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Winfield Quarry: 131 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Whitaker Aggregates · Surface
Controlled by Curtis D Whitaker
Winfield, Cowley County, KS  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1401577

Winfield Quarry has $24K in proposed MSHA penalties and $160 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
1994–2010
Latest incident
Apr 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
131
citations
20
significant & substantial
$23,705
proposed penalties
$23,289
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $416 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Whitaker Aggregates's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
64
inspections on record
838
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: 838 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Winfield Quarry has $24K in proposed MSHA penalties and $160 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.
$24K
proposed penalties
$23K
current assessed
$23K
paid to date
$160
outstanding
127 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $820 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-25.
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.
15.6%
significant & substantial
1.6%
high negligence or reckless
15.6%
reasonably likely or greater
61.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 7.0% low, 91.4% moderate, 1.6% 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.
13 citations taken to the federal commission · 10% of citations on record
  • Settled 13 · 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 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
24%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K proposed, $820 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 2010-08-23.
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
CENT 2006-218M Settlement Manning 2007 $976 → $720
CENT 2010-1152M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $100 → $100
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: 2023-05-24, 3 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
14
samples
9
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz7
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg5
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (14)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2023-05-24 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.21 10 0.02 Utility Man
2023-05-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2023-05-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2023-05-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-09-19 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 10 0.02 Mechanic
2017-09-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2014-04-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-12-29 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.49 10 0.05 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-12-29 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 10 0.01 Laborer, Bullgang
2009-12-29 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.17 10 0.02 Laborer, Bullgang
2006-05-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.56 3.02 0.19 Backhoe Operator
2006-05-17 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.3 10 0.03 Front-end Loader Operator
2006-05-17 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.45 10 0.05 Crusher Oper/Worker
2006-05-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.46 2.8 0.16 Truck Driver
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.

Winfield Quarry recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2023.

Injury rate, 2023
ⓘ 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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.78 and the all-US-mining average was 2.10 cases per 100 workers.
In Kansas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.40 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
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2008 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2001 * 0.00 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. Service Mining Corp 1994 to 1996
  2. Martin Marietta Aggregates 1996 to 2006
  3. Whitaker Aggregates 2006 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 10
2025 8
2024 8
2023 10
2022 10
2021 10
2020 9
2019 9
2018 10
2017 9
2016 10
2015 8
2014 8
2013 9
2012 7
2011 8
2010 10
2009 8
2008 8
2007 6
2006 8
2002 1
2001 11
2000 11
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Winfield Quarry sits in Cowley County, Kansas, 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.
Cowley County, Kansas · Population 34,487
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$58,263
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 6,011 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 4,751 1 0 210.5
2025 Q4 4,953 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 4,785 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 4,995 4 0 800.8
2025 Q1 3,669 13 2 3543.2
2024 Q4 4,083 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 4,394 0 0 0.0
Show 85 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 4,244 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 3,717 1 0 269.0
2023 Q4 4,756 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 4,781 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 5,829 1 0 171.6
2023 Q1 5,112 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 4,920 2 0 406.5
2022 Q3 4,877 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 4,191 2 0 477.2
2022 Q1 3,525 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 3,498 3 0 857.6
2021 Q3 5,197 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,872 3 0 615.8
2021 Q1 4,277 2 0 467.6
2020 Q4 4,697 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 5,411 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 4,947 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 3,449 6 2 1739.6
2019 Q4 3,342 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 3,411 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,811 2 0 524.8
2019 Q1 4,070 3 0 737.1
2018 Q4 3,993 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 5,752 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 5,643 2 0 354.4
2018 Q1 5,908 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 4,422 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 4,496 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 4,764 3 1 629.7
2017 Q1 4,987 4 0 802.1
2016 Q4 6,312 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 5,421 2 1 368.9
2016 Q2 4,459 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 3,506 4 1 1140.9
2015 Q4 3,221 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 4,290 2 0 466.2
2015 Q2 4,246 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 3,596 3 1 834.3
2014 Q4 3,683 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 4,164 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,797 5 1 1316.8
2014 Q1 3,824 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,998 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,142 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,897 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 3,701 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,470 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,592 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,778 1 1 264.7
2012 Q1 3,966 5 0 1260.7
2011 Q4 3,793 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,812 2 0 524.7
2011 Q2 3,740 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3,310 1 0 302.1
2010 Q4 3,866 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 4,281 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 5,725 2 0 349.3
2010 Q1 4,528 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 4,362 2 1 458.5
2009 Q3 5,443 1 0 183.7
2009 Q2 4,916 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 5,058 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 5,519 2 0 362.4
2008 Q3 5,828 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 7,235 8 1 1105.7
2008 Q1 4,757 6 0 1261.3
2007 Q4 3,224 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,788 5 1 1320.0
2007 Q2 1,345 1 0 743.5
2007 Q1 663 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,630 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,269 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,126 14 4 6585.1
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 244 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 146 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 3,670 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 5,902 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 6,595 2 0 303.3
2001 Q1 4,474 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 4,276 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 5,811 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 5,607 3 0 535.0
2000 Q1 4,186 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

