# Whitaker Aggregates Cedar Vale Quarry

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1401125
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC
- **Location:** Cowley, KS
- **Operator:** Whitaker Aggregates
- **Controller:** Curtis D  Whitaker
- **Public source rows linked:** 837
- **Source coverage:** 13 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Curtis D  Whitaker (0111601) → Whitaker Aggregates (0064184) → Whitaker Aggregates Cedar Vale Quarry (1401125)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **R D  Shore → Southeast Materials Inc:** 1950-01-01 through 1981-08-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 1401125; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Billy D  McAdam → Mc Adam Limestone Products Inc:** 1981-08-21 through 1996-05-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 1401125; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Hunt Midwest Enterprises → Hunt Midwest Mining Inc:** 1996-05-13 through 2005-07-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 1401125; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Curtis D  Whitaker et al → Whitaker Aggregates:** 2005-07-30 through 2013-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1401125; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Sandra K  Whitaker et al → Whitaker Aggregates:** 2005-07-30 through 2013-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1401125; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Curtis D  Whitaker → Whitaker Aggregates:** 2014-01-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1401125; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 15
- 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 — 1 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 5 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 335 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 37 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 194 violation rows across the full record; 25 carry an S&S flag and $50,778 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 30 samples:** Occupational health samples 30 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 5K employee hours and 10 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 18 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 7 contested-violation rows, 7 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 4 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 0 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 — 13 since 2021:** Inspections 62 inspection events and 988 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 56.12004 — Electrical conductors.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12004
- **30 CFR 56.12008 — Insulation and fittings for power wires and cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12008
- **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 56.14100 — Safety defects; examination, correction and records.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14100
- **30 CFR 56.18002 — Examination of working places.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-Q/section-56.18002
- **30 CFR 56.14206 — Securing movable parts.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14206
- **30 CFR 50.30 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Form 7000-2—Quarterly Employment and Coal Production Report.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-D/section-50.30

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 5 rows; 2003-10-03 through 2021-02-23; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 1975-06-12 through 1975-06-12; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 193 rows; 2000-04-18 through 2026-07-01; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 7 rows; 2009-02-19 through 2009-02-19; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 4 rows; 2003-12-30 through 2003-12-30; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 7 rows; 2008-02-12 through 2008-02-13; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 1950-01-01 through 2005-07-30; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 62 rows; 2000-04-18 through 2026-06-29; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 268 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 59 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:** 30 rows; 2006-07-19 through 2026-07-01; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 194 rows; 2000-04-18 through 2026-07-01; 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/whitaker-aggregates-cedar-vale-quarry-1401125`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/whitaker-aggregates-cedar-vale-quarry-1401125`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1401125/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1401125/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1401125/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`