| Statistics from the Report of the HM Chief Inspector of Mines and Quarries for 1917 - Deaths due to accidents in Scottish Division 175 deaths occurred due to accident occurred during 1917 8 killed by explosion of firedamp or coal dust 94 killed by falls of ground 11 killed in shaft accidents 6 killed by explosives underground 25 killed by haulage accidents 11 killed by other causes underground 19 killed on surface 1 death in a Metalliferous mine |
| Year | Month | Day | Name of Colliery | First Name | Surname | Extra information/ Source |
| 1917 | January | 3 | No 2 Pit, Craig Colliery | Andrew | Auld | FAI record - NAS & death cert. "Andrew Auld, colliery brushing contractor, Dalhanna Cottage, Crosshouse, Parish of Kilmaurs, died on 3 Jan 1917" |
| 1917 | January | 8 | Giffnock | Joseph | Richards | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
| 1917 | January | 11 | Valleyfield | James | Kelly | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
| 1917 | January | 13 | Allanton | Alexander | Bone | Newspaper report - Dalserf pages |
| 1917 | January | 13 | Glespin | John | Lowe | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
| 1917 | January | 13 | Mary Colliery | Peter | Torley, jun. | Struck by race of descending loaded hutches on 20 Nov 1916. Dunfermline Journal 24 February 1917 - not yet transcribed |
| 1917 | January | 14 | Allanton | William | Rodney | Newspaper report - Dalserf pages |
| 1917 | January | 16 | Kinnneddar | William | Chapman | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
| 1917 | January | 16 | No 1 Dixons Pit, Blantyre | Hugh | McKay | Death cert & RCE |
| 1917 | January | 20 | Valleyfield | James | Williamson | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
| 1917 | January | 20 | Cowdenbeath Colliery | James | Newton | Newspaper report - Beath pages |
| Charles | Boyd | |||||
| 1917 | January | 21 | Ellismuir Colliery | Archibald Nisbet | Ross | FAI record & death cert |
| 1917 | January | 29 | Westwood Colliery, Cleland | Peter | Hill | Injuries received through explosion of shot - FAI Notice Hamilton Advertiser 24 February 1917, Death cert & RCE |
| 1917 | February | 5 | NK - Cambuslang area | Matthew | McFarlane | Crushed between empty waggons - FAI record & death cert |
| 1917 | February | 5 | Glenclelland Colliery | George Thomson | Jack | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
| 1917 | February | 8 | Blairhall | Patrick | Hughes | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
| 1917 | February | 9 | Lumphinnans | Thomas | Conoboy | Newspaper report - Beath pages |
| 1917 | February | 10 | Brownieside quarry | Duncan | McArthur | FAI record & death cert |
| 1917 | February | 10 | NK (Quarter, Hamilton area) | John | Hamilton | Fall of stone from roof - FAI Notice Hamilton Advertiser 24 February 1917, Death cert & RCE |
| 1917 | February | 11 | Northrigg | William | Watson | FAI record – NAS "William Watson, miner, 11 Mountpleasant, South Street, Armadale, died on 11 February 1917 at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, from injuries sustained on 31 January 1917 in No. 2 Northrigg Colliery, Armadale, when a large piece of rock fell upon him" |
| 1917 | February | 12 | Fauldhead Colliery | Thomas | Neeson | FAI record – NAS & death cert. |
| 1917 | February | 14 | Shale Mine, Philpstoun | George | Muir | FAI record – NAS "George Muir, pump cleaner, 41 Kingscavil Rows, died on 14 February 1917 in No. 1 Shale Mine, Philpstoun Oil Works, Philpstoun, Linlithgowshire, when he was knocked down by a runaway hutch" |
| 1917 | February | 16 | NK - Cambuslang area | John | McFarlane | Fall of stone from roof - FAI Notice Hamilton Advertiser 24 February 1917, Death cert & RCE |
| 1917 | February | 23 | Bredisholm Colliery | Robert Kennedy | McKirdy | Newspaper report - Bothwell pages |
| 1917 | February | 27 | Townhill | William Campbell | Fleming | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
