| Year | Month | Day | Colliery | District | First Name | Surname | Age | Occupation | Cause | Extra information/ Source |
| 1940 | January | 5 | Carberry | Midlothian | Henry Davidson | Hamilton | 47 | Coal miner | Struck by hutch | Newspaper report - Lothian pages |
| 1940 | January | 5 | Blantyreferme | Lanarkshire | Hugh | Davis | 61 | Injuries sustained while at work through being whirled round a driving shaft | With thanks to Jean Davis for providing this information Newspaper report - Bothwell pages | |
| 1940 | January | 6 | Mary Colliery | Fife | Duncan | McGalloway | 54 | Colliery washerman | Suffocation | Newspaper report - Ballingry pages |
| 1940 | January | 7 | Frances Colliery | Fife | Andrew Galloway Coventry | Henderson | 24 | coal miner | Fall of stone | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
| 1940 | January | 9 | Minto Colliery | Fife | William | Suttie | 52 | shot firer | Found dead after firing shot | Newspaper report - Auchterderran pages |
| 1940 | January | 11 | Easton | Lothian | Thomas | Cairns | Ash boy | Buried by a quantity of gum | NAS catalogue - FAI " Thomas Cairns, ash-boy, 19 Glenmavis Drive, Bathgate, died on 11 January 1940 within a gum bunker at Easton Colliery, Bathgate, when he was buried by a quantity of gum" | |
| 1940 | January | 12 | Fordel Mains | Midlothian | James | Hogg | 24 | Drawer | NK | NAS catalogue - FAI & death cert |
| 1940 | January | 14 | Foulshiels | Lothian | James | Laughlin | Stripper | Fall of roof | NAS catalogue - FAI "James Laughlin, miner (stripper), 20 Auchenhard Terrace, Stoneyburn, died on 14 January 1940 in Foulshiels Colliery, Stoneyburn, when a quantity of material fell from the roof upon his head" | |
| 1940 | January | 14 | Murhead, Harthll | Lanarkshire | Wilson Greig | McLaughlin | 67 | Pithead worker | Crushed by waggons | Glasgow Herald 15 January 1940 p4, col6 |
| 1940 | January | 16 | Carberry | Midlothian | John | McLean | 70 | Contractor | Struck by hutch | Newspaper report - Lothian pages |
| 1940 | January | 25 | Bowhill Colliery | Fife | Edward Graham | Arthur | 52 | waggon shunter | Natural causes | |
| 1940 | January | 26 | Gateside | Lanarkshire | Patrick | Bagan | 47 | Miner | Fall of roof | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
| 1940 | February | 3 | Mary Colliery | Fife | Robert Murdoch | Morton | 49 | coal miner (repairer) | Natural causes | |
| 1940 | February | 4 | Ayr No 10 Mine | Ayrshire | William | Lang | 32 | Injuries sustained while in the course of his employment when a shot was fired in No 5 road in the Jewel Coal Long Wall Section in the underground working of Ayr No 10 Mine, Parish of Tarbolton Ayrshire. Death due to fracture of the base of the skull | Newspaper report - Muirkirk pages | |
| 1940 | February | 6 | Kames Colliery | Ayrshire | Robert Kay | Girvan | 35 | colliery repairer | Multiple fractures | Muirkirk memorial & death cert |
| 1940 | February | 14 | Bardykes | Lanarkshire | Alexander | Hutchison | miner | Fall of stone |
Glasgow Herald 15 February 1940 page 5 col1 Newspaper report - Blantyre pages | |
| 1940 | February | 15 | Bowhill Colliery | Fife | James | Murphy | coal miner | Framework of haulage wheel fell on him | NAS catalogue - FAI "James Murphy, coal miner, 32 Eighteenth Street, Bowhill, died on 15 Feb 1940 in Kirkcaldy Hospital, Kirkcaldy, from injuries sustained on 13 Feb 1940 at Bowhill Colliery, Auchterderran Parish, Fife, when the framework of a haulage wheel fell on him" Newspaper report - Auchterderran pages | |
| 1940 | February | 25 | Easton | Lothian | John | Brophy | Coal miner | Fall of rock | Newspaper report - Lothian pages | |
