| Year | Month | Day | Name of Colliery | Near where situated | Owners name | Person(s) killed | Cause of death | Extra Information |
| 1855 | January | Springbank | Near Airdrie | John Meason | Samuel Wright | Fall of roof near face when engaged brushing drawing road | ||
| 1855 | January | 18 | Mount Vernon | Near Glasgow | Andrew Buchanan | James Green | Fall of roof when engaged repairing drawing road | |
| 1855 | January | 22 | Glenfair | Near Falkirk | J P Henderson | Charles McCaffeny | Fall of an empty hutch down shaft | |
| 1855 | January | 23 | Ayr | Near Ayr | John T Gordon | Patrick Price | Fall of coal when engaged undermining | |
| 1855 | January | 28 | Hurlford | Ayrshire | James Grier | Death not listed in Inspectors report | Newspaper report - Ayrshire pages | |
| 1855 | January | 29 | Kinniel | Near Linlithgow | Trustees of John Wilson | James Stanners | Falling down shaft while attempting to slide down conductors | |
| 1855 | January | 6 | Ayr | Near Ayr | John T Gordon | Charles Flannaghan | Falling down shaft while engaged oiling pithead wheels | |
| 1855 | February | 3 | Shotts Iron Works | Near Airdrie | Shotts Iron Co | John Brown | Fall of roof at face of working | |
| 1855 | February | 5 | Old Cumnock | Near Ayr | Portland Iron Co | John Gibson | Falling from an upper working to bottom of shaft | |
| 1855 | February | 7 | Fairley | Near Kilmarnock | John Gilmour & Co | William McGill | Fall of coal at face of working | |
| 1855 | February | 9 | Ayr | Near Ayr | John T Gordon | John Storrie | Fall of roof near face of working | Newspaper Report- Ayrshire pages |
| 1855 | February | 15 | Howglen | Near Glasgow | Robert Patterson | James Patterson | Choke damp whilst exploring old workings | |
| 1855 | February | 17 | Govan | Near Glasgow | William Dixon | Thomas Gibson | Crushed by cage when descending shaft | |
| 1855 | February | 20 | Tranent | Near Haddington | H F Caddell | George Banks | Fall of roof at face of working | |
| 1855 | February | 22 | Legbrannock | Near Airdrie | Monkland Iron & Steel Co | Hugh McKinlay | Struck by something falling down shaft (supposedly a piece of ice) | |
| 1855 | February | 22 | Sunnyside | Near Wishaw | Archibald Russell | David Cowan | Explosion of fire damp in old working | |
| 1855 | February | 23 | Dunfermline | Thomas Manclerk | Death not listed in Inspectors report | Newspaper report - Fife pages | ||
| 1855 | March | 5 | Drumpellar | Near Coatbridge | Trustees of John Wilson | Alexander Mitchell | Falling down shaft by coupling that attached the cage to the rope breaking | Newspaper Report - Old Monkland pages |
| James Brand | ||||||||
| 1855 | March | 7 | Nitshill | Near Paisley | George Coats & Co | John Fisher | Crushed at bottom of shaft whilst attempting to get on cage while in motion | |
| 1855 | March | 8 | Forth Iron Works | Near Dunfermline | Forth Iron Co | William Hind | Explosion of fire damp (a boy under 10 years) | |
| 1855 | March | 8 | Portland Iron Works | Near Kilmarnock | Portland Iron Co | Robert McCourt | Fall of roof undermining a prop | |
| 1855 | March | 9 | Ayr | Near Ayr | John T Gordon | Douglas Wisnos | A wagon wheel coming off and falling down shaft | Newspaper Report- Ayrshire pages [NB name should read Wason. Death cert and newspaper reports give date as March 12] |
| 1855 | April | 10 | Garscube | Near Glasgow | James Barclay & Co | Peter McTurk | Explosion of fire damp | Newspaper Report |
| 1855 | April | 11 | Rosehall | Near Coatbridge | Addie and Miller | Barnard Kennedy | Fall of coal at face of working | |
| 1855 | April | 12 | Cleland | Near Holytown | William Dixon | Peter Hawson | Falling down a shaft in which he was engaged sinking while ascending | |