| 1917 | March | 1 | NK (Rutherglen area) | John | Coyle | Injuries by being jammed against top of cage - FAI Notice Hamilton Advertiser 17 March 1917, Death cert & RCE |
| 1917 | March | 4 | Woodhall Colliery | James | Sneddon | FAI record & death cert |
| 1917 | March | 9 | Kinneil | James | McLean | FAI record – NAS "James McLean, shunter, 87 Castleloan, Bo'ness, died on 9 March 1917 at a railway siding at Kinneil Colliery, Kinneil, Bo'ness, Linlithgowshire, when he was run over by a railway waggon" |
| 1917 | March | 20 | No 2 Dixons Pit, Blantyre | Thomas | Fleck | Fall of stone from roof - FAI Notice Hamilton Advertiser 21 April 1917, Death cert |
| 1917 | March | 20 | Loganlea Colliery | Hugh | Mulgrew | Asphyxia - FAI Notice Hamilton Advertiser 21 April 1917, Death cert |
| 1917 | March | 23 | Gore Pit | William | Kelly | Caught by coal-cutting machine - FAI & death cert |
| 1917 | March | 23 | Foulshiels | Eli | Fairley | FAI record – NAS "Eli Fairley, pit bottomer, 13 Loganlea Rows, Addiewell, West Calder Parish, Midlothian, died on 23 March 1917 at his house, from injuries sustained on 22 March 1917 in No. 2 Pit, Foulshiels Colliery, Stoneyburn, when he was crushed by a descending cage" |
| 1917 | March | 26 | Ferniegair | Alexander | Hamilton | Newspaper report - Dalserf pages |
| 1917 | March | 28 | Balbardie | James | Hempseed | FAI record – NAS "James Hempseed, miner, 157 East Main Street, Armadale, died on 28 March 1917 in Balbardie Pit, Hopetoun Colliery, Bathgate, Linlithgowshire, when a large stone fell upon him" |
| 1917 | April | 2 | Ferniegair | William | Neil | Newspaper report - Hamilton pages |
| 1917 | April | 2 | No 1 Arthur Pit | Alexander | Nasmyth | Newspaper report - Auchterderran pages. Dunfermline Journal 12 May 1917 - not yet transcribed |
| 1917 | April | 4 | Minto Colliery | Patrick | O'Kane | Newspaper report - Auchterderran pages |
| 1917 | April | 5 | Nellie | Henry | Hogarth | Newspaper report - Auchterderran pages |
| 1917 | April | 8 | Valleyfield Colliery | Peter | Martin | Fall of coal from roof. Dunfermline Journal 12 May 1917 - not yet transcribed |
| 1917 | April | 10 | James Pit, Donibristle | Michael | Donlevey | Natural causes. Dunfermline Journal 12 May 1917 - not yet transcribed |
| 1917 | April | 11 | Dalquhandy Colliery | Robert | Docherty | Fell onto coal conveyor and crushed - FAI Notice Hamilton Advertiser 2 June 1917, Death cert & RCE |
| 1917 | April | 13 | Gartshore Colliery | Patrick | Murphy | FAI record – NAS & death cert. |
| 1917 | April | 17 | Shale Mine, Duddingston | George Wilson | Marshall | FAI record – NAS "George Wilson Marshall, miner, 48 Oakbank Place, Winchburgh, died on 17 April 1917 in No. 3 Shale Mine, Duddingston, Parish of Abercorn, Linlithgowshire, when a large piece of shale fell upon him" |
| 1917 | April | 19 | Woodyett | Joseph | Hunter | Death certificate and RCE |
| 1917 | April | 23 | Fauldhead | Henry | Kenny | FAI record - NAS "Henry Kenny, miner, 115 Kingsway, died 23 Apr 1917, and William Stevenson, miner, 8 Bayonet Place, Kellobank, Kirkconnel, died 25 Apr 1917 as a result of injuries sustained on 23 Apr 1917" Newspaper report - Dumfriesshire pages |
| William | Stevenson | |||||
| 1917 | April | 29 | Hattonrigg Colliery | Patrick | McCluskey | FAI record – NAS & death cert. |
| 1917 | May | 3 | Blairmuckhill Colliery | John Cross | Steele | Struck on head by descending cage. Headstone & death cert. |
| 1917 | May | 7 | Douglas Castle Colliery | James | Kelly | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
| Thomas | Kelly | |||||
| 1917 | May | 10 | Broomfield Colliery | Thomas | Mackie | Crushed against side of it shaft. Headstone & death cert. |
| 1917 | May | 12 | Cowdenbeath Colliery | John | Mitchell | Newspaper report - Beath pages |
| 1917 | May | 12 | South Longrigg | Walter | Lee | Newspaper report - Dalserf pages |
