by admin on December 14, 2015
OSHA visited Callahan’s Deco Apartments job at 0 Penn St. in Quincy on Wednesday to investigate Universal Drywall, one of Callahan’s regular subcontractors. Following the inspection, the job shut down and no work was performed on Wednesday. Universal Drywall has a long history of violations and litigation, and is currently under investigation by the Attorney General’s office.
The following day, 50 carpenters protested at the site, citing Universal Drywall’s failure to provide area standard wages and benefits. Despite the history of safety violations on Callahan and Universal Drywall projects, many of the workers on site still do not receive wages and benefits that allow them to support their families.
Inspections, violations, and lawsuits are endemic to many of Callahan’s subcontractors. For more, visit callahantruth.com.
by admin on December 14, 2015
Investigators from the state’s Department of Industrial Accidents (DIA) fined Callahan Subcontractor Trinity Wall Systems LLC $2,500 after Trinity defaulted on a Stop Work Order (SWO) for failure to provide workers compensation insurance for its workers.
On October 6th, DIA investigators visited Callahan Inc,’s Rumney Flats project in Revere, and delivered a Stop Work Order (SWO) for Trinity Wall Systems after it was determined that the company did not have a workers compensation policy. Trinity regularly provides labor for Metro Walls, a frequent Callahan subcontractor, and had 10 people working on the site.
After appealing the SWO, Trinity owner Wascar Bautista-Tavarez failed to appear at a hearing, failed to provide payment, eventually defaulted and was subsequently fined.
This Stop Work Order is emblematic of the behavior of Callahan’s subcontractors, many of whom do not provide workers compensation insurance or other legally mandated obligations.
