The Massachusetts Board of Building Regulations and Standards has revoked a residential contractor’s license over failure to pay $300,000 in Occupational Safety and Health Administration fines over multiple fall protection violations.
William Trahant, owner of Lynn-based William Trahant Jr. Construction Inc., will have his construction supervisor’s license revoked for “at least” two years as the result of a complaint filed by the U.S. Department of Labor, citing seven separate citations issued to his company since 2014 for violating federal fall safety regulations and his continued failure to pay penalties, according to a statement issued by the DOL on Monday.
As part of the order, Mr. Trahant must cease any work on active building permits he holds until a successor license holder is substituted or he regains his license. OSHA estimated that Mr. Trahant currently holds “hundreds” of active building permits in five cities in Massachusetts, according to the statement.