| Year | Month | Day | Name of Colliery | Where situated | Owners name | Person(s) killed | Occupation | Age if given | Category of Accident | Cause of death | Extra Details |
| 1862 | January | 4 | Little Raith | Lochgelly | Lochgelly Iron Co | George Bisset | Collier | Falls of roof | Fall of coal from roof | Listed in AMcD letter - see foot of pages | |
| 1862 | January | 14 | Cleland No 3 pit | Holytown | William S Dixon | James Cranston | Fireman | Falls of roof | Fall of roof while engaged gearing it | Listed in AMcD letter - see foot of pages. Date given by mine inspector is wrong - should be 8 January 1862. Newspaper report - Bothwell pages | |
| James Kelly | Brusher | ||||||||||
| Thomas Ferguson | Brusher | ||||||||||
| 1862 | January | 16 | Brownhill | Dalry | E J Walsh | Thomas Ferguson | Drawer | 15 | Falls of coal and roof | Fall of coal | |
| 1862 | January | 18 | Braidenhill | Airdrie | James Prentice | Alexander Adams | Collier | In shafts | By a prop or piece of pit wood falling down the shaft | Listed in AMcD letter - see foot of pages | |
| 1862 | January | 20 | Auchinheath | Lesmahagow | James Ferguson & Co | James Thomson | Sinker | In shafts | Killed by a stone falling upon him from side of shaft | Newspaper Report [NB John Thomson actually died 18 January 1862] Listed in AMcD letter - see foot of pages | |
| 1862 | January | 20 | Towerlands No 8 | Irvine | John H Watt | Edward Boyle | Brusher | 43 | Falls of coal and roof | Fall of coal | Listed in AMcD letter - see foot of pages |
| 1862 | January | 28 | Carluke | Lanarkshire | Robert Aitken | Not listed | Death not listed in Inspectors report | Newspaper Report Listed in AMcD letter - see foot of pages | |||
| 1862 | January | 31 | Greenbank | Dalry | Merry & Cunningham | Alexander Trainer | Miner | 30 | Ironstone mines – in shafts | By the cage being drawn over the pit head pulleys From Main body of report: The winding machinery and fittings generally at this ironstone working are of modern construction and in good working order. The accident was occasioned by the engineman, David Scoular, winding the cage in which the deceased was seated beyond the usual landing at the pit mouth, and taking it over the pit-head pulley. It did not appear that any of the parts of the machinery had failed on this occasion or that anything unusual had happened to distract the attention of the engineman. He was charged by the Procurator Fiscal with culpable neglect of duty ; the case was brought before the sheriff substitute of Kilmarnock ; Scoular pled guilty, and after being suitably admonished he was sentenced to 10 days imprisonment. | Newspaper Report Listed in AMcD letter - see foot of pages |
| 1862 | February | 1 | Cowdenhill | Maryhill | William Napier | George McLuskie | Collier | 33 | Falls of coal and roof | Fall of roof in a drawing road | Listed in AMcD letter - see foot of pages |
| 1862 | February | 3 | Garscube | Maryhill | James Barclay | John Brown | Pitheadman | 25 | In shafts | Was drawn into the shaft by the winding-rope when it broke | |
| 1862 | February | 5 | Greenfield | Shettleston | G B McNair & Co | James Young | Collier | 28 | Falls of coal and roof | Fall of roof in his working place | Newspaper Report - Lanarkshire pages Listed in AMcD letter - see foot of pages |
| 1862 | February | 6 | Ellismuir | Baillieston | John Watson sen | Jerret Renwick | Drawer | 18 | Falls of coal and roof | Fall of roof | |
| 1862 | February | 6 | Govan No 2 | Glasgow | W Dixon & Co | William Campbell | roadsman | 50 | Miscellaneous | By going with an unprotected light into the powder magazine and igniting a large quantity of gunpowder From Main body of report: In collieries such as this, where the long-wall system of working is practised, it is the custom to build the walls, and make the necessary cuttings in the roadways during the night. In the present case there was a cabin situated about 40 fathoms from the pit bottom, where the powder for supplying the night workmen was stored, and a person named Mackie was deputed to give it out. It appears that one of the workmen, Newton, had shortly before the accident applied for powder, Mackie had been engaged at the time and did not leave at once to go to the powder cabin, when a few minutes after, a severe explosion took place. The fittings and a considerable extent of brickwork in the neighbourhood of the shaft were destroyed; and the unfortunate sufferers, Newton and a neighbour workman, were found to have received fatal injuries from the severity of the explosion and the blast. There can be no doubt that the deceased Newton, after calling upon Mackie, had gone to the cabin with the view of supplying himself, and in doing so had in some injudicious way allowed the flame of his lamp to get too near to the powder, or otherwise, and occasioned the accident. When a quantity of powder is kept, under such circumstances, the place ought to be carefully secured, so as to prevent incautious persons from having access to it. | Newspaper Report - Lanarkshire pages Listed in AMcD letter - see foot of pages |
| William Newton | roadsman | 27 | |||||||||
| 1862 | February | 6 | Stonelaw No 1 | Rutherglen | J R Reid | Robert Richardson | Collier | 21 | Falls of coal and roof | Fall of roof | Newspaper report Listed in AMcD letter - see foot of pages |
| 1862 | February | 8 | Bathvale | Bathgate | John Watson | James Smith | Miner | In shafts | Caught by cage at pit bottom | Listed in AMcD letter - see foot of pages Newspaper report | |
| 1862 | February | 8 | Shirva | Kirkintilloch | Walter Wingate | John Connor | Collier | 19 | Falls of coal and roof | Fall of roof | Listed in AMcD letter - see foot of pages |
| 1862 | February | 11 | Glenlogan | Cumnock | Portland Iron Co | James Alcorn | Collier | 46 | Falls of coal and roof | Fall of roof | Listed in AMcD letter - see foot of pages |
