MINE DETAILS
Gleason Mills and Mines
MSHA MINE ID4001052
LOCATION
Mine location
1 of 1 mine with usable MSHA coordinates. Select a marker to open a mine.
Mine coordinates
- Gleason Mills and Mines36.19972, -88.59417Open map ↗
Quarterly trends
2025 Q1 – 2026 Q4
Database snapshot · 2026-10-17. MSHA quarterly production and employment reports.
Coal production
—reported short tons
Hours worked
—reported employee hours
Tons per hour
—production ÷ hours worked
Missing values appear as —. Totals use available reports. Tons per hour requires production and hours for the same quarters and a nonzero hours total. * Striped bars mark partial mine coverage or an incomplete quarter. See the table for coverage.
Quarterly data and reporting coverage
| Quarter | Coal (short tons) | Hours worked | Tons / hour | Avg. employees | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q1 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2025 Q2 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2025 Q3 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2025 Q4 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2026 Q1 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2026 Q2 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2026 Q3 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2026 Q4 | — | — | — | — | No report |
Safety and enforcement
2025-01-01 – 2026-10-17
Violations
3218 significant & substantial (S&S)
Accident records
10 records classified as fatality
Proposed penalties · USD
52,489.0028 of 32 violations with amounts
On-site inspection hours
93.257 inspections · 7 with hours
Counts are published records, including contractor records. * The quarter was incomplete at the snapshot date; recent counts may rise as reports arrive. — means no reported amount or hours. Portfolio totals use current membership.
Quarterly safety data
| Quarter | Violations | S&S | Proposed USD | Accident records | Fatality records | Inspections | On-site hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-Q1 | 5 | 3 | 1,310.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025-Q3 | 9 | 4 | 26,866.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24.0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2026-Q1 | 9 | 6 | 11,083.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22.5 |
| 2026-Q2 | 5 | 3 | 13,230.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18.3 |
| 2026-Q3 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2026-Q4 * | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28.5 |
Most cited CFR sections
All violations issued in the selected period. Counts combine subsections.
Safety activity
56.14112(a)(1) · S&S
56.14107(a) · S&S
56.4402
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 28.5 on-site hours
47.44(b)
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON · DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Accident narrative
EE parked EE's forklift, got off, walked over the forks of EE's own forklift and stumbled over them; EE did not put the forks all the way to the ground. EE went inside the Mill Office, a few minutes later EE came out and began to walk over the forks again. This time EE tripped and fell to the concrete floor. EE wound up breaking both EE's left and right arm near the elbow.
Spot Inspection · 0.0 on-site hours
47.41(a) · $465.00 proposed
56.12032 · S&S · $7,676.00 proposed
56.20003(a) · S&S · $2,312.00 proposed
56.20013 · $465.00 proposed
56.11002 · S&S · $2,312.00 proposed
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 18.3 on-site hours
Spot Inspection · 4.0 on-site hours
56.20003(a) · S&S · $818.00 proposed
56.5001(a)/56.5005 · S&S · $1,219.00 proposed
56.5001(a)/56.5005 · S&S · $1,219.00 proposed
56.14100(b) · $432.00 proposed
56.14112(a)(1) · S&S · $2,133.00 proposed
56.20003(a) · S&S · $1,818.00 proposed
56.20003(a) · $366.00 proposed
56.14107(a) · S&S · $2,712.00 proposed
56.4104(a) · $366.00 proposed
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 18.5 on-site hours
Spot Inspection · 3.0 on-site hours
Safety sources and definitions
MSHA Violations (issue date), Accidents (accident date), and Inspections (begin date). Snapshot 2026-10-17.
Counts describe published rows, including contractor records; accident records are not distinct incidents or numbers of people injured.
Zero means no matching records in the imported sources, not proof of no events. Historical coverage differs by source; absence before a source begins reporting is not a zero incident rate. Invalid or absent dates and records after the snapshot are excluded.
S&S means SIG_SUB=Y. Fatality records use DEGREE_INJURY_CD=01. Proposed penalties are not final assessed or paid amounts; missing dollar values are omitted.
Inspection hours are SUM_TOTAL_ON_SITE_HOURS attributed to the inspection start date, without supervisor/trainee hours. Missing hours are omitted; a started inspection may still be open.
