# Cloud Ceramics Clay Pits

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1400214
- **Status:** Intermittent
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Fire Clay
- **Location:** Cloud, KS
- **Operator:** General Finance Inc
- **Controller:** Michael  Kaiser
- **Public source rows linked:** 436
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Michael  Kaiser (0201421) → General Finance Inc (L00066) → Cloud Ceramics Clay Pits (1400214)**

Current identity source: `msha-mines`. This is a current snapshot, not a historical claim.

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Donald E  Kling → General Finance Inc:** 1950-01-01 through 2026-06-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 1400214; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Michael  Kaiser et al → General Finance Inc:** 2026-06-23 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1400214; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 2
- Typed edges: 5
- Interval anomalies: 0
- Valid-time bounds: inclusive; date granularity; null end means open-ended in the upstream history row; not independent proof of present control.
- Transaction-time observation: 2026-10-13T11:19:05.459773+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 5 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 10 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 13 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 59 violation rows across the full record; 12 carry an S&S flag and $9,981 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 5 samples:** Occupational health samples 5 personal. 0 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.
4. **PRODUCTION — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 744 employee hours and 3 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 10 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 5 contested-violation rows, 5 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 1 linked entities:** 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.
7. **INSPECTIONS — 6 since 2021:** Inspections 34 inspection events and 439 published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

No matched record in the 2024 EIA coal-public workbook. This may be inapplicable for a non-coal operation.

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 56.9300 — Berms or guardrails.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-H/section-56.9300
- **30 CFR 56.12028 — Testing grounding systems.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12028
- **30 CFR 56.14207 — Parking procedures for unattended equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14207
- **30 CFR 56.14100 — Safety defects; examination, correction and records.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14100
- **30 CFR 56.15001 — First-aid materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-N/section-56.15001
- **30 CFR 56.12004 — Electrical conductors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12004
- **30 CFR 56.4200 — General requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4200
- **30 CFR 56.4101 — Warning signs.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4101
- **30 CFR 56.16005 — Securing gas cylinders.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-O/section-56.16005
- **30 CFR 56.12002 — Controls and switches.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12002

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 5 rows; 2000-04-06 through 2009-07-06; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2019-10-30 through 2019-10-30; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 59 rows; 2000-05-09 through 2026-07-22; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 5 rows; 2015-11-09 through 2015-11-09; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Contested Violations:** 5 rows; 2015-04-28 through 2015-04-28; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 17 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 4 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 2 rows; 1950-01-01 through 1950-01-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 34 rows; 2000-05-09 through 2026-07-22; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 201 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 38 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Metal and Nonmetal Personal Health Samples:** 5 rows; 2010-08-03 through 2026-07-28; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 59 rows; 2000-05-09 through 2026-07-22; source ID `msha-violations`

## Caveats

- This is public-record decision support, not legal advice or an official MSHA record.
- Missing data can indicate no event, publication delay, an unresolved identity, or inapplicability.
- Contractor production data is entity-level and is not attributed to this mine.

## Alternate representations

- HTML: `/mines/cloud-ceramics-clay-pits-1400214`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/cloud-ceramics-clay-pits-1400214`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1400214/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1400214/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1400214/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`