| 1862 | February | 15 | Elgin Colliery | Robert Thomson | Not listed | Death not listed in Inspectors report | Newspaper report | ||||
| 1862 | February | 23 | Croftfoot Limestone pit | Unknown Cowie | Not listed | Death not listed in Inspectors report | Newspaper report - Old Monkland pages | ||||
| 1862 | February | 27 | Netherfield | Glasgow | J & J Robertson | James Busby | Collier | 50 | Falls of coal and roof | Fall of roof | Lanarkshire accidents |
| 1862 | March | 4 | Espieside No 3 | Coatbridge | W Baird & Co | Thomas Davidson | Collier | 26 | Falls of coal and roof | Fall of coal | Newspaper Report |
| 1862 | March | 4 | Quarter | Hamilton | Colin Dunlop & Co | William Small | Drawer | Ironstone mines – falls of roof | Fall of roof at face | ||
| 1862 | March | 5 | Lesmahagow | William Louden | Not listed | Death not listed in Inspectors report | Newspaper Report | ||||
| 1862 | March | 5 | Carluke | Edward Russell | Not listed | Death not listed in Inspectors report | Newspaper Report | ||||
| 1862 | March | 6 | Overtown | William Davie | see entry under May 6 below | Death not listed in Inspectors report? | |||||
| 1862 | March | 7 | Tillicoultry | Tillicoultry | James Snowdowne | William Allan | Collier | Falls of roof | Fall of roof while redding |
Newspaper Report [NB Accident was actually March 11 1862] | |
| John Cook | Collier | ||||||||||
| 1862 | March | 10 | Tillicoultry | Tillicoultry | James Snowdowne | John Paterson | Collier | Falls of roof | Fall of roof | ||
| 1862 | March | 13 | Little Raith | Lochgelly | Lochgelly Iron Co | Dan. McGuire | Collier | Falls of roof | Fall of coal from roof | ||
| 1862 | March | 17 | Calder | Coatbridge | W Dixon & Co | Adam Hunter | Oversman | 43 | In shafts | By a wire rope breaking at an old and abandoned pit while they were being suspended in the shaft From Main body of report: The machinery at this colliery, when in operation, was arranged to pump water and wind materials. It had been standing for upwards of a year; but in consequence of a partial breakage of machinery at a neighbouring colliery, the pumping engine was started to assist with the drainage, till the necessary repairs could be made. It had been worked for five or six days, and no person had occasion to be lowered or raised in the shaft by the winding rope during that time. It was discovered on the morning of the accident that the "plunger" in connexion with the "forcing set'' of pumps required packing ; and I understand that after lowering and raising the cage with a weight upon it, so as to prove the state of the guides, &c., the oversman and an assistant were lowered. The accident took place when they were being raised, after having completed their work, and when the cage was within a few feet of the surface, by the winding rope suddenly breaking. Winding ropes out of use and exposed at a pit for a length of time, particularly when constructed of wire, ought to be carefully tested and examined before being used. The rope in question had been employed on the occasion for expediency, although it must have been apparent that it was not a perfect winding rope; and it forms a striking illustration of the insecurity of winding materials after they have lain for a time out of use or been otherwise neglected, independent of their character at the period of their abandonment or the amount of work that may have been done by them. | Newspaper report - Old Monkland pages |
| John Meiklam | Assist. Oversman | 31 | |||||||||
| 1862 | March | 18 | Balquhatsone | Slammanan | John Watson jun | William Meek | Collier | Falls of roof | Fall of roof | ||
| 1862 | March | 18 | Roadinghead | Cumnock | W Baird & Co | Hugh Park | Miner | 30 | Ironstone mines – falls of ironstone and roof | Fall of roof | |
| 1862 | March | 19 | Carluke | John Gilfillan | Not listed | Death not listed in Inspectors report | Newspaper Report | ||||
| 1862 | March | 20 | Redding | Falkirk | Redding Colliery Co | Alex Scobie | Collier | Falls of roof | Fall of roof at face | ||
| 1862 | March | 26 | Bankhead | Galston | Portland Iron Co | George Goldie | Collier | 42 | Falls of coal and roof | Fall of coal and roof at his working face | |
| 1862 | March | 27 | Grangemouth | Falkirk | Grangemouth Coal Co | Thomas Rae | Brusher | Falls of roof | Fall of brushing | ||
| 1862 | April | 4 | Riskend | Kilsyth | W Baird & Co | Robert Reynolds | Sinker | 35 | Ironstone mines – in shafts | Fell off the kettle in a sinking pit about 15 fathoms from the bottom | |
| 1862 | April | 8 | Jerviston | Holytown | Wilsons & Co | Philip Docherty | Collier | Falls of roof | Fall of roof | Newspaper report - Bothwell pages [Date is actually 7 April] | |
| 1862 | April | 10 | Drumbathie | Airdrie | William Baird & Co | Alex. Russell | Miner | Ironstone mines – falls of roof | Fall of roof at face | ||
| 1862 | April | 10 | Woodhead | Clackmannan | Wm. Adamson | Not listed | Death not listed in Inspectors report | Newspaper report - Clackmannan pages | |||
