| Statistics from the Report of the HM Chief Inspector of Mines and Quarries for 1916 - Deaths due to accidents in Scottish Division 195 deaths occured due to accident occurred during 1916 7 killed by explosion of firedamp or coal dust 96 killed by falls of ground 7 killed in shaft accidents 8 killed by explosives underground 27 killed by haulage accidents 17 killed by other causes underground 32 killed on surface 1 death in a Metalliferous mine |
| Year | Month | Day | Name of Colliery | First Name | Surname | Extra Informationo/ Source |
| 1916 | January | 5 | Elphingstone | John | McNeill | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
| 1916 | January | 11 | Randolph, Dysart | Charles | Vance | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
| 1916 | January | 12 | Blackrigg | James | Purdie | FAI record – NAS "James Purdie, miner's drawer, Heatherbank, Armadale, died on 12 January 1916 at No. 3 Blackrigg Colliery, Blackridge, when he was pushing a hutch that came into collision with another hutch" |
| 1916 | January | 12 | Seafield | Alexander | Spiers | FAI record – NAS "Alexander Spiers, shale miner, 118 Seafield Rows, by Bathgate, died on 12 January 1916 at his house, from injuries sustained on the same day in No. 3 Mine, Seafield, when a large piece of shale fell upon him" |
| 1916 | January | 13 | Guardrum | Alexander | Brown | Newspaper report - Stirlingshire pages |
| 1916 | January | 14 | Minto | David | Johnston | Newspaper report - Auchterderran pages |
| 1916 | January | 15 | Earlseat | John | Stevenson | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
| 1916 | January | 19 | Auchlochan | James | Hamilton | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
| 1916 | January | 20 | Polton Colliery | Matthew Biggar | Brand | Crushed between railway locomotive and wagon |
| 1916 | January | 25 | Valleyfield | Martin | Tracey | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
| 1916 | January | 27 | No 1 Bowhill | Alexander | Russell | Newspaper report - Auchterderran pages |
| 1916 | January | 28 | Wester Gartshore | Charles | McLuckie | Newspaper Report - Dunbartonshire accidents |
| 1916 | February | 3 | Lochside Coal & Fireclay Co, Townhill | Andrew | Peacock | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
| 1916 | February | 5 | Kingseat | Alexander | Clunie | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
| 1916 | February | 5 | Carledubs | John | Anderson | FAI record – NAS "John Anderson, pitheadman, Rosewell Villa, Uphall, died on 5 February 1916 at his house, from injuries sustained on 29 November 1915 in Carledubs Mine, Uphall, when a piece of shale fell and struck him on a finger" |
| 1916 | February | 10 | Bog Colliery | Robert | Russell | Newspaper report - Dalserf pages |
| 1916 | February | 10 | St Flannans' Colliery | James | McGuire | Newspaper Report - Dunbartonshire accidents |
| 1916 | February | 14 | Hurst | Donald | Robertson | Newspaper report - Shotts pages |
| 1916 | February | 14 | Watson’s No. 2 Pit | James | Selfridge | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
| 1916 | February | 15 | Holytown | Robert | Sands | Newspaper report - Bothwell pages |
| 1916 | February | 15 | Woolmet | David | Allan | Fall of stone |
| 1916 | February | 15 | Milnwood | John | Railton | Newspaper report - Bothwell pages |
| 1916 | February | 16 | Fauldhouse | William | McGilvray | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
| 1916 | February | 22 | Gateside, Sanquhar | James | Harris | Newspaper report - Dumfriesshire pages |
| 1916 | February | 22 | Gateside, Cambuslang | John | Howieson | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
| 1916 | February | 22 | Lingerwood | Robert Martin | Landells | Fall of stone |
| 1916 | February | 25 | NK Overtown area | Joseph | Kennedy | Injuries after fall of stone from roof - FAI Notice Hamilton Advertiser 27 May 1916 & death cert |
| 1916 | March | 4 | Pannie Pit | Alexander | Purdie | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
