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| Year | Month | Day | Name of Colliery | Where situated | Owner or Company | Forename | Surname | Occupation | Age | Category | Cause of accident and remarks | Extra details |
| 1884 | January | 3 | Hallhill | Baillieston | Springhill Coal Co. | Alex. | Simpson | Manager | 65 | In shafts | Was jammed between the door head and the cage at pit-bottom | |
| 1884 | January | 14 | Redding | Polmont, Stirling | Redding Colliery Co | Wm. | Thomson | Collier | 50 | Falls of roof | On drawing road; long wall | Newspaper report |
| 1884 | January | 15 | Carfin | Bothwell, Lanark | Carfin Coal Co | ---- | ---- | Driver | 15 | Miscellaneous underground – by tubs and trams | Fell before hutches | |
| 1884 | January | 18 | Burntisland | Burntisland, Fife | Burntisland Oil Co Ltd | Jas. | Stewart | Miner | -- | In shale mines | While charging a shot the powder exploded at his lamp | |
| 1884 | January | 24 | Auchinharvie | Saltcoats | Merry & Cunninghame | Saml. | Longriggs | Labourer | 63 | Above ground | Fell and was injured by empty waggons | |
| 1884 | January | 24 | Gartshore No 2 | Kilsyth | Wm. Baird & Co. | Terence | Cosgrove | Collier | 48 | Falls of roof & sides | Fall of roof whilst engaged taking down coal | |
| 1884 | January | 26 | Cowdenbeath | Beath, Fife | Cowdenbeath Coal Co | John | Simpson | Roadsman | 25 | Miscellaneous underground – on inclined planes | Crushed by a runaway hutch while repairing a screen on an incline | Newspaper report - Beath accidents |
| 1884 | February | 1 | Benhar | Whitburn | Robt. Addie & Sons | Moses | Davidson | Miner | 61 | In ironstone mines | Fall of roof at face | Newspaper Report |
| 1884 | February | 4 | Townhill | Dunfermline | Townhill Coal Co | Jno. | McIntosh | Collier | -- | Falls of sides | While holing; long wall | |
| 1884 | February | 4 | Woodside | Dalserf, Lanark | Woodside Coal Co | Peter | Muir | Collier | -- | Falls of roof | At face; removing stoops | |
| 1884 | February | 8 | Wheatyfaulds | Beith | Merry & Cunninghame | Steven | Dallas | Labourer | 46 | Above ground | By part of a chimney stalk falling upon him whilst in the act of taking it down | |
| 1884 | February | 19 | Roughcraig | Airdrie, Lanark | Roughcraig Coal Co. | Wm. | Kennedy | Collier | -- | Falls of roof | At face; long wall | Newspaper report |
| 1884 | February | 21 | Leven | Wemyss, Fife | Fife Coal Co Ltd | Hugh | Ross | Brusher | 32 | Falls of roof | While taking down “brushing;” long wall | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
| 1884 | February | 22 | Drumpeller No 4 | Coatbridge | Drumpeller Coal Co | Wm. | McCaveny | Pumper | 23 | Falls of roof & sides | Fall of roof | |
| 1884 | February | 28 | Roughcraig | Airdrie, Lanark | Roughcraig Coal Co. | John | Carruthers | Manager | 30 | Explosions of fire damp |
See report From Main body of report: Occurred at Roughcraig Colliery, near Airdrie, on 28th February, to the manager, by his going into a disused place for some machinery, and igniting firedamp lying there with his naked light. The place had been standing some months without any ventilation, and he knew that it had not been examined by the fireman. He was burned severely, and died a week afterwards. The accident was entirely caused by his own neglect. | Newspaper report |
| 1884 | March | 4 | Hopetoun | Bathgate, Linlithgow | James Wood | Hugh | Beattie | Collier | 18 | Falls of roof | Near face of room | |
| 1884 | March | 6 | Stanrigg | Airdrie, Lanark | Wm Black & Sons | David | Barr | Collier | -- | Falls of roof | While “brushing” the road; long wall | Newspaper report |
| 1884 | March | 7 | Gartshore | James | Maxwell | Death not listed in Inspectors report | Newspaper Report - Dunbartonshire accidents | |||||
| 1884 | March | 11 | Earnock | Hamilton, Lanark | John Watson | Robt. | Latta | Collier | 45 | Miscellaneous underground – explosions of gunpowder &c. | It was supposed that he lighted the squib instead of the match while firing a shot in the coal | Newspaper report - Hamilton pages |
