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Fatal Accidents in Mines in Scotland - 1910- compiled from appendices to the reports of the Inspector of Mines and Collieries. Some entries have additional information in the main body of the report (marked "to follow"). We will add this additional information as soon as time permits. 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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Date of Accident			Mine	County	Owner or Company	Name	Age	Occupation	Category	Cause of accident & remarks	Extra Information
1910	January	5	Auchengeich	Lanark	James Nimmo & Co Ltd	Joseph Branston	27	Miner	Miscellaneous underground – sundries	His hand was injured on December 28th, 1909, by a broken wire of a rope, and he died from blood poisoning.
1910	January	7	Motherwell	Lanark	John Watson Ltd	John Triston	32	Electrician	Shaft accidents – whilst ascending or descending by machinery	He was at a landing mid-shaft and signalled for the cage which was sent to him, and a signal was received by the engineman to raise it to the surface, but when it arrived it was empty. Deceased was afterwards found at the bottom of the shaft.
1910	January	8	Broomrigg No 3	Stirling	Banknock Coal Co Ltd	Thomas Robertson	48	Screenman	On surface – by machinery	When shifting a belt on a pulley his waistcoat was caught by a gland on a revolving shaft.
1910	January	8	Quarter	Lanarkshire		Edward Lafferty				Death not listed in Inspectors report (not work accident)	Newspaper Report - Hamilton pages
1910	January	11	Duddingston (Oil shale)	Linlithgow	Oakbank Oil Co Ltd	John Logan	24	Miner	Miscellaneous underground – by explosives	A shot charged with gelignite blew through from a place approaching his right angles. He knew the shot was being fired, and told the man in the other place he could do so, but, owing to some misunderstanding, he did not retire to a place of safety. From Main body of report: To follow
1910	January	11	Coursington	Lanark	Wishaw Coal Co Ltd	John Watson	24	Miner	Falls of roof	Fall of roof at face.
1910	January	11	Mary Pit, Lochore	Fife	Fife Coal Co Ltd	Robert Hood	45	Backshift Overman	Other haulage accidents	A bevel pulley round which the hauling rope ran gave way and the rope flew across and struck him on his knee. Died on the 13th from blood poisoning.
1910	January	14	Lochgelly, Nellie	Fife	Lochgelly Iron & Coal Co Ltd	David Leslie	26	Wheelers	Haulage – run over or crushed by trams & tubs	When travelling up a brae a runaway hutch caught and fatally injured them.
1910	January	14	Lochgelly, Nellie	Fife	Lochgelly Iron & Coal Co Ltd	Michael O'Hara	18	Wheeler	Haulage – run over or crushed by trams & tubs
1910	January	16	Arniston	Edinburgh	Arniston Coal Co Ltd	James Gray	17	Pit-head Labourer	On surface – by machinery	He was riding on cage of surface hoist against orders when he was caught between it and bunton and killed.
1910	January	17	Neilsland	Lanark	John Watson Ltd	Duncan Wilkie	13	Pit-head Runner	Shaft accidents – falling into shaft from surface	The cage was raised too high at the surface and the deceased, failing to notice it, pushed a hutch under it and fell with the hutch into the shaft.	Newspaper Report - Hamilton pages
1910	January	17	Starlaw Deans No 3 (Oil shale)	Linlithgow	Pumpherston Oil Co Ltd	Maurice Conway	28	Drawer	Explosions of fire damp or coal dust	The deceased, although warned not to do so, passed a fence and went into a place which was not working to get a pick, when some gas was ignited by his naked light and he was burned about his arms, face and back. Died on the 19th.
1910	January	18	Dalzell & Broomside	Lanark	Wishaw Coal Co Ltd	William Smallwood	55	Labourer	On surface – railways, sidings or tramways	He was pinching a waggon in a siding when another loaded waggon was run down, and he was either caught by it or the pinch.
1910	January	18	Gain Mine (Fireclay), Glenboig	Lanark	Glenboig Union Fireclay Co Ltd	David Brown	23	Drawer	Falls of roof	Fall of roof in working place.
1910	January	19	Hattonrigg	Lanark	Summerlee Iron Co Ltd	Joseph Olankis	25	Miner	Shaft accidents – overwinding	When these men were being raised to the surface at the end of the shift, the engineman inadvertently failed to stop the cage at the proper place, and it was over-wound, with the result that the box or cap of the rope broke and caused the cage to fall down the shaft a distance of 192 fathoms	Newspaper report - Hattonrigg page
						Andrew Wilson	24	Miner
						Wm. Chappis	30	Drawer
						Jas. Bruzinski	24	Drawer
						Adam Pakenas	26	Drawer
						Andrew Higgins	35	Miner
						George Alenskis	28	Drawer
						Edward McConville	19	Drawer
1910	January	19	Earnock	Lanark	John Watson Ltd	Matthew Millar	60	Miner	Haulage – run over or crushed by trams & tubs	When putting his tools away he was injured by a hutch in a brae. Died March 11th.
1910	January	20	Bankend	Lanark	Arden Coal Co Ltd	James Bell	18	Bottomer	Shaft accidents - falling from part way down	Opened gate at mid-working when cage was not there, and fell with the hutch down the shaft.
1910	January	21	Polton	Edinburgh	Lothian Coal Co Ltd	Andrew Horseburgh	26	Drawer	Miscellaneous underground – irruptions of water	Drowned by an in-rush of water owing to the workings holing into an unknown waste. From Main body of report: To follow
1910	January	21	Polton	Edinburgh	Lothian Coal Co Ltd	Luke Greenan	41	Miner	Miscellaneous underground – irruptions of water
1910	January	21	Twechar	Dumbarton	Wm Baird & Co Ltd	James Stark	33	Roadsman	Falls of roof	Stunned by a fall of stone from roof of road and then injured by cousie race.
1910	January	21	Muiredge	Fife	Wemyss Coal Co Ltd	Thomas Hunter	19	Miner	Shaft accidents – whilst ascending or descending by machinery	When he was being lowered in the shaft his arm was projecting out of the side of the cage and was caught by a bunton, and so severely injured that he died on the 31st.
1910	January	27	Blair No 9	Ayr	Wm Baird & Co Ltd	Pat Gallacher	19	Miner	Falls of roof	Fall of roof at road head of working place.
1910	January	27	Prestongrange	Haddington	Summerlee Iron Co Ltd	Alexander Darroch	53	Haulageman	Other haulage accidents	Struck by haulage rope and killed which was thrown across the road owing to some empty hutches having upset.
1910	January	27	Ferniegare	Lanark	Archd Russell Ltd	Wm. Johnstone	14	Miner	Falls of roof	Stone fell from roof at coal face.
1910	February	4	Pennyvenie No 2	Ayr	Dalmellington Iron Co Ltd	James Torrance	60	Coke Filler	On surface – railways, sidings or tramways	When using a pinch to move waggons he fell between the "waggons and was killed.
1910	February	7	Bardykes	Lanark	Summerlee Iron Co Ltd	Charles Kane	21	Miner	Miscellaneous underground – sundries	Injured internally when following his employment on September 7th, 1909, and died to-day
1910	February	8	Elgin & Wellwood	Fife	Thos Spowart & Co Ltd	John Wishart	38	Miner	Falls of roof	Fall of stone from roof at coal face.
1910	February	8	Canderigg	Lanark	James Nimmo & Co Ltd	John Kane	28	Machineman	Falls of side	Fall of stone from roadside at roadhead when reaching a hammer.
1910	February	8	Kingseat	Fife	John Irvine & Sons	James Hynd	60	Miner	Falls of roof	Fall of stone from roof of working place.
