CLAS COAL COMPANY INC. operator
Controlled by
William Ridley Elkins Jr
MSHA operator ID: P22559
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 112
- Mines on record
- 7
- Years on record
- 1993–2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
884
citations
157
significant & substantial
$202,829
proposed penalties
$143,839
paid to date
71% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $58,990 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
261
inspections on record
20,052
inspection hours
4.4
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.884 citations across 20,052 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.$203K
proposed penalties
$179K
current assessed
$144K
paid to date
$35K
outstanding
836 assessments are final orders; 22 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-28.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 30 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 23 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 15 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 11 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 7 non-fatal
- FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL 5 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2025
2
2024
2
2023
3
2022
1
2021
1
2020
3
2019
3
2018
4
2017
5
2016
4
2015
3
2014
1
2013
2
2012
1
2011
3
2010
3
2009
1
2008
6
2007
5
2006
2
2005
1
2004
6
2002
2
1999
5
1998
3
1997
11
1996
11
1995
10
1994
7
1993
1
Mines on record
- Carbon Hill Mine AL
- HUNTS FORK GLAMORGAN KY
- Mine No 5 KY
- Clas #4 KY
- E-3 Mine KY
- No 2 Deep KY
- No 1 Deep KY
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