2010 · 1 incident

April 8, 2010 KS · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Whitaker Aggregates · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Pulled off of county road and into scalehouse parking area was pulling on tarp system at ground level and tripped and fell.

1999 · 2 incidents

June 11, 1999 KS · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS RELEASING TENSION ON A CHAIN BOOMERHOLDING A LOAD IN PLACE. WHEN THE TENSION RELEASED, THE HANDLE OF THE BOOMER PINCHED THE EMPLOYEE'S HAND BETWEEN THE HANDLE AND THE LOAD(CULVERT PIPE).

1998 · 1 incident

September 24, 1998 KS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Struck against stationary object

EE GOT UPSET AND SLAMMED HIS HAND ONTO SOME PLYWOOD.

1996 · 2 incidents

August 19, 1996 KS · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Service Mining Corp · Struck by flying object

WIND WAS BLOWING 20-25 MPH, DUST FROM WHEELS OF 60 TON WABCO BLEW INTO EE RIGHT EYE.

March 29, 1996 KS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Service Mining Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS WORKING ON THE CONVEYOR BELT UNDER THE HAMMERMILL. DIGGING THE HAMMER OUT WHEN A SECOND EMPLOYEE WAS INSTRUCTED TO TURN THE CONVEYOR ON. HIS LEFT ARM WAS TWISTED BACKWARDS HURTING HIS W RIST.

1995 · 4 incidents

December 18, 1995 KS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Service Mining Corp · Fall onto or against objects

43 YEAR OLD MALE WAS WALKING DOWN EMBANKMENT, SLIPPED ON WET ROCK, FELL ROLLING 1 1/2 TIMES LANDING ON HIS BACK INJURING HIS LOWER BACK.

August 21, 1995 KS · Metal/Non-Metal driller, highwall operator, highwall drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Service Mining Corp · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS OPENING STORAGE VAN WHEN HE RELEASED THE WRONG LATCH FIRST. DOOR SWUNG OPEN HITTING HIM IN THE FACE AND BREAKING ONE TOOTH.

August 11, 1995 KS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Service Mining Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS PULLING ON CABLE FROM DRUM ON DRAGLINE CRANE WHEN HE NOTICED A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER LEFT BACK AREA.

August 3, 1995 KS · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Service Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE HAD CLEANED OUT BUCKET OF LOADER WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO CLIMB BACK IN LOADER WITH SHOVEL IN HAND. SHOVEL HANDLE HIT HIM IN THE MOUTH BREAKING TWO TEETH IN HIS UPPER PLATE.

1994 · 1 incident

November 9, 1994 KS · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Service Mining Corp · Struck by flying object

EE WAS BLOWING WATER OUT OF DRILL HOLES. BUMPED AIR HOSE WHILE WALKING PAST IT HOSE CAME OUT OF HOLE BLOWING A ROCK UP, HITTING HIS RIGHT BROW CUTTING BROW OPEN.