| 1940 | March | 1 | Polmaise | Stirlingshire | William James | Smith | 30 | Miner's brusher | Struck by large stone | Newspaper report - Stirlingshire pages |
| 1940 | March | 7 | Glen Sannox Barytes mine | Arran | James | Harkness | miner | Fall of stone | Glasgow Herald 8 March 1940 page 5 col5 | |
| 1940 | March | 9 | Whitrigg | Lothian | James | Liddell | Coal miner | Fall of coal | NAS catalogue - FAI "James Liddell, coal miner, West Main Street, Blackburn, died on 9 March 1940 at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, from injuries sustained on 7 June 1939 in No.5 Whitrigg Colliery, Whitburn, West Lothian, when a large piece of coal fell from the face of his working place on him" | |
| 1940 | March | 13 | Auchengeich | Lanarkshire | Henry | Bell | Knocked down by a rake of runaway hutches | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages | ||
| 1940 | March | 15 | Kingshill Colliery | Lanarkshire | James Walker | McAra | 36 | coal miner | Fall of roof | NAS catalogue - FAI & death cert |
| 1940 | March | 15 | Bardykes | Lanarkshire | George | Logan | 17 | pithead worker | Fell down shaft | Newspaper report - Blantyre pages |
| 1940 | March | 17 | Woolmet | Lothian | William Alexander Kerr | Marr | With thanks to John Rennie for this information | |||
| 1940 | March | 24 | Frances | Fife | David | Wright | 23 | coal miner | Injured by coal-cutting machine | NAS catalogue - FAI. Please note a David Wright 1939 is listed on the Frances Colliery Memorial. We have been unable to locate a 1939 death and believe the year to be an error Newspaper report - Fife pages |
| 1940 | April | 1 | Old Hall Pit, Irvine | Ayrshire | Thomas | McCulloch | 60 | hewer | Crushed by rock fall | With thanks to Jim Irvine for this information |
| 1940 | April | 5 | Michael Colliery | Fife | Henry Robertson | Follen | 17 | coal miner | Crushed by hutches | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
| 1940 | April | 6 | Michael Colliery | Fife | Joseph | Chalmers | 65 | coal miner | NK - head injuries | NAS catalogue - FAI |
| 1940 | April | 10 | Bowhill Colliery | Fife | David | Brown | coal miner | Tetanus after wound to left hand | NAS catalogue - FAI "David Brown, coal miner, 12 Cluny Square, Cardenden, died on 10 Apr 1940 in Kirkcaldy Hospital, Kirkcaldy, from injuries sustained on 22 Mar 1940 at Bowhill Colliery, Auchterderran Parish, Fife" Newspaper report - Auchterderran pages | |
| 1940 | April | 12 | Gateside | Lanarkshire | Robert | Broadley | 38 | Miner | Struck by hutch | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
| 1940 | April | 17 | Michael Colliery | Fife | John | Smith | 67 | Labourer | Run over by race of waggons | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
| 1940 | April | 25 | Michael Colliery | Fife | David | McColl | 68 | Fireman | Natural causes | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
| 1940 | April | 26 | Carriden | Lothian | Christopher | O'Brien | surface labourer | Crushed between two wagons | Newspaper report - Lothian pages | |
| 1940 | April | 26 | Glencraig Colliery | Fife | James | Duncan | coal miner | Fall of roof | NAS catalogue - FAI " James Duncan, coal miner, 3 Parkview Place, Lochgelly, died on 26 Apr 1940 in West Fife Hospital, Dunfirmline, from injuries sustained on 7 Feb 1940 at Glencraig Colliery, Ballingry Parish, Fife, by a fall from the roof of his working place" Newspaper report - Auchterderran pages | |
| 1940 | May | 6 | Wilsontown Colliery | Lanarkshire | Robert Young | Simpson | 46 | coal miner | Fall of stone from roof | NAS catalogue - FAI & death certificate |