| 1862 | April | 17 | Portland No 2 | Hurlford | Portland Iron Co | Thomas Trainer | Collier | 50 | Miscellaneous | The powder accidentally ignited while preparing to blast From Main body of report: The deceased and other workmen were engaged driving a mine through a "whingaw," and I understand that they were preparing to blast at the time the accident took place. As explained by one of the survivors, the deceased was in the act of "stemming"* or "ramming " a shot, when, from some cause, the powder ignited unexpectedly, and a serious explosion took place. This casualty may be accounted for in two ways; first, by supposing that the " needle" was struck by mistake ; or that a train of loose gunpowder had been left lying along the side of the hole, and was ignited by a spark from the face of the "stemmer." The latter is the most likely way. Accidents of this description, resulting from the unexpected ignition of gunpowder, have been less frequent of late ; they are often occasioned by attempting to drill out shots which have missed fire, with the view of saving the time required to form another hole. The practice is very unsafe, particularly if the tools used are composed of steel or iron. The proper and safe course however, when a shot misses fire, is to abandon it, and commence another bore hole at a safe distance. Tools used for blasting purposes, such as "needles" and "stemmers" should either be formed of copper or faced with it; and if such tools had been employed in the case above referred to, this unfortunate occurrence would have been prevented. | |
| 1862 | April | 28 | Craigie House | Ayr | Robert Brown | John Anderson | roadsman | 52 | Falls of coal and roof | Fall of roof | |
| 1862 | May | 5 | Bradley | Dalry | Merry & Cunningham | James McPake | Miner | 19 | Ironstone mines – miscellaneous | Was struck by the cage on the head while looking down the pit From Main body of report: At ironstone pits the scaffold, where the material is taken off the cage to be binged, is generally from 12 to 20 feet above the level of the surface or pit mouth ; consequently, the cage on which the hutch containing the material is raised is landed at this scaffold. It is the custom, however, when men are about to he lowered into the mine to rest the cage at the level of the pit mouth so as to save them the trouble of going up on to the level of the scaffold to get at it; and in the same way, when the cage with workmen is raised, it is stopped at the level of the pit mouth so as to enable them to get readily off. I understand that the deceased was, on the evening of the accident, sitting at the pit-mouth, and waiting to he allowed to go to his work ; he had been looking over the side of the shaft, unseen by the engineman, and forgetful of the cage at the scaffold, which, on being lowered, struck him on the back of the head, and caused instant death. | |
| 1862 | May | 6 | Overtown | Wishaw | John Wilson | William Davis | Collier | In shafts | Fall of coal while driving out a prop | [A William Davie, age 42, was killed in Wilson's Pit, Overtown by a fall of coals on March 6 1862 - see Newspaper report - Cambusnethan pages] | |
| 1862 | May | 8 | Bank | New Cumnock | Bank Coal Co | William Samson | engineman | 33 | Miscellaneous | It is supposed that death was occasioned by getting entangled with the machinery From Main body of report: The machinery employed on this occasion was of the usual description, and consisted of pumping and winding engines. The deceased was night engineman, and his duty was to keep the pumping engine at work during the night. It was understood that the engine had been in operation on the morning of the accident, till about half-past three or four o'clock, the time it is supposed to have happened ; and judging from the position in which the body of the deceased was found by the workmen when they came to the colliery in the morning, I have no doubt that he had been in the act of oiling the shafting, when he was accidentally caught by the revolving machinery, or had missed his footing and got entangled with it. The fatal accidents of this description generally happen to the workmen who are in direct charge of the machinery, and in many cases from the absurd practice of cleaning and oiling dangerous parts of it while in motion. | |
| 1862 | May | 8 | Swineridgemuir | Dalry | Merry & Cunningham | Hugh Cogans | Boy | 13 | Falls of coal and roof | Fall of roof at the face | |
| 1862 | May | 9 | Boghead | Bathgate | James Russell & Co | George Gray | Miner | Miscellaneous | Suffocated by choke damp From Main body of report: The accident occurred in an exploring mine at Boghead Colliery. The mine had been stopped for a day or two, and the deceased who was one of the contractors, went in for his graith. He knew the place was full of choke-damp, for his light would not burn, so he groped his way to the face in the dark; before he got to the face he fell and his body was not recovered .for some hours afterwards. The ventilation of the pit was very bad. Air was carried into this mine by means of wooden boxes 15 inches wide and 7 inches deep, but the current was scarcely perceptible. At best, the quantity which could be made to pass through these boxes was insufficient. There was no excuse for this state of matters, although the man himself was to blame for his death. | ||
| 1862 | May | 9 | Newbattle | Dalkeith | Marquis of Lothian | Henry Martin | Collier | In shafts | Fell into sump at pit bottom From Main body of report: The engineman while lowering the men in the mornings brought away the opposite cage without receiving a signal from the pit-bottom. A lame boy, who had not time to get off, appears to have attempted to jump, and in doing so had fallen back into the sump where he was found dead. A bottomer is now stationed, in terms of the special rules, to bell every time before the cage ascends. | ||
| 1862 | May | 10 | Hill of Beath | Lochgelly | Orde Adams | Gav. Hamilton | Sinker | In shafts | Chain broke while lowering pipes and knocked him off buntons From Main body of report: Some sinkers were lowering 30 fathoms of 12-inch pipes by means of chains. One half were under water and they were descending close to another sett of the same size. The flanges appear to have rested, and going off with ajerk snapped the chains, and the deceased who was standing on a bunton guiding them was carried away by the falling mass. The chain was quite equal to the weight under ordinary circumstances but not for jerks. A steam crab and strong galvinized wire rope is now substituted. | Newspaper report - Beath accidents | |
