| Statistics for 1931 - from the Report of the HM
Inspector of Mines for 1932 - Scottish Division Total 115 accidents resulting in 132 deaths Explosions of firedamp or coal dust – 3 accidents/ 17 deaths Falls of side & roof – 62 accidents/ 65 deaths Shaft accidents – 5 accidents/ 5 deaths Underground haulage accidents – 19 accidents/ 19 deaths Misc. Underground accident – 15 accidents/ 15 deaths On surface – 11 accidents/ 11 deaths |
| Year | Month | Day | Name of Colliery | First Name | Surname | Extra information/ Source |
| 1931 | January | 5 | Lindsay | David | Sinclair | Newspaper report - Beath pages |
| 1931 | January | 10 | Priory | William Dick | Hill | Newspaper report - Blantyre pages |
| 1931 | January | 16 | Kenmuir Colliery | Edward | Queen | Fall of stone from roof |
| 1931 | January | 19 | Woolmet Colliery | John | Wright | Newspaper report - Lothians pages Thanks to Tony Wright for supplying the name of this casualty |
| 1931 | January | 22 | Auchengeich | Robert | Gray | Newspaper report - Auchengeich 1931 |
| Edward | Haughey | |||||
| Daniel | Henery | |||||
| James | O'Donnell | |||||
| James | Shearer | |||||
| James | Smith | |||||
| 1931 | January | 27 | Hassockridge | John | Swan | Newspaper report - Shotts pages |
| 1931 | January | 30 | Polton Colliery | Andrew | Sinclair | Natural causes |
| 1931 | January | 31 | Braidhurst | Robert | Paton | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
| 1931 | February | 2 | Kames, Muirkirk | Owen | McGarry | Newspaper Report - Muirkirk pages |
| 1931 | February | 3 | Gore Pit, Arniston Colliery | John | Aitchison | Fall of stone from roof |
| 1931 | February | 7 | Whitrigg | Alexander | Carr | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
| 1931 | February | 13 | Rimmon | Andrew | Britton | Newspaper report - Shotts pages |
| 1931 | February | 19 | Furnaceyard | Edward | Downie | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
| 1931 | February | 21 | Viewpark | John | Anderson | Newspaper report - Bothwell pages |
| 1931 | February | 21 | Moat Colliery, Roslin | Alexander | Henderson | Accidental explosion of gelignite |
| 1931 | February | 22 | Dewshill Colliery | Benjamin | Murphy | Fall of coal |
| 1931 | February | 24 | Lassodie | Thomas | Woodrow | Newspaper report - Beath pages |
| 1931 | February | 27 | Shawfield Colliery | Andrew | Stein | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
| 1931 | February | 28 | Broomhouse | Patrick | Carroll | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
| 1931 | March | 8 | Woolmet | James | Porteous | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
| 1931 | March | 10 | Burghlee Colliery | George | Cairns | Fall of stone |
| 1931 | March | 10 | Ardenrigg | Joseph | McLaughlin | Injuries sustained 22 Nov 1927 by inhaling gelignite fumes following shot |
| 1931 | March | 11 | Swinhill Colliery | Thomas | Hamilton | Fall of stone. Headstone & death cert. |
| 1931 | March | 16 | Mossbeath | William | Burt | Newspaper report - Beath pages |
| 1931 | March | 18 | Wellsgreen | Thomas | Gilbert | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
| 1931 | March | 21 | Oldhall | Archibald | Cook | Newspaper report - Ayrshire pages |
| 1931 | March | 24 | Glencraig | Henry | Hutchison | Newspaper report - Ballingry pages |
| 1931 | March | 26 | Auchengeich | Alexander | Ryan | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
| Francis | McManus | |||||
| 1931 | March | 27 | Shaws Coal Depot | George | West | Crushed by coal waggon |
