# PALO QUARRY

- **MSHA mine ID:** 2302197
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC
- **Location:** Benton, MO
- **Operator:** Capital Materials LLC
- **Controller:** Michael K Farmer; Elliott (Bud) E Farmer
- **Public source rows linked:** 664
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Michael K Farmer; Elliott (Bud) E Farmer (M02148) → Capital Materials LLC (0145694) → PALO QUARRY (2302197)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Mike  Smasal → Smasal Aggregates:** 1999-06-01 through 2005-06-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 2302197; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kevin R  Fahey → Smasal Aggregates and Asphalt, LLC:** 2005-06-17 through 2018-11-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 2302197; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Elliott (Bud) E Farmer  et al → Capital Materials LLC:** 2018-11-28 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 2302197; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Michael K Farmer  et al → Capital Materials LLC:** 2018-11-28 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 2302197; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 10
- 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 2 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 23 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 6 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 81 violation rows across the full record; 23 carry an S&S flag and $10,146 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 46 samples:** Occupational health samples 46 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 4K employee hours and 8 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 2 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 1 contested-violation rows, 1 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 — 5 since 2021:** Inspections 73 inspection events and 1K 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 56.4201 — Inspection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4201
- **30 CFR 56.11003 — Construction and maintenance of ladders.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-J/section-56.11003
- **30 CFR 56.4203 — Extinguisher recharging or replacement.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4203
- **30 CFR 56.14132 — Horns and backup alarms.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14132
- **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 56.11002 — Handrails and toeboards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-J/section-56.11002
- **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 56.14100 — 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 56.14112 — Construction and maintenance of guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14112
- **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 56.14107 — 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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 2 rows; 2005-09-08 through 2007-04-04; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2023-01-05 through 2023-01-05; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 81 rows; 2000-01-13 through 2022-10-05; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 1 rows; 2006-04-11 through 2006-04-11; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Contested Violations:** 1 rows; 2005-08-29 through 2005-08-29; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 90 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 19 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 1999-06-01 through 2018-11-28; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 73 rows; 2000-01-12 through 2022-10-04; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 211 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 53 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:** 46 rows; 2002-06-26 through 2022-10-05; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 81 rows; 2000-01-13 through 2022-10-05; 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/palo-quarry-2302197`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/palo-quarry-2302197`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/2302197/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/2302197/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://2302197/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`