1910	February	9	Greenrigg	Linlithgow	United Collieries Ltd	Charles Ross	56	Miner	Falls of roof	Fall of stone from roof.
1910	February	10	Polmaise No 4	Stirling	Archibald Russell Ltd	Archibald Kerr	28	Repairer	Haulage – run over or crushed by trams & tubs	Fatally injured by pony race which, he was taking along a level.
1910	February	10	Cultrig	Linlithgow	Barr & Thornton	James Johnstone	13	Coal Cleaner	On surface – railways, sidings or tramways	Two loaded hutches became detached from the haulage rope and overtook the deceased who was walking down the haulage road on his way home.
1910	February	11	Leven	Fife	Fife Coal Co Ltd	Robert Donaldson	24	Drawer	Falls of roof	Fall of coal, caused by a runaway hutch on a self-acting incline.
1910	February	14	Woolmet	Edinburgh	Niddrie & Benhar Coal Co Ltd	Edward Docherty	19	Drawer	Haulage – ropes or chains breaking	He coupled an empty hutch on at the bottom of a face brae, and when it had gone a few feet the chain broke about 8 feet from the hutch. The hutch ran back and caught the deceased. The chain was 5/16 in., and appeared to be quite good, but as there were one or two joining links in it probably one of these gave way.
1910	February	15	Bent	Lanark	Bent Colliery Co Ltd	Patrick McCabe	39	Machineman	Falls of roof	Fall of roof at coal face in machine wall.
1910	February	15	Blackhill	Lanark	Summerlee Iron Co Ltd	William Graham	44	Repairer	Falls of side	Stone fell from roadside when repairing.
1910	February	16	Herbertshire	Stirling	Addie & Sons Collieries Ltd	Thos. Wilson	31	Miner	Falls of roof	Fall of roof while at work at face.
1910	February	17	Hopetoun (Oil shale)	Linlithgow	Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Co Ltd	John Douglas, sen	55	Miner	Falls of side	A fall of side occurred when holing seam.
1910	February	19	Bog	Lanark	Hamilton McCulloch & Co Ltd	Thomas Dungavil	48	Haulageman	Haulage – run over or crushed by trams & tubs	Fell out bogie in which he was riding on haulage road, and was crushed by full race.
1910	February	21	Cousland No 2 (Oil shale)	Linlithgow	Pumpherston Oil Co Ltd	John Haggie	38	Under-manager	Explosions of fire damp or coal dust	A fireman had found gas at a waste "break" in an abandoned level when making his first inspection, and the deceased and the fireman were making another inspection of the place when the explosion took place. The fireman was on the top of fall and Haggie was following him ; the former put his safety lamp up to where the gas was when there was an explosion and both were burned about the face and hands. Haggie died on the 20th.
1910	February	24	Montgomeryfield	Ayr	A Kenneth & Sons	Wm. Brown	42	Brusher	Falls of roof	Fall of roof when engaged building a roadside pack.
1910	February	25	Whistleberry	Lanark	Archd Russell Ltd	John Smith	40	Miner	Falls of side	Fall of head coal when standing on his feet holing.
1910	February	28	Bothwell Park No 2	Lanark	Wm Baird & Co Ltd	Peter McVey	17	Haulage Boy	Miscellaneous underground – by machinery	Caught between a spur and pinion wheel of an underground haulage engine.
1910	March	3	Glencraig	Fife	Wilsons & Clyde Coal Co Ltd	Michael Woods	26	Brusher	Falls of roof	Fall of roof when repairing main level.	Newspaper report - Ballingry pages
1910	March	3	Glencraig	Fife	Wilsons & Clyde Coal Co Ltd	John Murray	40	Brusher	Falls of roof	Fall of roof when repairing main level.	Newspaper report - Ballingry pages
1910	March	4	Greenrigg	Linlithgow	United Collieries Ltd	Frank Shields	33	Bottomer	Shaft accidents - falling from part way down	He opened the gate at a mid-working and pushed a hutch into the shaft when the cage was not there, and fell with it to the bottom of the shaft, a distance of 84 feet.
1910	March	4	Blackrigg No 3	Linlithgow	United Collieries Ltd	William McFarlane McKenzie	24	Motor Attendant	Miscellaneous underground - electricity	He took hold of a cable where there happened to be a joint which was insulated by waterproof tape only, close to his motor. One of his mates offered to pull him off, but he refused to allow him, and before help could be got he was insensible, and never regained consciousness. There was no one in the neighbourhood who even knew how to switch the current off. From Main body of report: To follow
1910	March	5	Gain Mine (Fireclay), Glenboig	Lanark	Glenboig Fireclay Co Ltd	William Mills	55	Overman	Explosions of fire damp or coal dust	The deceased and the manager went into a place to examine it,.when an accumulation of gas exploded at their naked lights, and both were burned. Mills died on the 11th. For some days prior to the explosion water had been given off in the place where the accident occurred, and it was in connection with this that these two officials were making the examination.
1910	March	7	Govan No 5	Lanark	Wm Dixon Ltd	Samuel Kelly	35	Miner	Explosions of fire damp or coal dust	These men, along with two others, were entering their working place at the beginning of the morning shift, and when the deceased arrived near a hurdle screen his naked light ignited some gas, and he and his companions were burned. The fireman, who made the examination of the place before the shift commenced, found an accumulation of gas and cleared it away, with the exception of a small quantity in a hole in the roof, 6 ½ feet above the pavement. Notwithstanding this gas was present, he reported to another fireman that the place was quite safe for workmen to enter, and they were allowed to go into it, with the result that these men lost their lives, and the other two were injured.
1910	March	7	Govan No 5	Lanark	Wm Dixon Ltd	James Kelly	40	miner	Explosions of fire damp or coal dust
1910	March	7	Kaimes No 1	Ayr	Wm Baird & Co Ltd	Timothy Smith	16	Pony Driver	Other haulage accidents	Found dead below the first hutch of his pony race.
1910	March	10	Prestongrange	Haddington	Summerlee Iron Co Ltd	James Curran	37	Brusher	Haulage – run over or crushed by trams & tubs	He was travelling down the haulage road when the chain attached to a tub slipped at a pulley, and the tub ran back and fatally injured him.
1910	March	15	Polmaise No 1	Stirling	Archibald Russell Ltd	James Dick	36	Roadsman	Falls of roof	Fall of roof at coal face while engaged securing it with a wooden pillar.
1910	March	15	Castle Hill	Lanark	Shotts Iron Co Ltd	Thomas Murphy	26	Miner	Falls of roof	Fall of stone from roof when working at coal face.
1910	March	18	Kenmuir	Lanark	Dunn & Stephens Ltd	Mary Gillies	23	Table Picker	On surface – sundries	When boiling tea at boilers her clothes caught fire and she was fatally burned.
1910	March	18	Bardykes	Lanark	Summerlee Iron Co Ltd	Joseph Docherty	39	Brusher	Falls of side	Fall of side in engine dock when brushing roof.
1910	March	21	Calderhead No 3	Lanark	Shotts Iron Co Ltd	Owen Kane	48	Miner	Falls of roof	Fall of stone from face of brushing.
1910	March	22	Bowhill	Fife	Fife Coal Co Ltd	David Hunter	39	Shunter	On surface – railways, sidings or tramways	Running down two loaded waggons in sidings when he fell in front of the second waggon, both wheels of which passed over his left shoulder and arm. Died on the 26th.
1910	March	23	Auchenharvie No 5	Ayr	Glengarnock Iron & Steel Co Ltd	Robert Harris	23	Miner	Falls of roof	Fall of roof from an unseen joint and a lipe while holing at face.
1910	March	25	Garthamlock	Lanark	Steel Company of Scotland Ltd	Thos. Sharkey	38	Miner	Falls of roof	While stripping coal in machine wall, a fall of roof occurred and fatally injured him.
