Mining Incidents

Portable Unit #2: 28 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Farden Construction Inc · Surface
Controlled by Steve Farden
Maxbass, Bottineau County, ND  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3200779

Portable Unit #2 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
28
citations
8
significant & substantial
$3,619
proposed penalties
$3,619
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
23
inspections on record
265
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 265 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Portable Unit #2 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
28 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-11-19.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
28.6%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
28.6%
reasonably likely or greater
60.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 7.1% low, 92.9% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2010-02-01, 16 years ago
2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2010-02-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-02-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Farden Construction Inc 2000 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2016 0
2015 1
2014 2
2013 2
2012 4
2011 3
2010 3
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
2004 2
2003 2
2002 2
2001 2
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Portable Unit #2 sits in Bottineau County, North Dakota, where the Census mining category is 4.3% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Bottineau County, North Dakota · Population 6,390
4.3%
Mining share of county employment
$83,460
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 31 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 160 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 285 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 1,008 1 1 992.1
Show 57 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2014 Q3 466 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 709 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 740 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 779 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 146 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 137 2 0 14598.5
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 1,224 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,529 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,642 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 3,113 5 0 1606.2
2011 Q4 3,150 1 0 317.5
2011 Q3 3,229 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,135 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 1,354 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,618 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,611 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,989 3 0 1508.3
2009 Q4 1,098 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,215 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,410 3 1 1244.8
2009 Q1 500 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 698 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 948 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 950 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 303 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 790 2 1 2531.6
2007 Q3 620 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 728 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 406 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 405 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 612 1 1 1634.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 276 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 764 1 0 1308.9
2005 Q2 813 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 344 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,220 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 560 2 2 3571.4
2004 Q2 390 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 720 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 623 3 0 4815.4
2003 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 560 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 600 3 1 5000.0
2002 Q2 520 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 44 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 642 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 540 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 350 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 450 1 1 2222.2

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.