Data / Mines / North Dakota / Portable Unit 3
Portable Unit 3: 13 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Portable Unit 3 is an intermittent construction sand and gravel surface mine in Mckenzie County, North Dakota, operated by Farden Construction Inc with 2 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 3200846). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 13 citations and orders there with $3,454 in proposed penalties, and 0 accident reports were filed there, with no injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 3200846
- Status
- Intermittent since February 7, 2013
- Main commodity
- Construction sand and gravel
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Mckenzie County, North Dakota
- Nearest town
- Keene
- Operator
- Farden Construction Inc
- Employees
- 2
- MSHA field office
- Rapid City SD Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 13
- Significant and substantial
- 4 (30.8%)
- Closure orders
- 0
- High negligence or reckless
- 3
- Proposed penalties
- $3,454
- Amount paid so far
- $3,454
- Inspections
- 4
- Inspector hours on site
- 24
- Citations per inspection
- 3.25 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 0
- Injury and illness cases
- 0
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- July 17, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 9 | 3 | $1,782 | 0 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | $1,521 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | $151 | 0 |
Standards cited most at Portable Unit 3
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 47.41 | Hazard communication | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.9300 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.14107 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.14100 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.12005 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 50.30 | Reporting of accidents, injuries and illnesses | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.12032 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14101 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.1000 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
Other open mines in Mckenzie County, North Dakota
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruach Resources 3 | Ruach Resources LLC | Mckenzie County, ND | Construction sand and gravel | 6 | 72 |
| Dobias Pit #1 | Blue Butte Aggregates LLC | Mckenzie County, ND | Construction sand and gravel | 4 | 45 |
| F & G | DC Aggregate LLC | Mckenzie County, ND | Construction sand and gravel | 5 | 24 |
| Portable 1 | Badlands Aggregate Inc. | Mckenzie County, ND | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 11 |
| Ruach Resources 4 | Ruach Resources LLC | Mckenzie County, ND | Construction sand and gravel | 5 | 5 |
| Screener #1 | Franz Construction Inc | Mckenzie County, ND | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 4 |
| Blue Butte Sivertson Scoria Pit | Blue Butte Aggregates LLC | Mckenzie County, ND | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 4 |
| Portable Plant | Woodrock Inc | Mckenzie County, ND | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 3 |
| #1712 2011 Tesab Crusher | Trotter Construction, Inc. | Mckenzie County, ND | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 1 |
| #1707 Impact Crusher | Trotter Construction, Inc. | Mckenzie County, ND | Construction sand and gravel | 1 | 1 |
| #1720 Lippman Crusher | Trotter Construction, Inc. | Mckenzie County, ND | Construction sand and gravel | 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.