Notes - The information in this page is mainly sourced from the appendix to the Mine Inspectors report for this year. Many accidents are not listed in these reports and additional names have been added from newspaper reports and other sources - information not sourced from the mine inspectors reports is indicated by a shaded gray background
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| Information from Appendix to Inspectors Report | Extra Information | |||||||
| Year | Month | Day | Name of Colliery | Near where situated | Owners name | Person(s) killed | Cause of death | |
| 1852 | March | 1 | Bogleshole No 2 | Lanarkshire | Walter Anderson | Death not listed in Inspectors report | Newspaper report - New Monkland 1852 page | |
| 1852 | March | 6 | Rochsolloch No 24 | Lanarkshire | Messrs Baird of Gartsherrie | John Davidson | Death not listed in Inspectors report | Newspaper report - New Monkland pages |
| Arthur O'Neill | ||||||||
| 1852 | March | 9 | Shawmoss | Renfrewshire | Unknown | Death not listed in Inspectors report | Newspaper report - Renfrewshire pages | |
| 1852 | March | 12 | Lochgelly | Fife | NK | Robert Suttie | Death not listed in Inspectors report | Newspaper report - Auchterderran pages |
| 1852 | March | 23 | Brownsburn, Gartlee | Lanarkshire | James Lenaghan | Death not listed in Inspectors report | Newspaper report - New Monkland pages | |
| Edward Callaghan | ||||||||
| 1852 | April | 17 | Craigie Colliery | Thomas King | Death not listed in Inspectors report | Newspaper report - Clackmannan pages | ||
| 1852 | April | 17 | Wellwood | Fife | Grace Russell | Death not listed in Inspectors report | Newspaper Report - Fife pages | |
| 1852 | May | 7 | Kilmux Colliery | Fife | James Laing | Death not listed in Inspectors report | Newspaper Report - Fife pages | |
| 1852 | June | 11 | Lundin Mill | Fife | William Bethune | Death not listed in Inspectors report | Newspaper Report - Fife pages | |
| 1852 | June | 25 | West Wemyss, Victoria Pit | Fife | James Peggie | Death not listed in Inspectors report | Fife FHS death index | |
| 1852 | July | 2 | No 2 Pit Carnbroe | Coatbridge | Merry & Cunningham | James Berry | Fall of roof | |
| 1852 | July | 6 | Kingshaw | Carluke | Shotts Iron Co | James Cooper | Piece of propwood falling on him | |
| 1852 | July | 7 | No 1 Mingle Pit | Kinniel, near Bo'ness | Messrs Wilson & Co | John Somerville | Piece of ironstone falling from cage asceding pit | |
| 1852 | July | 7 | Victoria Pit | Nitshill, near Glasgow | Messrs Coats & Co | Joseph Finn | Crushed by cage in pit | Newspaper reports Renfrewshire pages |
| 1852 | July | 27 | No 1 pit Dundyvan Iron Works | Lanarkshire | Messrs John Wilson & Co | Michael Carr | Fall of roof | |
| 1852 | July | 27 | No 4 pit, Fordell | Inverkeithing, Fifeshire | G M Henderson Esq | John Hannigan | Falling from one seam to another | |
| 1852 | July | 28 | No 1, Blackland Eglington Ironworks | Ayrshire | Messrs Bairds | Thomas Woods | Fall of coal | |
| 1852 | August | 3 | No 1 pit Corsehead | Dalry, Ayrshire | Messrs Bairds | Edward Ritchie | Falling down pit | |
| 1852 | August | 5 | Alloa Colliery | Clackmannanshire | Alloa Coal Company | Alexander Fyfe | Fall of roof | Newspaper report - Clackmannan pages |
| 1852 | August | 12 | No 7 Pit Thankerton | Bothwelll, Lanarkshire | Messrs Bairds | James Hart | Fall of roof | |
| 1852 | August | 21 | Bartonshill | Near Glasgow | Messrs Neilson & Paterson | James Barrowman, oversman | Crushed by cage in pit | |
| 1852 | August | 23 | Rochsoles No 4 pit | New Monkland, Lanarkshire | Rochsoles Coal Co | William Martin | Cage running down shaft by neglect of engineman | |
| 1852 | August | 24 | Eastfield Colliery | Near Glasgow | James Dunn | - | Pumping machinery below ground | |
| 1852 | August | 28 | Calder Ironworks | Airdrie | William Dixon | John Muir | Fall of roof | |
| 1852 | September | 6 | Stobbs Pit | Kilwinning | Messrs Bairds | John Laird | Fall of coal | |
| 1852 | September | 14 | No 5 pit, Langloan | Old Monkland | Messrs Addie Miller & Ranken | John Rollo | Fall of roof | |
| 1852 | September | 17 | No 2, Snab Pit | Kinniel, near Bo'ness | Trustees of late John Wilson | James Davidson | Falling from one seam to another | |
