FILE PHOTO A Nashua man is alleging numerous safety and health violations at the Nashua Radisson, but the hotel's general manager denies the allegations.

NASHUA – The general manager of the Nashua Radisson, the large, castle-themed hotel off Spit Brook Road in southern Nashua, said last week federal authorities tagged the facility on just one violation – not a “multiple, ongoing” series of violations alleged by a former employee.

“OSHA did visit us … a key concern (the agency raised) was water getting into the electrical room,” general manager Bob Seguin said, referring to the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration. He said the hotel is “complying with OSHA,” and he’s in the process of “following up” with the agency regarding the work that’s been done to bring the facility into compliance.

But Nashua resident Wayne Saya, the Radisson’s engineering director until he was terminated late last year after less than four months on the job, said OSHA, as well as local officials, have cited the hotel for numerous violations ranging from safety concerns to fire and electrical code violations and “black mold infestation” in some of the guest rooms.

While Saya said he went public with the allegations out of frustration over what he called management’s refusal to address the many safety issues he brought to them during his tenure as building engineer, Seguin said it appears to be a case of “a former employee making an effort to disparage the hotel in different ways.”

“Some (allegations) are true, some are not true,” Seguin said. “I can tell you we’re complying with OSHA, and there are no safety concerns at this time.”

Seguin said he “can’t get into the specifics” of the matter due to “legal issues,” but he stands firmly behind the hotel’s commitment “to comply with all regulatory requirements.

“We’re regulated very closely, like any business in town,” he said. “It appears there’s a person … trying to disparage the hotel for personal gain.”

Saya, meanwhile, claims OSHA, in 2018, levied a $21,000 fine – which he alleged is “the largest known fine in the city’s history” – against the Radisson and its parent company, Afp 105 Corporation.

A link Saya provided from OSHA’s website brings up an “Inspection Detail” document for Afp 105 Corporation, 11 Tara Blvd, which shows eight violations, all issued on Aug. 30, 2018 with an “abate” date of Oct. 18.

A “violation summary” chart shows five violations, two deemed “serious” and three listed under “other.” The “serious” violations show an “initial penalty” of just under $22,000, while the “current” penalty is listed as about $6,500.

While the document lists “informal settlement” as the “last event” on each of the eight alleged violations, the “case status” is listed as “open,” with a notation that “the following inspection has not been indicated as closed.”

Saya said he filed those May cases with OSHA, and as of late February they were all still open, “pending abatement,” he said.

He said the conflict with Radisson management that would lead to his termination began when “I wanted to effectuate a strategy to abate the issues.”

He alleged his supervisors often changed the subject, or “went on to a different issue,” when he brought his recommendations to them.

Among Saya’s final acts in the Radisson’s employ was his effort “to find out who filed a permit” after he discovered sheet rock had been removed in some guest rooms.

“I found there was no permit filed,” he said, adding that he brought that finding, along with his concerns over “the potential for a catastrophic failure” of the boiler system, to Afp 105 Corporation.

“A couple of weeks later, I was let go,” Saya said. “The reason they gave was ‘poor performance.’ They said I wasn’t ‘a good fit.'”