Mining Incidents

Gleason Mills & Mines: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Lhoist Group
Gleason, Weakley County, TN  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4000195

Gleason Mills & Mines has $52K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
51
Years on record
1984–2025
Latest incident
Dec 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
198
citations
57
significant & substantial
$51,792
proposed penalties
$51,415
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $377 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
84
inspections on record
2,125
inspection hours
9.3
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
198 citations across 2,125 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Gleason Mills & Mines has $52K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1 outstanding across 2 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$52K
proposed penalties
$51K
current assessed
$51K
paid to date
$1
outstanding
196 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $794 in penalties contested before the Commission, $418 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
29.1%
significant & substantial
6.6%
high negligence or reckless
29.1%
reasonably likely or greater
39.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 8.7% low, 84.7% moderate, 6.6% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 2% of citations on record
  • Settled 3 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
47%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$794 proposed, $418 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2021-04-11.
Contested penalties
A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
SE 2021-0097 Settlement Paez 2021 $656 → $294
SE 2015-0190 Settlement Lesnick 2015 $138 → $124
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Health sampling
A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2026-01-07
27%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
102
samples
90
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz9124 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg10
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (100)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-02-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.8 0.77 1.04 Bagging Operator
2024-10-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.49 0.85 1.75 Bagging Operator
2024-08-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.28 0.78 1.64 Bagging Operator
2024-06-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.23 0.83 1.48 Bagging Operator
2024-06-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.67 0.65 1.03 Bagging Operator
2022-02-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.79 0.75 2.39 Bagging Operator
2022-02-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.12 0.81 1.38 Bagging Operator
2022-02-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.67 0.72 2.32 Bagging Operator
2021-01-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.98 0.77 1.27 Forklift Operator
2021-01-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.93 0.76 1.22 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2016-10-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.69 0.59 1.17 Forklift Operator
2016-04-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.61 0.57 1.07 Bagging Operator
2016-04-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 2.49 0.65 3.83 Bagging Operator
2016-04-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.72 0.6 1.20 Utility Man
2016-02-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.6 0.56 1.07 Forklift Operator
2015-02-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.72 0.61 1.18 Bagging Operator
2014-12-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.11 0.52 2.13 Forklift Operator
2014-12-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 3.43 0.59 5.81 Bagging Operator
2008-05-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.05 0.76 1.38 Bagging Operator
2008-05-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.59 0.78 2.04 Bagging Operator
2005-06-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.35 0.61 2.21 Bagging Operator
2005-06-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.15 0.68 1.69 Bagging Operator
2005-03-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.88 0.6 1.47 Bagging Operator
2005-03-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.21 0.62 1.95 Bagging Operator
2026-01-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 0.71 0.37 Bagging Operator
2026-01-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2026-01-07 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.39 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2026-01-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.42 0.73 0.58 Bagging Operator
2025-02-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 0.81 0.25 Bagging Operator
2025-02-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.67 0.71 0.94 Bagging Operator
2024-10-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.53 0.79 0.67 Bagging Operator
2024-10-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.38 0.7 0.54 Bagging Operator
2024-06-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.46 0.69 0.67 Bagging Operator
2022-11-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.38 0.7 0.54 Utility Man
2022-11-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2022-11-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.33 0.69 0.48 Utility Man
2022-11-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2022-07-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.34 0.69 0.49 Bagging Operator
2022-07-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.44 0.71 0.62 Bagging Operator