| 1931 | March | 31 | Duddingston | John Cunningham Marshall | Roberts | FAI record - NAS " John Cunningham Marshall Roberts, shale miner, 9 Hillwood Place, South Queensferry, West Lothian, died on 31 March 1931 at his house, from injuries sustained on 2 June 1930 in No. 1 Shale Mine, Duddingston, when shale fell upon him" |
| 1931 | April | 3 | Millhall | Robert Paterson | Fraser | Death cert only |
| 1931 | April | 4 | Broomhouse Colliery | John | Jack | Injuries sustained on 25 March 1931 when crushed between loaded hutch and roof |
| 1931 | April | 16 | Aitken | Thomas Watson | Hunter | Newspaper report - Beath pages |
| 1931 | April | 23 | Bowhill | John | Gormley | Newspaper report of FAI (only partly legible) |
| 1931 | May | 2 | Mary Pit | John | Copeland | Newspaper report - Ballingry pages |
| 1931 | May | 6 | Greenrigg | Andrew | Blair | FAI record - NAS " Andrew Blair, shot firer, 3 Minthill Place, Eastfield, Harthill, died on 6 May 1931 at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, from injuries sustained on 1 May 1931 in No. 1 Pit, Greenrigg Colliery, Whitburn Parish, West Lothian, when gunpowder which he was carrying in his hands ignited" |
| 1931 | May | 14 | Lumphinnans | Charles | Conway | Newspaper report - Beath pages |
| 1931 | May | 14 | Glencraig | Patrick | Wheelan | Newspaper report - Auchterderran pages |
| 1931 | May | 15 | Glencraig | James | Donachie | Newspaper report - Ballingry pages |
| 1931 | May | 31 | Lumphinnans | John | Wallace | Newspaper report - Beath pages |
| 1931 | June | 3 | Kirkford | David Cook | Galloway | Newspaper report - Beath pages |
| 1931 | June | 9 | NK - Loanhead area | James Munro | Russell | Fall of stone |
| 1931 | June | 15 | Whitrigg | Donald | Ross | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
| 1931 | June | 16 | Aitken | Andrew | Rennie | Newspaper report - Beath pages |
| 1931 | June | 17 | Prestonlinks | James | Foley | Struck by bar that fell from roof |
| 1931 | June | 18 | Brora | Benjamin | Bryden | Newspaper report - Other areas |
| 1931 | June | 18 | Gartshore | Hugh | Fitzsimmons | Newspaper report - Dunbartonshire pages |
| 1931 | June | 24 | Bannockburn | James | McQuirter | Newspaper report - Stirlingshire pages |
| 1931 | July | 5 | Carberry | Alexander Salkeld | Brown | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
| 1931 | July | 8 | Shettleston | Daniel | Doherty | Fractured spine on 24 June 1924 by fall of stone from roof |
| 1931 | July | 11 | Valleyfield | David | Strathie | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
| 1931 | July | 15 | Fauldhead | David | Black | Kirkconnel Miners memorial and death certificate |
| 1931 | July | 16 | NK - Hamilton area | William Richmond | Gray | Death cert & RCE - Fall of stone from roof |
| 1931 | July | 27 | Fauldhead | Robert | Stewart | Newspaper report - Dumfriesshire pages |
| 1931 | July | 28 | No 3 pit Sundrum | John | Wagstaff | With thanks to the anonymous contributor of this information |
| 1931 | August | 1 | Nk (Stirling area) | Thomas | Hamilton | Death cert & RCE |
| 1931 | August | 3 | Douglas Castle | Richard | Gibson | FAI record - NAS & death cert. |
| 1931 | August | 22 | Prestonlinks Colliery | David Mitchell | Gordon | Knocked down by hutches |
| 1931 | August | 28 | Mary Pit | Joseph | Garrity | Newspaper report - Ballingry pages |
| 1931 | August | 30 | Polmaise | William | Hutton | Newspaper report - Stirlingshire pages |
| 1931 | August | 19 | Cardowan | Alexander | Morrison | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
| 1931 | September | 1 | Randolph | Alexander | Adamson | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
