| Annual Report for 1930 as reported in the Glasgow
Herald 14 Nov 1931 Total 149 accidents resulting in 157 deaths |
| Year | Month | Day | Name of Colliery | First Name | Surname | Extra information/ Source |
| 1930 | January | 5 | Lindsay Colliery | David | Sinclair | Burning injuries after ignition of flammable gas on 2 Jan 1930. FAI report - Dunfermline Journal 8 February 1930 - not yet transcribed |
| 1930 | January | 6 | New Mine, Gilmerton Colliery | John | Gillies | Register of FAI -asphyxia following on being overcome by irrespirable gas |
| 1930 | January | 9 | Wellwood Colliery | Thomas | Wallace | Newspaper report - Fife pages FAI report - Dunfermline Journal 8 February 1930 - not yet transcribed |
| 1930 | January | 9 | Philpstoun Colliery | John | Murray | FAI record – NAS "John Murray, shale miner, Millbank Place, Uphall, died on 9 January 1930 at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, from injuries sustained on the same day in No. 6 Philpstoun Shale Mine, Whitequarries, West Lothian, when he was struck by a runaway hutch" |
| 1930 | January | 10 | No 1 Pit, Lumphinnans Colliery | Gabriel | McEwan | Injuries received in roof fall 3 Sept 1928. FAI report - Dunfermline Journal 8 February 1930 - not yet transcribed. Newspaper report - Beath pages |
| 1930 | January | 14 | Easthouses Colliery | Thomas | McQue | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
| 1930 | January | 23 | Bredisholm Colliery | John | Geddes | Newspaper report - Bothwell pages |
| 1930 | January | 25 | Garthamlock Colliery | Thomas | Wilson | Register of FAI -collapsed in the smithy and died from natural causes |
| 1930 | January | 27 | Oxenford Colliery | Hugh | Hollerin | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
| 1930 | February | 5 | Kames Colliery, Muirkirk | John | McCulloch | Newspaper Report - Muirkirk pages |
| 1930 | February | 8 | Glencraig Colliery | James | Moore | Newspaper report - Ballingry pages |
| 1930 | February | 11 | Haugh Colliery | William | Sinclair | Newspaper report - Stirlingshire pages |
| 1930 | February | 12 | Loganlea Colliery | Robert | Strickland | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
| 1930 | February | 14 | Carberry Colliery | James | Denholm | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
| 1930 | February | 15 | Brucefield Colliery | Alexander | Stewart | Newspaper Report - Clackmannan accident pages |
| 1930 | February | 17 | NK - Newtongange area | George Scott Lambie | Walker | Fractured skull - injury received at work |
| 1930 | February | 18 | Valleyfield Colliery | James | Martin | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
| 1930 | February | 21 | Fauldhead Colliery | Thomas | Nichol | Newspaper report - Dumfriesshire pages |
| 1930 | February | 25 | Lethans Colliery | David | Finlayson | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
| 1930 | March | 1 | Parkhead Colliery | James | Baird | Newspaper report - Bothwell pages |
| 1930 | March | 4 | Shawfield Colliery | John | Smith | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
| 1930 | March | 7 | Hassockrigg Colliery | John | King | Headstone |
| 1930 | March | 7 | Lady Victoria | George | Burnett | Natural causes |
| 1930 | March | 14 | Woolmet | Robert | Benn | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
| 1930 | March | 18 | Emily Coal Pit | William | Munro | Crushed by fall of stone - FAI & death cert. |
| 1930 | March | 27 | Balbardie | James | Adams | FAI record – NAS "James Adams Junior, haulage boy, 36B High Street, Bathgate, died on 27 March 1930 at the Ambulance Room in No. 2 Balbardie Pit, Hopetoun Collieries, Bathgate, when a piece of stone fell from the side of the road upon him" |
| 1930 | March | 30 | Jenny Gray | John | Cook | Newspaper report - Auchterderran pages FAI report - Dunfermline Journal 31 May 1930 - not yet transcribed |
