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Tom Ahern, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Portsmouth, New Hampshire · Masonry Contractors · NAICS 238140

2inspections
11citation items
$3,200current penalties
Aug 31, 2023last inspection

OSHA has inspected Tom Ahern, LLC 2 times in New Hampshire since 2023.

The latest one began on Aug 31, 2023 on a referral, in Portsmouth.

Those inspections ended with 11 citation items: 11 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $10,047 and now stand at $3,200, 68% lower after settlements or reviews.

Silica dust in construction comes up most often in these citations: 4 items under 1926.1153.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,080, and Tom Ahern, LLC averages $1,600 (2 cited inspections).

Tom Ahern, LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2023 to 2023
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 346953854 OPENED AUG 31, 2023Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 3 employees at the site · Closed Oct 23, 2024

159 State St., Portsmouth, NH 03801 · Masonry Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(xv) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$3,349$1,600Nov 28, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$0$0Nov 28, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1926.454(a) · Scaffold training
 Serious$0$0Nov 28, 2023Final

Inspection 346943426 OPENED AUG 29, 2023Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 3 employees at the site · Closed Aug 5, 2024

159 State Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801 · Masonry Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$3,349$1,600Nov 30, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$0$0Nov 30, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$0$0Nov 30, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 1d
29 CFR 1910.134(k) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$0$0Nov 30, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 1e
29 CFR 1926.1153(c)(1) · Silica dust in construction
 Serious$3,349$0Nov 30, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 1f
29 CFR 1926.1153(g)(1) · Silica dust in construction
 Serious$0$0Nov 30, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 1g
29 CFR 1926.1153(h)(1)(i) · Silica dust in construction
 Serious$0$0Nov 30, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 1h
29 CFR 1926.1153(i)(1) · Silica dust in construction
 Serious$0$0Nov 30, 2023Final

The rules behind these citations

Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)

(1) The test instrument must have an effective audio-warning device, or a visual-warning device in the form of a screen tracing, that indicates when the test subject fails to hold his or her breath during the test. The test must be terminated and restarted from the beginning when the test subject fails to hold his or her breath during the test. The test subject then may be refitted and retested.

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1)

(1) General. The employer shall provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee is fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace. The employer may discontinue an employee's medical evaluations when the employee is no longer required to use a respirator.

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1)

(1) Normal breathing. In a normal standing position, without talking, the subject shall breathe normally.

29 CFR 1926.1153 · Silica dust in construction

29 CFR 1926.451 · Scaffolds, general requirements

29 CFR 1926.454 · Scaffold training

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