| 1855 | April | 15 | Kenmuirhill | Near Glasgow | John Horne | David Winning | Falling of a piece of coal in shaft where deceased was a bottomer | |
| 1855 | April | 16 | Glencleland | Near Wishaw | Kerr & Pender | Hugh Macfarlane | Falling of a scaffold at pithead | |
| 1855 | April | 18 | Rosehall | Near Coatbridge | Addie, Miller & Rankine | Henry McQueen | Explosion of fire damp whilst engaged repairing air course | |
| 1855 | April | 25 | Grangemouth | Near Falkirk | Grangemouth Coal Co | Walter Ritchie | Shot exploding accidentally whilst blasting the coal | |
| 1855 | May | 9 | Wishaw | Near Wishaw | Robert Bell | Adam Cook | Fall of roof while engaged reducing pillars | |
| 1855 | May | 16 | Gateside | Near Sanquhar | Messrs Wigham | Robert Shankland | Fall of roof at face of working | Newspaper report - Dumfriesshire pages |
| 1855 | May | 16 | Darlinth | Near Paisley | Alexander Cunningham | George Hamilton | Fall of stone from pithead whilst deceased was at bottom | |
| 1855 | May | 19 | Coltness | Near Wishaw | A G Simpson | John Allen | Falling down shaft whilest attempting to get on cage | |
| 1855 | June | 1 | Muirkirk | Near Ayr | Trustees of John Wilson | Alex. Gibson | Fall of coal at face of working | Newspaper Report - Muirkirk pages [NB Death cert and newspaper reports give date as May 31] |
| T. Gibson | ||||||||
| 1855 | June | 15 | Eglington Iron Works | Near Ayr | Eglinton Iron Co | Hugh Connor | Explosion of firedamp | |
| 1855 | June | 17 | Wemyss | Near Kirkcaldy | J.H.E. Wemyss | John Nicol | Fall of coal at face of working | |
| 1855 | June | 17 | NK (Kilsyth area) | James Horn |
Death not listed in Inspectors report Disease of spinal chord following an accident he met with at a coal pit nearly a month | With thanks to Ruth Horn for this information | ||
| 1855 | June | 22 | Highland Park | Near Kilsyth | Brown & Remie | David Hoggans | Falling out of bucket whilst ascending shaft in which he was engaged sinking | |
| 1855 | July | 3 | Rawyards | Near Airdrie | Gavin Addie | Alexander Cook | Falling down shaft along with a hutch from an upper working | Newspaper report - New Monkland pages |
| 1855 | July | 6 | Milfield | Near Airdrie | Robert Levenstone | Joseph Simpson | Fall of roof at face of working | |
| 1855 | July | 10 | Comrie | Near Dunfermline | Forth Iron Co | James Meiklejohn | Fall of roof at face of working | |
| 1855 | July | 10 | Thornton | Near Kilmarnock | Archibald Finnie | William Murray | Shot exploding whilst engaged boring it out | Newspaper Report- Ayrshire pages (unconfirmed) |
| James Wilson | ||||||||
| 1855 | July | 13 | Blairdirdie | Near Glasgow | Robertson & Harvey | Edward McDownell | Fall of roof at face of working | |
| 1855 | July | 28 | Bogleshole | John Smith | Death not listed in Inspectors report | Newspaper Report | ||
| 1855 | July | 28 | Portland Ironworks | Peter Murray | Death not listed in Inspectors report | Newspaper Report- Ayrshire pages | ||
| Robert Crawford | ||||||||
| 1855 | August | 4 | West Thornton | Near Kilmarnock | Archibald Finnie | William Kirkland | Falling from upper working to bottom of shaft | |
| 1855 | August | 6 | Huntershill | Near Glasgow | William Dixon | Alexander Wilson | Falling of a piece of stone whilst engaged sinking | |
| 1855 | August | 6 | Flowerhill | Joseph Simpson | Death not listed in Inspectors report | Newspaper report - New Monkland pages | ||
| 1855 | August | 7 | No 3 pit, Race Course, Airdrie | Robert Wright | Death not listed in Inspectors report | Newspaper report - New Monkland pages | ||
| 1855 | August | 7 | Gartsherrie | Edward Nelson | Death not listed in Inspectors report | Newspaper Report - Old Monkland pages | ||