| 1930 | March | 31 | Rosehall | Peter | Dollan | Newspaper report - Old Monkland pages |
| 1930 | April | 1 | Quarter Colliery | John | Ferguson | Headstone |
| 1930 | April | 2 | Shettleston | Anthony | Ludovicz | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
| 1930 | April | 5 | Kirkconnel | Charles | Wood | Newspaper report - Dumfriesshire pages |
| David | Little | |||||
| 1930 | April | 11 | Roughcastle | George | Neilson | Newspaper report - Stirlingshire pages |
| 1930 | April | 13 | Carbonado, USA (Native of Overtown) | William | Smith | Newspaper report - Cambusnethan pages |
| 1930 | April | 15 | Quarter | John | Ferguson | Newspaper report - Dalserf pages |
| 1930 | April | 18 | Kinneil | William | Rollett | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
| 1930 | April | 18 | Blairhall | Henry | Hogg | Newspaper report - Fife pages. FAI report - Dunfermline Journal 31 May 1930 - not yet transcribed |
| 1930 | April | 23 | Blantyre Ferme | Alexander | Aird | Newspaper report - Bothwell pages |
| 1930 | April | 26 | Woolmet | Nisbet | Middleton | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
| 1930 | April | 27 | Arniston | Richard Greenwood | Chatham | Fell down pit shaft |
| 1930 | April | 29 | Blairhall | David | Muir | Newspaper report - Fife pages FAI report - Dunfermline Journal 31 May 1930 - not yet transcribed |
| 1930 | May | 5 | Blantyre | Robert | Nimmo | Newspaper report - Blantyre pages |
| 1930 | May | 5 | Clyde Colliery | Patrick | McFarlane | FAI & death cert |
| 1930 | May | 10 | Priory, Blantyre | William | Stewart | Newspaper report - Blantyre pages |
| 1930 | May | 17 | Glencraig Colliery | Thomas | Strachan | Heart failure |
| 1930 | May | 23 | Wilson Mine, Douglas | Thomas | Smith | FAI - NAS and death certificate |
| 1930 | May | 26 | Carnock Colliery, Stirlingshire | James Scott | Jeffrey | Newspaper report - Stirlingshire pages |
| 1930 | May | 27 | Minto | Thomas | Maton | Newspaper report - Auchterderran pages FAI report - Dunfermline Journal 19 July 1930 - not yet transcribed |
| 1930 | June | 4 | Southrigg | John | Galbraith | FAI record – NAS " John Galbraith, miner, 4 Stanley Road, Harthill, died on 4 June 1930 at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, from injuries sustained on 29 May 1930 in No. 2 Pit, Southrigg Colliery, Whitburn, when he was run over by a rake of hutches" |
| 1930 | June | 10 | Woolmet | Frank | Gibson | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
| 1930 | June | 14 | Mauldslie | Robert | Sneddon | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
| 1930 | June | 17 | Gore/Emily Pit, Arniston | Robert | Smeaton | With thanks to Maxine Adam for providing this information |
| 1930 | June | 22 | Cadzow | John | Sinclair | Newspaper report - Hamilton pages |
| 1930 | June | 23 | Lady Victoria | John | Smith | Fall of stones |
| 1930 | June | 24 | Deans shale mine | Henry | Meikle | Newspaper report - Lothians pages NAS: Fatal Accident Inquiry: Henry Meikle, miner, Lantin Road, East Calder, died on 24 June 1930 at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, from injuries sustained on the same day in No. 5 Shale Mine Deans, West Lothian, when a charge of gunpowder which he was inserting into a shot hole exploded |
| 1930 | June | 27 | Glencraig Colliery | David | Webster | Fall of roof - article in Dunfermline Journal 5 July 1929 not yet transcribed. FAI report - Dunfermline Journal 19 July 1930 - not yet transcribed |
| 1930 | July | 1 | Canderigg Colliery | James | McLuskie | Head stone and death cert. - Fall of stone from roof |
| 1930 | July | 3 | Mossbeath Colliery | Allan | Craig | Natural causes - with thanks to Jennifer Craig for this information |
| 1930 | July | 4 | Minto | Archibald | Connor | Newspaper report - Auchterderran pages. FAI report - Dunfermline Journal 19 July 1930 - not yet transcribed |