| 1884 | March | 12 | Arnloss | Slamannan, Stirling | Wm Wilkie | ---- | ---- | Collier | -- | Falls of roof | At face; long wall | Named as Thomas Anderson in Newspaper report |
| 1884 | March | 20 | Burnt Broom | Tollcross | Dunn Brothers | Robert | O'Neil | Collier | 20 | In shafts | Whilst in the act of drawing off a loaded hutch at a low scaffold, the cage was moved upwards and the hutch falling back drew the deceased into the shaft with it. | |
| 1884 | March | 21 | Bog | Larkhall, Lanark | Hamilton McCulloch & Co | Chas. | Barns | Collier | -- | Falls of roof | At face; stoop and room | |
| 1884 | March | 29 | Addiewell | West Calder, Edinburgh | Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Co Ltd | Jas. | Wallace | Miner | 17 | In shale mines | Fall of shale while holing | |
| 1884 | March | 30 | Elgin, Derby Pit | Dunfermline, Fife | Thos. Spowart & Co. | And. | Beveridge | Oversman | 35 | Miscellaneous underground- suffocation by gases |
Suffocated by smoke and fumes while endeavouring to reach, by the return air course, the seat of a fire at an underground engine From Main body of report: The accident at Elgin Colliery was also a melancholy one. It was due to the foolhardiness or ignorance of the man in charge. Something left burning at an underground engine had set fire to the wood-work, and deceased, who was an overman, and some others, were trying to extinguish the fire before the arrival of the manager. It seems to have occurred to him that if he opened a door leading into the air-course beyond the engine-house that a greater current of air would pass, and, failing to reach it from where they stood, he and other two went to the shaft, and passed along the return air-course to it. When they reached the door and opened it the smoke overpowered them, and they died before assistance was got. When the manager arrived, about two hours afterwards, the fire, which was of trifling importance, was put out, and a search made for their bodies, which were found at various points on the road. It is seldom that so much ignorance is displayed by an overman. | Newspaper report |
| Wm. | Hunter | Roadsman | 44 | |||||||||
| Thos. | Stenhouse | Roadsman | 27 | |||||||||
| 1884 | March | 31 | Cornsilloch | Dalserf, Lanark | Cornsilloch Coal Co | Jas. | Galloway | Screen boy | 14 | Miscellaneous on surface | Jammed between the buffers of two waggons | Newspaper report - Dalserf pages |
| 1884 | April | 4 | Drumpeller | Coatbridge | Summerlee Iron Co | John | Rose | Collier | 50 | Falls of roof & sides | Fall of coal | Newspaper Report - Old Monkland pages |
| 1884 | April | 8 | Cults Limestone | Ladybank, Fife | James Martin | John | Downie | Miner | -- | In metalliferous mines | Fall of limestone | |
| 1884 | April | 8 | Greenfield | Hamilton, Lanark | Archd. Russell | Peter | Downie | Roadsman | 28 | Falls of roof | While repairing main road; stoop and room | Newspaper report - Hamilton pages |
| 1884 | April | 9 | Mill | Airdrie, Lanark | John Robertson & Son | John | McGinty | Collier | 32 | Explosions of fire damp |
See report From Main body of report: Occurred at Mill Colliery Airdrie, on 9th April. In this accident the deceased, a miner, and his neighbour, went to begin work in a new place which had not been examined by the fireman, and found gas in it, which kindled at their naked lights and burned them. They had been told by the fireman that the place was all right. The accident was thus caused by his direct violation of the general and special rules. The fireman was charged and convicted for infringing the 35th Special Rule. | |
| 1884 | April | 12 | Cadzow | Hamilton, Lanark | Cadzow Coal Co Ltd | Henry | Edgar | Collier | 40 | Falls of roof | At face; removing stoops | Newspaper report - Hamilton pages |
