Daniel R Balkema; Ralph T Balkema controller
MSHA controller ID: M09473
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 83
- Mines on record
- 11
- Years on record
- 1989–2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
378
citations
51
significant & substantial
$42,445
proposed penalties
$42,261
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $184 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
371
inspections on record
4,704
inspection hours
8.0
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.378 citations across 4,704 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
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.$42K
proposed penalties
$42K
current assessed
$42K
paid to date
$151
outstanding
377 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-27.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 20 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 19 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 18 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 16 non-fatal
- OTHER 4 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 4 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2025
3
2024
6
2023
5
2022
1
2021
1
2020
3
2019
3
2018
4
2017
4
2016
3
2015
5
2014
4
2013
4
2012
2
2011
2
2010
3
2009
1
2008
3
2007
2
2006
3
2005
2
2004
2
2003
4
2002
3
2001
3
2000
1
1992
1
1989
5
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
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The full compliance file on Daniel R Balkema; Ralph T Balkema
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.