| 1855 | August | 11 | Townhill Colliery | Adam Adamson | Death not listed in Inspectors report | Newspaper report - Fife pages | ||
| 1855 | September | 19 | Caprington | Near Kilmarnock | Thomas S Cunningham | Alexander Cunningham | Drowned by working through on an old waste where water had accumulated | Newspaper Report- Ayrshire pages [NB Correct name was Robert Cunningham - with thanks to Alison Seton for this update] |
| Francis Reaside | ||||||||
| Wm Sym | ||||||||
| 1855 | September | 20 | Clifton Hill | Near Coatbridge | Thomas Jackson & Co | William Russell | Falling down shaft | Newspaper report - New Monkland pages |
| 1855 | September | 22 | Whitehill | James Boyd | Death not listed in Inspectors report | Newspaper report - New Monkland pages | ||
| 1855 | September | 26 | Kilgarth | Near Coatbridge | Wilsons & Co | James Qonner | Fall of roof at face of working | |
| 1855 | September | 26 | Carron Hall | Near Falkirk | Carron Co | Andrew Rae | Struck whilst ascending shaft by an iron bolt falling down | |
| 1855 | September | 29 | Town Hill | Near Dunfermline | Andrew Christie | Owen Welch | Crushed by a hutch on an incline | |
| 1855 | October | 3 | Coltness | Near Wishaw | A G Simpson | William Young | Explosion of fire damp where a fall of roof had occurred | |
| Peter Black | ||||||||
| 1855 | October | 6 | Muirkirk | Near Ayr | Trustees of John Wilson | Thomas Wilson | Falling down shaft by running a hutch into the wrong division at pit head | |
| 1855 | October | 16 | Darluith | Near Paisley | Alexander Cunningham | Thomas Moning | Fall of roof at face of working | |
| 1855 | October | 17 | Rochsalloch | Near Airdrie | Wilson & Alison | William Hunter | Fall of coal at face of working | |
| 1855 | October | 18 | Shottsmyre | Near Airdrie | John Scobbie | Andrew Johnston | Fall of coal at face of working | |
| 1855 | October | 19 | Coltness Iron Works | Near Wishaw | Coltness Iron Co | Thomas Martin | Fall of roof while engaged reducing pillars | |
| James Cuthbert | ||||||||
| 1855 | October | 25 | Bredisholm | Baillieston | Thomas Myles | Death not listed in Inspectors
report Injuries received at his work as a coal miner, 4 hours |
With thanks to J Marshall for supplying this information | |
| 1855 | October | 31 | Braehead | Near Coatbridge | Charles Tennant & Co | James Carrick | Fall of roof in drawing road | |
| 1855 | November | 17 | Lochgelly | Near Dunfermline | Lochgelly Iron Co | William Grosset | Fall of coal at face of working | |
| 1855 | November | 20 | Craigie House | Near Ayr | Robert Brown | Alexander Raddox | A pick falling down the shaft whilst deceased was at the bottom | Newspaper Report |
| 1855 | November | 23 | Fruitfield | Near Airdrie | John Hendrie | Abraham Wilson | Fall of roof at face of working | |
| 1855 | December | 1 | Auchenwarrock | Near Kilsyth | John Bow & Co | Alexander Jamieson | Fall of roof at face of working | |
| 1855 | December | 11 | Souter House | Near Coatbridge | Trustees of John Wilson | Thomas Graham | Fall of roof at face of working | |
| 1855 | December | 18 | Wellpark | Lanarkshire | John Mulrone | Death not listed in Inspectors report | Newspaper report - New Monkland pages | |
| 1855 | December | 21 | Bankend | Near Lesmahagow | Wardrope & Moffat | James Davidson | Crushed by cage at bottom of shaft | |
| 1855 | December | 22 | Bow Housebog | Lanarkshire | Peter Darroch | Death not listed in Inspectors report | Newspaper report - Shotts pages | |
| 1855 | December | 26 | Annock Lodge | Near Kilmarnock | Merry & Cunningham | Thomas Cairns | Falling down shaft in attempting to go on cage whilst in motion |