To be fair, Balance is always quick to criticize and ridicule health and safety and best practice and any compliance with regulations, and anyone who complains that work isn't progressing at full pace and inhibiting bonuses and profits is considered a hero and a martyr.
Until a mine blows up of course, then he's straight to the head of the lynch mob with his pitchfork and flaming torch calling for someone to be tortured and then burnt at the stake.
Good ol' Balance eh?