Portfolio totals use current mine membership, including events before the current owner or operator's tenure.
CFR headings link to the current Title 30 index; they are not historical legal determinations.
OWNERSHIP
Operator and controller history
Current ownership comes from MSHA Mines. Historical start and end dates come from MSHA Controller and Operator History.
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Imerys S AcontrolsKentucky-Tennessee Clay CompanyoperatesGleason Mills and Mines
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4001052—
Hecla Mining CompanycontrolsKentucky-Tennessee Clay CompanyoperatesGleason Mills and Mines
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4001052—
Ranchers Exploration & Development CorpcontrolsKentucky-Tennessee Clay CompanyoperatesGleason Mills and Mines
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4001052—
Chester GulickcontrolsKentucky-Tennessee Clay CompanyoperatesGleason Mills and Mines
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4001052Other historical summaries · source-specific periods
RECORD SUMMARY
Production, safety and enforcement
These summaries use the periods stated on each card, independently of the reporting period above.
01 / SAFETYwatch
Accidents and injuries
28 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 166 lost days across the published record.
ACCIDENT + INJURY RECORD4 since 2021
accidentsmine-production-quarterly02 / COMPLIANCEwatch
Violations and penalties
181 violation rows across the full record; 33 carry an S&S flag and $74,819 appears in current assessed amounts.
ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY65 since 2021
inspectionsviolationsassessed-violationsorders-107a03 / HEALTHwatch
Occupational health samples
129 personal. 21 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 0 noise rows have an action-level or PEL dose above 100%. These are separate measures, not a silica exceedance count. Silica results and sample status are shown separately.
OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE129 samples
personal-health-samples04 / PRODUCTIONcontext
Quarterly production and employment
17K employee hours and 33 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
2002-Q40 tons
mine-production-quarterlymine-production-yearly05 / LEGALwatch
Contests, conferences and decisions
17 contested-violation rows, 17 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 1 conference records linked by issuance number.
POST-ISSUANCE LIFECYCLE35 linked rows
conferencescontested-violationscivil-penalty-dockets-decisions06 / CONTRACTORScontext
Contractors
Contractors are linked through this mine’s violation or accident records. Their production and hours cover all their operations, so they are not included in this mine’s totals.
ENTITY-LEVEL CONTEXT8 linked entities
contractor-production-quarterlycontractor-production-yearlyaccidentsviolations07 / INSPECTIONScontext
Inspections
88 inspection events and 2K published inspection hours across the historical record.
OVERSIGHT COVERAGE18 since 2021
inspectionsviolationsHEALTH SAMPLING
Silica and quartz
Coal quartz, metal/nonmetal personal samples and area samples. Snapshot Oct 17, 2026. 114 silica records across the mine’s published history.
Personal silica samples · concentration / limit
Quarterly mean · published C/E ratio
— No eligible measurements. * Quarter in progress. Means describe the available samples, not average exposure across the mine.
Quartz % is the sample’s quartz content; µg/m³ is its reported concentration. Personal C/E is the ratio to the limit published with that sample. Personal and area concentration units and void status are not specified in those source files.
| Date / sample | Dataset / analyte | Occupation / area | Measurement | Sample status | Published action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000000202601787900 | Metal/nonmetal personalQuartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | Building Repair/Maint. | 0.17× published limitConcentration: 0000.17 · limit: 0000.99Source unit unspecified | Not reported | NO ACTIONInspection F022425 |
| 000000202601788000 | Metal/nonmetal personalQuartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | Bagging Operator | 0.3× published limitConcentration: 0000.31 · limit: 0001.02Source unit unspecified | Not reported | NO ACTIONInspection F022425 |
| 000000202601788100 | Metal/nonmetal personalQuartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | Ball Mill Operator | 0.95× published limitConcentration: 0000.83 · limit: 0000.87Source unit unspecified | Not reported | NO ACTIONInspection F022425 |
| 000000202600283600 | Metal/nonmetal personalQuartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | Building Repair/Maint. | 2.13× published limitConcentration: 0002.39 · limit: 0001.12Source unit unspecified | Not reported | LAB RESULTS INDICATE EXPOSURE LIMIT EXCEEDEDInspection F022409 |
| 000000202600283700 | Metal/nonmetal personalQuartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | Bagging Operator | 3.69× published limitConcentration: 0003.36 · limit: 0000.91Source unit unspecified | Not reported | LAB RESULTS INDICATE EXPOSURE LIMIT EXCEEDEDInspection F022409 |
| 000000202600283800 | Metal/nonmetal personalQuartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | Ball Mill Operator | 1.03× published limitConcentration: 0001.07 · limit: 0001.04Source unit unspecified | Not reported | LAB RESULTS INDICATE EXPOSURE LIMIT EXCEEDEDInspection F022409 |
Sources and interpretation
- Coal means use numeric concentrations from samples marked not voided, excluding control/invalid sample types and dates after the snapshot. Missing values remain null; reported zeroes remain zero.