| 1884 | April | 28 | Blair No 9 | Dalry | Eglinton Iron Co | Wm. | Couples | Fireman | 55 | Explosion of fire damp | Explosion of firedamp, injured on the 21st, died on the 28th From Main body of report: Happened to a fireman who encountered some gas whilst making his ordinary round of inspection previous to admitting the workmen employed on the “day” shift. He being alone at the time, no one can say definitely how the accident was produced, but after the explosion both the safety lamp and open lamp of the deceased were found near to the place where the explosion happened, the former being uninjured. The inference is that the deceased was carrying his naked light, and meeting firedamp unexpectedly it was ignited. | |
| 1884 | April | 29 | Muirbeath | Dunfermline, Fife | Dunfermline Coal Co | ---- | Russell | Pitheadman | -- | Miscellaneous underground – on inclined planes | Crushed between hutch and roof while riding up an incline | See Newspaper Report - actually John Russell |
| 1884 | May | 1 | Cardenden | Lochgelly, Fife | Jas Goodall and Sons | Jas. | Campbell | Collier | 57 | Falls of sides | While holing; long wall | |
| 1884 | May | 2 | Sundrum No 3 | Ayr | Geo. Taylor & Co. | Wm. | Dykes | Engineer | 25 | Above ground | Crushed by a log of wood falling upon him whilst disloading machinery | |
| 1884 | May | 3 | West Drumgray | Airdrie, Lanark | John Young & Sons | Pat. | Carrol | Brusher | 49 | Miscellaneous underground – explosions of gunpowder &c. | He had cut the patent squib to make it quicker, and the shot went off while he was passing below the “brushing” to get out of harms way. | Newspaper report |
| 1884 | May | 5 | Blantyre | Blantyre, Lanark | Wm Dixon Ltd | Wm. | Redman | Drawer | 17 | Falls of roof | On road near face; long wall | |
| 1884 | May | 5 | Earnock | Hamilton, Lanark | John Watson | Hugh | McCartney | Collier | 21 | Falls of sides | While removing stoops; head coal | Newspaper report - Hamilton pages |
| 1884 | May | 5 | Milnwood | Bothwell, Lanark | Monkland Iron Co Ltd | Pat. | Duffy | Waggon shifter | 56 | Miscellaneous on surface | Jammed by waggons | Newspaper report- Bothwell pages |
| 1884 | May | 6 | Fence | Lesmahagow, Lanark | Nitshill & Lesmahagow Coal Co | William | Watt | Drawer | 14 | Sundries underground | Struck on the head by the lever of a signal-wire | |
| 1884 | May | 6 | Heathery Knowe | Baillieston | J. McNaughton & Son | Edwd. | Maloney | Collier | 17 | Falls of roof & sides | Fall of coal and roof | |
| 1884 | May | 15 | Mauricewood | Penicuik, Edinburgh | Shotts Iron Co | Wm. | Porteous | Fireman | 43 | In ironstone mines | Run over by carriage on mine | |
| 1884 | May | 16 | Glengarnock | Kilbirnie | Merry & Cunninghame | Robert | Crabbe | Labourer | 54 | In shafts | Fell into a sinking pit 35 feet deep | |
| 1884 | May | 21 | Linrigg | Holytown, Lanark | Linrigg Coal Co Ltd | Robt. | Addie | Collier | 34 | Falls of roof | At face; long wall. He was taking down coal which had been “holed” by coal-cutting machine | Newspaper report |
| 1884 | May | 22 | Collyshot | Cambusnethan, Lanark | Coltness Iron Co Ltd | Archd. | McAllister | Collier | 18 | Falls of sides | While holing; stoop and room | Newspaper report - Cambusnethan pages |
| 1884 | May | 24 | Niddrie No 7 mine | Portobello, Edinburgh | Niddrie & Benhar Coal Co Ltd | ---- | ---- | -- | Miscellaneous underground- suffocation by gases |
Suffocated by smoke from an underground fire From Main body of report: A singular accident, involving the death of seven persons, occurred at Niddrie. About 5 o'clock in the morning, while eight men were descending No 7 mine, one of them saw some signs of burning, as if the friction of the dry rods had set the wood on fire. On reaching the landing he mentioned this to the man on the same side of the cage, who had also noticed it. None of the others had observed it, but it was decided that he ought to ascend and acquaint the officials while they would go to their working places. He at once ascended, but although only ten minutes had elapsed it was with difficulty that he passed through the flames, and when the officials tried to go from the surface to the burning they could not reach the place at all. No 7 mine is the downcast, and so it was that the smoke from the fire was carried downward, and passed some miners on its