2022-07-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.33 0.65 0.51 Bagging Operator
2022-07-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.59 0.71 0.83 Bagging Operator
2022-04-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 0.67 0.39 Bagging Operator
2022-04-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 0.65 0.45 Bagging Operator
2022-04-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 0.72 0.42 Bagging Operator
2022-02-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.39 0.81 0.48 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2021-04-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2021-04-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.34 0.76 0.45 Bagging Operator
2021-01-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.56 0.78 0.72 Forklift Operator
2021-01-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-01-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.57 0.77 0.74 Forklift Operator
2019-01-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 0.78 0.33 Forklift Operator
2019-01-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.35 0.87 0.40 Laborer, Bullgang
2019-01-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.62 0.78 0.79 Bagging Operator
2018-02-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.32 0.56 0.57 Forklift Operator
2018-02-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 0.61 0.43 Bagging Operator
2018-02-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 0.54 0.52 Utility Man
2017-04-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-04-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.37 0.84 0.44 Bagging Operator
2016-10-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.58 0.61 0.95 Bagging Operator
2016-10-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.61 0.67 0.91 Utility Man
2016-05-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.39 0.55 0.71 Bagging Operator
2016-05-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 0.64 0.48 Forklift Operator
2016-05-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.42 0.55 0.76 Bagging Operator
2016-04-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.53 0.54 0.98 Forklift Operator
2016-02-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 0.62 0.44 Bagging Operator
2016-02-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.56 0.59 0.95 Bagging Operator
2015-04-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.37 0.6 0.62 Bagging Operator
2014-03-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-03-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 0.84 0.36 Bagging Operator
2013-08-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 1.46 0.10 Bagging Operator
2012-04-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.98 0.19 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-04-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.44 1.16 0.38 Bagging Operator
2012-04-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.52 1.27 0.41 Bagging Operator
2011-12-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.64 0.79 0.81 Bagging Operator
2010-12-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.52 1.31 0.40 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-12-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.49 1.61 0.30 Bagging Operator
2010-12-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.36 2.48 0.15 Bagging Operator
2009-03-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.65 2.26 0.29 Bagging Operator
2009-03-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.54 1.65 0.33 Bagging Operator
2008-10-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.71 1.17 0.61 Bagging Operator
2008-10-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.79 1.4 0.56 Bagging Operator
2008-05-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 0.9 0.28 Bagging Operator
2007-01-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.87 1.25 0.70 Bagging Operator
2007-01-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 0.79 0.38 Bagging Operator
2005-08-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 0.7 0.37 Bagging Operator
2005-08-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.36 0.63 0.57 Bagging Operator
2005-08-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.45 0.65 0.69 Bagging Operator
2005-06-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.37 0.63 0.59 Bagging Operator
2005-06-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.62 0.71 0.87 Bagging Operator
2005-03-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.51 0.6 0.85 Bagging Operator
2005-03-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-03-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.37 0.68 0.54 Forklift Operator
2002-05-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.36 0.99 0.36 Bagging Operator
2002-05-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 0.64 0.36 Bagging Operator
2002-05-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 0.67 0.37 Bulldozer Operator
2002-05-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-05-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 0.81 0.30 Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-09-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 0.54 0.44 Bagging Operator
2001-09-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.32 0.71 0.45 Bagging Operator
2001-09-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
Showing 100 of 102 laboratory readings: every over-limit reading, then the most recent. MSHA reads one air sample several times, so readings outnumber the samples counted above. The full set is in MSHA's Personal Health Samples file.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.

