Portable Unit 3 Metal/Non-Metal
Farden Construction Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Steve Farden
Keene,
Mckenzie County,
ND
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3200846
Portable Unit 3 has $23K 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 2009
74
citations
18
significant & substantial
$23,187
proposed penalties
$23,187
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
30
inspections on record
444
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 444 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 3 has $23K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$23K
proposed penalties
$23K
current assessed
$23K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
74 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-06-11.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 747 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 713 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 1,502 | 3 | 1 | 1997.3 |
| 2025 Q1 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 839 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 1,872 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 1,062 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 1,161 | 3 | 0 | 2584.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 1,345 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 867 | 6 | 3 | 6920.4 |
| 2023 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 Q4 | 545 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 1,556 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 1,009 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q4 | 909 | 5 | 2 | 5500.6 |
| 2021 Q3 | 1,855 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 1,216 | 3 | 1 | 2467.1 |
| 2021 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q4 | 314 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 962 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 809 | 11 | 2 | 13597.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q4 | 694 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 771 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 582 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q4 | 561 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 666 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 380 | 3 | 0 | 7894.7 |
| 2018 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q4 | 820 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 1,029 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 793 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 170 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 813 | 4 | 1 | 4920.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 1,165 | 2 | 1 | 1716.7 |
| 2016 Q2 | 400 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 Q4 | 640 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 973 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 1,364 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 Q4 | 764 | 5 | 1 | 6544.5 |
| 2014 Q3 | 1,656 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 358 | 5 | 1 | 13966.5 |
| 2014 Q1 | 621 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 923 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 742 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 204 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 636 | 2 | 2 | 3144.7 |
| 2012 Q4 | 485 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 1,345 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 803 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 1,600 | 1 | 0 | 625.0 |
| 2011 Q4 | 1,462 | 1 | 0 | 684.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 1,182 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 1,455 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 2,435 | 5 | 2 | 2053.4 |
| 2010 Q4 | 1,349 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 1,351 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 138 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 205 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q4 | 625 | 6 | 1 | 9600.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 184 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 968 | 9 | 0 | 9297.5 |
| 2009 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008 Q4 | 348 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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.
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The full compliance file on Portable Unit 3
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.