1910	March	28	Niddrie	Edinburgh	Niddrie & Benhar Coal Co Ltd	Andrew Graham	44	Fireman	Shaft accidents - falling from part way down	He was greasing a ram at mid-shaft when he, by some means, fell to the bottom of the shaft and was killed.	Newspaper report
1910	March	30	Elgin & Wellwood	Fife	Thos Spowart & Co Ltd	John Drysdale	15	Rake Runner	On surface – railways, sidings or tramways	Fell in front of rake of hutches and was run over.
1910	March	30	Benarty	Kinross	Fife Coal Co Ltd	Gilbert Flannigan	19	Drawer	Falls of roof	When engaged greasing a hutch, a fall of stone occurred and fatally injured him.	Newspaper report - Ballingry pages
1910	March	31	Bedlay	Lanark	Wm Baird & Co Ltd	George Phillips	39	Safety Lamp Cleaner	On surface – sundries	Fell into pit water pond when supposed to have been washing his hands.
1910	April	1	Kinneil	Linlithgow	Kinneil Cannel & Coking Coal Co Ltd	John Kelly	53	Miner	Falls of roof	Fall of roof at working face.
1910	April	1	Broomrigg No 3	Stirling	Banknock Coal Co Ltd	Alexander Thomson	45	Roadsman	Haulage – run over or crushed by trams & tubs	Fatally injured by a runaway hutch on a rope-haulage road.
1910	April	3	Kinglassie	Fife	Fife Coal Co Ltd	John Duff	25	Pump Mechanic	Miscellaneous underground – by explosives	Two roads had been driven, one out of No. 1 shaft and the other out of No. 2, and had almost met. Deceased was in charge of the one from No. 1 shaft, and shot holes were in, charged in both with gelignite, which it had been agreed should be fired simultaneously. An agreed signal was given to light the shots, but owing probably to the fuse being damp, the deceased did not get his shots lighted before those in the other place exploded and blew through, and he was killed by the flying stones. From Main body of report: To follow
1910	April	4	Newbattle	Edinburgh	Lothian Coal Co Ltd	David Tinman	--	Shaftman	Falls of side	When repairing one of the cages a fall of stone occurred from side of shaft.
1910	April	4	Whitrigg	Linlithgow	Robert Forrester & Co Ltd	James Cuthbert	30	Miner	Falls of roof	Fall of roof at working face.
1910	April	13	Bredisholm	Lanark	United Collieries Ltd	John Drummond	33	Miner	Shaft accidents – whilst ascending or descending by machinery	When being lowered to his work he fell off the cage after it had descended a short distance and was killed.
1910	April	14	Riddockhill	Linlithgow	Gavin Paul & Sons Ltd	Thomas Curran	54	Roadsman	Haulage – run over or crushed by trams & tubs	He was travelling down a cousie brae when an empty hutch ran away from the top of the brae ; he, unfortunately, stepped into the set of rails on which the hutch was, and it caught and crushed against a prop and fatally injured him.
1910	April	14	Rosie No 1	Fife	Wemyss Coal Co Ltd	William Taylor	50	Fireman	Haulage – run over or crushed by trams & tubs	When engaged clearing a fall on the haulage road a full hutch ran back owing to a clip on an endless rope becoming loose. Died the following day.
1910	April	15	Lassodie	Fife	Fife Coal Co Ltd	James Robson	51	Miner	Falls of side	A fall of coal from face jammed him against a prop.
1910	April	18	Bannockburn	Stirling	Alloa Coal Co Ltd	John Lamont	52	Miner	Falls of roof	Fall of roof between slips at coal face.
1910	April	19	Aitken	Fife	Fife Coal Co Ltd	James Leslie	24	Miner	Haulage – run over or crushed by trams & tubs	He was sitting at the corner of level road when four tubs which had run away from the dook head caught and crushed him against the side.
1910	April	20	Lumphinnans No 11	Fife	Fife Coal Co Ltd	Henry Williamson	45	Brusher	Falls of roof	When stowing the stone from the brushing, a fall of stone occurred.
1910	April	21	Lumphinnans No 11	Fife	Fife Coal Co Ltd	Henry Wilson	21	Miner	Falls of roof	He was filling a hutch at the face, when a piece of stone 18 inches thick, fell and struck him on his back, dislocating the spine. Died on June 22nd.
1910	April	27	Bothwell Park No 2	Lanark	Wm Baird & Co Ltd	Hugh McAulay	60	Miner	Falls of roof	A fall of roof at face killed him and injured another man.
1910	April	28	Prestongrange	Haddington	Summerlee Iron Co Ltd	Henry Somers	15	Haulage Boy	Haulage – run over or crushed by trams & tubs	His duty was to pick up the chains on an endless rope haulage which had been detached from the loaded hutches and were lying between that set of rails close to him and attach them to the empty hutches as required. In doing this he failed to notice that the hook end of chain he had attached to hutch had caught another chain which was caught under a rail and when it tightened it was jammed, the hook straightened and freed itself but instead of remaining where he was he attempted to run in-bye and was caught between the hutch and a wall. Died the following day.
1910	April	30	Lockhead	Fife	Wemyss Coal Co Ltd	Archie Welsh	70	Coal Salesman	On surface – sundries	Before leaving work he was looking inside the railway waggons to see if any shovels had been left in them, when his foot slipped off a buffer and caused him to fall to the ground. Died on 18th May.
1910	May	3	Gauchalland No 4	Ayr	Gauchalland Coal Co	Adam Roxburgh	57	Miner	Falls of roof	While setting a prop a fall of roof occurred at a fault.
1910	May	5	Bardykes	Lanark	Summerlee Iron Co Ltd	Robert Walker	16	Drawer	Miscellaneous underground - electricity	Received a fatal shock at electric switch in connection with a face conveyor. From Main body of report: To follow
1910	May	6	Kenmuirhill No 2	Lanark	Glasgow Coal Co Ltd	James Wotherspoon	15	Office Boy	On surface – railways, sidings or tramways	Was run over when Caledonian Railway Co.'s engine was shunting a waggon.
1910	May	9	Prestongrange	Haddington	Summerlee Iron Co Ltd	William Brown	21	Pony Driver	On surface – railways, sidings or tramways	His foot got caught in loop of tail chain, and he was dragged behind the pony. His head collided with a railway point shifter and a fence of a bridge crossing the railway.
1910	May	10	Earnock	Lanark	John Watson Ltd	Wm. McKenna	54	Dirt Picker	On surface – sundries	Hand fatally injured by coal shovelled by another man on picking tables.
1910	May	12	Auchengeich No 2	Lanark	James Nimmo & Co Ltd	John Martin	27	Miner	Miscellaneous underground - electricity	When switching on electric current at a face conveyor he was electrocuted. From Main body of report: To follow
1910	May	12	Blantyre Ferme	Lanark	A G Moore & Co	George Bellingham	50	Roadsman	Miscellaneous underground - electricity	Runaway hutch displaced a prop and brought down a girder on electric cable. On attempting to lift the girder he was electrocuted. From Main body of report: To follow
1910	May	16	Muirbeath	Fife	Henry Ness & Co Ltd	Henry Allen	47	Repairer	Falls of roof	While engaged repairing a road, a fall of roof occurred and fatally injured him.
1910	May	18	Allanton	Lanark	Wm Barr & Sons (Coalmasters) Ltd	James Quinn	38	Brusher	Falls of roof	He was working along with another brusher. They had fired a shot and stowed the debris into the waste and were preparing to bore another shot-hole. The deceased went back about three yards to get a drilling machine, and when he was picking it up a large stone fell from the roof and broke his back. Died on September 21st.
1910	May	23	Prestongrange	Haddington	Summerlee Iron Co Ltd	John Nisbet	55	Fireman	Haulage – run over or crushed by trams & tubs	Crushed by a loaded hutch which had run over a brae head.
