OSHA has inspected Ats Operating, LLC 3 times in Alabama since 2019.
The latest one began on Dec 18, 2024 as a planned inspection, in Jasper.
Those inspections ended with 4 citation items: 2 serious and 2 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $11,868 and now stand at $7,121, 40% lower after settlements or reviews.
Hazard communication comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.1200.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for retail employers since 2015 is $2,130, and Ats Operating, LLC averages $7,121 (1 cited inspection).
Ats Operating, LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Jasper site logged 4 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 81 workers: 7.5 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 4.2 for its industry. Those cases cost 53 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
"America's Thrift Store #4"
Jasper · 2025
81
4
2
7.5
4.2
"America's Thrift Store #3"
Pell City · 2025
58
1
0
2.2
4.2
"America's Thrift Store #16"
Gardendale · 2025
64
3
0
6.6
4.2
"America's Thrift Store 4"
Jasper · 2024
78
5
0
9.3
4.3
"America's Thrift Store 3"
Pell City · 2024
57
2
1
4.4
4.3
"America's Thrift Store 016"
Gardendale · 2024
64
6
1
13.8
4.3
America's Thrift Store #4
Jasper · 2022
81
9
0
15.0
4.3
America's Thrift Store #3
Pell City · 2022
57
4
0
7.8
4.3
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.
Nov 13, 2025, Jasper: Hospitalization · fractures · upper and lower extremities n.e.c.
An employee was entering the supply closet when she tripped over a stack of boxes and fell on the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to a collarbone and femur and required surgery.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(i) The information specified under paragraphs (f)(1)(i) through (v) of this section for labels on shipped containers; or,
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6)(ii)
(ii) Product identifier and words, pictures, symbols, or combination thereof, which provide at least general information regarding the hazards of the chemicals, and which, in conjunction with the other information immediately available to employees under the hazard communication program, will provide employees with the specific information regarding the physical and health hazards of the hazardous chemical.
29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements
29 CFR 1910.303(b)(2)
(2) Installation and use. Listed or labeled equipment shall be installed and used in accordance with any instructions included in the listing or labeling.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.