| 1931 | September | 2 | Newtongrange | Thomas | Robertson | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
| 1931 | September | 9 | Foulford | John | Simpson | Newspaper report - Beath pages |
| 1931 | September | 9 | NK Wilsontown area | George | Cook | FAI record - NAS & death cert. |
| 1931 | September | 12 | Wellesley | Blyth | Davidson | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
| James | Mann | |||||
| 1931 | September | 15 | Lochore | Gavin | Currie | Newspaper report - Ballingry pages |
| 1931 | September | 28 | Aitken | Thomas | Moore | Newspaper report - Beath pages |
| 1931 | September | 31 | Carberry | Thomas | Storrie | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
| 1931 | October | 18 | Carriden | George | Morgan | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
| 1931 | October | 22 | Dewshill Colliery | Alexander | McLeod | Crushed by rake of hutches |
| 1931 | October | 29 | Broxburn | Henry | Sneddon | Newspaper report - Lothians pages NAS: Fatal Accident Inquiry: Henry Sneddon, miner, Kirkhill Park, Broxburn, died on 29 October 1931 in No. 35 Shale Mine, Threemiletown, Ecclesmachen Parish, when a quantity of shale fell upon him |
| 1931 | October | 29 | Mossbeath | John | McHale | Newspaper report - Beath pages |
| 1931 | October | 30 | Blairhall | John | Cook | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
| 1931 | October | 31 | Arniston | Peter | Toole | With thanks to an anonymous contributor for this information |
| 1931 | October | 31 | Bowhill | James Martin | Anderson (formerly Cairns) | Newspaper report - Bowhill page |
| Alexander | Dempster | |||||
| William Bruce | Dodds | |||||
| John Rattray | Donaldson | |||||
| Charles Baxter | Fernie | |||||
| William | Ireland | |||||
| James Drummond | Paterson | |||||
| Andrew | Smith | |||||
| Thomas | Smith | |||||
| James | Smith | |||||
| 1931 | November | 3 | Tannochside | James | Frew | Newspaper report - Bothwell pages |
| John Stark | Reid | |||||
| 1931 | November | 6 | Annbank | Thomas Clark | Bowman | Newspaper report - Ayrshire pages |
| 1931 | November | 8 | No 2 Greenfield Colliery | Archibald Wilson | Archibald | Death cert - Fall of rock |
| 1931 | November | 9 | Loganlea | John | Richmond | With thanks to Davina Owen for this information |
| 1931 | November | 11 | Dundonald, Fife | William | Gray | Newspaper report - Auchterderran pages |
| 1931 | November | 11 | Furnaceyard | James | Sneddon | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
| 1931 | November | 18 | Lochhead | Thomas | Anderson | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
| 1931 | November | 19 | Deans Shale Pit | Alexander Gibb | Sutherland | FAI record - NAS "Alexander Gibb Sutherland, shale miner, Deans Farm, Bathgate, died on 19 November 1931 in No. 4 Mine Deans, Bathgate, West Lothian, when a piece of shale fell from the roof upon him" |
| 1931 | November | 24 | Manor Powis | Robert | Begg | Newspaper report - Stirlingshire pages |
| 1931 | December | 7 | Blantyreferme | George | McMichael | Newspaper report - Bothwell pages |
| 1931 | December | 10 | Rosehall | Frank | Millar | Newspaper report - Bothwell pages |
| 1931 | December | 17 | Thankerton Colliery | James McFadyen | Doyle | Fall of coal. FAI record - NAS & death cert. |
| 1931 | December | 19 | Whistleberry | John | Gardner | Newspaper report - Blantyre pages |
| 1931 | December | 21 | Drumley | William | Black | Newspaper report - Ayrshire pages |
| 1931 | December | 29 | Nellie Colliery | Alexander | Sinclair | Death cert and headstone |