Michael K Farmer; Elliott (Bud) E Farmer controller
MSHA controller ID: M02148
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 160
- Mines on record
- 33
- Years on record
- 1984–2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
1,004
citations
178
significant & substantial
$163,454
proposed penalties
$160,439
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,015 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
964
inspections on record
12,490
inspection hours
8.0
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.1,004 citations across 12,490 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$163K
proposed penalties
$161K
current assessed
$160K
paid to date
$151
outstanding
979 assessments are final orders; 10 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-28.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 58 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 30 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 28 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 19 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 9 non-fatal
- OTHER 7 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
8
2025
13
2024
7
2023
12
2022
10
2021
8
2020
12
2019
5
2018
9
2017
6
2016
7
2015
5
2014
6
2013
4
2012
3
2011
1
2009
1
2008
2
2006
3
2005
1
2004
3
2003
1
2002
1
2001
1
2000
2
1999
3
1998
1
1997
2
1995
4
1993
5
1992
4
1991
4
1989
3
1988
1
1987
1
1984
1
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
- Lake Portable Plant MO
- Harrisburg South- Plant #14 AR
- 63 Quarry MO
- Independence Portable MO
- Stadium West Quarry MO
- Dredge #6050 (Rae Marie) MO
- Hollister South Quarry MO
- Liberty Portable Plant MO
- Batesville Plant #15 AR
- Clinton Portable Plant MO
- Truman Portable MO
- Jefferson City Plant MO
- SEDALIA QUARRY MO
- Dredge #6060 (Kathy Lee) MO
- Katy Portable Plant MO
- Linn Creek Quarry MO
- Pocahontas Quarry AR
- Patriot Portable Plant MO
- Plant #22 Missouri City MO
- Plant #17-Sullivan MO
- Tightwad Quarry MO
- Millersville Plant MO
- Ozark Quarry MO
- Lincoln Portable MO
- Eagle Portable Plant MO
- WARDSVILLE PLANT #1 MO
- Freedom Portable Plant MO
- Powhatan Quarry AR
- Plant #8 Lexington MO
- Dredge #6025 (Sandy K) MO
- DREDGE #6040 (KATHY LEE) MO
- DREDGE #6020 (GRACE D) MO
- Dredge #6001 (Pipeliner) MO
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The full compliance file on Michael K Farmer; Elliott (Bud) E Farmer
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.