 (e) (1) and (2), are not applicable to the facts of this case. The storeroom in which Conway was injured was not a "passageway" as required by 12 NYCRR 23-1.7 (e) (1) ( see, Mendoza v. Marche Libre Assocs., 256 A.D.2d 133 [1st Dept., Dec. 15, 1998]; Vieira v. Tishman Constr. Corp., 255 A.D.2d 235 [1st Dept., Nov. 19, 1998]; Maynard v. De Curtis, 252 A.D.2d 908; Lenard v. 1251 Ams. Assocs., 241 A.D.2d 391; Cafarella v. Harrison Radiator Div. Of Gen. Motors, 237 A.D.2d 936). With regard to 12 NYCRR 23-1.7 (e) (2), the storeroom was not a "working area", and the A-Frame was not a "scattered tool", but rather was in its proper place.