Gleason Mills & Mines recorded 5.13 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.

Injury rate, 2025
This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
5.13
total case rate
5.13
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Tennessee, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.25 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2025 * 5.13 5.13 0.000
2024 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2023 * 4.42 0.00 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 3.79 3.79 0.000
2019 * 3.70 0.00 0.000
2018 * 3.33 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. H C Spinks Clay Company Inc 1950 to 2003
  2. Spinks Clay Co 2003 to 2009
  3. H.C. Spinks Clay Co. 2009 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 20
2025 19
2024 22
2023 21
2022 21
2021 21
2020 24
2019 25
2018 26
2017 24
2016 34
2015 36
2014 36
2013 33
2012 36
2011 34
2010 32
2009 31
2008 32
2007 35
2006 37
2005 37
2004 37
2003 40
2002 38
2001 34
2000 33
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Gleason Mills & Mines sits in Weakley County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.7% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Weakley County, Tennessee · Population 32,959
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$49,502
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2026 Q2 12,126 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 9,512 1 0 105.1
2025 Q4 8,161 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 10,366 4 0 385.9
2025 Q2 10,891 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 9,544 1 1 104.8
2024 Q4 10,143 7 2 690.1
2024 Q3 10,828 1 0 92.4
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 11,166 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 11,340 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 11,155 3 0 268.9
2023 Q3 11,249 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 11,367 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 11,484 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 10,024 1 0 99.8
2022 Q3 11,833 1 1 84.5
2022 Q2 11,590 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 10,506 3 1 285.6
2021 Q4 10,618 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 12,027 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 11,668 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 10,433 4 2 383.4
2020 Q4 12,216 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 10,147 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 15,617 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 14,808 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 12,325 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 15,509 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 14,084 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 12,183 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 15,076 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 16,886 1 0 59.2
2018 Q2 15,252 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 12,774 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 11,430 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 12,956 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 14,337 3 0 209.2
2017 Q1 15,453 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 16,413 6 1 365.6
2016 Q3 17,105 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 15,022 2 0 133.1
2016 Q1 20,611 5 2 242.6
2015 Q4 17,866 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 18,907 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 18,482 3 0 162.3
2015 Q1 15,271 1 1 65.5
2014 Q4 18,520 6 0 324.0
2014 Q3 23,375 8 2 342.2
2014 Q2 22,737 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 19,663 5 1 254.3
2013 Q4 17,006 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 20,139 6 1 297.9
2013 Q2 19,035 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 18,768 4 3 213.1
2012 Q4 16,655 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 18,626 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 18,678 2 0 107.1
2012 Q1 21,537 2 0 92.9
2011 Q4 17,894 5 3 279.4
2011 Q3 20,581 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 21,003 5 2 238.1
2011 Q1 19,058 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 15,976 5 2 313.0
2010 Q3 19,601 4 2 204.1
2010 Q2 19,692 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 18,352 7 3 381.4
2009 Q4 15,929 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 18,192 6 4 329.8
2009 Q2 16,513 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 15,253 2 0 131.1
2008 Q4 16,153 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 18,970 2 2 105.4
2008 Q2 18,564 4 2 215.5
2008 Q1 16,309 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 14,842 9 1 606.4
2007 Q3 17,201 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 17,436 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 17,460 8 1 458.2
2006 Q4 16,471 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 20,839 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 19,166 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 16,667 9 3 540.0
2005 Q4 17,761 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 20,673 1 0 48.4
2005 Q2 19,827 8 0 403.5
2005 Q1 19,166 5 2 260.9
2004 Q4 18,366 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 19,251 1 0 51.9
2004 Q2 20,793 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 19,277 4 0 207.5
2003 Q4 18,033 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 22,662 3 0 132.4
2003 Q2 19,530 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 20,560 1 1 48.6
2002 Q4 23,335 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 16,224 1 0 61.6
2002 Q2 15,060 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 16,051 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 16,063 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 18,407 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 15,698 1 1 63.7
2001 Q1 18,623 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 14,853 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 18,788 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 18,941 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 16,765 9 3 536.8

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
April 22, 1992 TN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · MACHINERY
H C Spinks Clay Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE OPERATING MOTOR GRADER EMPLOYEE BACKED DOWNHILL TO BOTTOM OF INCLINE. EMP STARTED THE GRADER UP THE INCLINE AND HAD MOVED 70 FT WHEN MOTOR QUIT AND GRADER STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS, EMP JUMPED OUT THE L DOOR OF GREADER LANDING ON HIS FEET AND FALLING TO GROUND, THEN THE BACK SIDE OF BLADE HIT HIM AND THEN THE L FRONT TIRE RAN OVER HIM

Reportable incidents

50 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2025 · 2 incidents

December 23, 2025 TN · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
H.C. Spinks Clay Co. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee twisted knee while climbing stairs to the lab.

August 4, 2025 TN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
H.C. Spinks Clay Co. · Fall from machine

Employee was climbing down steps on off-highway haul truck and slipped. When employee caught themselves on the rail, they injured their left shoulder.

2023 · 1 incident

October 13, 2023 TN · Metal/Non-Metal dry screening plant operator, screen house operator OTHER
H.C. Spinks Clay Co. · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

An employee felt a pull in right calf while walking between railcars. Employee was diagnosed with a pulled muscle with no restrictions. On 11-15-23 they went for a sonogram. On 11-17-23 they were prescribed physical therapy. The first PT appt. was 11/21/23 for 6 sessions. We were informed today that their appts had started.