| 1917 | May | 15 | Glencraig Colliery | Michael | Lynch | Newspaper report - Ballingry pages |
| 1917 | May | 18 | Raith Colliery | James | Bonnar | Newspaper report - Beath pages |
| 1917 | May | 21 | Blairadam Colliery | William | Philp | Newspaper report - Beath pages |
| 1917 | May | 24 | Mary Colliery | Edward William | Austin | Newspaper report - Ballingry pages |
| 1917 | May | 24 | Bent Colliery | William Alexander | Muir | Newspaper report - Hamilton pages |
| 1917 | May | 25 | Ross Colliery | David | Morrison | Newspaper report - Hamilton pages |
| 1917 | May | 29 | NK (Cleland area) | James | Lang | Fall of stone from roof - FAI Notice Hamilton Advertiser 9 June 1917, Death cert & RCE |
| 1917 | June | 5 | Swinhill Colliery | John | Small | Newspaper report - Dalserf pages |
| 1917 | June | 5 | Bothwellpark Colliery | Francis | McGuigan | Fall of stone from roof - FAI Notice Hamilton Advertiser 9 June 1917, Death cert & RCE |
| 1917 | June | 6 | Clyde Colliery | Isaac | Callison | Newspaper report - Hamilton pages |
| 1917 | June | 6 | Ardeer West Colliery | David | Kean or Kane | FAI record – NAS & death cert. |
| 1917 | June | 6 | Calderbank Colliery | Robert | Taylor | FAI record – NAS & death cert. |
| 1917 | June | 7 | Waterlands, Law | George | Lammie | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
| 1917 | June | 7 | Mary Colliery | James | McIntyre | Newspaper report - Ballingry pages |
| 1917 | June | 8 | Kenmuirhill Colliery | Thomas Orr | McCulloch | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
| 1917 | June | 12 | Dundonald Colliery | William | Beattie | Newspaper report - Auchterderran pages Dunfermline Journal 28 July 1917 - not yet transcribed |
| 1917 | June | 14 | NK - Coatbridge area | Patrick | Gallagher | FAI record – NAS & death cert. |
| 1917 | June | 15 | No 6 Portland Pit | Robert | Strawhorn | FAI record – NAS & death cert. |
| 1917 | June | 19 | Logan's Colliery | Andrew | Reid | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
| 1917 | June | 22 | Minto Colliery | David | Baxter | Newspaper report - Auchterderran pages Dunfermline Journal 28 July 1917 - not yet transcribed |
| 1917 | June | 26 | Lumphinnans Colliery | Andrew | Adamson | Newspaper report - Beath pages NB - article gives name as Thomson. Dunfermline Journal 28 July 1917 - not yet transcribed |
| 1917 | July | 3 | Alice Pit Fordell | Joseph | Miller | Traumatic septicaemia - injuries received in pit 23 March 1917 by fall of roof. Dunfermline Journal 28 July 1917 - not yet transcribed |
| 1917 | July | 4 | Gartshore Colliery | Patrick | Mates | FAI record – NAS & death cert. |
| 1917 | July | 7 | Tannochside Colliery | John | Hynds | Newspaper report - Bothwell pages |
| 1917 | July | 9 | Doctors Pit, Motherwell | Andrew | Wilson | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
| 1917 | July | 11 | Aitken Colliery | Thomas | Todd | Newspaper report - Beath pages Dunfermline Journal 28 July 1917 - not yet transcribed |
| 1917 | July | 18 | Cauldhame, Springhill Colliery | William | Durnie | Report - Springhill 1917 page |
| Thomas | McLean | |||||
| John | Walker | |||||
| Thomas | Walker | |||||
| 1917 | July | 24 | Lochend, Caldercruix | Thomas | Welsh | New Monkland pages |
| 1917 | July | 24 | No 1 Lumphinnans Colliery | James | Kelly | Natural causes. Dunfermline Journal 8 September 1917 - not yet transcribed |
| 1917 | August | 1 | Hillhead Pit, Black Loch by Airdrie | William | Arnot | FAI record & death cert. |
| 1917 | August | 1 | Rosehall Colliery | Peter | Flood | FAI record & death cert. |
| 1917 | August | 6 | Clyde Colliery, Old Monkland | James Landels | Love | Newspaper report - Old Monkland pages |
| 1917 | August | 6 | Bent Colliery | George | Gibson | Newspaper report - Hamilton pages (not work accident) |
| 1917 | August | 11 | Bellside Colliery | Archibald | McMillen | Newspaper report - Shotts pages |
| 1917 | August | 16 | Whitrigg | James Hope | Fowlds | FAI record – NAS "James Hopes Fowlds, miner, 45 East Whitburn Rows, died on 16 August 1917 in No. 2 Whitrigg Colliery, Whitburn Parish, Linlithgowshire, when a quantity of stones fell upon him" |
| 1917 | August | 17 | Bothwell Park Colliery | William | Jenkins | Newspaper report - Bothwell pages |
| 1917 | August | 20 | Klondyke Pit, Newcraighall | Robert | Wood | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
| 1917 | August | 24 | Mossbeath Colliery | Robert | Robson | Fall of material from roof. Dunfermline Journal 8 September 1917 - not yet transcribed |
| 1917 | August | 24 | No 1 Hamilton Palace Colliery | William | Kilpatrick | Fall of roof - FAI Notice Hamilton Advertiser 22 September 1917, Death cert & RCE |
| 1917 | August | 25 | NK (Burnbank area) | James | Young | FAI Notice Hamilton Advertiser 22 September 1917, Death cert & RCE |
| 1917 | August | 27 | Priory, Blantyre | Edward | McLaughlin | Newspaper report - Blantyre pages |
| 1917 | August | 28 | Priory, Blantyre | Thomas | Ferris | Newspaper report - Blantyre pages |
| 1917 | August | 29 | Shale Mine, Deans | Edward | O'Donnell | Newspaper report - Lothians pages NAS: Fatal Accident Inquiry: Edward O' Donnell, miner's drawer, 57 Glen Road, Livingston Station, died on 29 August 1917 in No. 4 Shale Mine, Deans, Bathgate Parish, Linlithgowshire, when a large piece of shale fell upon him |
| 1917 | August | 29 | Mary Pit | Dominic | Sherry | Fall of material from roof. Dunfermline Journal 8 September 1917 - not yet transcribed |
| 1917 | September | 1 | Woodmuir Colliery | Robert | Colquhoun | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
| 1917 | September | 1 | Loganlea | Archibald McCallum | Pate | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
| 1917 | September | 2 | NK Newarthill area | Benjamin | Lambie | Fall of stone from roof - FAI Notice Hamilton Advertiser 22 September 1917, Death cert |
| 1917 | September | 2 | NK (Dreghorn area) | Robert | Hamilton | FAI record – NAS & death cert. |
| 1917 | September | 3 | Snab Pit, Kinneil | Thomas | Young | FAI record – NAS "Thomas Young, miner, Dean Brae, Kinneil, Bo'ness, died on 3 September 1917 in No. 1 Snab Pit, Kinneil, Bo'ness, Linlithgowshire, when a quantity of blaes fell upon him" |
| 1917 | September | 13 | Balbardie | Henry | Easton | FAI record – NAS "Henry Easton, engineman, 51 High Street, Bathgate, died on 13 September 1917 in No. 2 Balbardie Pit, Hopetoun Colliery, Bathgate, Linlithgowshire, when his clothing was caught by a revolving shaft" |
| 1917 | September | 14 | Bardykes Colliery | John | White | Drawn into coal-cutting machine - FAI Notice Hamilton Advertiser 22 September 1917, Death cert |
| 1917 | September | 16 | Killochan Colliery | Alexander | Kay | Accidentally injured by burning on 7 Sept 1917 |
| 1917 | September | 25 | Greenfield Colliery | David | McBeth | Newspaper report - Hamilton pages |
| 1917 | September | 27 | Clyde Colliery | John | Harvie | Newspaper report - Hamilton pages |
| 1917 | September | 27 | Dalbeath Colliery | Arthur | Kingsford | Newspaper report - Beath pages |
| 1917 | September | 27 | NK (Overtown area) | Richard | Jones | Fall of stone crushed his neck against iron end of hutch - FAI Notice Hamilton Advertiser 3 November 1917, Death cert |
| 1917 | September | 28 | Tanspark | Archibald | McLiver | Newspaper report - Lothians pages NAS FAI : Fatal Accident Inquiry: Archibald McLiver, shale miner, Coronation Buildings, Broxburn, died on 28 September 1917 in No. 41 Fawnspark Shale Mine, parish of Abercorn, Linlithgowshire, when a quantity of blaes fell upon him |
| 1917 | October | 2 | No 1 Pit, Allanton Colliery | Thomas | Scott | Newspaper report - Hamilton pages |
| 1917 | October | 4 | Emily Pit, Arniston Colliery | John | Taylor | Killed by large stone falling upon him -FAI & death cert. |
| 1917 | October | 6 | Daldowie coal pit | John | Martin | FAI record & death cert. |
