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Masterack, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Social Circle, Georgia · Automotive Parts and Accessories Stores · NAICS 441310

2inspections
5citation items
$38,014current penalties
Jun 15, 2020last inspection

Masterack, LLC has 2 OSHA inspections on record in Georgia, the first in 2017.

OSHA's last visit started on Jun 15, 2020 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Social Circle.

Across those inspections OSHA issued 5 citation items: 4 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $38,014 in penalties and the amount has not been reduced.

Most often, OSHA cited 1910.134, respiratory protection (2 items).

For context, across all retail employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $1,750. Masterack, LLC averages $19,007 over 2 cited inspections in that time.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Masterack, LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

It reported 2 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.

Masterack, LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2017 to 2020
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 344789730 OPENED JUN 15, 2020Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Health · 63 employees at the site · Closed Jan 20, 2021

1 Waters Drive 1670 Annie P Henderson Road, Social Circle, GA 30025 · Other Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Sep 6, 2020 (fatal): Employee dies from heat stroke

At 1:00 p.m. on On June 5, 2020, an employee was powder coating racks in a paint booth. The employee was wearing work pants, steel toed boots, and Tyvek suit in the warm working environment. When the employee did not show up for break, his coworkers went to the booth and found him lying on the floor. The employee was hospitalized due to heat stroke. Three months later, the employee died.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1) · Respiratory protection
Serious$12,145$12,145Nov 30, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1) · Respiratory protection
Serious$0$0Nov 30, 2020Final

Inspection 342680337 OPENED OCT 4, 2017Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 61 employees at the site · Closed Jun 26, 2018

1 Waters Drive 1670 Annie P Henderson Road, Social Circle, GA 30025 · Automotive Parts and Accessories Stores · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Sep 20, 2017: Employee fractures arm and has a stroke when caught in lathe

At 11:50 a.m. on September 20, 2017, Employee #1 was operating a lathe. While reaching over to observe the spindle, the employee's shirt became caught in the rollers of the lathe. Employee #1 suffered a fractured left arm and possible stroke. He was hospitalized for treatment.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(ii) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$7,391$7,391Feb 6, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
Serious$9,239$9,239Feb 6, 2018Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2) · Reporting deaths and severe injuries
Other-than-serious$9,239$9,239Feb 6, 2018Final

Injury and illness logs

From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.

In 2025, the Social Circle site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 79 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.1 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Masterack - Social Circle
Social Circle · 2025
79 000.03.1
Masterack, LLC. Social Circle,Georgia
Social Circle · 2022
296 303.63.1
Masterack, LLC
Social Circle · 2020
62 558.03.6
Masterack Social Circle
Social Circle · 2017
71 415.63.3
Social Circle site
Social Circle · 2016
70 404.03.3

Severe injury reports

Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 2 reports on file.

Jun 5, 2020, Social Circle: Hospitalization · multiple effects of heat and light · body systems

An employee was powder coating racks in a paint booth. The employee lost consciousness in the paint booth and was hospitalized for acute respiratory failure, heat stroke/malignant hyperthermia, acute renal failure and septic shock.

Sep 21, 2017, Social Circle: Hospitalization · stroke · body systems

An employee was drilling a hole into a fixture with a lathe on 9/21/2017. The employee leaned into the machine to line up the drill bit and the employee's shirt was caught in the worm-screw resulting in a left arm fracture and a stroke. The worm-screw was not guarded at the time.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1904.39 · Reporting deaths and severe injuries

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2)

(2) Within twenty-four (24) hours after the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to OSHA.

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 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

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