Portable Wash Pit #1 Metal/Non-Metal
Farden Construction Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Steve Farden
Maxbass,
Ward County,
ND
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3200738
Portable Wash Pit #1 has $17K 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 2002
68
citations
20
significant & substantial
$16,810
proposed penalties
$16,810
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
37
inspections on record
450
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: 450 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 Wash Pit #1 has $17K 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.$17K
proposed penalties
$17K
current assessed
$17K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
63 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-05-28.
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 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 751 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 553 | 6 | 1 | 10849.9 |
| 2025 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q3 | 333 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 277 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 542 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 Q3 | 497 | 4 | 0 | 8048.3 |
| 2022 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q4 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 541 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 449 | 2 | 1 | 4454.3 |
| 2021 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q4 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 216 | 1 | 1 | 4629.6 |
| 2020 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q2 | 231 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q3 | 264 | 13 | 2 | 49242.4 |
| 2018 Q2 | 159 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q3 | 555 | 1 | 0 | 1801.8 |
| 2017 Q2 | 244 | 1 | 0 | 4098.4 |
| 2017 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2016 Q2 | 233 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 Q4 | 241 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 525 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 354 | 3 | 2 | 8474.6 |
| 2015 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 Q3 | 315 | 2 | 0 | 6349.2 |
| 2014 Q2 | 302 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 Q4 | 335 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 1,089 | 4 | 2 | 3673.1 |
| 2013 Q2 | 581 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 Q4 | 299 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 831 | 8 | 4 | 9627.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 545 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2011 Q4 | 437 | 1 | 0 | 2288.3 |
| 2011 Q3 | 690 | 10 | 3 | 14492.8 |
| 2011 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2011 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 Q4 | 298 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 725 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 728 | 3 | 1 | 4120.9 |
| 2010 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q4 | 469 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 682 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 587 | 1 | 0 | 1703.6 |
| 2009 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008 Q4 | 264 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 315 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 470 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007 Q4 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 230 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 364 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2006 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2006 Q3 | 290 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q2 | 163 | 2 | 2 | 12269.9 |
| 2006 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2005 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2005 Q3 | 243 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 480 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2004 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2004 Q3 | 310 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 320 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 Q4 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q3 | 480 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q2 | 215 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2002 Q4 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q3 | 480 | 1 | 0 | 2083.3 |
| 2002 Q2 | 320 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2001 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2001 Q3 | 300 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q2 | 240 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2000 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2000 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2000 Q2 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 | 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 Wash Pit #1
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.