1910	May	24	Auchengeich	Lanark	James Nimmo & Co Ltd	John McCormick	30	Drawer	Other haulage accidents	Another drawer ran his hutch into him and caused his head to be crushed against the timber supporting the roof.
1910	May	30	Balgonie	Fife	C B Balfour	David McGregor	50	Roadsman	Falls of roof	He was enlarging a horse road when a piece of stone fell from the roof.
1910	May	31	Newliston (Oil shale)	Linlithgow	Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Co Ltd	Christopher Grimson	22	Miner	Haulage – run over or crushed by trams & tubs	He was bringing a loaded hutch out and another man was following him with another. For some reason his hutch stopped and in trying to get out of the way he ran against a prop which caused him to get between the two hutches and he was crushed. Died on the 25th.
1910	June	1	Minto	Fife	Fife Coal Co Ltd	David Buist	46	Hauling Engineman	Miscellaneous underground – by machinery	When cleaning the haulage gear when in motion he was caught in the wheels and killed. He had gone through a fence and was doing what he did against orders.	Newspaper report - Auchterderran pages
1910	June	1	Washwalls (sandstone)	Renfrew	Giffnock Quarries Ltd	William McKenny	34	Miner	Metalliferous mines – falls of roof	Deceased and two other men were boring a hole for a shot when the rock was heard to break. They all attempted to leave the place, but the deceased just failed to get clear and was caught by a stone weighing about four tons and instantly killed.
1910	June	3	Meadowbank	Stirling	Jas Nimmo & Co Ltd	John Ferrie	46	Brusher	Miscellaneous underground – by explosives	He was struck by a stone from a gelignite shot. Owing to some misunderstanding he had not got into a place of safety.
1910	June	6	Clydeside	Lanark	United Collieries Ltd	Patrick Tonner	50	Waggon Shifter	On surface – railways, sidings or tramways	Caught and fatally crushed between stationary and moving waggons when engaged in shunting operations.
1910	June	7	Coursington	Lanark	Wishaw Coal Co Ltd	Robert Bruce	18	Coal Picker	On surface – by machinery	Owing to a chain breaking the screening machinery was stopped. He went from his place of work and climbed up to near where there were some gear wheels, and was talking and smoking with another lad when the machinery started and his feet .were drawn into the wheels. He had no right to be where he was.
1910	June	16	Bothwell Castle No 3	Lanark	Wm Baird & Co Ltd	Hugh McDade	60	Repairer	Falls of side	When repairing and re-brushing a return airway a stone from side fell and caught him.
1910	June	18	Shawfield	Lanark	Wilsons & Clyde Coal Co Ltd	Thomas Steen	21	Driver	Shaft accidents - falling from part way down	Fell from the Main coal to the Splint coal seam, a distance of 100 feet, and was killed. The entrance to the shaft was well fenced with a gate, and to get into the shaft he must either have opened or got over the top of it.
1910	June	18	Devon	Clackmannan	Alloa Coal Co Ltd	Robert Adamson	57	Repairer	Miscellaneous underground – by underground fires	The oil in an electric controller connected to a pump motor became by some means ignited, and Adamson and another man who were on the in-bye side of it endeavoured to make their way through the resulting smoke to the shaft by the intake. Adamson failed to do so, being overcome and suffocated. The other being younger was able to make his way out and was not much worse. From Main body of report: To follow
1910	June	24	Earlseat	Fife	Wemyss Coal Co Ltd	John Thomas Ratcliffe	22	Miner	Falls of roof	Deceased was called by his drawer to do some repairs to the roadway about 44 yards back from the coal face, and while taking down some head coal which was unsafe a piece fell out and striking a prop glanced off it on to deceased and crushed him against the side.
1910	June	28	Rosie	Fife	Wemyss Coal Co Ltd	Robert McGregor	28	Brusher	Falls of roof	He had drilled an upright hole in the brushing, charged and stemmed it; he was in the act of lighting the shot, part of the roof fell and severely injured him. Died on November 2nd.
1910	June	28	Little Raith	Fife	Lochgelly Iron & Coal Co Ltd	John Biset	35	Miner	Falls of roof	He was engaged removing a large stone which, owing to some timber having been displaced by a hutch, had fallen on the drawing road and while doing so another piece of stone fell and fatally injured him.
1910	June	29	Boggleshole No 4	Lanark	James Dunlop & Co Ltd	William Anderson	26	Miner	Falls of roof	While working at the coal face a stone 11 feet 9 inches by 4 feet 2 inches by 1 foot thick fell from a glazy lipe which owing to its being beyond the coal could not be seen before the fall occurred. The place was well timbered.
1910	June	29	Boggleshole No 4	Lanark	James Dunlop & Co Ltd	James Anderson	50	Miner	Falls of roof
1910	July	1	Woolmet	Edinburgh	Niddrie & Benhar Coal Co Ltd	John McLauchlan	43	Miner	Falls of side	He was pinching down coal from the face when some fell suddenly and caught and knocked him against a hutch. When coal is being levered down a hutch should not be left in such a position as to impede a man jumping clear in case of more coal or stone falling than is expected.
1910	July	4	Lumphinnans No 11	Fife	Fife Coal Co Ltd	John Pringle	39	Miner	Falls of roof	When he was working at the coal face a portion of coal and roof burst off at an invisible slip and struck him on the head fracturing his skull.
1910	July	5	Meadowbank	Stirling	Jas Nimmo & Co Ltd	Walter Lauder	20	Apprentice Engine Fitter	On surface – by machinery	He was working for the contractors who have erected the screening plant and got over a fence to show the man in charge of it how to tighten up the scraper conveyor when it was in motion. When doing so his foot slipped and was caught by the scrapers and he was dragged in and killed.
1910	July	5	Kaimes No 2	Ayr	William Baird &Co Ltd	John Williamson	14	Pony Driver	Haulage – run over or crushed by trams & tubs	Crushed between two horse rakes, his own and the preceding one which was standing in the bye.
1910	July	6	Bentrigg	Lanark	H M McNeill Hamilton	Henry McGechin	47	Miner	Falls of roof	When setting a prop under the brushing a large fall of roof occurred knocking him down and caused him to strike his head against some fallen debris.
1910	July	12	Law No 3	Lanark	Wilsons & Clyde Coal Co Ltd	Robert Irvine	29	Coal Cutting Machine-man	Miscellaneous underground – by machinery	Caught by revolving bar of machine when ratcheting it in. The floor was dipping 1 in 5 towards the face, and the machine slid down it and caught the deceased, owing to the haulage rope not having been made fast.
1910	July	15	Hamilton Palace	Lanark	Bent Colliery Co Ltd	William Bullar	40	Miner	Falls of roof	Deceased was taking down coal when the roof fell suddenly upon him. It fell at two slips parallel to the coal face and displaced two props.
1910	July	15	Dalkeith	Edinburgh	A G Moore & Co	Edward Combe	56	Miner	Falls of roof	Deceased was working in a place which was removing a stoop of coal, and was just starting a new cut next to the goaf ; the top coal, 12 inches thick, had been left up and was supported by trees, but the prop next to the waste was not set at the end of it, and the portion beyond it fell at a slip or lipe and the crushing of the roof. The piece of coal should have been taken down.
1910	July	15	Loganlee	Edinburgh	United Collieries Ltd	Peter Stirling	18	Picker	On surface – railways, sidings or tramways	He was assisting to move waggons and using a round prop as a brake stick to put down the brake-rod. When he applied his weight to the outer end the other end flew out from under the spring of the waggon, and he fell in front of the wheels and was run over and fatally injured.
1910	July	16	Braidhurst No 2	Lanark	Summerlee Iron Co Ltd	Alexander McKenzie	31	Fireman	Falls of side	An overman and the deceased were cleaning out a lodgment when a fall came away from the side above the timber and crashed through it. The timber was rotten and afforded no protection and only hid the stone above it from view.