| 1852 | September | 22 | Penston | Gladmuir, East Lothian | John Deans | William Hogg | Fall of roof | |
| 1852 | September | 23 | Braehead Pit | Baillieston | Trustees of R H Simpson | William Simpson | Fall of roof | |
| 1852 | September | 24 | Brandyhill Pit | Sauchie, near Alloa | Alloa Coal Company | Robert Mitchell | Drowning in old opening shaft | Newspaper report - Clackmannans pages |
| John Bain | ||||||||
| William Paterson | ||||||||
| Robert Hunter | ||||||||
| 1852 | October | 14 | No 13 pit Legbrannock | Bothwelll, Lanarkshire | Monkland Iron & Steel Co | Robert Russell | Fell down the pit | |
| 1852 | October | 16 | No 1 pit, Woodhill | Kilmarnock | Merry & Cunningham | John Brown | Crushed in shaft | |
| 1852 | October | 16 | No 2, Annick Lodge | Dreghorn | Glengarnock Iron Co | John Kelly | Fall of roof | |
| 1852 | October | 18 | Crofthead | Whitburn | Coltness Iron Co | John Young | Struck by chain falling down | Newspaper report - Lothian pages |
| 1852 | October | 22 | No 10 Hawkhill | Dalry | Messrs Bairds | Patrick McInnes | Fall of ironstone | |
| 1852 | October | 27 | No 3 Carnbroe | Lanarkshire | Merry & Cunningham | James Farry | Stone falling on him | |
| 1852 | October | 27 | No 8, Stevenson Pit | Holytown | Stevenson Coal Co | Robert Cross | Fall of coal | |
| 1852 | October | 27 | Polkemmet Colliery | Whitburn | John White | George Strong | Earth falling on him | |
| 1852 | November | 3 | Perceton Colliery | Ayrshire | P B M Macredie | Hugh Martin | Fall of stone from roof | |
| 1852 | November | 5 | No 1 Carnbroe | Lanarkshire | Merry & Cunningham | William Calligan | Falling down shaft | |
| 1852 | November | 6 | Dalmellington Ironworks | Ayrshire | Dalmellington Iron Co | Robert Haldam | Fall of roof | |
| 1852 | November | 8 | No 2, Annick Lodge | Ayrshire | Glengarnock Iron Co | Andrew Calligan | Struck by piece of wood from surface | |
| 1852 | November | 15 | Mount Melville Ironstone Works | St Andrews | _ | David Pearson | Fall of stone on him | |
| 1852 | November | 16 | Cuttlehill | Fife | Henderson, Wallace & Co | David Hunter | Sinking of road and falling of old waste | Newspaper Report - Fife pages |
| 1852 | November | 17 | Newton Colliery | Cambuslang | Newton Colliery Co | William Vicars | Falling of cage | |
| 1852 | November | 20 | No 2 Redding Colliery | Falkirk | Duke of Hamilton | James Miles | Fall of roof | Newspaper Report - Stirlingshire pages |
| 1852 | November | 24 | Summerhouse | Stirlingshire | John Wilson | William Thompson | Struck by coal falling down shaft | Newspaper Report - Stirlingshire pages |
| 1852 | November | 25 | Crofthead | Whitburn | Coltness Iron Co | John Stevenson | Struck by piece of stone | Newspaper report - Lothian pages |
| 1852 | December | 1 | No 6 pit | Kinniel, near Bo'ness | Trustees of late John Wilson | Richard Paterson | Fall of ironstone | Newspaper report - Lothian pages |
| 1852 | December | 15 | Lochtyside Pit | Balgonie | Charles Balfour | William Furguson | Rope breaking | Newspaper Report - Fife pages |
| 1852 | December | 18 | No 5 Eastfield Colliery | Rutherglen | James Dunn | William McKenna | Fell from one seam to another | |
| 1852 | December | 20 | Dalzelly Colliery | Lesmahagow | James Cowper | Andrew Davidson | Fall of coal | [accident actually occurred 29 Nov, he died 20 Dec] |
| 1852 | December | 22 | No 9 Fordell | Dalgety, Fife | Fordell Colliery Co | Thomas Wishart | Fell down shaft | Newspaper report - Beath accidents |
| 1852 | December | 25 | Victoria Colliery | Dalzell Colliery, Lanark | John Watson, jun | Duncan McGuiness | Hutch falling on them from surface | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
| John Millar | ||||||||
| 1852 | December | 27 | No 15 pit Courie | Culross | Forth Iron Co | Edward McCutchen | Explosion | |
| 1852 | December | 27 | Titwood Colliery | Pollokshaws | Sir John Maxwell, Bart | Barnard Flanagan | Explosion | |
| 1852 | December | 28 | No 1 pit | Cambuslang | Archibald Russell | Robert Neilson | Fell from one seam to another | |
| 1852 | December | 30 | No 6 pit | Chapel Hall, Lanarkshire | Monkland Iron Co | John Nelson | Fall of coal | |