- Quarterly means describe available samples, not mine-wide or worker-average exposure. Quarters with no eligible measurements remain empty; the current quarter is partial.
- Personal C/E is MSHA's published concentration-to-limit ratio. A value above 1 is not by itself a citation or a determination under the 2024 silica rule. Personal and area files do not publish a void-status field.
- Area records include bulk-dust analyses and are kept separate from personal exposure results. Their concentration units are not specified in the source dictionary.
- Missing samples do not establish safe conditions. Coal quartz percentage and concentration are separate measures. No compliance threshold is inferred for coal samples.
Coal quartz field definitions ↗Metal/nonmetal personal field definitions ↗Metal/nonmetal area field definitions ↗
EIA + TITLE 30
EIA production and cited regulations
EIA annual figures are reported separately from MSHA. Regulation links use the current eCFR snapshot.
Not present in the 2024 EIA coal workbook.
This can mean the operation is non-coal, inactive for the annual period, or outside the EIA-7A reporting population.
30 CFR 56.14112Construction and maintenance of guards.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.14107Moving machine parts.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.4402Safety can use.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 47.44Temporary, portable containers.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 47.41Requirement for container labels.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.12032Inspection and cover plates.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.20003Housekeeping.2 recent rows ↗30 CFR 56.20013Waste receptacles.1 recent row ↗
RECENT PUBLIC RECORDS
Recent violations and samples
Latest records retained for inspection; aggregates above use the full source history.
501731656.14112(a)(1)S&S
501731556.14107(a)S&S
501731456.4402Citation
501731347.44(b)Citation
501104447.41(a)Citation
501104356.12032S&S
501104256.20003(a)S&S
501104156.20013Citation
Coal dust, noise and other contaminants. Silica records above ↑
Respirable dust, <.1mgFront-end Loader Operator
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
SOURCE COVERAGE
Reporting dates and coverage
15 datasets contain linked records. Missing datasets are listed below.
DATASETROWSWINDOWSTATUS
Accident, Injuries, and Illnessessafety · contractors28Sep 23, 2000—Aug 24, 2026mine-keyed
Addresses of Recordidentity · logistics1May 1, 2002—May 1, 2002mine-keyed
Assessed Violationscompliance · legal177Jan 26, 2000—Apr 28, 2026mine-keyed
Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisionscompliance · legal17Mar 7, 2007—Oct 4, 2019mine-keyed
Coal Dust Sampleshealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Conferencescompliance · legal1May 13, 2019—May 13, 2019mine-keyed
Contested Violationscompliance · legal17Apr 14, 2006—May 7, 2019mine-keyed
Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterlycontractors · production · safety411Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Contractor Employment and Production — Yearlycontractors · production · safety99Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Controller and Operator Historyidentity · compliance4Jan 1, 1950—Mar 28, 2001mine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Quarterlyproduction · safety · compliance23Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Yearlyproduction · safety · compliance72Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Inspectionssafety · compliance88Jan 26, 2000—Oct 5, 2026mine-keyed
Minesidentity · production · logistics1Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Metal and Nonmetal Area Sampleshealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Metal and Nonmetal Personal Health Sampleshealth · safety129Mar 27, 2002—Apr 28, 2026mine-keyed
Noise Sampleshealth · safety · equipment—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Quartz Samples — Coalhealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Violationscompliance · safety · legal181Jan 26, 2000—Oct 14, 2026mine-keyed
107(a) Orders Issuedsafety · compliance—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
NOTES
Limitations
- Contractor production is entity-level and is never represented as mine-attributable.
- Missing rows can mean no event, publication delay, identity mismatch, or inapplicability.