1910	July	25	Blairenbathie	Kinross	Fife Coal Co Ltd	Peter Downie	51	Coal Trimmer	On surface – railways, sidings or tramways	Crushed between two waggons. He had moved one forward on to a sprag, but neglected to pin the brake down of the one behind it, and it followed down.
1910	July	26	Easter Jaw	Stirling	Carron Co	David Millar	47	Miner	Miscellaneous underground – by explosives	Two holes had been drilled and charged with gelignite, and it was intended to light one, and after it exploded the other. The deceased and the man working with him retired, and one of the shots exploded. He returned to light the second shot, but when he was close to it it exploded and severely injured him. Died two days afterwards. It is probable both shots were lighted at the same time.
1910	July	27	Lochwood No 2	Lanark	Lochwood Coal Co Ltd	Robert Forsyth	30	Engineer and General Repairer	Falls of side	While he and another man were examining and repairing pump rods a piece of stone fell from the side of the shaft above where they were working. The shaft was not lined at the part the stone fell from.
1910	July	28	Wester Glentore	Lanark	Peter Cairns	Patrick Lamb	30	Sinker	Shaft accidents – miscellaneous	The shaft, which was 26 fathoms deep to the Upper Drumgray seam, was being sunk a further distance of 23 fathoms, and a lodgement was being made at the Upper Drumgray level. One cage was being used running in guides, and as the sinking progressed wooden guides were put in. At the time of the accident the bottom of the shaft was 15 feet below the Upper Drumgray level, and the deceased working there. A loaded hutch was put into the cage and then signalled away by the bottomer ; the engine, which was a single one, had rested on the "centre," and the engineman reversed the engine and lowered the cage, and it caught the deceased and crushed his head against the end of a drill in a hole he was drilling.
1910	August	1	Arden No 1	Lanark	Arden Coal Co Ltd	Peter Mulvey	54	Miner	Falls of side	He was lying on his left side wedging down coal when the coal in front either struck him and knocked his head against a prop or in trying to get clear he came in contact, with a prop. No one was with him at the time.
1910	August	1	Bannockburn	Stirling	Alloa Coal Co Ltd	Peter McEwan	39	Bencher	Falls of roof	He was coming up the dook from the second to first bench, when a fall of stone from roof caught and killed him. After the fall a "lipe" was exposed along one side of the road.
1910	August	5	Bredisholm No 3	Lanark	United Collieries Ltd	Andrew Fotheringham	54	Miner	Falls of side	When working under some top coal which is said to have been supported by a prop, the top coal suddenly fell away and killed him and injured his son who was working with him.
1910	August	6	Polton	Edinburgh	Lothian Coal Co Ltd	David Smith	41	Coal Cutting Machineman	Miscellaneous underground – by machinery	Fell on disc of coal cutting machine.
1910	August	6	Hillhouserigg	Lanark	Baton Collieries Ltd	Patrick Campbell	23	Pit Sinker	Shaft accidents – miscellaneous	The shaft in which this accident occurred, had recently been sunk from the Gas coal to the Mill coal seam, a distance of 48 fathoms. A pump was placed on a scaffold 12 feet above the Mill coal seam, fitted with a hose suction pipe ; the hose was leaking, and the deceased and another sinker went down the shaft and replaced it with another. They were on the cage and were going to the pump scaffold and gave the signal "one," in response to which the cage was taken up to the scaffold. A signal "one " was then given to stop, and the deceased proceeded to get out, but as he was doing so the cage was taken away and he was fatally crushed. The engineman mistook the second signal to take the cage to the surface.
1910	August	9	Simpsonland	Lanark	United Collieries Ltd	Edward Thomas	64	Miner	Falls of roof	He, along with other miners, was travelling to the shaft at the end of the shift on the main haulage road, and when about 250 yards from the shaft a fall of roof occurred and killed him.
1910	August	12	Raploch	Lanark	Raploch Coal Co Ltd	Isaih Gough	41	Engineer	On surface – sundries	He was working on a temporary scaffold making some alterations to the surface screening plant, when he transferred the weight of his body on to the unsupported end of a plank, and was thrown to the ground, a distance of about 11 feet.
1910	August	13	Blairenbathie	Kinross	Fife Coal Co Ltd	John Wilson	50	Miner	Falls of roof	When engaged at the face a small piece of stone fell from the roof and struck him on his back. Died on the 21st.
1910	August	14	Newbattle	Edinburgh	Lothian Coal Co Ltd	Frank Boyle	31	Fireman	Explosions of fire damp or coal dust	He was making an inspection on a Sunday afternoon and was carrying both a safety lamp and naked light, and when passing along a road, not far from the face, near the crown of a slight hill, ignited some gas with the naked light, and was burned on his neck, back, hands and face. Died on the 16th.
1910	August	15	Kinneil	Linlithgow	Kinneil Cannel & Coking Coal Co Ltd	Hugh Bernard	15	Screen Attendant	On surface – sundries	The deceased was putting a hutch into the tippler, but did not intend it to turn round, and to prevent its doing so he put his foot on the tippler which had begun to turn round, he was, however, unable to stop it and it lifted him up and caused him to fall over the fence on to the waggon road, 21 feet below.
1910	August	17	Law No 3	Lanark	Wilsons & Clyde Coal Co Ltd	George Cassels	21	Coal Cutting Machineman	Miscellaneous underground – by machinery	He was turning the bar into the face when the steering gear broke and the bar flew back and caught him.
1910	August	19	Wanlockhead (Lead ore)	Dumfries	Wanlockhead Lead Mining Co Ltd	James Slimmon	24	Miner	Metalliferous mines – in shafts whilst descending by machinery	He and another man were descending the shaft with some timber and had their lamps with them, but they were not lighted. When the cage got to the 160 fathom level the deceased was found to be missing, and on a search being made he was found two fathoms below the 100 fathoms level severely injured about his legs and other part of the body and died the same day. It is probable he fainted and fell out of the cage.
1910	August	20	Gilmilnscroft	Ayr	Wm Baird & Co Ltd	Andrew Kerr	26	Miner	Miscellaneous underground – by explosives	He was illegally attempting to fire a shot charged with samsonite in a mine to which the Explosives in Coal Mines Order applied with a Bickford's Patent Igniter fuse, when it exploded before he could get away from it, and inflicted fatal injuries. The shot hole was close to the pavement, and he had probably, without being aware of the fact, stepped on the igniter and thus lighted the fuse. It is not known how he became possessed of a detonator. He either illegally brought one to the pit with him or the shot-firer must have dropped one in his place. From Main body of report: To follow
1910	August	29	Lumphinnans No 11	Fife	Fife Coal Co Ltd	Joseph Allan	16	Drawer	Falls of roof	A large stone fell from the roof about 130 yards from the bottom of brae or incline on to the rails. It slid down - the gradient being 1 in 2 - and struck Allan.
1910	August	30	Blackhill	Lanark	Summerlee Iron Co Ltd	John Hay	29	Miner	Falls of roof	When travelling down the face a large fall of stone from the roof occurred and killed him instantly. It fell from a "lipe" which was hidden beneath a thin shell of coal which adheres to the roof stone.
1910	September	2	Cadzow	Lanark	Cadzow Coal Co Ltd	Andrew McCall	50	Miner	Haulage – run over or crushed by trams & tubs	When coming out at the end of his shift he was fatally injured by a loaded hutch which three men were bringing out with them to the shaft and had allowed to run away from them.
1910	September	3	Glencraig	Fife	Wilson's & Clyde Coal Co Ltd	Thomas Bell	58	Bottomer	Shaft accidents – overwinding	Nine men, including the deceased, were being raised to the surface in the top deck of a two-decked cage, from the Lochgelly splint seam, when the cage, instead of being stopped at the proper landing place, was taken up to the pulley wheel. Eight of the men jumped out on to the corrugated iron roof of the pit head, and the deceased also attempted to do so, but was caught between the floor of the top deck of the cage and the roof of the pit head and instantly killed. The cause of the accident was that the indicator of the winding engine, on which the engineman depended for knowing the position of the cages in the shaft, did not show it correctly ; this was due to the bolts in the standards having been loosened, and while in this condition the engineman improperly ran the engine.
