diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/mass_actions_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/mass_actions_controller.rb
index a8b4ed04e..9c83e4978 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/mass_actions_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/mass_actions_controller.rb
@@ -10,10 +10,14 @@ module Admin
     # POST /admin/mass_actions
     def create
       res = MassAction.process(params[:mass_action], params[:entry_list].path)
-      backlog = "#{params[:mass_action]} completed for #{res[:ok]}.\n" \
-               "Failed: objects: #{res[:fail]}"
+      notice = if res
+                 "#{params[:mass_action]} completed for #{res[:ok]}.\n" \
+                 "Failed: objects: #{res[:fail]}"
+               else
+                 "Dataset integrity validation failed for #{params[:mass_action]}"
+               end
 
-      redirect_to(admin_mass_actions_path, notice: backlog)
+      redirect_to(admin_mass_actions_path, notice: notice)
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/mass_action.rb b/app/models/mass_action.rb
index e0ad113a4..6d988bf2b 100644
--- a/app/models/mass_action.rb
+++ b/app/models/mass_action.rb
@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
 class MassAction
   def self.process(action_type, entries)
-    return process_force_delete(entries) if action_type == 'force_delete'
+    entries = CSV.read(entries, headers: true)
+    case action_type
+    when 'force_delete'
+      return false unless force_delete_entries_valid?(entries)
 
+      process_force_delete(entries)
+    end
+  rescue StandardError
     false
   end
 
   def self.process_force_delete(entries)
     log = { ok: [], fail: [] }
-    entries = CSV.read(entries, headers: true)
     entries.each do |e|
       dn = Domain.find_by(name_puny: e['domain_name'])
       log[:fail] << e['domain_name'] and next unless dn
@@ -18,4 +23,17 @@ class MassAction
 
     log
   end
+
+  def self.force_delete_entries_valid?(entries)
+    valid = true
+    entries.each do |e|
+      unless e['domain_name'].present? && %w[IDENT_BURIED EMAIL PHONE].include?(e['delete_reason'])
+        valid = false
+      end
+    end
+
+    valid
+  rescue StandardError
+    false
+  end
 end