way to the upcast. Whenever they felt the smoke most of them escaped by No 12, which is within 20 yards, but 16 of them were not so fortunate. These ascended to the rise workings, which they thought were cooler, and after making one or two ineffectual efforts to get out, they went back about 22 yards from the shaft, and remained there with their lights burning for about 10 hours, unfortunately without making further effort to escape. When they were reached at the end of the 10 hours it was found that seven of them had succumbed to the effects of the smoke and stythe. It turned out, as might have been expected, that the smoke had not gone into the workings for more than an hour, because, after the fire in No. 7 mine had been burning some time, that mine became an upcast, and no more smoke reached the imprisoned men. Had they persevered in their attempts to reach the shaft I think it is highly probable that they would all have escaped. | NB The men are not named in the Inspector report but they were: William Hamilton, George Hill, David Kerr, John Middleton, Neil Paton, Michael Scanlan, and David Smith - Newspaper report - Niddrie page | |
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| 1884 | May | 26 | Barbauchlaw | Bathgate | James Wood | Wm, | Forrester | Collier | 40 | Falls of sides | While holing; long wall | |
| 1884 | May | 27 | Blantyre | Blantyre, Lanark | Wm Dixon Ltd | Joseph | Louden | Brusher | 25 | Falls of roof | While putting in a building; long wall | Newspaper Report - Blantyre pages |
| 1884 | May | 27 | Pennyvenie No1 | Dalmellington | Dalmellington Iron Co | Isaac | McLachlaw | Collier | 55 | Falls of roof & sides | Fall of roof | Newspaper report - Ayrshire pages |
| 1884 | May | 28 | Burnbank | Galston | Boyd, Gilmour & Co. | John | Laurie | Collier | 33 | Falls of roof & sides | Fall of coal | |
| 1884 | May | 29 | Pumpherston | Uphall, Linlithgow | Pumpherston Oil Co Ltd | John | McCormack | Miner | 32 | In shale mines | By runaway hutches | |
| 1884 | May | 30 | Gateside No 2 | Cambuslang | Flemington Coal Co | Wm. | Jamieson | Collier | 21 | Miscellaneous underground | Was struck by a runaway hutch | Newspaper Report - Blantyre pages |
| 1884 | May | 31 | Blackhill | Bishopbriggs | Summerlee Iron Co | Alex. | Mullen | Miner | 30 | Miscellaneous underground | Whilst charging a shot by the powder exploding | |
| 1884 | June | 2 | Inkerman | Paisley | Walkinshaw Oil Co | James | Frame | Miner | 26 | Falls of roof & sides | Fall of roof | |
| 1884 | June | 5 | Aitkenhead | Mount Florida | G. Crookston & Son | Henry | Kerr | Engineman | 57 | Above ground | Got entangled with the fan whilst in motion | |
| 1884 | June | 7 | Motherwell | Hamilton, Lanark | John Watson | Jas. | Walker | Collier | 35 | Falls of roof | At face; stoop and room | |
| 1884 | June | 16 | Glenbuck | Muirkirk | Glenbuck Coal Co. | Thomas | Haugh | Engineman | 21 | Above ground | Got entangled with pumping machinery | Newspaper Report - Muirkirk pages |
| 1884 | June | 16 | Pumpherston | Uphall, Linlithgow | Pumpherston Oil Co Ltd | Alex. | Innes | Miner | 28 | In shale mines | Explosion of a shot which he thought had missed fire | |
| 1884 | June | 18 | Eldin | Bonnyrigg, Edinburgh | Eldin Colliery Co | Jas. | McLean | Fireman | 20 | Miscellaneous on surface | Scalded by steam. A steam pipe burst in engine-house | |
| 1884 | June | 19 | Shawfield | Carluke, Lanark | John Wilson | Thos | Dudgeon | Collier | 40 | Falls of sides | While removing stoops | |
| 1884 | June | 19 | Westfield | Lochgelly, Fife | Westfield Oil Co Ltd | Wm. | Young | Miner | 50 | In shale mines | Fall of roof | NB Actually William Young, 46 and Alexander Young, 18 - Newspaper report - Auchterderran pages |
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| 1884 | June | 20 | Alloa | Alloa | Alloa Coal Co | And. | Sneddon | Collier | 31 | Falls of roof | At face; long wall | |
| 1884 | June | 20 | Mauricewood | Penicuik, Edinburgh | Shotts Iron Co | Pat. | Shea | Pitheadman | 45 | In ironstone mines | Crushed by haulage machinery on surface | |
| 1884 | June | 21 | Polkemmet | Harthill | Coltness Iron Co | Wm. | Elliot | Miner | 45 | In ironstone mines | Fall of stone at face while redding a road through waste | |
| 1884 | June | 25 | Burntisland | Burntisland, Fife | Burntisland Oil Co Ltd | Sam. | Lafferty | Miner | -- | In shale mines | Explosion of a shot which he thought had missed fire | |
| 1884 | June | 26 | Bredisholm | Bothwell, Lanark | Provanhall Coal Co | Jas. | Docherty | Foreman brusher | 50 | Falls of roof | At face; while taking down “brushing” | Newspaper Report - Old Monkland pages |
| 1884 | July | 3 | Cleugh | Carnwath, Lanark | Wm. Darling's Trustees | Thos. | Russell | Collier | 37 | Falls of roof | At face; long wall | |
| 1884 | July | 4 | Walkinshaw | Paisley | Walkinshaw Oil Co | Wm. | Stephen | Miner | 34 | In shafts | Fell down the shaft, by the crane by which he was being lowered getting out of gear. | |
| 1884 | July | 10 | Bredisholm | Bothwell, Lanark | Provanhall Coal Co | Bernard | O'Neil | Brusher | 25 | Explosions of fire damp |
See report From Main body of report: Took place at No 1 Pit, Bredisholm, on 10th July, by the deceased, a brusher, taking down a hurdle screen in order to prepare a shot in the brushing. He and his neighbour continued to work with the screen down for half an hour, and during this time gas accumulated from a feeder and kindled at their naked lights. | |
| 1884 | July | 11 | Balornock | Bishopbriggs | Jas. Dunlop & Co. | James | Gordon | Miner | 33 | Explosion of fire damp | Explosion of firedamp, injured on the 7th From Main body of report: Took place during a night shift to two miners or jobbing contractors. It appears that they had for some time prior to the accident been driving a stone mine for the purpose of reaching the ironstone beyond a dislocation, but for four days previous to the explosion, the mine was stopped to admit of some mason work required for ventilating purposes, and during these days they had been engaged making repairs upon one of the main roads. On the morning of the accident, and shortly after commencing work, it is reported that they had gone into the stone mine referred to with an open light, for the purpose of obtaining some picks or other tools which they had left in it, when some firedamp which had collected, probably through a displacement of “brattice” was ignited; they were both burned, and one of them died three days after the accident. | |
| 1884 | July | 14 | Bankhead, No 2 | Hurlford | Eglinton Iron Co | James | Barlas | Pony driver | 15 | Falls of roof & sides | Was run over by hutches | |
| 1884 | July | 14 | Loudon, No 1 | Hurlford | Eglinton Iron Co | James | Brown | Collier | 42 | Falls of roof & sides | Fall of coal at face | |
| 1884 | July | 16 | Arniston | Newbattle, Edinburgh | Arniston Coal Co Ltd | Pat. | Rafferty | Collier | 40 | Falls of sides | While holing; long wall | |
| 1884 | July | 17 | Earnock | Hamilton, Lanark | John Watson | Terrance | Murray | Collier | 36 | Falls of roof | At face; while removing stoops | Newspaper report - Hamilton pages |
| 1884 | July | 25 | Barblues | Airdrie, Lanark | A & G Anderson | Berd. | McFaulds | Sinker | 45 | In shafts – ropes and chains breaking | Rope broke at hose while he was ascending. It was an old rope, put on the day before From Main body of report: A sinker was killed by a rope breaking. He was ascending the pit on a kettle and just a s he was about to step off, the rope broke, and he fell to the bottom, about 28 fathoms, and was killed. The rope had been at work at another pit, and then laid aside for some months. It was put on this pit the previous evening. On examination after the accident, it was found that nearly all the wires had been rusted through at the neck of the hose or coupling. It appeared to have been put on without being properly examined. It is very bad policy to put an old rope on a sinking pit, or indeed on any pit where men's lives are at stake, but in all cases the hose should be cut off and riveted on anew. | |
| 1884 | July | 30 | Bartonshill No 1 | Coatbridge | Wm. Baird & Co. | John | McVey | Collier | 19 | Miscellaneous underground | Fall of roof | |
| 1884 | August | 2 | Barrwood No 2 | Kilsyth | Wm. Baird & Co. | Andw. | Duncan | Collier | 26 | Falls of roof & sides | Fall of roof | |
| 1884 | August | 5 | Millburn | Dalserf, Lanark | Cornsilloch Coal Co | John | Reid | Collier | -- | Falls of roof | At face; while removing stoops | |
| 1884 | August | 11 | Callendar | Falkirk, Stirling | Callendar Coal Co | Wm. | Reid | Collier | 26 | Falls of roof | At face; long wall | |
| 1884 | August | 15 | Poniel Limestone | Lesmahagow, Lanark | Jno. Hamilton & Co | Sam | Murray | Miner | 60 | In metalliferous mines | Fall of limestone while holing | |
| 1884 | August | 19 | Longrigg | New Monkland, Lanark | Jas. Nimmo & Co. | David | Troup | Trimmer | 18 | Miscellaneous on surface | Run over by waggon while shifting it at screens | |
| 1884 | August | 20 | Misk | Kilwinning | Eglinton Iron Co | John | Murdoch | Collier | 35 | Falls of roof & sides | Fall of roof; injured on 5th, died on 20th | |
| 1884 | August | 20 | Swinhill | Dalserf, Lanark | George Miller | Richd. | Pollard | Collier | -- | Falls of roof | While setting props; stoop and room | Newspaper report - Dalserf pages |
| 1884 | August | 22 | Allanshaw | Hamilton, Lanark | Allanshaw Coal Co | Robt. | McGuire | Roadsman | 27 | Falls of roof | While preparing a new “lift” at the pillar working | Newspaper report - Hamilton pages |
| 1884 | August | 23 | Airdrie House | Airdrie, Lanark | Airdrie Coal Co. | Wm. | Kinloch | Collier | 36 | Falls of sides | While holing; long wall | Newspaper report |
| 1884 | August | 28 | Gilbertfield | Cambuslang | Cambuslang Coal Co | David | Duncan | Boy | 15 | In shafts | Fell of the cage at surface into shaft | |
| 1884 | August | 30 | Daldowie | Broomhouse | Dunn Brothers | Pat. | McCabe | Collier | 40 | Falls of roof & sides | Fall of roof at face whilst in the act of taking out a prop | |
| 1884 | September | 5 | Law | Carluke, Lanark | John Wilson | Andrew | Gibb | Collier | 18 | Falls of sides | While removing stoops | Newspaper Report |
| 1884 | September | 6 | Douglas No 2 | Paisley | Walkinshaw Oil Co | Isaac | Goodwin | Miner | 56 | Explosion of fire damp | Explosion of firedamp, injured 29th Aug. From Main body of report: Occurred in a limited section of work during the ordinary shift by some partial derangement of the ventilation, caused by a fall of roof and the breakage of a trap door. This led to a cessation of work, and while information was being sent to the oversman some one had partially repaired the door, the result of which was to restore the air current along the “face,” and to dislodge some firedamp which had collected during the time the door was deranged, and carrying it forward to where the open lights were exposed an explosion was produced, by which the deceased was injured, and he died from the effects of it a week after. | |
| 1884 | September | 11 | Garrion Gill | Wishaw, Lanark | Coltness Iron Co | Rich. | McLean | Collier | 44 | Falls of sides | While holing; long wall | Newspaper report - Cambusnethan pages |
| 1884 | September | 12 | Home Farm | Hamilton, Lanark | Hamilton McCulloch & Co | John | Neilson | Stone-picker | 14 | Miscellaneous on surface | Run over by waggon which he was attempting to stop by snibbling | Newspaper report - Hamilton pages |
| 1884 | September | 13 | Kirkwood | Coatbridge | Summerlee Iron Co | Lewis | Davidson | Pitheadman | 45 | Above ground | Was jammed between two loaded waggons whilst in the act of shifting them | |
| 1884 | September | 19 | Newton No 2 | Cambuslang | Jas. Dunlop & Co. | James | Murphy | Brusher | 32 | Falls of roof & sides | Fall of stone whilst engaged taking it down | |
| 1884 | September | 20 | Rochsoles | Airdrie, Lanark | John A. McCallum | Chas. | Ferrie | Drawer | -- | Falls of roof | While “brushing”; long wall | |
| 1884 | October | 2 | Stonecraigs | Cambusnethan, Lanark | Coltness Iron Co Ltd | David | Baird | Collier | 15 | In shafts – whilst ascending or descending by machinery | Crushed by cage at door-heads while stepping on to ascend. Confusion as to signals | |
| 1884 | October | 2 | Thankerton | Bothwell, Lanark | Monkland Iron Co Ltd | Peter | Mullen | Brusher | 31 | Miscellaneous underground – explosions of gunpowder &c. | Struck by a stone from a shot while running away from it. | |
| 1884 | October | 3 | Greenfield | Hamilton, Lanark | Archd. Russell | Alex | Jenkins | Collier | 22 | Falls of sides | While removing stoops; head coal | Newspaper report - Hamilton pages |
| 1884 | October | 5 | Tannochside | Andrew | McGeoch | Death not listed in Inspectors report | See entry under 24 October 1884 | |||||
| 1884 | October | 7 | Allanshaw | Hamilton, Lanark | Allanshaw Coal Co | Neil | Reilly | Collier | 33 | Falls of sides | While removing stoops; head coal | Newspaper report - Hamilton pages |
| 1884 | October | 7 | Prestonlinks | Prestonpans, Haddington | J & C Grieve | Jas. | Meek | Collier | -- | Falls of sides | While taking down head coal | |
| 1884 | October | 8 | Ballochmyle | Auchinleck | Wm. Walker | David | Smith | Pony driver | 14 | Miscellaneous underground | Fell before the race of hutches he was removing | |
| 1884 | October | 15 | Kames | Muirkirk | Eglinton Iron Co | Thomas | Lindsay | Collier | 36 | Falls of roof & sides | Fall of roof | |
| 1884 | October | 16 | Blantyre | Blantyre, Lanark | Wm Dixon Ltd | Jas. | Bell | Driver | 16 | Miscellaneous underground – by tubs and trams | Run over by loaded hutches | |
| 1884 | October | 24 | Devon | Alloa | Alloa Coal Co | Walter | Robertson | Bottomer | 33 | Miscellaneous in shafts | Crushed by cage while drawing off the second hutch after signalling for the ascent of men, and before getting the return signal. | |
| 1884 | October | 24 | Tannochside | Bothwell, Lanark | Monkland Iron Co Ltd | And. | McGeoch | Hanger-on | 52 | Miscellaneous underground – on inclined planes | Struck by a runaway hutch at the bottom of a self-acting incline | Newspaper report- Bothwell pages NB Date wrong - accident occured on 5 October |
| 1884 | October | 28 | Cowdenbeath | Beath, Fife | Cowdenbeath Coal Co | Wm. | Miollison | Loco. Shunter | 16 | Miscellaneous on surface | Run over by locomotive; it was supposed he was blown off by a gust of wind | |
| 1884 | October | 29 | Ayr Colliery | Ayr | Geo. Taylor & Co. | John | O'Hara | Collier | 56 | Falls of roof & sides | Fall of coal | |
| 1884 | October | 31 | Bog | Hamilton, Lanark | Hamilton McCulloch & Co | Thos. | Bulloch | Waggon shifter | 14 | Miscellaneous on surface | Jammed between waggon and ladder at screens | |
| 1884 | October | 31 | Grougar No 4 | Hurlford | Eglinton Iron Co | John | Scott | Collier | 20 | Falls of roof & sides | Fall of coal and roof | Newspaper report - Ayrshire pages |
| 1884 | November | 1 | Meadowhead | Dalzell, Lanark | Glasgow Iron Co | Adam | Jackson | Collier | 13 | Miscellaneous underground – by tubs and trams | Overpowered by an empty hutch which he was taking into his father's working place | |
| 1884 | November | 8 | Quarter | Hamilton, Lanark | Colin Dunlop & Co. | John | Keith | Labourer | 36 | Miscellaneous on surface | Suffocated by falling into a hutch of manure which he was emptying | Newspaper report - Hamilton pages |
| 1884 | November | 8 | Wilsontown | Carnwath, Lanark | Wm Dixon Ltd | Robt. | Moffat | Collier | 30 | Falls of roof | At face; long wall | |
| 1884 | November | 11 | Glenboig | Glenboig, Lanark | Glenboig Union Fireclay Co Ltd | John | McCourt | Miner | -- | In fire clay mines | Fall of roof | |
| 1884 | November | 13 | Grange No 2 | Kilmarnock | Grange Coal Co. | Charles | Weir | Collier | 27 | Falls of roof & sides | Fall of roof at face | Newspaper report - Ayrshire pages |
| 1884 | November | 15 | Drumpeller | Coatbridge | Drumpeller Coal Co | Saml. | Savage | Collier | 21 | Falls of roof & sides | Fall of roof | |
| 1884 | November | 15 | Enterkine | Ayr | Geo. Taylor & Co. | Hugh | Watson | Bottomer | 28 | In shafts | Was struck by a piece of coal which fell of a hutch at the surface | |
| 1884 | November | 18 | Bog | Hamilton, Lanark | Hamilton McCulloch & Co | Wm. | Moffat | Collier | 26 | Falls of roof | At face; while starting a “lift” at stoops | Newspaper report - Dalserf pages |
| 1884 | November | 22 | Newliston | Linlithgow | Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Co Ltd | Sam. | Stirling | Miner | 25 | In shale mines | Fall of roof at face | |
| 1884 | November | 25 | Barrwood No 2 | Ayr | W. Baird & Co. | John | Daily | Brusher | 23 | Falls of roof & sides | Fall of roof | |
| 1884 | November | 25 | Pumpherston | Uphall, Linlithgow | Pumpherston Oil Co Ltd | Thos. | Nicoll | Roadsman | 57 | In shale mines | A stone fell from the roof, rolled down the incline, and struck him | |
| 1884 | December | 1 | Dysart | Dysart, Fife | Earl of Rosslyn | H. | Cunningham | Collier | 22 | Falls of sides | While filling a tub beneath head coal already “shorn” and unsafe; stoop and room | Newspaper report Name on Frances Colliery Memorial but wrongly given as William not Henry Cunningham |
| 1884 | December | 4 | Muirbeath | Dunfermline, Fife | Dunfermline Coal Co | James | Stobie | Pitheadman | 50 | In shafts – falling into shaft from surface | He pushed a bogie, with an empty kettle upon it, into the shaft and fell after it, forgetting that he had left the shaft open | Newspaper report |
| 1884 | December | 10 | Balgonie | Markinch, Fife | Chas. B. Balfour | Mich. | Holland | Sinker | 33 | In shafts – whilst ascending or descending by machinery | Fell out of “kettle” while ascending | |
| 1884 | December | 11 | Dunmore | Bannockburn | Peter Murray | Wm. | Johnstone | Collier | 45 | Falls of roof & sides | Fall of coal | |
| 1884 | December | 11 | Niddrie, Drum Engine Pit | Portobello, Edinburgh | Niddrie & Benhar Coal Co Ltd | Thos. | Russell | Miner | 30 | Miscellaneous underground- suffocation by gases | While descending in a kettle they were overpowered with choke damp and fell outFrom Main body of report: Another accident at Niddrie led to the suffocation of two men. An old pit had been cleared out some weeks before, and a great deal of choke-damp came from the old workings; There was a brattice put in the shaft, and it required 60 revolutions of the fan to keep the pit clear of choke-damp. The two men had come up for their supper, and had remained there for an hour. During this time the engineman had neglected to keep up the speed of the ventilating fan, for when they descended they were overpowered with the choke-damp, and both died. I made some experiments with the fan afterwards. At 60 revolutions the air was good. At 30 revolutions in three minutes a light was put out at the bottom of the shaft. The fan was continued at this speed for other 12 minutes and the choke-damp had accumulated so that it put out a light 15 feet up the shaft. The fan was stopped for 12 minutes, and a lamp was extinguished 12 feet higher up the shaft. | Newspaper report [NB Name is actually Thomas Ross] |
| Jas. | McCourt | Miner | 28 | |||||||||
| 1884 | December | 17 | Cadder No 15 | Bishopbriggs | Carron Iron Co | Peter | McCann | Miner | 55 | Falls of roof & sides | Fall of ironstone | |
| 1884 | December | 21 | Blairhall | Eastgrange | Coltness Iron Co | John | Hanlon | Drawer | 17 | In ironstone mines | Jammed by back balance on incline, the rope having broken while he was bringing a loaded tub down | |
| 1884 | December | 23 | Ashgill | Dalserf, Lanark | Brand & Co | ---- | ---- | Fireman | -- | Miscellaneous underground- suffocation by gases | Suffocated by the fumes of an underground fire while making the morning inspection of the workings | Actually Archibald Wood - not named in report. Newspaper report - Dalserf pages |
| 1884 | December | 23 | Leavenseat | West Calder, Edinburgh | J & T Thornton | John | Cullen | Miner | 52 | In shale mines | Fall of shale at face | |
| 1884 | December | 30 | Bothwell Castle | Bothwell, Lanark | Wm Baird & Co | Jas. | Scullion | Roadsman | -- | Falls of roof | On main road, while repairing roof |