1910	September	7	Elphinstone	Haddington	Edinburgh Collieries Ltd	Andrew Crawford	62	fireman	Shaft accidents – falling into shaft from surface	He attempted to get into a cage at the surface level without a banksman being present, when the engineman, who did not know he was going to, started the cage, and it caught and knocked him into the shaft and he fell to the bottom, a distance of 300 feet.
1910	September	8	Ellismuir	Lanark	United Collieries Ltd	Denis McGonigal	26	Brusher	Falls of roof	When the deceased was shovelling the debris from a brushing shot to the man working with him, a fall of roof occurred at an unseen "lipe."
1910	September	9	Chapel	Lanark	Chapel Coal Co Ltd	William Marshall	65	Dirt Picker	On surface – sundries	Fell from waggon to ground. Died November 16th.
1910	September	13	Huntershill (Sandstone)	Lanark	Thomas Gibb & Sons Ltd	John Bradley	40	Quarryman	Metalliferous mines – falls of roof	A large fall of roof occurred and instantly killed four of the men, and the fifth died at the Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, soon after his admission, and two men were also injured
						Andrew Raeburn Gibson	35	Quarryman
						Allan Gibson McDougall	38	Labourer
						Alexander McDonald	33	Quarryman
						Patrick Armstrong,	40	Quarryman.
1910	September	13	Portland	Ayr	Portland Colliery Co Ltd	Martin Shepherd, junr	16	Driver	Haulage – run over or crushed by trams & tubs	When walking between his horse and the first tub of a rake of 'tubs he stumbled and fell and the hutches had run on to and killed him.
1910	September	14	Drumley No 1	Ayr	George Taylor & Co	James Wallace	22	Roadsman	Falls of side	When clearing debris from the side of a stoop in order to enable the next shift of miners to begin to extract the coal a mass of coal fell off the end of the stoop, fell away at an invisible foul " back " and killed him.
1910	September	16	Fergushill No 28	Ayr	A Finnie & Son	David Strachen	59	Brusher	Miscellaneous underground – by explosives	He lighted a charge of gelignite, and then retired to a place of safety, and hearing the report of an explosion he returned to it, but found when close up to it that it had not exploded, and before he could get away it did so, and he was seriously injured about the chest. Died on October 5th.
1910	September	21	Broomrigg No 3	Stirling	Banknock Coal Co Ltd	Archibald Lawrie	18	Drawer	Falls of roof	A hutch ran too quickly down a heading and displaced a prop put in to stop a hutch from going below the level was upset. The deceased and another man refilled the hutch and were pushing it when the roof fell, and part of it caught Lawrie on the back.
1910	September	21	Dunnikier	Fife	Fife Coal Co Ltd	John Burns	30	Hanger-on	Haulage – run over or crushed by trams & tubs	Sitting at the foot of a wheel brae when a runaway hutch came down the incline and struck him, injuring his back and head. Died October 2nd.
1910	September	22	Glenpark	Lanark	Marshall & Hunter	Robert Brand	27	Miner	Falls of roof	A piece of stone rolled out of the waste and displaced a prop, causing a fall of roof which killed him.
1910	September	27	Kenmuirhill	Lanark	Glasgow Coal Co Ltd	William Scoular	45	Miner	Falls of roof	He was taking down coal and liberated a piece of stone above it, which fell upon and fractured his back.
1910	September	27	Bedlay	Lanark	Wm Baird & Co Ltd	Michael Gordon	42	Repairer	Haulage – run over or crushed by trams & tubs	While assisting at an endless rope haulage terminus two hutches which had not been properly snibbled came down and crushed him about the lower part of the body. Died October 21st.
1910	September	30	Home Farm	Lanark	Hamilton McCulloch & Co Ltd	Thomas Aitken	38	Machineman	Miscellaneous underground – by machinery	He was at work in front of a coal cutting machine when his vest was caught by the haulage rope, and he was drawn into the drum.
1910	September	30	Starlaw Deans (Oil shale)	Linlithgow	Pumpherston Oil Co Ltd	James McDonnell	26	Miner	Haulage – run over or crushed by trams & tubs	He was boring a shot hole at the face and the drawer was filling the hutches. The gradient was 1 in 2 ½ and the hutches were resting against a prop ; the prop slipped and the hutches ran forward and crushed him against the face.
1910	October	2	Hamilton Palace	Lanark	Bent Colliery Co Ltd	Alexander Wallace	47	Miner	Falls of roof	Died from the results of injuries received when following his employment on 26th November, 1909, by a fall of head coal.
1910	October	3	Hopetoun	Linlithgow	Wm Baird & Co Ltd	William Duncan	60	Miner	Falls of roof	He was holing the coal when a piece of roof-stone fell from between two joints and struck him on his back. The joints were visible before the stone fell, and the stone should either have been supported or pulled down.
1910	October	5	Woodside	Lanark	Brand & Co	George Anderson	25	Driver	Falls of side	When a horse was pulling four loaded hutches up a " lye " one of the hutches became derailed and collided with the roof supports and displaced them. About 1 ½ cwts. of roof stone, in consequence, fell upon and killed him.
1910	October	6	Prestongrange	Haddington	Summerlee Iron Co Ltd	Thomas Gorman	24	Stone Mine Driver	Falls of roof	A mine was being driven, rising 1 in 5, through a 30 feet up-throw fault which was closely timbered, when a fall occurred and swung out at least ten set of timber. The deceased two men and another were buried, and, although extricated alive, Campbell and Gorman afterwards succumbed to their injuries.	Newspaper report
1910	October	6	Prestongrange	Haddington	Summerlee Iron Co Ltd	Thomas Campbell	48	Stone mine Driver	Falls of roof		Newspaper report
1910	October	6	Burnockhill	Ayr	Wm Baird & Co Ltd	James Rae	50	Bottomer	Shaft accidents – miscellaneous	The deceased was taking up some slack in a signal wire, by which signals were transmitted by him to the winding engineman, and to do this, it was necessary to be in the shaft, and while doing so he, without being aware of the fact, gave a signal to the engineman and the cage was lowered on the top of and crushed him very severely. There were pumps working in the shaft and the noise made by them probably prevented his hearing the approach of the cage.
1910	October	12	Bellfield	Lanark	Wm Barr & Sons (Coalmasters) Ltd	James Greenshields	41	Miner	Falls of roof	He was taking a loaded hutch from the coal face when it left the rails and knocked out a prop, and the stone above it fell upon him.
1910	October	13	Queenslie	Lanark	Steel Company of Scotland Ltd	John Mack	44	Machineman	Falls of roof	While engaged driving a coal-cutting machine a stone fell from the roof on to his head. As the roof was apparently good a support had not been set to the roof as should have been done.
1910	October	22	Carldubs (Oil shale)	Linlithgow	Broxburn Oil Co Ltd	David Marwood	53	Miner	Falls of roof	He had undermined the top portion of the seam and bored a hole for the purpose of putting in a shot to blow it down, but before inserting the charge he went under the shale to do a little additional, when it fell and killed him.
1910	October	24	Aitken	Fife	Fife Coal Co Ltd	Timothy Brown	28	Miner	Haulage – run over or crushed by trams & tubs	A hutch had been pushed to far over some rails ; the hauling rope was attached to it to pull it on again. Deceased was standing partly in front of the hutch, and when the engine took hold the hutch sprang forward and caught him.