| 1916 | March | 14 | Douglas Park Colliery | John | Fay (or McGunnigal or Coyle) | Newspaper report - Bothwell pages |
| 1916 | March | 19 | Benarty | Thomas | Gunn | Newspaper report - Ballingry pages |
| 1916 | March | 31 | Braidhurst | Matteus | Orlancavitch | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
| 1916 | April | 1 | Barony Colliery | Jan Baptist | Van Der Auwera | With thanks to an anonymous contributor |
| 1916 | April | 3 | Dalbeath Pit, Hill of Beath | James | Paterson | Newspaper report - Beath pages |
| 1916 | April | 6 | No 1 Pit Bothwell Park | David Loudon | Muir | Injuries in haulage road while receiving a rake of hutches - FAI Notice Hamilton Advertiser 29 April 1916 & death cert |
| 1916 | April | 7 | Kames | David | Holden | Muirkirk memorial & death cert |
| 1916 | April | 8 | Gore Pit | Richard Armstrong | Dickson | Fall of large stone - FAI and death cert |
| 1916 | April | 9 | Snab Pit, Kinneil | Isabella | Grant | FAI record – NAS "Isabella Grant, pithead worker, 43 Newtown Rows, Bo'ness, died on 9 April 1916 at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, from injuries sustained on 5 April 1916 in Snab Pit, Kinneil, Bo'ness, when she was knocked down by a haulage rope" |
| 1916 | April | 12 | No 1 Ardeer Pit | David | Kilpatrick | FAI record & death cert |
| 1916 | April | 14 | Shale Mine, Deans | Robert Ramsay | Crowe | FAI record – NAS "Robert Ramsay Crowe, miner's drawer, 51 Glen Road, Livingston Station, died on 14 April 1916 in No. 5 Shale Mine, Deans, Linlithgowshire, when a piece of shale fell upon him" |
| 1916 | April | 14 | Allanton Colliery | William | Lambie | Accidentally caught by picks of coal-cutting machine - FAI Notice Hamilton Advertiser 29 April 1916 & death cert |
| 1916 | April | 14 | NK (Cambuslang area) | James | Ferris | Injuries from fall of stone from roof - FAI Notice Hamilton Advertiser 29 April 1916 & death cert |
| 1916 | April | 18 | Ardeer | Alexander | Thomson | Newspaper report - Ayrshire pages |
| 1916 | April | 19 | Bellfield, Coalburn | Robert | McMahon | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
| 1916 | April | 19 | Blacklands | William | Crowe | Newspaper report - Old Monkland pages |
| 1916 | April | 21 | Uddingston | John | Tollan | Newspaper report - Bothwell pages |
| 1916 | April | 24 | Dykehead Colliery | Thomas | Russell |
Newspaper report - Dykehead 1916 page At Dykehead Colliery, owned by Messrs. The Summerlee Iron Co., Ltd., on 24th April, a miner and two youths were killed in a stooping place in the Ell Coal Seam. The lift of coal had nearly all been taken out when the roof collapsed. The seam was 7 feet thick and the roof was supported on props and straps; of the former, 100 are said to have been set in the lift at distances of about 18 inches apart. The stooping of this seam has been carried out for many years on the same system, but I am strongly of opinion that chocks or wooden pillars should in all such workings be freely used in addition to props. [Mine Inspectors Report 1916] |
| Archibald | Banks | |||||
| Archibald | Banks | |||||
| 1916 | April | 25 | Aitken | Walter | Esson | Newspaper report - Beath pages |
| 1916 | April | 26 | Kinglassie | James | Beveridge | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
| 1916 | April | 26 | Neilsland Colliery | Robert | Robertson |
Newspaper report - Neilsland 1916 page Five men were killed in one accident at Neilsland Colliery, owned by Messrs. John Watson Ltd., by an irruption of water and liquid matter. It was intended to work that part of the Ell Coal Seam left when the working of Eddlewood Colliery was abandoned, to the Neilsland shafts. By mines and a blind pit the Ell Coal had been reached near the vicinity of the No. 3 Eddlewood shaft. Boreholes were kept in advance but on 26th April the refuse with which the No. 3 Eddlewood shaft had been filled, being sludge from a coal washer and in a more or less liquid state, burst into the Ell Coal workings and blocked all the roads in the immediate area. Four of the men killed were in the Ell Coal, and