# Higgins Stone Inc

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1401650
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Dimension Stone NEC
- **Location:** Wabaunsee, KS
- **Operator:** Higgins Stone Inc
- **Controller:** Micheal W  Higgins; Micheal K  Higgins
- **Public source rows linked:** 376
- **Source coverage:** 12 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Micheal W  Higgins; Micheal K  Higgins (0054329) → Higgins Stone Inc (0064883) → Higgins Stone Inc (1401650)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Micheal W  Higgins et al → Higgins Stone Inc:** 2005-10-17 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1401650; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Micheal K  Higgins et al → Higgins Stone Inc:** 2005-10-17 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1401650; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 2
- Typed edges: 4
- 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 0 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 104 violation rows across the full record; 18 carry an S&S flag and $52,477 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 3 samples:** Occupational health samples 3 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 17K employee hours and 32 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 41 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 20 contested-violation rows, 20 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 1 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 — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 44 inspection events and 344 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 56.20001 — Intoxicating beverages and narcotics.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-S/section-56.20001
- **30 CFR 56.20003 — Housekeeping.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-S/section-56.20003
- **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 56.16005 — 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 56.12004 — 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 56.12032 — Inspection and cover plates.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12032
- **30 CFR 56.14205 — Machinery, equipment, and tools.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14205
- **30 CFR 56.14107 — Moving machine parts.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14107
- **30 CFR 56.12018 — Identification of power switches.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12018
- **30 CFR 56.12021 — Danger signs.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12021
- **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 56.12016 — Work on electrically-powered equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12016

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2014-01-09 through 2014-01-09; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 102 rows; 2005-10-17 through 2012-11-29; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 20 rows; 2006-08-07 through 2014-06-20; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 1 rows; 2013-01-15 through 2013-01-15; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 20 rows; 2005-10-18 through 2013-09-09; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 2 rows; 2005-10-17 through 2005-10-17; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 44 rows; 2005-10-17 through 2013-11-14; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 61 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 17 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:** 3 rows; 2010-08-10 through 2010-08-10; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 104 rows; 2005-10-17 through 2012-11-29; 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/higgins-stone-inc-1401650`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/higgins-stone-inc-1401650`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1401650/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1401650/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1401650/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`