| 1862 | May | 12 | NK Nackerton area | Bothwell | John Bell | coal miner | Hurt sustained in coal pit | Death not listed in Inspectors report | With thanks to Colin Whitehead for this information | ||
| 1862 | May | 13 | Dysart | Kirkcaldy | Lord Rosslyn | Wm Fairful | Collier | Falls of roof | Fall of head coal | Newspaper report - Fife pages | |
| A Duncan | Collier | ||||||||||
| 1862 | May | 13 | Merryton | Hamilton | Cochrane & Brand | Robert Barton | Fireman | Explosions | Explosion of fire damp From Main body of report: Accident occurred at Merryton colliery, in the Ell coal, which is six feet thick, and worked by stoop and room, at a depth of 71 fathoms. On a Monday morning the fireman went down the pit to make his usual examination before the colliers entered. He had a naked lamp on his head, and carried his Davy lamp in his hand. He was seen passing into the workings in this way by two roadsmen who were working at the pit bottom, and who were the only other men in the pit. About 10 minutes after he left them an explosion took place, which knocked both of them down. One of them was so much injured that he died in consequence. The body of the fireman was found eight days afterwards, within a short distance from the face, and in the air course ; his Davy lamp was found broken by his side, but his cap and naked lamp were never found. The locality of the firedamp, and direction of the blast, were shown pretty clearly. There had not been much firedamp, but every stopping in the pit was knocked out or injured. The furnace had not been regularly fired during the Sunday, and most probably gas had accumulated in those places where the fireman usually went with his naked lamp, and the explosion was the consequence. When the ventilation was restored to its ordinary state I found it amounted to 14,720 cubic feet per minute, whereof 9,000 cubic feet were sent into the north level where the explosions occurred; but so badly was the air conducted, with the wooden stoppings, that only 3,000 cubic feet remained when it reached that point. I made the following suggestions to the owners:- (1.) That the fireman leave his naked lamp on the pit head when he makes his rounds in the morning, and take only a Davy lamp. He might take two Davy lamps in case one was to go out. (2.) The rarifying furnace should be kept on night and day. If the steam jet can be made to act as effectively, it is more desirable in point of safety. (3.) The air courses should be 36 feet area, and never less. (4.) The main currents of air ought to be guarded by brick and lime stoppings, 9 inches thick, and where stoppings are intended to be permanent the places should not exceed eight feet in width. (5.) A range of brick stoppings should be carried from the level to the rise at least every 150 yards. (6.) Wooden stoppings should be avoided in permanent air courses, and whenever adopted should be most scrupulously and constantly examined. I made the remark as to the steam jet, in consequence of its application at Skellyton, Allanton, and Summerlee collieries, which are in the immediate neighbourhood, where it is held to be as economical as the furnace, and there can be no doubt of its greater safety. | Newspaper report - Hamilton pages [Date was 12 May 1862] | |
| George McLean | roadsman | ||||||||||
| 1862 | May | 20 | Cumnock No 1 | Cumnock | Portland Iron Co | Samuel McGinnes | Collier | 45 | Falls of coal and roof | Fall of roof at the face | |
| 1862 | May | 20 | Mossend Iron Works | Holytown | Mossend Iron Co | James Harkness | Collier | Falls of roof | Killed by fall of stone while redding a road | ||
| John Millar | Collier | ||||||||||
| 1862 | May | 22 | Overton Colliery | Wishaw | John Wilson | Henry McLuskie | Collier | Falls of roof | Fall of main coal | Newspaper report - Cambusnethan pages | |
| 1862 | May | 27 | Sunnyside | Wishaw | Archd. Russell | Wm Simpson | Collier | Explosions | Explosion of fire damp From Main body of report: The accident occurred at Clydesdale pit, Sunnyside Colliery. A fall had taken place in a stone mine, and gas accumulated in the cavity. The fireman of the pit along with two other men were redding the fall. He was standing on the top of the gears, stowing rubbish, and the gas lit at his lamp and burnt them all; one of his companions died. There was a good current of air passing into the mine as far as the fall. I suggested that locked Davy lamps only, be used until the gas completely expelled. | Newspaper report - Cambusnethan pages | |
| 1862 | May | 27 | Drumpeller Colliery | James Hastings | Death not listed in Inspectors report | Newspaper report - Old Monkland pages | |||||
| 1862 | June | 9 | Broomhill | Denny | W Baird & Co | William Stewart | Collier | 30 | Falls of coal and roof | Fall of roof at the face | |
| 1862 | June | 9 | Little Raith | Lochgelly | Lochgelly Iron Co | Jno Campbell | Collier | Falls of roof | Fall of head coal | Newspaper report - Beath pages | |
| 1862 | June | 10 | Cadder No 8 | Bishopbriggs | Carron Iron Co | William Wotherspoon | Miner | 32 | Ironstone mines – falls of ironstone and roof | Fall of roof at the face | |
| 1862 | June | 10 | Rosehall No 11 | Coatbridge | Addie & Miller | Gib. McKay | Pony driver | 16 | Ironstone mines – miscellaneous | Fell before a train of loaded hutches when part of it was drawn over him | Newspaper report - Old Monkland pages |
| 1862 | June | 12 | Sunnyside | Wishaw | Archd. Russell | John Dunn | Collier | Falls of roof | Fall of roof in stone mine | ||
| 1862 | June | 16 | Bredisholm No 1 | Baillieston | John Young | James Smith | Collier | 45 | Falls of coal and roof | Fall of roof at the face | Newspaper report - Old Monkland pages |