the fifth was at or near the top of a brae in the Main Coal. The four men in the Ell Coal had no chance of escape, and the fifth man was overwhelmed by the flowing mud and carried down to the foot of the brae. It is possible that debris from a coal washer might, with an absolutely dry shaft and an outlet for water at the bottom, to drain away the water carried by the debris itself, be a safe medium with which to fill a shaft even if such shaft were to be at some later date holed into near the bottom but as such conditions are very rarely, if ever, met with, it would seem that if it is intended to hole into an old shaft so filled, the shaft should first be emptied of the debris by working from the surface. It is probable in this case that the barring of the old shaft had collapsed and that the inrush was due to a failure of the roof above the Ell Coal Seam. [Mine Inspectors Report 1916] |
| Hugh | Scott | |||||
| John | Shaw | |||||
| Robert | Leadbetter | |||||
| George | Stewart | |||||
| 1916 | April | 27 | Woodside Colliery, Netherburn | David | Kirkwood | Newspaper report - Dalserf pages |
| 1916 | May | 1 | Broomside | John Thomas | Park | Newspaper report - Cambusnethan pages |
| 1916 | May | 2 | Preston Links Colliery | John | Donaldson | With thanks to Valerie Coyle for supplying this information |
| 1916 | May | 3 | Lochore Colliery | Matthew | Anderson |
Newspaper report - Ballingry pages At Lochore Colliery, owned by Messrs. The Fife Coal Co., Ltd., on 3rd May, a repairer and a brusher were killed. They had to take out a bar and put a new one in its place. They had carried out the first part of the work and were apparently engaged on the second when the fall occurred. No one saw the accident and therefore it cannot be stated positively that temporary props had not been set beneath the bars on either side of the one taken out. The changing of bars is usually dangerous, and it cannot be too strongly urged upon men who are sent to do such work that temporary supports -must be set until the new bar is in its place and properly lagged. [Mine Inspectors Report 1916] |
| James | McLachlan | |||||
| 1916 | May | 3 | Shale Mine, Deans | James Wilson | Smith | FAI record – NAS "James Wilson Smith, senior miner, Mossbank Cottages, Caputhall, Bathgate, died on 3 May 1916 in No. 4 Shale Mine, Deans, Linlithgowshire, when a piece of shale fell upon him" |
| 1916 | May | 9 | Lumphinnans | Alexander | Pringle | Newspaper report - Ballingry pages |
| 1916 | May | 11 | Curledubs | Thomas | Crawford | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
| 1916 | May | 12 | NK Coalburn area | Thomas | McCall | Accidental explosion of detonators - FAI Notice Hamilton Advertiser 27 May 1916 & death cert |
| 1916 | May | 15 | Blairenbathie | Daniel | Malloch | A linesman began work on a high tension transmission line before his assistant, whom he had sent to cut off the current, had returned to him and reported that the line was dead, and received a fatal shock. Three-phase system, 3000 volts. [Mine Inspectors Report 1916] Article in Dunfermline Journal 20 May 1916 - not yet transcribed |
| 1916 | May | 15 | Swinhill | John W. | McDade | Newspaper report - Dalserf pages |
| 1916 | May | 17 | Baton | Isaac | Robertson | Newspaper report - Shotts pages |
| 1916 | May | 25 | Rosehall | George | Smith | Newspaper report - Bothwell pages |
| 1916 | May | 31 | Mid Breich Shale Pit | Henry | Strathearn | FAI record – NAS "Henry Strathearn, haulage engineman, 30 Breich Rows, died on 31 May 1916 in No. 1 Mid Breich Shale Pit, Livingston, when he was caught by the haulage rope and wound round the drum" |
| 1916 | June | 1 | No 10 Gartshore | James | Laidlaw | FAI record & death cert |
| 1916 | June | 1 | NK | George | Smith | Newspaper report - Old Monkland pages |
| 1916 | June | 6 | Lady Victoria | David | Tait | Crushed by runaway hutches |
| 1916 | June | 8 | Auchengeich | John | Kelly | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
| 1916 | June | 9 | Greengairs | George | Montgomery | New Monkland accidents |