| 1917 | October | 14 | Barblues | Archibald | Buchanan | New Monkland accidents |
| 1917 | October | 15 | Gartshore Colliery | John | Dennington or Dinnington | FAI record – NAS & death cert. |
| 1917 | October | 20 | Lochhead Colliery | David | Rodger | Caught by a runaway hutch |
| 1917 | October | 21 | Mosside, Bathgate | Edward | Cain | FAI record – NAS "Edward Cain, mine roadsman, 28 Hopetoun Street, Bathgate, Linlithgowshire, died on 21 October 1917 at his house, from injuries sustained on 18 October 1917 in No. 1 Mosside Pit, Bathgate, when he was knocked down by a runaway hutch" |
| 1917 | October | 22 | Gateside Colliery | John | Clark | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
| 1917 | October | 27 | Leven Colliery | James | Livingstone | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
| 1917 | October | 30 | Bowhill Colliery | Robert | Lawson | Newspaper report - Auchterderran pages |
| 1917 | November | 1 | Aitken Colliery | Charles Robert | Laming | Newspaper report - Beath pages |
| 1917 | November | 6 | No 10 Pit, Rosehall | James | Docherty | FAI record – NAS & death cert. |
| 1917 | November | 13 | NK (Lesmahagow area) | Hugh | Donnachie | Pit Accident - FAI Notice Hamilton Advertiser 2 February 1918, Death cert |
| 1917 | November | 20 | Longrigg Colliery | Bernard | Garvie | FAI record – NAS & death cert. |
| 1917 | November | 21 | Dykehead Colliery | William | Hamilton | Newspaper report - Dalserf pages |
| 1917 | November | 22 | Shale Mine, Duddingston | James Ruthven | Stewart | FAI record – NAS "James Ruthven Stewart, miner, Sycamore Cottage, South Queensferry, Linlithgowshire, died on 22 November 1917 at home from injuries sustained on 16 November 1917 in No.1 Shale Mine, Duddingston, when a large quantity of blaes fell upon him" |
| 1917 | November | 25 | NK (Cambuslang area) | Denis | Dougan | Struck by broken handle of crane - FAI Notice Hamilton Advertiser 22 December 1917, Death cert & RCE |
| 1917 | November | 28 | Douglas Castle Colliery | Alexander | McVey | Struck by hutches - FAI Notice Hamilton Advertiser 2 February 1918, Death cert |
| 1917 | November | 29 | Fauldhead Colliery | William | Paterson | Newspaper report - Dumfriesshire pages |
| 1917 | November | 29 | Rosehall Colliery | William | Taggart | Rosehall No 12, Lanark, November 29 - The trailing cable of a coal-cutting machine had been jammed between the bango of the machine and the skids, and being at the same time stretched to its utmost limit, the connection to earth through the armouring was broken, owing to the armouring becoming detached from the gate·endbox. The machine being in contact with the live conductors became live itself, and the man, who had hold of the haulage rope, received a fatal shock. [From Mines & Quarries General Report with Statistics for 1917 By HM Chief Inspector of Mines, Table of fatal accidents due to use of electricity in and about mines] Name identified from FAI list & death certficate |
| 1917 | November | 30 | No 1 Pit Dixons Colliery Blantyre | Jonas | Aleksajtis | Run over by loaded hutch - FAI Notice Hamilton Advertiser 22 December 1917, Death cert |
| 1917 | December | 7 | Broomlands pit, Bourtreehall | William | Hay | Register of FAI - fall of stone |
| 1917 | December | 10 | Giffnock Colliery | Unknown | Unknown | Newspaper report - Heroism Award page |
| 1917 | December | 11 | NK (Blantyre area) | William | Chalmers | Fall of stone from roof (paraplegia 2 years) - FAI Notice Hamilton Advertiser 22 December 1917, Death cert |
| 1917 | December | 12 | Greenfield | David | Smith | Newspaper report - Hamilton pages |
| 1917 | December | 20 | Motherwell Colliery | Robert | Caldwell | Fall of stone from roof - FAI Notice Hamilton Advertiser 26 January 1918, Death cert & RCE |
| 1917 | December | 28 | Gateside Colliery, Dumfries | William | Stewart | Newspaper report - Dumfriesshire pages |