| 1862 | June | 18 | Kennet | Alloa | Thomas Greer | John Mitchel | Collier | Ironstone mines – falls of roof | Fall of ironstone | [NB John Condie Paterson age 18 is listed as being killed by a fall on 18th June 1862 in Kennet No 2 Pit - the name given here may be a mistake in the inspectors list - see Newspaper Report] | |
| 1862 | June | 18 | Old Bridge Pit, Hurlford | William Jamieson | Not listed | Death not listed in Inspectors report | Newspaper Report | ||||
| 1862 | June | 19 | Kirkwood | Coatbridge | John Hendrie | Alexander Neilson | Bottomer | 59 | In shafts | Got caught by the cage when it was being lifted From Main body of report: According to the special rules of this colliery it is the practice for the drawers to place the loaded hutches on the cage, and secure them there, under the supervision and direction of the bottomer, preparatory to being sent up the pit. The deceased was bottomer at the colliery, and it appears that on the day of the accident a young lad had gone with a loaded hutch to the pit bottom in the usual way, for the purpose of placing it on the cage. He had failed to run it exactly on to its place, and the bottomer, who was stationed at the opposite side, went on to the cage for the purpose of assisting him, when the engine was suddenly set in motion, apparently without a signal from the pit bottom, and he was instantly crushed between the cage and the side of the shaft. Workmen employed underground, particularly bottomers, are frequently exposed about the bottom of the shaft ; they trust implicitly to the shaft regulations being carried out ; it is therefore of the greatest consequence that an engineman should be thoroughly impressed with the importance of his duty, and of the great responsibility attached to the proper performance of it. In this case the Procurator Fiscal charged the engineman with culpable homicide ; the case was called before Lord Deas and a jury at the. Glasgow Circuit Court in September last ; but after a few witnesses had been examined for the prosecution, some doubts were entertained as to whether a signal had not been made, and the charge was departed from. | Newspaper report - Old Monkland pages |
| 1862 | June | 21 | Westmuir | Glasgow | Robert Gray & Co | Charles O'Donnel | Brusher | 40 | Falls of coal and roof | Fall of roof at the face | |
| 1862 | June | 26 | Blair No 6 | Dalry | W Baird & Co | James Curdie | Miner | 20 | Ironstone mines – in shafts | Fell from the cage while ascending the shaft | |
| 1862 | June | 26 | Tigethaugh | Denny | W Baird & Co | Peter McKenna | Fireman | 30 | Ironstone mines – explosions | Explosion of fire damp From Main body of report: There are two seams of ironstone at present being worked in this pit. The accident took place in the upper one, and at the time when the night shift-men were about to proceed to their work. It was the duty of the fireman to examine the state of the work before the workmen were allowed to enter; and it appears that he had taken a safety lamp on the night of the accident, and gone in to the workings apparently for the purpose of carrying out this very important rule. No one of course knew the extent of his examination, but when he returned to the pit bottom he informed the workmen that the places were " all clear" and in a workable state, when a few minutes after, as he and one of the miners were passing in to a working place, a quantity of fire-damp was exploded. The injuries received by the fireman proved fatal. Judging from the short time intervening between the examination and the explosion, only a few minutes, I think there can be no doubt that the sufferer in this case had failed to make a proper inspection of the whole of the working parts. | |
| 1862 | July | 12 | Clydesdale Pit Wishaw | John Dunn | Not listed in Inspectors report | Death not listed in Inspectors report | Newspaper report - Cambusnethan pages | ||||
| 1862 | July | 15 | Hillhead No 4 | Kilmarnock | John Gilmour & Co | Thomas Hattrick | Drawer | 17 | Falls of coal and roof | Fall of roof at the face | |
| 1862 | July | 15 | Rosehall No 5 | Coatbridge | Addie & Miller | Robert McAlpine | Oversman | 25 | Ironstone mines – in shafts | By attempting to step off the cage while in motion From Main body of report: Occasioned by the oversman attempting to step off the cage while it was in motion. This shaft is of the form peculiar to the Scotch coal field, and is divided with boarding to suit the requirements of the mine. The winding machinery and shaft fittings are of the usual construction. The deceased at the time of the accident was engaged with an oversman, who had charge of another district of the mine, making an examination of the " rise" division of the shaft with the view of clearing away some loose or insecure material from the side of it. It would appear that they had just completed their examination, that is, the cage had been lowered with them slowly from the surface to the pit bottom, and without going off the cage, they had made the visual ascent signals to be raised again, but just as the signals were made, and the cage was about to be raised, some loose stuff fell on to the cover of the cage, and it is supposed that the deceased had got alarmed at it, and in attempting to get off, he got entangled with the cage, and was crushed between it and the side of the shaft. The bottomer, who was near to the signalling apparatus, gave the back signal to the engineman without delay, but unfortunately it was too late to prevent the accident. | Newspaper report - Old Monkland pages |
| 1862 | July | 18 | Arbuckle | Airdrie | William Black | James Laidlaw | Collier | Falls of roof | Fall of stone at face | ||