| 1916 | June | 10 | Starryshaw Colliery | Robert | Arnott | Headstone |
| 1916 | June | 13 | Cadzow | Robert | Lindsay | Newspaper report - Hamilton pages |
| 1916 | June | 15 | Philpstoun No 1 Shale Mine | Homer | Wilson |
Newspaper report - Lothians pages On 15th June, at Philpstoun No. 1 Shale Mine, owned by Messrs. James Ross and Co., two boys, aged 15 and 17, were killed by a fall of roof. The one boy had gone outbye for a wedge for his father, with whom he worked, and was joined by the other boy, who attended to a haulage motor. Together they went to the face, and after the one boy had handed the wedge to his father, the two were sitting some 5 yards back when the roof above them, which was supported on old railway rails, weighted, and breaking two rails fell upon them. After the accident it was seen that the boundaries of the roof which fell were formed by keen and glassy lypes. The use of old rails as bars was discontinued. [Mine Inspectors Report 1916] |
| Adam | Nelson (AKA Adam Nelson McIlloney) | |||||
| 1916 | June | 16 | Carberry | Matthew | Wilson | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
| 1916 | June | 19 | Polmaise | James | Brown | Death cert only |
| 1916 | June | 21 | Castlehill Colliery | William | Logie | Fell of bogie on which he was travelling and crushed - FAI Notice Hamilton Advertiser 14 October 1916, RCE & death cert Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
| 1916 | June | 25 | Valleyfield Colliery | Annie | Kelly | Crushed between loaded hutch and a coal tumbler. Dunfermline Journal 15 July 1916 - not yet transcribed |
| 1916 | June | 26 | Calderbank | John | Hamilton | Newspaper report - Old Monkland pages |
| 1916 | June | 27 | Armadale | Thomas | McClory | FAI record – NAS "Thomas McClory, miner, 25 Bathville Rows, Armadale, died on 27 June 1916 at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, from injuries sustained on 24 June 1916 in No. 15 Armadale Colliery, Armadale, when he was riding in a hutch and his head came into contact with a crown in the roof" |
| 1916 | July | 1 | No 2 Allanton Colliery | William | Fleming | Fall from roof - FAI Notice Hamilton Advertiser 22 July 1916 & death cert |
| 1916 | July | 3 | NK Kirkintilloch area | Francis | McLoone | FAI record & death cert |
| 1916 | July | 3 | Pumpherston | John | Philbin | FAI record – NAS "John Philbin, miner's drawer, Station Road, Uphall Station, died on 3 July 1916 at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, from injuries sustained on the same day in No. 4 Shale Mine, Pumpherston, when a shot which he had lighted went off and struck him" |
| 1916 | July | 5 | Bothwell Castle | Vincent | Mullen | Newspaper report - Bothwell pages Note - newspaper gives name as Thomas Mullen |
| 1916 | July | 6 | Clyde | Henry M'Kinnon | Murdoch | Newspaper report - Hamilton pages |
| 1916 | July | 8 | Dykehead | John | Craw | Newspaper report - Dalserf pages |
| 1916 | July | 9 | Bannockburn | James | Fotheringham | Newspaper report - Stirlingshire pages |
| John | Hotchkiss | |||||
| 1916 | July | 10 | NK Croy area | Patrick | Waters | FAI record & death cert |
| 1916 | July | 12 | Valleyfield | Andrew | Daly | Burst of coal from face. Dunfermline Journal 9 September 1916 - not yet transcribed |
| 1916 | July | 13 | Emily Pit | William | Aitken | Run down by race of hutches - FAI & death cert |
| 1916 | July | 14 | Broomhouse Colliery | David Brown | Robertson | Newspaper report - Bothwell pages |
| 1916 | July | 14 | NK Bothwell area | Yurgis | Aidukaitis | Fall of stone from roof - FAI Notice Hamilton Advertiser 22 July 1916 & death cert,RCE |
| 1916 | July | 17 | Lindsay | George Burden | Muir | Newspaper report - Beath pages |
| 1916 | July | 20 | Lady Pit, Whitrigg | Thomas | Weir | FAI record - NAS "Thomas Weir, Pentland View, Bathgate, died on 20 July 1916 at his house, from injuries sustained on 15 September 1916 [sic] in the Lady Pit, Whitrigg Colliery, Whitburn, when a large stone fell upon him" |