2020 · 1 incident

November 5, 2020 TN · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
H.C. Spinks Clay Co. · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

On 11/5/20 an employee was throwing sample bags into a dump hopper and felt EE's knee pop. EE's knee hurt for the remainder of EE's shift. At this point, EE feels EE does not want to seek medical care. The employee was taken on 5/26/2021 to Occ Med at Jackson TN. EE has been referred to an Orthopedic Physician in Paris for an MRI. EE received a prescription for Prednisone.

2019 · 1 incident

October 3, 2019 TN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
H.C. Spinks Clay Co. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was to load a bulk truck trailer at approximately 8:00 am. The employee stated that they opened the hatch with right hand. The left hand was resting on a rail or bar. The lid dropped onto a finger causing a laceration. The employee was taken to a local ER where they received 3 stitches.

2018 · 1 incident

December 28, 2018 TN · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
H.C. Spinks Clay Co. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

An employee tried to dislodge a large cley knot, it spun and lightly pinned a hand against a beam. The leather glove bunched up and "pinched" the skin on the back of the right hand. When they pulled the hand away holding the knot the skin ripped away approx. 2 inches wide.

2017 · 1 incident

April 3, 2017 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
H.C. Spinks Clay Co. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was stacking bags from a bagging machine to a pallet. As the employee stacked a bag, EE felt a pop in EE's back. EE initially thought that EE had just turned the wrong way. After stacking two more bags the pain increased the employee reported to the supervisor and requested medical care. EE was placed on restricted duty.

2012 · 1 incident

September 6, 2012 TN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
H.C. Spinks Clay Co. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was operating an industrial vacuum cleaner when an actuator failed, causing his index and middle finger to be smashed between the vacuum and the collection hopper. His index and middle finger on his right hand were broken between the fingernail and knuckle. He was treated at the ER and released the same day.

2011 · 5 incidents

October 19, 2011 TN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
H.C. Spinks Clay Co. · Struck against a moving object

Employee was driving a Mack road tractor with a dump trailer out of a clay pit when the truck lost traction and slid down the haul road incline. The dump trailer jack-knifed and lifted the tractor off the ground. When the tractor dropped back down to the ground the jarring from the wheels hitting the ground caused a compression fracture in his lower back.

July 21, 2011 TN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
H.C. Spinks Clay Co. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE left hand fingers were cut by a closing door while installing bags in the drier dust collector. EE received 3 sutures in 3 of his fingers.

June 22, 2011 TN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
H.C. Spinks Clay Co. · Struck against a moving object

EE went to the doctor on his own time with back pain. The diagnosis was a bulging disk in his lower back. EE was off work on doctors orders from 6/22/2011 to 8/28/2011. On 9/7/2011 the doctor deemed EE's condition as work related. The doctor attributed the condition to vibrations from operating a dozer.

May 24, 2011 TN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
H.C. Spinks Clay Co. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE cut his index finger on his left hand. EE was coming down the stairs from a silo when he caught his finger on a jagged edge on the metal handrail. EE was treated at East Wood Clinic Urgent Care in Paris and received 7 sutures.

January 19, 2011 TN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
H.C. Spinks Clay Co. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was helping change a tire on a John Deere 1812C pull scraper, when the wheel hub slipped and cut his right index finger. EE was taken to a local clinic where he received 5 stitches.

2009 · 1 incident

December 9, 2009 TN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Spinks Clay Co · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Loader operator suffering from a repetitive motion injury in his left shoulder.

2007 · 2 incidents

December 11, 2007 TN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Spinks Clay Co · Struck against a moving object

On 12/11/2007 a haul truck leaving the mine travling to the mill was involved in a one vehicle accident. The driver of the haul truck swerved to miss a dog in the road and over corrected causing the truck to leave the highway and come to rest in a field. The driver suffered a broken foot and the truck recieved damage to the front hood and cab area.

August 14, 2007 TN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Spinks Clay Co · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner went to the doctor,on his own time, because of shoulder discomfort. The Dr. diagnosed his conditon as a form of carpal tunnel requiring surgery.

