# Burfordville Stone

- **MSHA mine ID:** 2302322
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC
- **Location:** Cape Girardeau, MO
- **Operator:** Midwest Stone LLC
- **Controller:** William  Gaines
- **Public source rows linked:** 275
- **Source coverage:** 10 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**William  Gaines (0073531) → Midwest Stone LLC (0065443) → Burfordville Stone (2302322)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Gary  Dittmer → Midwest Stone LLC:** 2005-11-03 through 2007-02-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 2302322; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Wayne  Schremp → Burfordville Materials Inc:** 2007-02-28 through 2008-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 2302322; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **William  Gaines → Midwest Stone LLC:** 2008-02-26 through 2007-02-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 2302322; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **William  Gaines → Midwest Stone LLC:** 2009-01-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 2302322; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Gary  Dittmer → Midwest Stone LLC:** 2009-01-01 through 2008-02-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 2302322; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 11
- Interval anomalies: 2
- 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+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 26 violation rows across the full record; 6 carry an S&S flag and $4,698 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 11 samples:** Occupational health samples 11 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 — No published quarter:** Quarterly production and employment The source remains registered, but no mine-keyed quarterly production row was published.
5. **LEGAL — 0 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 2 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 19 inspection events and 236 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 56.14130 — Roll-over protective structures (ROPS) and seat belts.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14130
- **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 56.14100 — 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 56.4402 — Safety can use.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4402
- **30 CFR 56.4201 — Inspection.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4201
- **30 CFR 56.12028 — Testing grounding systems.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12028
- **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 56.14112 — 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 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
- **30 CFR 56.14101 — Brakes.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14101

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2012-02-01 through 2012-02-01; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 25 rows; 2006-01-04 through 2011-06-14; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 156 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 16 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 2005-11-03 through 2009-01-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 19 rows; 2006-01-04 through 2012-01-10; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 15 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:** 11 rows; 2006-01-05 through 2011-01-27; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 26 rows; 2006-01-04 through 2011-07-14; 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/burfordville-stone-2302322`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/burfordville-stone-2302322`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/2302322/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/2302322/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://2302322/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`