| 1916 | July | 24 | Bothwell Castle Colliery | John | Taggart | Fall from roof - FAI Notice Hamilton Advertiser 12 August 1916, RCE & death cert |
| 1916 | July | 27 | Auchlochan Colliery | Adam | McHattie | Fall of stone from roof - FAI Notice Hamilton Advertiser 14 October 1916, RCE & death cert |
| 1916 | July | 28 | Earnock | John | Madden | Newspaper report - Hamilton pages |
| 1916 | July | 29 | Leadhills | William | Hastie | Caught by revolving shaft and crushed between it and roof joist - FAI Notice Hamilton Advertiser 14 October 1916, RCE & death cert |
| 1916 | August | 1 | Warrix Pit, Dreghorn | Peter | Trainer | Newspaper report - Ayrshire pages |
| 1916 | August | 7 | Watsonville Colliery | Stephen | Lyons | Fall of stone from roof - FAI Notice Hamilton Advertiser 12 August 1916, RCE & death cert Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
| 1916 | August | 8 | Old Orbiston | William | McCluskey | Newspaper report - Bothwell pages |
| 1916 | August | 8 | Garallan Colliery | Andrew | McMeekin | With thanks to Kay McMeekin for providing this information |
| 1916 | August | 9 | Herbertshire | Samuel | Baird | Newspaper report - Stirlingshire pages |
| 1916 | August | 10 | Blairhall | William Mearns | Sinclair | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
| 1916 | August | 14 | Mossbeath | Andrew | Ritchie | Newspaper report - Beath pages |
| 1916 | August | 14 | Priory, Blantyre | Thomas | Harvie | Newspaper report - Blantyre pages |
| 1916 | August | 19 | Donibristle | James | Sneddon | Newspaper report - Beath pages |
| 1916 | August | 19 | Polmaise | James | Scobie | Newspaper report - Stirlingshire pages |
| 1916 | August | 23 | NK (Cleland area) | James | Johnston | Fall of stone from roof - FAI Notice Hamilton Advertiser 9 September 1916, RCE & death cert |
| 1916 | August | 23 | NK (Motherwell area) | William | McCormack | Fall of stone from roof - FAI Notice Hamilton Advertiser 9 September 1916, RCE & death cert |
| 1916 | August | 25 | Udston | James | Gourlay | Newspaper report - Hamilton pages |
| 1916 | September | 8 | Afton | John | Corson | Newspaper report - Ayrshire pages |
| 1916 | September | 11 | Whitehill Colliery | Robert | Foster | Death certificate - crushed by fall of blaes |
| 1916 | September | 13 | Easton | Thomas | Morris | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
| 1916 | September | 13 | NK - Greengairs area | John | Brown | FAI record & death cert |
| 1916 | September | 14 | NK - Baillieston area | Robert Sneddon | Paton | FAI record & death cert |
| 1916 | September | 18 | No 2 Pit Ferniegair Colliery | William John | McRoberts | Fall of stone from roof - Death notice Hamilton Advertiser 23 September 1916 & death cert |
| 1916 | September | 20 | Prestongrange | Peter | Cairney | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
| 1916 | September | 23 | Whitrigg | George | Fowlds | FAI record – NAS "George Fowlds, miner, 19 East Whitburn, died on 23 September 1916 at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, from injuries sustained on 19 September 1916 in No. 2 Pit, Whitrigg Colliery, Whitburn, when he was knocked down by a rake of hutches" |
| 1916 | September | 27 | Burghlee | James | McLean | Fractured skull due to fall |
| 1916 | September | 29 | No 4 Bellfield Colliery | John | Hannah | Crushed against prop by fall of stone from face of brushing - FAI Notice Hamilton Advertiser 14 October 1916, RCE & death cert |
| 1916 | September | 29 | Shettleston 1 and 2 | NK | NK | A foreman brusher was killed by an electric shock which he received on touching a flexible metallic tube containing the connecting leads between a pump motor and its switchbox. The tubing appears to have become charged from the switchbox, which must have been in contact with an incoming lead. The hole admitting the leads was not bushed and had sharp edges, and the box itself was not properly connected to earth. Proceedings were subsequently taken against the manager and electrician, both pled guilty and were fined. Three phase system, 440 volts. Neutral point earthed. [Mine Inspectors Report 1916] |
