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Portable Unit, Cowley County, Kansas: 11 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Portable Unit is an active dimension stone surface mine in Cowley County, Kansas, operated by Buechel Stone Corp with 3 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 1401728). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 11 citations and orders there with $2,188 in proposed penalties, and 1 accident report was filed there, with 1 injury or illness case.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 1401728
- Status
- Active since April 2, 2026
- Main commodity
- Dimension stone
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Cowley County, Kansas
- Nearest town
- Arkansas City
- Operator
- Buechel Stone Corp
- Employees
- 3
- MSHA field office
- Topeka KS Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 11
- Significant and substantial
- 1 (9.1%)
- Closure orders
- 0
- High negligence or reckless
- 2
- Proposed penalties
- $2,188
- Amount paid so far
- $2,188
- Inspections
- 12
- Inspector hours on site
- 47
- Citations per inspection
- 0.92 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 1
- Injury and illness cases
- 1
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- August 19, 2026
Citations and injury cases by year
Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.
| Year | Citations and orders | Significant and substantial | Proposed penalties | Injury and illness cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | $133 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | $143 | 1 |
| 2024 | 4 | 1 | $1,157 | 0 |
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | $755 | 0 |
Standards cited most at Portable Unit
Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.
| Standard | What the part covers | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 30 CFR 56.12008 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.12028 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.14100 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.1000 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14101 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.4101 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.12004 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 46.9 | Training at sand, gravel and surface stone mines | 1 |
Injury and illness cases at Portable Unit
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 1 |
What the accident reports at Portable Unit describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Slip or fall of person | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at Portable Unit
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Dimension stone machinery | 1 |
Other open mines in Cowley County, Kansas
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winfield Quarry | Whitaker Aggregates | Cowley County, KS | Crushed, broken limestone | 8 | 25 |
| Silver Creek Quarry | Hy-Grade Aggregates, LLC | Cowley County, KS | Crushed, broken limestone | 4 | 14 |
| Silverdale Quality Stone | Silverdale Quality Stone | Cowley County, KS | Dimension limestone | 3 | 14 |
| Banks | Buechel Stone Corp | Cowley County, KS | Dimension limestone | 2 | 10 |
| Boulder Hill | Buechel Stone Corp | Cowley County, KS | Dimension limestone | 2 | 0 |
US government work, public domain. Counts come from the MSHA files published on November 6, 2026. An open mine is one MSHA lists as Active, Intermittent, New Mine, Temporarily Idled or NonProducing; 13,673 were open that day. Citations, penalties, inspections and accident reports run from January 1, 2022. A citation is an inspector's allegation and an operator can contest it; the penalty is the amount MSHA first proposed, before any contest or settlement. An operator is the legal entity MSHA assesses, and a parent company is its controller. Mines run by sole proprietors or by individuals are counted in every total and are not named. This page uses MSHA data and is not endorsed or certified by MSHA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.