1910	October	26	Foulshiels	Linlithgow	United Collieries Ltd	Joseph Sneddon	15	Drawer	Haulage – run over or crushed by trams & tubs	He went down a "cuddie" brae to lift an empty hutch on which had become derailed near meetings and then signalled to the brakesman to start again. He must have forgotten about the loaded train as he was caught by it.
1910	October	29	Devon	Clackmannan	Alloa Coal Co Ltd	Alexander McEwan	63	Roadsman	Haulage – run over or crushed by trams & tubs	He was following a rake of ten full hutches up the haulage road when the first coupling broke and nine hutches ran back and caught him.
1910	November	2	Daldowie	Lanark	Glasgow Coal Co Ltd	John Muir	46	Brusher	Falls of roof	While repairing a main dook road he had fired a shot which did not bring down all the stone. He was pinching it down when it suddenly fell and caught him.
1910	November	4	Hopetoun	Linlithgow	Wm Baird & Co Ltd	James Quin	33	Miner	Falls of side	He was wedging down head coal at road head, which fell before he could get out of the way. He had evidently been working in front instead of at the end of it.
1910	November	5	Randolph	Fife	Earl of Rosslyn's Collieries Ltd	Walter Robertson	18	Miner's Assistant	Falls of side	A shot had been fired and the deceased commenced to fill the coal off it when a piece of overhanging coal which should have been taken down before he commenced to work near it fell and killed him.
1910	November	10	Leven	Fife	Fife Coal Co Ltd	James Henderson	17	Pony Driver	Haulage – run over or crushed by trams & tubs	He and other four men were riding down a dook after being told not to do so as there was a fall on the road. As the rake ran into the siding he was found unconscious in a hutch with a fractured skull. It was not quite clear how he had received his injuries.
1910	November	11	Viewpark No 1	Lanark	Robert Addie & Sons Ltd	Isaac Greenaway	16	Fan-Boy	Explosions of fire damp or coal dust	He was employed driving a hand fan to ventilate a level which was being driven beyond an up-through fault of 9 feet in a safety lamp pit. The cause of the explosion is not quite clear, but it is possible that he had fallen asleep, and, owing to the fan being stopped, gas had accumulated and put out his safety lamp, and when he awoke he struck a match which caused the explosion. A lucifer match was found in one of the pockets of his coat afterwards. His safety lamp - an unbonnetted Marsaut - was tested after the explosion and found to be in good order.
1910	November	14	Muiredge	Fife	Wemyss Coal Co Ltd	David Honeyman	58	Blacksmith	Shaft accidents – miscellaneous	He attempted to get into a cage at the surface and as he was doing so, it descended, and he was fatally crushed. He had been told to wait until some hutches were raised by the banksman, but had evidently forgotten, and seeing the cage was empty, did not wait until he was told he might get on to the cage.
1910	November	15	Woodend	Linlithgow	Coltness Iron Co Ltd	Peter King	45	Miner	Falls of roof	When engaged taking down coal, which had been shaken by a shot, a stone fell from the roof without warning on to him.
1910	November	15	Blantyreferme	Lanark	A G Moore & Co	Michael Devine	55	Miner	Falls of roof	When working at the face, a large " pot bottom " fell out of the roof on to his back, without any warning. Died on the 30th.
1910	November	16	Bellfield	Lanark	Wm Barr & Sons (Coalmasters) Ltd	John Yuile	51	Waggon Trimmer	On surface – railways, sidings or tramways	When taking a waggon down a siding it came in contact with another waggon in an adjoining road, which was foul of the crossing, and he was crushed between them.
1910	November	17	Skellyton	Lanark	Darngavil Coal Co Ltd	George Davidson	23	Assistant Machineman	Miscellaneous underground – by machinery	When the bar of a coal cutting machine was being swung into the face as soon as the bar touched the coal the machine bounded back and the deceased, who was working the lifting handle, was caught by the leg by the bar and drawn in and killed.
1910	November	18	Lightshaw	Ayr	Wm Baird & Co Ltd	John Clowes	61	Pit-head Worker	Shaft accidents – falling into shaft from surface	The automatic gates protecting the shaft at the pit-head level were out of order and the deceased pinned them up. He had emptied a hutch and intended to put it into the cage, but he, for some unexplained reason, pushed it in at the side the cage was not at and he fell with it on to the top of the other cage, a distance of 462 feet. If the gates had been in working order the accident could not have occurred.
1910	November	18	Cowdenbeath	Fife	Fife Coal Co Ltd	John Lonie	70	Waggon Builder	On surface – railways, sidings or tramways	He was trying to open a shed door on a line of rails- on which some waggons were being shunted, and before he could do so the end of the first waggon crashed into it and fatally injured him.
1910	November	22	Carberry	Edinburgh	Edinburgh Collieries Ltd	James Duncan	34	Repairer	Falls of roof	When he was repairing a road, the timber he had put up was swung out, and a piece of stone fell and struck him on the back.
1910	November	28	Holmes	Ayr	Gauchalland Coal Co	Robert Morrison	30	Miner	Falls of roof	He was lying holing coal when a fall of overhanging roof stone took place and so severely injured him that he died on December 5th. The stone should have been supported.
1910	November	29	Earlseat	Fife	Wemyss Coal Co Ltd	John Mackie	31	Miner	Falls of roof	He had a long length of coal holed and standing on sprags, and when the sprags were drawn the face coal fell and liberated the roof above which caught and killed him. He was taking an undue risk both with face and roof coal by drawing too many sprags at one time.
1910	November	30	Hopetoun No 35 (Oil shale)	Linlithgow	Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Co Ltd	James Reid	34	Miner	Falls of roof	He appears to have gone into the waste from which the timber had been withdrawn to get shale when the roof collapsed and he was fatally injured.
1910	December	1	Prestongrange	Haddington	Summerlee Iron Co Ltd	Hugh McConnell	63	Fireman	Explosions of fire damp or coal dust	A pair of headings had been driven in a new seam beyond a fault to prove it, and then stopped. The manager told the deceased he wanted to go into these places prior to their being restarted, and instructed him to go in and examine them and he would follow him. McConnell went and took his safety lamp and a naked light with him, and the latter ignited some gas which had accumulated beyond a door which had been damaged, and of which he was aware, by some runaway hutches. A canvas screen had been put up beyond the door, as there was not room for double doors, but as it did not reach to the pavement, practically all the air was short circuiting, and none was passing to the faces of the headings, which were about 400 yards in advance of where the door was damaged. Died on the 7th.
1910	December	1	Loudoun No 1	Ayr	Wm Baird & Co Ltd	Robert Linn	29	Miner	Falls of side	He was holing in a dirt band that runs halfway up the coal seam, when a fall of top coal took place, part of which caught and fatally injured him. The coal had a long sprag gib under it ; if another had been set the accident would probably have been prevented.
1910	December	4	Lochwood No 1	Lanark	Lochwood Coal Co Ltd	David Monteith	49	Brusher	Explosions of fire damp or coal dust	He and another brusher descended the shaft at 10.15 p.m. along with a fireman. After arriving at the "station" the fireman went forward and examined the places beyond it ; after doing so he returned and reported all clear. The two brushers then went in to commence work, which was to brush a branch road. One of the deceased, after taking off his clothes, carried part of his tools in and returned for the remainder, when his naked lights ignited some gas, causing an explosion, whereby both the brushers were severely burned. There was a fault close to, and the gas had been given off at it. The fireman, who had been recently appointed, stated that he examined the road where the explosion occurred, as well as the others, but this does not appear to be so, for if he had he must have discovered the gas.
1910	December	5	Giffnock	Renfrew	Giffnock Collieries Ltd	Samuel Brown	30	Brusher	Miscellaneous underground – by explosives	He was charging a hole with gelignite, and was pushing in the last of 27 cartridges and a detonator into the shot hole with a copper stemmer, when it exploded and killed him. From Main body of report: To follow
1910	December	5	Bannockburn	Stirling	Alloa Coal Co Ltd	Nathaniel Brown	29	Pony Driver	Haulage – run over or crushed by trams & tubs	When coming out with a loaded rake of hutches he appears to have lost his light and fallen in front of the hutches. He was found under the second hutch.
1910	December	5	Rosehall No13	Lanark	Robert Addie & Sons Collieries Ltd	Peter Grant	16	Drawer	Miscellaneous underground - electricity	He had placed his lamp behind a switch-board at the shaft bottom, and when getting it out his hand came in contact with the live terminals and he was electrocuted.
1910	December	6	Ingliston (Oil shale)	Edinburgh	Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Co Ltd	George Allan	49	Miner	Falls of side	When engaged in "stooping" operations, about 25 cwts. of shale fell off the face and killed him. He appeared to have attempted to get the shale down and failed, and although it was overhanging went under it and started to take some more stone from under it with a pinch bar when it fell.
1910	December	6	Ladylands	Lanark	Coltness Iron Co Ltd	David Hunter	36	Pit Sinker	On surface – sundries	On arriving at the mine he was intoxicated and fell into an unfenced hole about four feet in depth. When found he was quite dead. It was night time and his body not discovered till the following morning.
1910	December	7	Littlemill	Ayr	Coylton Coal Co	Robert Speir, jun	19	Bottomer	Shaft accidents - falling from part way down	Opened the gate at a mid-working in the shaft and pushed forward a loaded hutch into the open shaft; he fell with it a distance of about 105 feet. The only light he had was the one he carried in his cap, and it is possible if a fixed light had been provided he might have seen the cage was not opposite the landing, and so prevented the accident.
1910	December	7	Dunnikier	Fife	Fife Coal Co Ltd	Thomas Thomson	30	Miner	Falls of roof	The roof of a dook at a place where it was intended to turn off a level was being supported with iron girders. A prop was being set under a bearing girder when more than 15 tons of roof fell and buried deceased and another man. After three hours hard work they were extricated, but Thomson died on the 10th.	Newspaper Report
1910	December	11	Wellsgreen	Fife	Fife Coal Co Ltd	Alexander Pratt	26	Machineman	Miscellaneous underground – by machinery	When a bar coal cutting machine was being taken along the face with the bar out of the coal, the picks in the bar caught his clothing and he was drawn into the bar and killed instantly.
1910	December	13	Craig No 1	Ayr	Wm Baird & Co Ltd	Andrew W. Brown	41	Miner	Explosions of fire damp or coal dust	It appears that the deceased had asked the fireman for rails to put down in his working place and was told that some were being sent to him ; he did not wait, but went through a stopping made of screen cloth, which had "No road " chalked on it, into a place which had been stopped for three months in search of some with his naked light and ignited some gas. Died on December 15th.
1910	December	14	Clyde	Lanark	Wilson's & Clyde Coal Co Ltd	James Calder	29	Pony Driver	Falls of roof	He was driving a pony with a loaded hutch from the working face when the hutch left the rails and collided with and displaced a prop which allowed a quantity of small stones to fall on and suffocate him.
1910	December	15	Polmaise No 3	Stirling	Archibald Russell Ltd	John Anderson	34	Fireman	Miscellaneous underground – suffocation by natural gases	He and another man were engaged removing a face of stone on the long wall face which was impeding the ventilation. They were unable to remove a large stone from the intake side and therefore proceeded to the return side of the face, and while there their lamps were extinguished by an accumulation of fire-damp. In attempting to get out Anderson missed the road head and got further into the accumulation of fire-damp and was suffocated. The other man fortunately came in contact with the rope working a self-acting incline and was thereby enabled to get out. From Main body of report: To follow
1910	December	16	Dechmont	Lanark	Archd Russell Ltd	Hugh McGuigan	18	Miner	Falls of side	He was filling a hutch at the face when a piece of stone fell from the side and killed him.
1910	December	16	Loudoun No 3	Ayr	Wm Baird & Co Ltd	John Grier	19	Blind Pit Brakesman	Shaft accidents - falling from part way down	He had lowered a cage down the blind pit a distance of 36 yards and pinned down the brake when another full hutch was brought out, which became derailed. He assisted to get it on, and, evidently forgetting the cage was at the bottom of the shaft, he pushed the hutch against the safety gates, which gave way, and he and it fell to the bottom of the shaft.
1910	December	17	Portland	Ayr	Portland Colliery Co Ltd	John Jamieson	58	Roadsman	Falls of roof	When on his way to the shaft at the end of the shift a fall of stone occurred without any warning from the roof of the travelling way. Died two hours afterwards.
1910	December	19	Polmaise No 4	Stirling	Archd. Russell Ltd	Patrick Kaney	20	Drawer	Haulage – run over or crushed by trams & tubs	When drawing on a "cuddy " road the wheel tree broke and the balance bogie ran back and fatally injured him. Died.
1910	December	22	Newton	Lanark	Jas Dunlop & Co Ltd	James Moore	47	Miner	Miscellaneous underground – by explosives	A miner was charging a hole with stowite with the shaft of a hammer, and evidently using considerable force, when the charge exploded. Died the following day.
1910	December	23	Killochan	Ayr	Killochan Coal Co Ltd	Joseph Hodge	47	Miner	Falls of side	He was on his knees taking down coal when it fell away at a "back" which was not visible before the fall took place.
1910	December	27	Batonrigg	Lanark	Baton Collieries Ltd	Peter Shields	54	Miner	Falls of roof	A large fall of stone took place in a coal cutting face at an exposed lipe or slip. The roof is strong sandstone and it should have been supported close to and on both sides of the lipe.
1910	December	28	Whitehill	Edinburgh	Lothian Coal Co Ltd	Michael Hughes	50	Miner	Falls of side	When he was working at the face the coal suddenly burst off and overrode the sprags set to support it.
1910	December	28	Starlaw Deans No 3 (Oil shale)	Linlithgow	Pumpherston Oil Co Ltd	William Jack	28	Miner	Explosions of fire damp or coal dust	These men were stooping or removing pillars alongside a fault and a certain area of oil shale had been taken out and the roof allowed to fall in the waste. A miner named Robert Kerr wished to fire a shot in a pillar, went partly up a fall in the waste to see how thick the rib of the remaining portion of the pillar was, when his naked light in his cap ignited fire-damp which had been allowed to accumulate, severely burning himself, the deceased, David Kerr, who was close to him and William Jack who was working at a pillar at the other end of the waste 120 feet away. David Kerr died on December 31st and William Jack on January 2nd.
1910	December	28	Starlaw Deans No 3 (Oil shale)	Linlithgow	Pumpherston Oil Co Ltd	David Kerr	19	filler	Explosions of fire damp or coal dust
1910	December	29	Barglachan No 1	Ayr	Wm Baird & Co Ltd	Alexander Frazer	38	Miner	Falls of roof	A fall of stone occurred from between a fault and lipe or slip in his working place and killed him instantly.
1910	December	31	Hallside	Lanark	Jas Dunlop & Co Ltd	Robert Gillespie	34	Jobber	Miscellaneous underground – by explosives	A shot charged with stowite was being fired with a patent igniter fuse, and the miner nipped the igniter, but thought the fuse had not been lighted, and he was nipping it a second time when the shot exploded and severely injured the deceased about the head. From Main body of report: To follow
1910	December	31	Dunnikier	Fife	Fife Coal Co Ltd	James Robertson	70	Pump Attendant	Miscellaneous underground – by machinery	Deceased started an underground pump with both the column and bye-pass valves closed, and was opening the bye-pass when the pump took hold of the water, and this having no outlet burst the outlet valve next to the main column, and the water at a high pressure hit him and knocked him against the stand of the controller, causing a large wound at the base of the skull.

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