| 1916 | October | 6 | Whitrigg | Alexander | Crawford | FAI record – NAS "Alexander Crawford, junior miner, 54 East Main Street, Whitburn, died on 6 October 1916 in No. 5 Pit, Whitrigg Colliery, Whitburn, when a large quantity of material fell upon him" |
| 1916 | October | 10 | Gateside, Cambuslang | Henry | Durnin | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
| 1916 | October | 12 | Rosehall | David | McVie | Newspaper report - Bothwell pages |
| 1916 | October | 14 | Foulford | John | Inglis | Newspaper report - Beath pages |
| 1916 | October | 21 | Glencraig | John | Dowds | Newspaper report - Ballingry pages |
| 1916 | October | 24 | Riddochill | Robert Wilson | Wood | FAI record – NAS "Robert Wilson Wood, pit-bottomer, 27 Jane Place, Academy Street, Bathgate, died on 24 October 1916 at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, from injuries sustained on 20 October 1916 in Riddoch-hill Pit, Blackburn, when he was crushed" |
| 1916 | October | 25 | Brighills | John | McKinlay | Newspaper report - Auchterderran pages |
| 1916 | October | 25 | Aitken | John | Drummond | Newspaper report - Beath pages |
| 1916 | October | 27 | Hattonrigg | Anthony | Barr | Newspaper report - Bothwell pages |
| 1916 | November | 3 | Foxley, Tollcross | Andrew | Kyle | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
| 1916 | November | 10 | St Flannans Pit, Kirkintilloch | Archibald | Robertson | Fall of stone from roof. With thanks to Marie Borland for this information |
| 1916 | November | 18 | Dalmeny | Patrick | Gallagher | FAI record – NAS "Fatal Accident Inquiry: Patrick Gallagher, the "Hut", Dalmeny, died on 18 November 1916 at the Spent Shale Bing, Dalmeny, when a large piece of clinker fell and struck him" |
| 1916 | November | 21 | Lindsay | Andrew Philp | Blair | Newspaper report - Beath pages |
| 1916 | November | 23 | Transvaal (native of Methil) | John | Noble | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
| 1916 | November | 23 | New Orbiston Pit | Bernard | Rooney | Injuries through head striking door heads - FAI Notice Hamilton Advertiser 23 December 1916, RCE & death cert |
| 1916 | November | 23 | NK Dalkeith area | Peter | Coleman | Crushed between hutch and wall |
| 1916 | November | 25 | Glencraig | Anthony | Kelly | Newspaper report - Ballingry pages |
| 1916 | November | 27 | Woodhall Colliery | Alexander Lyle | Richardson | FAI record & death cert |
| 1916 | December | 5 | Quarter | James | Pringle | Newspaper report - Hamilton pages |
| 1916 | December | 7 | Banknock | James | Steele | Newspaper report - Stirlingshire pages |
| 1916 | December | 8 | NK (Galston area) | James | McGhee | FAI record - NAS & death cert. |
| 1916 | December | 8 | Cornsilloch | James | Orr | Newspaper report - Dalserf pages |
| 1916 | December | 12 | Arthur Pit, Newton Colliery | William | Simpson | Fall of stone from roof |
| 1916 | December | 14 | Nk Hurlford area | John | Goldie | FAI record - NAS & death cert. |
| 1916 | December | 20 | Bothwell Park Colliery | Matthew | Barr | Newspaper report - Bothwell pages |
| 1916 | December | 22 | Faskine | Thomas | Scott | New Monkland accidents [natural causes] |
| 1916 | December | 23 | Baton | Stephen | Miller | Newspaper report - Shotts pages |
| 1916 | December | 24 | Rosshill Shale Mine | Charles | Moughan | FAI record - NAS "Charles Moughan, miner, 8 Railway Row, Dalmeny, died on 24 December 1916 at Rosshill Shale Mine, Dalmeny, Linlithgowshire, when a large stone fell upon him" |
| 1916 | December | 24 | Julian Pit | George | Spence | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
| 1916 | December | 25 | Westrigg | William Hogg | Dickson | Newspaper report - Shotts pages |
| 1916 | December | 28 | NK (Dreghorn area) | James Roxburgh | Robertson | FAI record - NAS & death cert. |
| 1916 | December | 29 | NK (Clackmannan area) | James | Todd | Death cert and RCE only |
| 1916 | December | 31 | Gilbertfield Colliery | Peter | Golloghy | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |