Mining Incidents

Henry Balkema Sand Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Henry Balkema Sand & Gravel Company · Surface
Controlled by Balkema Henry
Kalamazoo County, MI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2001588

MSHA record for Henry Balkema Sand Pit (mine ID 2001588). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Ownership history
  1. Henry Balkema Sand & Gravel Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Henry Balkema Sand Pit sits in Kalamazoo County, Michigan, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Kalamazoo County, Michigan · Population 261,437
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$70,525
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.