Data / Mines / North Dakota / Portable Wash Pit #1
Portable Wash Pit #1: 11 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Portable Wash Pit #1 is an intermittent construction sand and gravel surface mine in Ward County, North Dakota, operated by Farden Construction Inc with 1 employee on MSHA's record (mine ID 3200738). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 11 citations and orders there with $1,819 in proposed penalties, and 0 accident reports were filed there, with no injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 3200738
- Status
- Intermittent since November 1, 2019
- Main commodity
- Construction sand and gravel
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Ward County, North Dakota
- Nearest town
- Maxbass
- Operator
- Farden Construction Inc
- Employees
- 1
- MSHA field office
- Rapid City SD Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 11
- Significant and substantial
- 1 (9.1%)
- Closure orders
- 1
- High negligence or reckless
- 1
- Proposed penalties
- $1,819
- Amount paid so far
- $1,819
- Inspections
- 5
- Inspector hours on site
- 40
- Citations per inspection
- 2.20 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 0
- Injury and illness cases
- 0
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- June 27, 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 | 4 | 0 | $547 | 0 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | $1,121 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | $151 | 0 |
Standards cited most at Portable Wash Pit #1
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 56.4102 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14100 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14206 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.11027 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14107 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14132 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14130 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.12004 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.11001 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 50.30 | Reporting of accidents, injuries and illnesses | 1 |
| 30 CFR 46.6 | Training at sand, gravel and surface stone mines | 1 |
Other open mines in Ward County, North Dakota
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Souris | Sundre Sand & Gravel | Ward County, ND | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 16 |
| Kodiak Plant | Sundre Sand & Gravel | Ward County, ND | Construction sand and gravel | 7 | 11 |
| C-21 | Gravel Products Inc | Ward County, ND | Construction sand and gravel | 0 | 9 |
| Various Washing/Screening #1 | Gravel Products Inc | Ward County, ND | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 8 |
| Fisher Industries Plant 12 | Fisher Sand & Gravel Company | Ward County, ND | Construction sand and gravel | 6 | 5 |
| C-2 | Gravel Products Inc | Ward County, ND | Construction sand and gravel | 4 | 5 |
| 1560 Omnicone | Sundre Sand & Gravel | Ward County, ND | Construction sand and gravel | 4 | 5 |
| TeeRex | Sundre Sand & Gravel | Ward County, ND | Construction sand and gravel | 4 | 2 |
| Quest | Sundre Sand & Gravel | Ward County, ND | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 2 |
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.