| 1930 | July | 4 | Hillhouserigg | Joseph | Storrie | Newspaper report - Shotts pages |
| 1930 | July | 4 | Kinneil | James | Baillie | FAI record – NAS "James Baillie, mine fireman, 96 Stoneburn Terrace, Bo'ness, died on 4 July 1930 in the Furnaceyard Pit at Kinneil Colliery, Bo'ness, when a stone fell from the roof on him" |
| 1930 | July | 8 | Bowhill Colliery | David | Rutherford | Fall of roof - article in Dunfermline Journal 12 July 1929 only partly legible. FAI report - Dunfermline Journal 19 July 1930 - not yet transcribed |
| 1930 | July | 15 | Polkemmet | Alexander | McNeil | FAI record – NAS "Alexander McNeil, coal miner, 63 South Street, Armadale, died on 15 July 1930 at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, from septic poisoning resulting from injury sustained on 1 July 1930 in Polkemmet Colliery, Whitburn, when a stone fell from the roof on his right foot" |
| 1930 | July | 19 | NK - Tannochside area | John | Lochrie | Blood poisoning following injury to hand by fall of stone |
| 1930 | July | 28 | Bowhill Colliery | Adam | Brown | Fall of roof - article in Dunfermline Journal 25 Oct 1929 not yet transcribed |
| 1930 | July | 28 | NK - Hamilton area | James | Reid | With thanks to the anonymous contributor of this information |
| 1930 | July | 29 | Braehead | Patrick | McCafferty | FAI record – NAS "Patrick McCafferty, coal miner, Shotts Road, Fauldhouse, died on 29 July 1930 at or near to the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, when a stone fell upon him in Breahead Colliery, Fauldhouse" |
| 1930 | August | 6 | Kames, Muirkirk | John | Dodds | Newspaper Report - Muirkirk pages |
| 1930 | August | 6 | Garriongill | John | McEnhill | Newspaper report - Cambusnethan pages |
| 1930 | August | 7 | Easton | Robert | Thomson | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
| 1930 | August | 15 | Woolmet | Thomas | Davis | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
| 1930 | August | 25 | Lindsay | William | Boyd | Newspaper report - Beath pages |
| 1930 | August | 29 | Frances | William | Beall | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
| 1930 | August | 29 | Kinglassie Colliery | William | Menzies | Knocked down by hutch - article in Dunfermline Journal 25 Oct 1929 not yet transcribed |
| 1930 | August | 30 | Auchinraith | Richard Cowan | Dunsmuir | Newspaper report - Auchinraith page |
| Andreas | Kalinsky | |||||
| Richard | King | |||||
| Joseph | Regan | |||||
| George | Shorthouse | |||||
| William | Sprott | |||||
| 1930 | August | 30 | Gateside | William | Arbuckle | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
| 1930 | August | 30 | Shettleston Colliery | William | Robertson | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
| 1930 | September | 2 | Gateside | Robert | Lorimer | Newspaper report - Dumfriesshire pages |
| 1930 | September | 9 | Wellesley | Alexander | Thomson | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
| 1930 | September | 15 | Philpstoun | William Cairns | Moore | FAI record – NAS "William Cairns Moore, mine pony driver, Rosebank, Threemiletown, Linlithgow, died on 15 September 1930 in No. 1 Shale Mine Philpstoun, Abercorn Parish, West Lothian, when he was crushed between a moving and stationary rake of tubs" |
| 1930 | September | 28 | Michael, Fife | William | Rodger | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
| 1930 | October | 9 | Woodhall | Archibald | McAteer | Newspaper Report - New Monkland pages |
| 1930 | October | 13 | Roslin Colliery | Walter Davidson | Kerr | FAI - NAS and death certificate |
| 1930 | October | 15 | Deans shale mine | John | Kimmet | Newspaper report - Lothians pages NAS: Fatal Accident Inquiry: John Kimmett, miner's drawer, 30 Starlaw Rows, Bathgate, died on 15 October 1930 at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, from injuries sustained on 14 October 1930 in No. 5 Shale Mine Deans, when a piece of shale fell from the roof on him |
