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Ballentine Sand and Gravel LLC: 34 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Daniel H Ballentine
Ravenna, Portage County, OH  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3301413

Ballentine Sand and Gravel LLC has $4K 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
4
Years on record
1983–2002
Latest incident
Oct 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
34
citations
8
significant & substantial
$4,297
proposed penalties
$4,297
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Ballentine Sand and Gravel LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
44
inspections on record
540
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: 540 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Ballentine Sand and Gravel LLC has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
ⓘ Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
32 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-23.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
24.2%
significant & substantial
6.1%
high negligence or reckless
24.2%
reasonably likely or greater
42.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 42.4% low, 51.5% moderate, 6.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘ A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘ Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2024-06-05
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
15
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg11
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (15)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-06-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-06-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-06-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-11-06 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.17 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-11-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2019-11-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-04-10 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.32 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-04-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2013-04-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2013-04-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-05-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 0.5 0.48 Utility Man
2007-05-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.46 0.37 Utility Man
2005-10-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2005-10-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-10-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Karl Brugman Sand & Gravel Inc 1950 to 2001
  2. Ballentine Sand and Gravel LLC 2001 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 5
2025 6
2024 6
2023 6
2022 6
2021 7
2020 7
2019 5
2018 6
2017 5
2016 6
2015 5
2014 5
2013 5
2012 5
2011 4
2010 4
2009 3
2008 3
2007 3
2006 3
2005 4
2004 4
2003 3
2002 4
2001 4
2000 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Ballentine Sand and Gravel LLC sits in Portage County, Ohio, where the Census mining category is 0.4% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Portage County, Ohio · Population 161,421
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$72,822
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘ 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
2026 Q2 3,917 1 0 255.3
2026 Q1 2,017 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 2,370 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,523 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,173 1 0 315.2
2025 Q1 2,141 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,936 1 0 340.6
2024 Q3 3,336 0 0 0.0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 3,205 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,975 1 0 506.3
2023 Q4 2,808 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,722 3 2 806.0
2023 Q2 4,015 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,409 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 3,680 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 4,083 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,753 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,934 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,930 1 0 341.3
2021 Q3 3,772 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 3,710 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,443 1 0 409.3
2020 Q4 3,644 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 4,051 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 4,000 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,564 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 3,144 2 1 636.1
2019 Q3 3,118 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,155 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,929 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,788 3 0 1076.0
2018 Q3 3,267 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,454 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,080 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,912 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,170 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,101 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,587 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,784 1 0 359.2
2016 Q3 3,732 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,762 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,698 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 3,695 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,166 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,175 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,182 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,560 1 0 390.6
2014 Q3 3,242 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,077 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,261 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,871 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,182 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,852 3 0 1051.9
2013 Q1 1,695 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,715 4 4 1473.3
2012 Q3 3,436 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,365 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,887 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,619 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,854 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,199 4 1 1819.0
2011 Q1 780 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,262 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,488 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,170 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,055 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,245 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,944 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 760 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,947 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,327 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,914 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 945 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,745 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,614 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,164 1 0 859.1
2007 Q1 780 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,233 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,655 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,625 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 974 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,146 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,332 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,336 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,455 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,750 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,256 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,233 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,025 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,269 1 0 440.7
2003 Q3 2,134 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,804 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 550 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,829 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,478 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,090 3 0 1435.4
2002 Q1 733 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,567 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,717 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,350 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,652 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,066 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,520 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,895 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2002 · 1 incident

October 28, 2002 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ballentine Sand and Gravel LLC · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

INDIVIDUAL WAS ADJUSTING #9 CONVEYOR BELT WHEN IT PULLED WRENCH AND CAUGHT HIS RIGHT PINKY FINGER. GUARDS WERE ON.

1990 · 1 incident

November 14, 1990 OH · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Karl Brugman Sand & Gravel Inc · Fall from ladders

EMPL WAS CLIMBING LADDER TO TOPE OF SAND SCREW WITH I NTENTIONS OF WASHING WARM WATER DOWN TO AID THAWING BEFORE STARTING PLANT. TEMP WAS 28 DEG APPROX.

1989 · 1 incident

June 26, 1989 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Karl Brugman Sand & Gravel Inc · Fall from ladders

WEATHER WAS SUNNY, WARM, & DRY. THE LADDER MEETS ALL MINE INSPECTORS CODES-THERE WAS REALLY NO REASON OR CAUSE FOR THE MAN TO FALL-HE LOST HIS BALANCE.

1983 · 1 incident

August 6, 1983 OH · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor POWERED HAULAGE
Karl Brugman Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck against stationary object

DONALD BRUGMANN TOOK SHIELD OFF FROM CONVEYOR UNDER LARGE CRUSHER AND PRECEDED TO USE A SHOVEL TO MOVE MATERIAL SHOVEL GOT CAUGHT AND DONALD HELD ON TO IT HANDLOE OF THE SHOVEL BROKE OFF THEN THAT HAPPENED HIS HAND CAME BACK UP AND HIT FINGER ON STEEL FRAMING HE HAD TO HAVE 15 STITCHES IN HIS FINGER