OSHA Inspection: ADAM VAILLANCOURT ROOFING AND CONSTRUCTION, LLC

Issued

Aug 30, 2021

Penalty

Initial $12,015 · Current $12,015

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.501(b)(13):Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):   (a)  Location - 55 West Main Street, Georgetown, MA  On or about 05/24/2021, employees were exposed to a fall hazard while working on a roof with no personal fall protection 10 feet above ground level.  The Adam Vaillancourt Roofing and Construction was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard 29CFR1926.501(b)(13), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1222744, citation number 01, item number 03 and was affirmed as a final order on (date), with respect to a workplace located at 517 Pine Street, Manchester, NH.  OSHA and Adam Vaillancourt Citation and Settlement History:   Adam Vaillancourt Roof and Construction, LLC was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard, 29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1004557, citation number 001, item number 001, and was affirmed as a final order on 12/15/2014, with respect to a workplace located at 340 Nashua St. Milford, NH 03055. The Informal Settlement Agreement stated "Employees and workers under the control of the employer were exposed to a fall of 24 feet while working on the roof where adequate instruction and avoidance of these conditions were not communicated."    Adam Vaillancourt LLC was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard, 29CFR 1926.501(b)(13), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1222744, citation number 001, item number 003 and was affirmed as a final order on 6/1/2017, with respect to a workplace located at 517 Pine St. Manchester, NH 03101.   Adam Vaillancourt LLC was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard, 29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1309685, citation number 001, item number 001, and was affirmed as a final order on 10/29/2018, with respect to a workplace located at 73 E. Broadway in Derry, NH 03038. Citation 1 Item 1 states "Site - On or about April 18, 2018, an employee was exposed to a fall hazard greater than 15 feet from a roof where an adequate training program that would enable them to recognize the hazards associated with falls was not provided." The Informal Settlement Agreement for OSHA inspection 1309685 required that Adam Vaillancourt, LLC "develop a site specific fall protection plan for work occurring on future jobsites to protect against injuries for work occurring at elevated locations for both employees and subcontractors."    Note: Since 2014, OSHA has issued 10 fall protection related violations (27 total violations including 2 Repeats) to subcontractors of Adam Vaillancourt Roofing and Construction, LLC, on jobsites where Adam Vaillancourt Roofing and Construction, LLC was the controlling employer and also received citations. The inspection numbers with respect to Adam Vaillancourt Roofing and Construction, LLC were 1309685, 1222744, and 1004557. In this OSHA Inspection (1524546), subcontractor employees were again working unprotected while Adam Vaillancourt Roofing and Construction, LLC management observed, oversaw, and failed to correct their unsafe work practices on multiple occasions. On this jobsite (253 Sheep Davis Road, Concord, NH), the employer was not adhering to the previously agreed upon the terms of the OSHA Inspection 1309685 Informal Settlement Agreement where a specific fall protection plan was not developed and utilized.