2005 · 1 incident

2003 · 1 incident

October 18, 2003 TN · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Spinks Clay Co · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS LYING ON HIS LEFT SIDE USING A CUTTING TORCH TO BURN A HOLE IN THE GROUND. AS HE WAS BLOWING THE HOLE, A PIECE OF HOT SLAG GOT IN HIS EAR.

2000 · 1 incident

November 3, 2000 TN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
H C Spinks Clay Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING LARGE INDUSTRIAL VACUUM TO CLEAN PLANT. WHILE PULLING HOSE DEVELOPED PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

1999 · 2 incidents

December 15, 1999 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
H C Spinks Clay Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CATCHING AND PLACING 50 LB BAGS OF CLAY ON WOOD PALLETS. BEGAN TO HAVE PAIN IN NECKAND DOWN WAIST TO THE BELT LINE.

March 17, 1999 TN · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
H C Spinks Clay Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING TESTING RIG, DRILLING FORCLAY SAMPLES. WHILE SHOVELING WASTE SAND FROM DRILL AUGER, EMPLOYEE PULLED MUSCLE IN LEFT ELBOW.

1998 · 2 incidents

July 1, 1998 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
H C Spinks Clay Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CONSTRUCTING STEPS FOR A CAT WALK, A CROWBAR FELL OFF THE CAT WALK AND THE EE CAUGHT IT WITH HIS RIGHT HAND TO KEEP IT FROM HITTING HIM

June 11, 1998 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
H C Spinks Clay Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE STACKING 50 LB BAGS ON PALLETS EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HIS RIGHT SHOULDER BEGAN TO HURT HIM.

1993 · 8 incidents

September 7, 1993 TN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
H C Spinks Clay Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS WORKING AS A HELPER ON A MOBILE TESTING RIG. HE WAS LIFTING 3 INCH AND 5 INCH HOLLOW STEM AURGER OFF THE RIG AND HOOKING THEM UP. SOMETIME WHILE PREFORMING THIS WORK HE SAID HE PULLED M USCLES IN LOWER BACK. HE SAID HIS BACK HURT HIM SOME THE REST OF WEEK. HE REQUESTED TO GO TO THE DR SEPT 13, 1993.

August 18, 1993 TN · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
H C Spinks Clay Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS HLEPING PUT A MASTER LINK IN D-6 DOZER TRACK. HE WAS HOLDING HT EPIN WHILE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING IT IN. A PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFF HTE PIN AN HIT EMPLOYEE IN LEFT SIDE OF NECK. PUNCTURE WOUND IN LEFT SIDE OF NECK.

July 15, 1993 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
H C Spinks Clay Company Inc · Contact with heat

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON SCREW CONVEYOR IN UPPER PART OF PLANT. CAME DOWN STAIRS AND BECAME WEAK & DIZZY. WAS CARRIED TO HOSPITAL E.R. & WAS DIAGOSNED AS HEAT EXHAUSTION & TOLE HE COULD RETURN TO WORK. 7-19-93 EMPLOYEE TOLE FOREMAN HE DID NOT FEEL BETTER. HE WENT TO DOCTOR & HE HAD A MILD BACK STRAIN AS WELL AS HEAT EXHAUSTION. WAS TOLD TO BE OFF WORK FOR ONE WEEK.

June 22, 1993 TN · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
H C Spinks Clay Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING CYLINDER ON BOOM OF CATERPILLAR EXCAVATOR, HAD CHAIN AROUND CYLINDER LOWERING ONTO BOOM. CHAIN BROKE ALLOWING CYLINDER TO FALL AND CAUGHT EMPLOYEE'S LEFT HAND BETWEEN C YLINDER AND BOOM. CONTUSION TO BACK OF LEFT HAND

June 16, 1993 TN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
H C Spinks Clay Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYE EWAS OPERATING DOZER PUSHING UP CLAY. EMPLOYEE GOT OFF DOZER AND WAS WALKING OT PLANT. HE STEPPED ONA SOFT SPOT AND TURNED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

June 3, 1993 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
H C Spinks Clay Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS GOING UP AND DOWN ON A LADDER ATTACHED TO A DUST COLLECTOR CHANGING BELTS ON DUST COLLECTOR. WHILE COMING DOWN LADDER EE BUMPED HIS LEFT KNEE ON LADDER.

April 22, 1993 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
H C Spinks Clay Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WORKING ON HAY STACKER USING CUTTING TORCH TO CUT A PIECE OF METAL. AFTER CUTTING TORCH OFF, EE LAID THE PEICE OF METAL ON A TABLE AND RAISED HOOD ON HELMET. A PIECE OF HOT SLAG POPPED OFF METAL AND HIT EE ON LEFT EYE LID AND SIDE OF NOSE.

January 8, 1993 TN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
H C Spinks Clay Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING OUT THE BED OF DUMP TRUCK SHOVEL WHERE CLAY HAD BUILT UP IN CORNERS. HE WAS BENDING OVER TO DO THIS AND WHEN HE WENT TO STAND UP STRAIGHT, HE HAD PAIN IN THE LOWER BACK.. HE WAS NOT LIFTING.

1992 · 1 incident

August 12, 1992 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
H C Spinks Clay Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

79969 TO THE SALLEGED INJURY EMPLOYEE WAS SWEEPING FLOOR WITH PUSH BROOM HE CAME TO HIS FOREMAN & SAID WHILE SWEEPING HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK & ASKED TO GO TO THE DOCTOR

1991 · 2 incidents

July 26, 1991 TN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
H C Spinks Clay Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MOVING 55 GAL OF MATERIAL BY HAND FROM ONE PALLET TO ANOTHER. THE DRUM SLIPPED OFF PALLET AND CUT THE SHIN ON HIS LEFT LEG. FIRST AID GIVEN ON DATE OF INJURY. IT DID NOT HEAL AND EMPLOYEE WAS SENT TO DOCTOR ON 8-12-91.

March 28, 1991 TN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
H C Spinks Clay Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HELPING TO REMOVE ELECTRIC MOTOR FROM DRYER. USING A BOARD TO SLIDE THE MOTOR DOWN 18" TO FLOOR. WHEN MOTOR REACHED THE FLOOR, THE BOARD KICKED UP AND HIT EMPLOYEE ABOVE LEFT EYE CAUSING A CON TUSION ABOVE THE LEFT EYE.

1990 · 3 incidents

November 19, 1990 TN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
H C Spinks Clay Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO REMOVE DRAIN PIPE UNDER FINISH SCREEN AND WHILE LOWERING THE PIPE, IT SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS LEFT KNEE.

August 21, 1990 TN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
H C Spinks Clay Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPL USING DOZER TO PUSH FILL DIRT OFF DUMP IN CLAY MINE.EDGE OF BANK CAVED OFF,DOZER SLID DOWN SIDE OF BANK & CAME TO REST ON ITS SIDE.AS DOZER BEGAN SLIDE,EMPL JUMPED OFF,HIT BUTTOCKS AND BA CK ON TRACKS OF DOZER AND LANDED ON GROUND.

January 24, 1990 TN · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
H C Spinks Clay Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN THE BANK OF A WATER TREATMENT POND TO PUT A PLUG IN THE DRAIN PIPE THE BANK OF THE POND WAS MUDDY & EMPLOYEE FELL & INJURED HIS LEFT KNEE

1989 · 4 incidents

November 3, 1989 TN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
H C Spinks Clay Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING RAIL CAR.AFTER LOADING FINISHED HE WAS WALKING BACK TO PLANT AND STEPPED ON LUMP OF CLAY ALONGSIDE RAILROAD TRACK, AND TURNED LEFT ANKLE CAUSING A SPRAIN.EMPLOYEE CONTINUE D TO WORK OUT THIS SHIFT AND WORKED THE NEXT TWODAYS.HIS ANKLE WAS CONTINUING TO HURT HIM AND HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR ON NOV 6,1989.

October 13, 1989 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
H C Spinks Clay Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON PIPE IN DRY PLANT.AFTER HE HAD FINISHED WELDING AND HAD PUT AWAY HIS EQUIPMENT AND REMOVED HOOD,HE LATER TURNED TO PUT CLAMP ON PIPE AND WHILE DOING SO,A SMALL PIECE OF SLAG POPPED OFF INTO EMPLOYEES LEFT EYE PUPIL.

July 10, 1989 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
H C Spinks Clay Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

MOVING A 100 LB. BAG OF SODA ASH FROM PALLET, WHILE PULLING BAG OFF TOP OF STACK THE BAG FELL TO THE FLOOR JERKING EMPLOYEE FORWARD AS HE HELD ONTO END OF BAG CAUSING LOWER BACK STRAIN.

May 16, 1989 TN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
H C Spinks Clay Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPL WAS OPERATING D-4 CATERPILLAR DOZER TO PULL FUEL TRUCK INTO MINE. WHILE CLIMBING OFF DOZER HE LOST FOOTING & FELL TO GROUND ON BACK & TAILBONE. EMPL REPORTED TO SUPERVISOR 6/12/89 HE WAS INJURED & CAME TO OUR OFFICE ON 6/20/89 TO FURNISH INFORMATION FOR THIS REPORT.

1988 · 1 incident

February 13, 1988 TN · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor POWERED HAULAGE
H C Spinks Clay Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

REMOVING ROLLER FROM MILL USING ELECTRIC FORK LIFT TO LIFT ROLLER. WITH ROLLER ON FORKS OPERATOR BACKED FORK LIFT BACK AND CAME TO A STOP THENF ORK LIFT BECAME OVERBALANCED AND TILTED FORWARD. FORK LIFT TILED FORWARD BATTERY BRACKET BENT ALLOWING BATTERY TO SLIDE FORWARD AND PIN EMPLOYEE S LEFT LEG BETWEEN BATTERY AND DASH OF FORK LIFT.

1987 · 2 incidents

November 3, 1987 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
H C Spinks Clay Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CA7CHING BAGS OF CLAY FROM END OF CONVEYOR BELT AND STACKING THEM.

May 6, 1987 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
H C Spinks Clay Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE EMPLOYEE WA8 STACKING BAGE OF CLAY & WHILE IN THE PROCESS SAID HE PULLED SOMETHING IN H IS BACK

1986 · 2 incidents

December 1, 1986 TN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator ELECTRICAL
H C Spinks Clay Company Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

HELPING MAINENT5NCE PUT BATTERIES ON 950 TRACTOR LOADER WHEN BATTERIES SHORTED OUT AND EXPLODED THROWING ACID INTO EMPLOYEE'S EYES AND FACE. SAFETY PERSONELL IMMEDIATELY WASHED OUT EYES AND OF F FACE AND EMPL2YEE WENT TO EYE DOCTOR.

September 23, 1986 TN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
H C Spinks Clay Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE USING A SCRA1ER TO REMOVE OVERBURDEN SCRAPER BEING PUSHED BY DOZER & DOZER BLADE SLIPPED OFF SCRAPER BLOCK & DOZER BUMPED SCRAPER CAUSING EE TO SLIDE FORWARD ON SEAT, CAUSING BODY TO SLID E OVER SCROTUM.3EE DID NOT FO TO DOCTOR UNTIL 1-10-87.

1985 · 1 incident

April 8, 1985 TN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
H C Spinks Clay Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HELPING OPERATE CORE DRILLING RIG, WHILE DRAWING AUGERS OUT OF TEST HOLES AUGER SLIPPED AND CAUGHT LEFT HAND BETWEEN AUGER AND PIPE CASING.

1984 · 3 incidents

November 23, 1984 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
H C Spinks Clay Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHECKING V BELT ON MOTOR TO SEE IF WAS LOOSE, CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN MOTOR PULLEY AND BELT.

October 12, 1984 TN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
H C Spinks Clay Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMP HELPING TO MOVE RR HOPPER CAR IN POSITION TO CLEAN STANDING ON BOTTOM RUNG OF LADDER FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL UNDER CAR

April 30, 1984 TN · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
H C Spinks Clay Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

CLIMBING OFF R/R HOPPER CAR STEPPED OFF LAST RUNG APPROX 2\ OFF GROUND ONTO A ROCK & TURNED LEFT ANKLE.