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Gleason Clay Mill Metal/Non-Metal

Old Hickory Clay Company · Surface

Controlled by J Lee Powell

Gleason, Weakley County, TN · Active

MSHA Mine ID: 4001051

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2007–2026
Latest incident: Apr 2026

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

116

citations

significant & substantial

$17,754

proposed penalties

$17,452

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Quarterly safety rates

Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA

Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4	7,239	0	0	0.0
2025 Q3	7,670	3	1	391.1
2025 Q2	7,690	0	0	0.0
2025 Q1	8,230	2	0	243.0
2024 Q4	8,546	0	0	0.0
2024 Q3	8,724	1	0	114.6
2024 Q2	7,721	0	0	0.0
2024 Q1	6,528	3	0	459.6

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2026 · 1 incident

April 16, 2026 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Old Hickory Clay Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was kneeling on the ground, preparing to close bottom gate on railcar and heard EE's right knee pop. EE was in pain and wanted to go to the Dr to be checked out. EE is now waiting for an orthopedic Dr. to see EE.

2007 · 1 incident

January 11, 2007 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Old Hickory Clay Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee had emptied dump truck of clay. He had gone around to back of truck to see that all the clay had dumped out. He took a step backwards, tripped over a lump of clay & fell on his left ankle.