Capital Quarries Co Inc operator
Controlled by
Michael K Farmer; Elliott (Bud) E Farmer
MSHA operator ID: L14846
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 106
- Mines on record
- 14
- Years on record
- 1989–2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
390
citations
60
significant & substantial
$59,899
proposed penalties
$53,079
paid to date
89% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6,820 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
564
inspections on record
7,162
inspection hours
5.4
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.390 citations across 7,162 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.$60K
proposed penalties
$53K
current assessed
$53K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
381 assessments are final orders; 8 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-08.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 45 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 22 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 15 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 12 non-fatal
- DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) 4 non-fatal
- OTHER 3 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
4
2025
3
2024
3
2023
5
2022
3
2021
2
2020
3
2018
3
2017
4
2016
4
2015
4
2014
3
2013
3
2012
3
2009
10
2008
1
2007
1
2006
2
2005
4
2004
7
2002
1
2001
1
2000
1
1999
3
1998
1
1996
5
1995
4
1994
6
1993
2
1992
1
1991
4
1990
3
1989
2
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