| 1930 | October | 17 | Bankend | Thomas | Robb | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
| 1930 | October | 20 | Minto Colliery | Thomas | Delaney | Fall of stone - article in Dunfermline Journal 25 Oct 1929 not yet transcribed |
| 1930 | October | 22 | Bannockburn Colliery | Victor James | Haughton | Newspaper report - Stirlingshire pages |
| 1930 | October | 23 | Ayrshire (exact location unknown) | Gilbert | Aird | Newspaper report - Ayrshire pages |
| 1930 | October | 24 | Bowhill Colliery | John | Smith | Fall of roof - article in Dunfermline Journal 20 Dec 1929 not yet transcribed |
| 1930 | October | 27 | Gartshore | Thomas | Smith | Newspaper Report - Dunbartonshire accidents |
| 1930 | October | 27 | Arniston Coal Co | George | King | FAI - NAS and death certificate |
| 1930 | October | 27 | Shewalton | John | Shields | FAI - NAS and death certificate |
| 1930 | October | 28 | Skellyton Colliery | Hugh | Lynch | Headstone |
| 1930 | November | 3 | Emily Pit, Arniston | David | Bell | FAI - NAS and death certificate |
| 1930 | November | 3 | Polkemmet | Robert | Glasgow | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
| 1930 | November | 13 | Craigend | John | Henderson | Newspaper report - Stirlingshire pages |
| 1930 | November | 14 | No 2 Whitehill | James | Finn | FAI - NAS and death certificate |
| 1930 | November | 17 | Donibristle | John | Scott | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
| 1930 | November | 18 | Deans Shale Pit | John | Hynds | FAI record – NAS " John Hynds, miner's drawer, 8 Deans Rows, Bathgate, died on 18 November 1930 in no. 5 Shale Mine Deans, when he was crushed between a runaway back-balance hutch and a tree" |
| 1930 | December | 6 | Barrachnie | Michael | Kane or Keane | Newspaper report - Old Monkland pages |
| 1930 | December | 9 | Alice Pit, Fordell | Andrew | Gibson | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
| 1930 | December | 11 | Enterkine | Andrew | McNeillie | Accident page |
| John | Gourlay | |||||
| James | Reddick | |||||
| 1930 | December | 12 | Polkemmet | Thomas | Martin or Blair | FAI record – NAS "Thomas Blair known as Thomas Martin, haulage-man, Longridge, died on 12 December 1930 at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, from injuries sustained on the same day in Polkemmet Colliery, Whitburn, when his clothing was caught in the driving shaft of a motor engine" |
| 1930 | December | 12 | Preston Links Colliery | John | McCrae | Crushed between roof bar and moving loaded hutch |
| 1930 | December | 15 | Prestongrange Colliery | Alexander | Archibald | Fall of stone |
| 1930 | December | 16 | Hamilton Palace | Thomas | McConaghy | Newspaper report - Bothwellhaugh pages |
| 1930 | December | 17 | Bowhill Colliery | James | Conlan | Struck by runaway hutch. FAI report - Dunfermline Journal 31 January 1931 - not yet transcribed |
| 1930 | December | 18 | Wester Gartshore | William | Wilson | FAI record – NAS & death cert |
| 1930 | December | 20 | Highfield Dalry | James | Auchie | FAI record – NAS & death cert |
| 1930 | December | 20 | Glencraig Colliery | George | Rattray | Asphyxiated by roof fall. FAI report - Dunfermline Journal 31 January 1931 - not yet transcribed |
| 1930 | December | 24 | Foulshiels | James | Scott | FAI record – NAS "James Scott, tub coupler, 8 Strathlie Terrace, Stoneyburn, died on 24 December 1930 in Foulshiels Colliery, Stoneyburn, when he was crushed between a full tub and the roof" |
| 1930 | December | 24 | Fauldhead | Robert | Hyslop | Newspaper report - Dumfriesshire pages |
| 1930 | December | 25 | Branchal | John | McGowan | Newspaper report - Cambusnethan pages |
| 1930 | December | 30 | Cambuslang | Hugh | McMenemy | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |