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Gleason Mines: 6 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Imerys S A
Gleason, Weakley County, TN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4001046

Gleason Mines has $433 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
1983–2001
Latest incident
Apr 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
6
citations
0
significant & substantial
$433
proposed penalties
$433
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
22
inspections on record
293
inspection hours
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 293 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Gleason Mines has $433 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$433
proposed penalties
$433
current assessed
$433
paid to date
$0
outstanding
6 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-09-03.
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.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
100.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 33.3% low, 66.7% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2005-02-01, 21 years ago
9
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg7
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (9)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2005-02-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2005-02-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2005-02-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2005-02-01 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.36 Backhoe Operator
2003-05-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scraper Operator
2003-05-21 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 Bulldozer Operator
2002-06-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2002-06-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-06-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
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 Mines recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2007.

Injury rate, 2007
ⓘ 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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.30 and the all-US-mining average was 3.77 cases per 100 workers.
In Tennessee, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.59 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
2007 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2006 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2005 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2004 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2003 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2002 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2001 * 7.11 0.00 0.000
2000 * 6.65 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. Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company 1950 to 1983
  2. Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company 1983 to 1988
  3. Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company 1988 to 2001
  4. Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company 2001 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2009 4
2008 6
2007 12
2006 13
2005 11
2004 12
2003 11
2002 11
2001 14
2000 15
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Gleason 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
2009 Q3 2,244 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,902 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,515 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 830 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,103 1 0 322.3
2008 Q2 1,977 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,549 1 0 392.3
2007 Q4 8,951 0 0 0.0
Show 31 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2007 Q3 4,484 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 8,881 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 5,339 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 5,532 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 5,369 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 10,606 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,867 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 4,743 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 5,839 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 6,053 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 5,385 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 5,736 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 6,762 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 7,361 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 5,099 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 4,106 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 7,556 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 6,759 1 0 148.0
2003 Q1 3,897 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 4,478 2 0 446.6
2002 Q3 6,367 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 5,888 1 0 169.8
2002 Q1 5,418 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 4,773 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 6,369 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 9,646 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 7,327 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 5,080 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 10,352 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 8,912 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 5,718 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

13 on file

2001 · 1 incident

April 2, 2001 TN · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SEVERE BILATERAL CARPAL TUNNEL FROM DRIVING HAUL TRUCK FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

2000 · 1 incident

February 8, 2000 TN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME, AND THE DOCTOR ALLEGED IT TO BE WORK RELATEDHE OPERATES A FRONTEND LOADER FEEDING A SHREDDER, THIS REQUIRES VERY LITTLE WRIST MOVEMENT.

1998 · 1 incident

July 27, 1998 TN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE TRYING TO ADJUST THE SEAT IN 1318 SO IT WOULD LOCK IN PLACE AND NOT SLIDE BACK AND FORTH. THE SEAT SLID FORWARD AND PINCHED FINGER. THE RING FINGER ON LEFT HAND WAS CUT REQUIRING 4 STITC HES.

1993 · 1 incident

September 10, 1993 TN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS REMOVING PART OF A HYDRAULIC LINE ON A KOMATSU BACKHOE. HE WAS WORKING INA VERY CONSTRICTED PLACE. HARD TO GET INTO AND HARD TO GET OUT OF. AFTER STRAIGHTENED UP HE HAD PAIN ON RIGHT SI DE IN LOWER RIB CAGE. HURT TO BREATHE. PAIN BECAME WORSE OVER THE WEEKEND.

1992 · 3 incidents

September 3, 1992 TN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company · Fall from machine

HE WAS ON THE HOOD OF THE TRUCK CLEANING THE WINDSHIELD, WHIKLE WAITING FOR THE TRUCK TO BE LOADED. AS HE WAS GETTING DOWN OFF THE TRUCK OVER THE SIDE OF THE HOOD, HE HAD ONE FOOT ON THE TIRE AND THE OTHER FOOT ON THE HUB. HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE TIRE CAUSIGN HIM TO LAND HARD ON THE GROUND ON ONE FOOT AND FALL OVER BACKWARDS ON THE GROUND.

August 24, 1992 TN · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

85061S USING A WINCH TO LIFT A DRILL AUGER IN THE AIR TO GOOVER ANOTHER AUGER.THE CABLE FLEXED CAUSING THE HOOK TO COME UNHOOKED AND THE AUGER HIT HIM IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD AND THE LEFT SHOU 3459?LACERATION TO HEAD REQUIRING SUTURES AND SKIN ABRASION AND CONTUSIONS TO LEFT SHOULDER.

August 7, 1992 TN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS DRIVING A TRI-AXLE DUMP TRUCK HAULING LOADS OF WASTE CLAY AT THE TRENTHAM MINE. HE DOESN'T KNOW FOR SURE WHAT HAPPENED, ONLY KNOWS WHEN IT STARTED HURTING. HE WASN'T LIFTING, PUSHING OR PUSHING ANYTHING. HE THINKS IT COULD HAVE BEEEN CAUSED FROM TURNING HIS UPPER BODY AROUND TO LOOK BACK. THIS WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL 8-17-92.

1989 · 1 incident

September 1, 1989 TN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS LOADING 70 FT OF ONE INCH CABLE ON A TRUCK. OTHER EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING HIM. HIS BACK DID NOT START HURTING IMMEDIATELY BUT WAS HURTING BY THE TIME HE GOT BACK TO THE PLANT. LOWER BACK S TRAIN.

1987 · 1 incident

September 8, 1987 TN · Metal/Non-Metal driller, highwall helper, highwall drill helper MACHINERY
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THEY WERE DRILL3NG FOR CLAY AND THE AUGER WAS URUNNING I.NAME WAS CLEANING OFF THE EXTENSION BAR ON THE AUGER HIS LEFT GLOVE CAUGHT ON THE BOLT ON THE AUGER AND JERKED HIM AROUND FRACTURING BOTH BONES IN 5OWER LEFT ARM I.NAME IS A COLLEGE STUDENT AND WAS HIRED FOR SUMMER WORK ONLY 9-8-87 WAS HIS LAST DAY HE QUIT ON 9/8 BECAUSE HE HAD TO REGISTER FOR COLLEGE ON 9-9-87

1986 · 1 incident

December 11, 1986 TN · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company · Struck against stationary object

HE WAS CHECKING3THE GREASE FITTINGS ON THE #2010 ROAD GRADER.WHEN HE STEPPED SOWN OFF THE BACK OF THE GRADER,HE CUT AND FRACTURED HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER ON THE BELT OR FAN.

1984 · 2 incidents

March 15, 1984 TN · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger POWERED HAULAGE
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company · Struck against a moving object

HE WAS DRIVING DUMP TRUCK HAULING CLAY FROM TRENTHAM MINE TO BRICK PLANT HE METE A ROAD GRADER ON A HILL & LET FRONT WHEEL OFTRUCK DROP OFF EDGE OF PAVEMENT LOSING CONTROL OF TRUCK TURNED TRUC K #1243 OVER ON SIDE THERE WAS HIGH PAVEMENT EDGE LOW SHOULDER & MINIMUM PASSING ROOM ON THIS ROAD HE SUSTAINED A FX LEFT SHOULDER & BRUISED LEFT ARM TELEPHONED THIS INFO TO GLENN DYKE AT FRA

February 1, 1984 TN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WASCARRYING 100# BAGS OF CHEMICAL. HE SLIPPED IN THE MUD WHILE CARRYING THE BAGS OF CHEMICAL AND TWISTED HIS BACK CAUSING LOWER BACK PAIN. FIRST WENT TO DOCTOR ON 2-4-84 BUT CONTINUED TO WORK. CONDITION GOT WORSE AND HE WENT TO DOCTOR AGAIN ON 3-9-84.

1983 · 1 incident

July 11, 1983 TN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company · Fall from machine

HE WAS DRIVING A TRUCK HAULING CLAY FROM THE MINES TO THE PLANT. HE STEPPED LONG OUT OG THE TRUCK SKIPPING A STEP. WHEN HE HIT THE GROUND IT JARRED HIM HARD HURTING HIS BACK. HE WENT TOT HE '%'%**% HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR ON 7-13-83. THIS EE HAD BACK SURGERY IN 1981 AFTER A WORKMAN\S COMP INJURY.