| 1862 | July | 18 | Stevenson | Stevenson | Merry & Cunningham | Patrick Lennan | Borer | 58 | Explosions | Explosion of fire damp at a bore hole From Main body of report: This accident took place at a borehole which the deceased and other workmen were in the act of putting down from the "waste" of the "five-quarter" coal to prove the position and quality of the seams underlying. The depth of the bore from the pavement of this seam was about 11 fathoms. It would appear that, on the day of the accident, and a short time before it took place, a "cutter" or open rent in the strata, had been intersected by the bore, and a quantity of firedamp, evidently existing under considerable pressure, forced itself up through the bore-hole and the water which was in it, and lodged in a high part of the roof immediately adjoining. During this extra discharge the ventilation at that place was found insufficient, and though the borers had retired when the gas first made its appearance, they had afterwards returned, or ventured nearer to it, when it is supposed that the firedamp had ignited at an unprotected light, either belonging to one of the borers, or to the breaksman employed at a short distance to the " dip" of the borehole. | |
| Peter Wood | Assist. Borer | 26 | |||||||||
| 1862 | July | 19 | Coathill | Coatbridge | Merry & Cunningham | Dennis Sweenie | Drawer | 25 | Ironstone mines – in shafts | Crossing the cage after a signal had been made to raise it | |
| 1862 | July | 21 | Croftfoots Limestone Pit | Coatbridge | John Ferrie | Death not listed in Inspectors report | Newspaper report - Old Monkland pages | ||||
| Thomas Lockhart | |||||||||||
| 1862 | July | 23 | Murdostoun | Wishaw | Robert Stewart | Wm Edgar | engineman | In shafts | Slipped off a bunton and fell down the pit while changing a bucket From Main body of report: This was purely accidental | ||
| 1862 | July | 23 | Turf Dyke | Stevenson | Merry & Cunningham | James Raeside | Collier | 34 | Falls of coal and roof | Fall of roof while engaged securing it | |
| 1862 | July | 24 | Legbrannock | Airdrie | Monkland Iron Co | James Galloway | Contractor | Ironstone mines – in shafts | Fell off scaffold in sinking pit | ||
| 1862 | July | 31 | Overcroy No 1 | Kilsyth | W Baird & Co | William Hunter | Sinker | 30 | Ironstone mines – in shafts | While being raised on a cistern it was drawn against a beam at the pit mouth which snapped the bearing bolts, and the cistern fell to the bottom From Main body of report: The deceased were engaged on the day of the accident removing a small cistern, which had been employed as a temporary lodgement in the shaft, for the purpose of enabling them to extend the column of pumps to the bottom. A pair of slings were connected to the end of the winding rope fitted with bolts and cotters for attaching to the cistern. After making the connexion, it appears that the cistern in being drawn up the shaft, caught against a beam at the pit mouth ; the bolts broke suddenly, and the deceased, with the cistern, were precipitated to the bottom. It did not appear to me that the connexion in this case had been arranged in a very judicious way, and a different application of the same materials might have been more effective. Nevertheless, if the unlooked for occurrence of the cistern getting entangled in the crossbeam at the pit mouth had not happened I believe the connexion would have been quite sufficient for the occasion. | Newspaper Report - Dunbartonshire accidents NB Date actually 26 July |
| Matthew McKinnon | Sinker | 30 | |||||||||
| 1862 | August | 2 | Overtown | Wishaw | Waddel & Lowden | William Lyle | Collier | Falls of roof | Fall of coal in Ell coal seam | Newspaper report - Cambusnethan pages | |
| 1862 | August | 4 | Cowdenbeath | Lochgelly | Forth Iron Co | George Roney | Collier | Falls of roof | Fall of head coal | Newspaper report - Beath pages | |
| 1862 | August | 7 | Rochsolloch | Airdrie | William Cowan | Pat Sweeny | Collier | Falls of roof | Fall of coal in Kiltongue seam | ||
| 1862 | August | 8 | Minivie No 3 | Dalmellington | Dalmellington Iron Co | Daniel McInalty | roadsman | 40 | In shafts | Was struck by a stone in the shaft whilst standing on the top of the cover of the cage From Main body of report: In this case the sufferer was a roadsman, who at the time of the accident was engaged taking bratticing wood down the shaft. The cage by which he was being lowered was fitted with a good substantial cover; of course the wood could not be placed under the cover, but there would have been no difficulty in placing it so as to rest upon the cage, leaving ample room for standage to those who required to go along with it, if necessary. The accident took place while the deceased was standing upon the cover of the cage at the pit bottom, by a fall of stone supposed from the side of the shaft. The strata through which this shaft is sunk is comparatively soft. I directed attention to the 6th general rule, which provides that " Every working and pumping pit or shaft where the natural strata, under ordinary circumstances, are not safe, shall be securely cased or lined or otherwise made secure." Independent of the secure state of a shaft or otherwise, I think a covered cage is indispensable as a means of protection to persons while being lowered or raised. I invariably advise that at least one covered cage shall be used at every working or winding pit; and that where only one is covered the workmen shall be restricted to ride upon it. The arrangement of working with only one of the cages covered is suggested in consequence of the inconvenience of taking down long lengths of wood upon a cage with a cover on it. | |
| 1862 | August | 11 | Kenmuirhill | Tollcross | John Horne | George Wyper | Collier | 30 | Falls of coal and roof | Fall of roof at face | |
| 1862 | August | 14 | Milnwood | Holytown | John Christie | Mic. Clarke | Fireman | Explosions | Explosion of fire damp From Main body of report: The accident occurred at Milnwood colliery, under nearly similar circumstances with the first [May 13 1862, Merryton]. The pit had been standing for two days for the purpose of making repairs on the machinery and the furnace had not been kept on. The two firemen of the pit were lowered down by an auxiliary engine to kindle the furnace and examine the workings. One of them had a Davy lamp and the other a naked light. A small quantity of firedamp which had accumulated in a road in consequence of the suspension of the furnace, kindled at the naked light and burned them both ; one of them died. The accident was caused by their own negligence. | ||
| 1862 | August | 23 | Drumpeller No 1 | Coatbridge | John Wilson's Trustees | John Gary | Collier | 18 | Falls of coal and roof | Fall of coal | |
| 1862 | August | 27 | Springfield No 2 | Bishopbriggs | W Dixon & Co | Robert Davidson | Miner | 27 | Ironstone mines – miscellaneous | By the cage descending upon him while unnecessarily exposing himself in the bottom of the shaft From Main body of report: In this case the sufferer was employed as a drawer to run the empty hutches from the pit bottom into a "horse lye." and to push back the full ones. He had, on the day of the accident, contrary to all practice, and without cause, gone in to the bottom of the shaft while a return cage was in the act of being lowered to it, and remained there, after having been warned of his danger by the bottomer, till the descending cage was partly lowered upon him. His leg, which was caught between the cage and the plates at the cage seat, was badly bruised, and from that and other injuries, he died in a few days after. | |
| 1862 | August | 28 | Wellwood No 1 | Muirkirk | W Baird & Co | James Stevenson | Collier | 16 | Falls of coal and roof | Fall of coal From Main body of report: This accident forms a striking illustration of the hazardous nature of a miner's employment, and shows how, from various and unforeseen causes, his life is daily imperilled. The deceased was a young man, and at the time of the accident it would appear that he was engaged at the face of the coal, undermining and preparing to take it down, when it is supposed that a portion of the coal which was being undermined, in falling, came in contact with the point of his pick in such a way as to cause it to enter the back of his ear, and produced injuries which in a few minutes after proved fatal. | |
| 1862 | September | 1 | Pather | Wishaw | Boyd & Spencer | James Young | Drawer | Explosions | Explosion of fire damp From Main body of report:The accident occurred at Pather colliery. The workings were five feet high, and were worked by stoop and room; stoops 12 yards square, rooms 13 feet wide. Firedamp occasionally gathered in the rooms, but instead of carrying up a brattice and sending a current of air into the place to dispel the firedamp, it was "waffed out" with a fan by the fireman every morning. When the rooms were driven up 12 yards they were stopped and fenced off until an end was driven over. So imperfectly was this done that a putter stumbled by mistake into a standing room one day and exploded the firedamp in it. He died in consequence of the injuries he received. When I examined the colliery three days afterwards I found this room up 31 feet, and 21 feet of it was filled with firedamp. | ||
| 1862 | September | 9 | Jerviston | Holytown | Summerlee Iron Co | A Coffie | Collier | Falls of roof | Fall of stone in Pyotshaw coal | ||
| 1862 | September | 12 | Gartshore No 3 | Kilsyth | William Baird & Co | Wm Abercrombie | Sinker | 29 | Ironstone mines – in shafts | Fell off the kettle while ascending the shaft | |
| 1862 | September | 12 | Hurlford Colliery | Hurlford | John Howie | Hugh Thompson | Collier | 36 | Falls of coal and roof | Fall of coal | |
| 1862 | September | 24 | Cadder No 2 | Bishopbriggs | Carron Iron Co | William Jollie | Miner | 60 | Ironstone mines – falls of ironstone and roof | Fall of roof while engaged securing it From Main body of report: The deceased were miners, and at the time of the accident they were engaged forming a level mine, cross cutting to the rise, from the main seam of ironstone to one which underlay it about 5 fathoms. They had extended it only a short distance, but not far enough to admit of the natural strata being left on as a roof. The accident was occasioned by a mass of the roof near to the face, partially supported, falling unexpectedly. | |
| William Hunter | Miner | 45 | |||||||||
| 1862 | September | 24 | Warrickhill No 3 | Kilmarnock | Merry & Cunningham | William Vernon | Boy | 12 | Falls of coal and roof | Fall of roof at the face | |
| 1862 | September | 24 | Whifflat No 14 | Coatbridge | Trustees of the late J Wilson | John McCourt | Windlassman | 36 | Ironstone mines – miscellaneous | Struck by the handle of the windlass while lowering a hutch | |
| 1862 | September | 26 | Milnwood | Holytown | John Christie | John Shields | Sinker | In shafts | Fell out of kettle while ascending pit From Main body of report: At Milnwood a sinker was ascending by a windlass ; the hook by which the bucket was attached to the rope was of the simplest kind. The bow of the bucket was intended to be secured by a cutter passing through the hook above it, but this had been neglected ; the bucket slipped off, and the man fell to the bottom. Recommended spring hooks to be used, which has been done. | ||
| 1862 | September | 30 | Capeldrae | Kirkcaldy | Robert Aytoun | James Crombie | Contractor | Falls of roof | Fall of stone | Newspaper report | |
| 1862 | October | 4 | Westmuir | Glasgow | Robert Gray & Co | Michael McLachlan | Brusher | 33 | Falls of coal and roof | Fall of roof while blasting | |
| 1862 | October | 5 | Bogleshole | John Connor | Death not listed in Inspectors report | Newspaper Report - Lanarkshire pages | |||||
| 1862 | October | 6 | Lingerwood | Thomas Martin | Death not listed in Inspectors report | Newspaper report - Lothian pages | |||||
| 1862 | October | 10 | Bartonholm No 2 | Kilwinning | W Baird & Co | Robert Thomson | Collier | 26 | Falls of coal and roof | Fall of roof | |
| 1862 | October | 11 | Govan | Glasgow | W Dixon & Co | Thomas Robertson | roadsman | 39 | Explosions | Explosion of fire damp From Main body of report: This accident happened in the lower or splint coal seam of the colliery, and was occasioned by one of the miners taking his unprotected light in contact with a small quantity of firedamp which had collected in a high part of the roof of his roadway. The explosion, though of trifling extent, had the effect of displacing a trap door; which, coming violently in contact with one of the roadsmen, who was sitting near to it at the time, caused his death. It was supposed, though not proved, that a main trap door, leading into a certain part of the district, had been left open for a short time by one of the drawers, which had the effect of diverting the ventilation from the roadway in question, and causing a partial stagnation. | Newspaper Report - Lanarkshire pages |
| 1862 | October | 19 | Abercorn No 2 | Paisley | Merry & Cunningham | Murty Bable | Drawer | 27 | Ironstone mines – miscellaneous | By being run over by a full hutch on a drawing road | |
| 1862 | October | 21 | Kennet | Alloa | Thomas Greer | John Paterson | Collier | Falls of roof | Fall of stone | NB No death certificate for a John Paterson can be found to fit this accident. A Malcolm Mitchell, age 11 did die in Kennet on 21 October 1862. Clackmannan pages | |
| 1862 | November | 16 | Morningside | Wishaw | Shotts Iron Co | Robert Carson | Pumper | In shafts | Crushed by cage while ascending pit From Main body of report: At Morningside the pit-head man was absent on a Fast day, and no proper signal was made from the pit-head to the pit-bottom, when a man engaged pumping water was about to ascend. Some misunderstanding took place, and the man was carried up before being properly stationed on the cage, and he was crushed at the door-heads. A cord is now carried into the engine-house, so that the engineman can make the signal. | ||
| 1862 | November | 26 | Bleeze No 1 | Dalry | Merry & Cunningham | Charles Robertson | Assistant pitheadsman | 53 | Ironstone mines – above ground | Fell off the platform at the pithead when running out a hutch From Main body of report: This accident happened to an assistant pit headman, who had been accustomed for a number of years to work as such at ironstone pits. On the day of the accident he was in the act of pushing a loaded hutch from the pitmouth along the scaffold leading to the ironstone bing when from some cause he missed his footing, and fell from the scaffold to the ground, a distance of 19 feet or thereby. The erections at this pit are similar to those in general use throughout the district. I suggested to the general manager, with the view of, in future, preventing a similar occurrence, that a light railing, at a proper height, should be placed along the sides of high platforms leading out to ironstone or rubbish bings ; this he agreed to do, and I think it is such an arrangement as should be carried out at all ironstone pits. | |
| 1862 | November | 26 | Meadowfield | James Black | Death not listed in Inspectors report | Newspaper report | |||||
| 1862 | November | 29 | Springfield No 4 | Bishopbriggs | W Dickson & Co | Robert Douris | Miner | 20 | Ironstone mines – in shafts | Caught between the cage and the struts when being raised | Newspaper Report - Dunbartonshire accidents |
| 1862 | November | 29 | Wellwood | Dunfermline | Thos. Spowart & Co | J Russel | Collier | Falls of roof | Fall of coal | Newspaper report - Fife pages | |
| 1862 | December | 10 | Bantaskine | Falkirk | John Wilson | Dd. Davidson | Collier | Falls of roof | Fall of stone at face | ||
| 1862 | December | 10 | Myles | Tranent | Sir George Suttie, Bart | Edward Ford | Labourer | In shafts | Fell out of kettle while ascending pit From Main body of report: A sinker came in contact with a bunton while ascending a sinking pit and fell to the bottom. The buntons were afterwards clad with sliding deals and a similar accident could not happen. | ||
| 1862 | December | 18 | Balgreggie | Lochgelly | Crombie & Anderson | J Stevenson | Collier | Falls of roof | Fall of coal | Newspaper report - Fife pages | |
| 1862 | December | 19 | Priestrigg | Airdrie | Dundas Simpson | Wm Gray | Pitheadman | In shafts | Blown into pit by gust of wind From Main body of report: Recommended sliding gates, which the owner has promised to put on | ||
| 1862 | December | 20 | Sunnyside | Wishaw | Archd. Russell | James Milloy | Labourer | In shafts | Fell down pit from surface From Main body of report: A labourer was sending up loaded hutches of dross onto a higher scaffold, by means of the cage. He ran forward a loaded hutch into the pit when there was no cage to receive it, fell down the pit and he followed it. There was some mistake about signals. A special signal is now placed in the engine-house for this service. | Newspaper report - Cambusnethan pages | |
| 1862 | December | 30 | Balgreggie | Lochgelly | Crombie & Anderson | Dd Anderson | Collier | In shafts | Jumped off cage at pit head and fell down pit From Main body of report: The engineman lifted the cage up instead of lowering it down ; a young lad who was on the cage descending took fright, leaped off, and fell back into the pit. There was a boat-gate and a stair-pit, and the engineman had orders not to allow the men to descend by the cage. | Newspaper report - Fife pages | |
| 1862 | December | 30 | Cambusnethan | Wishaw | D & J Sneddon | Charles Boyd | Collier | Falls of roof | Fall of Pyotshaw coal | Newspaper report - Cambusnethan pages |