| 1940 | May | 10 | Dumbreck Colliery | Stirlingshire | James Wright | Chalmers | 38 | coal miner (drawer) | Fall of stone from roof | Glasgow Herald 13 May 1940 page 5 col3 |
| 1940 | May | 13 | NK (Usual residence Twechar) | Dunbartonshire | John | Tervit | 53 | machineman | Myocardial degeneration after injuries to leg on 14 April 1940 | NAS catalogue - FAI & death certificate |
| 1940 | May | 20 | Wester Auchengeich | Dunbartonshire | Gavin | Love | 32 | Brusher | Fall of stone | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
| 1940 | May | 31 | Easter Gartshore | Dunbartonshire | Richard | O'Raw | With thanks to Linda Robbins and Anne Russell who both provided information on this accident Newspaper report | |||
| William Edward | Burns | |||||||||
| 1940 | June | 14 | Cardowan | Lanarkshire | Thomas | Russell | 30 | Death by coal gas poisoning | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages | |
| 1940 | June | 14 | Furnaceyard | Lothian | Alexander Allan | Snedden | Coal miner | Crushed by tub | Newspaper report - Lothian pages | |
| 1940 | June | 22 | Arniston | Lothian | Robert Kerr | McMillan | 17 | Drawer | Knocked down by a runaway hutch | Newspaper report - Lothian pages |
| 1940 | June | 29 | Dewshill Colliery | Lanarkshire | George | Findlay | 30 | coal cutting machineman | Fall of stone from roof | Newspaper report - Shotts pages |
| 1940 | July | 4 | South Africa, native of Cambuslang | NA | Robert | Lewis | 54 | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages | ||
| 1940 | July | 9 | Westmains | Lothian | Robert | Biggart | Miner | Fall of material from roof | Newspaper report - Lothian pages | |
| 1940 | July | 20 | NK - Crosshouse area | Ayrshire | John Hamilton | Taylor | Fireclay worker | caught in machinery | NAS FAI & death cert. | |
| 1940 | July | 25 | Bowhill Colliery | Fife | John | Mitchell | 35 | coal miner | Fall of roof | NAS catalogue - FAI "John Mitchell, coal miner, 7 Carden Crescent, Cardenden, died on 25 Jul 1940 in the underground workings at Bowhill Colliery, Auchterderran Parish, Fife, by a fall of material from the roof of his working place" Newspaper report - Auchterderran pages |
| 1940 | July | 26 | Minto Colliery | Fife | Andrew | Kellock | coal miner | Fall of roof | NAS catalogue - FAI "Andrew Kellock, coal miner, 13 George Street, Cowdenbeath, died on 26 Jul 1940 in the underground workings at Minto Colliery, Auchterderran Parish, Fife, by a fall of material from the roof of his working place" Newspaper report - Auchterderran pages | |
| 1940 | July | 27 | Furnaceyard | Lothian | Richard | Mulholland | Brusher | Found dead | NAS catalogue - FAI "Richard Mulholland, coal miner (brusher), 28 Castleloan, Bo'ness, died on 27 July 1940 in Furnaceyard Pit, Kinneil Colliery, Bo'ness, West Lothian, where he was found dead in the Smithy Coal Section" | |
| 1940 | August | 17 | Wellesley Colliery | Fife | Donald | McDonald | 32 | coal miner | Crushed by hutch | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
| 1940 | August | 19 | Auchengeich | Lanarkshire | John | Reilly | 60 | Fall of roof |
Glasgow Herald 20 Aug 1940
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Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages | |
| 1940 | August | 23 | Wellesley Colliery | Fife | William | Speed | 77 | colliery blacksmith | Fell down water channel | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
| 1940 | August | 23 | Millhall Colliery | Stirlingshire | John | Penman | 36 | colliery underground fireman | NK - crush injuries | Death cert only |
| 1940 | August | 29 | Nellie Colliery | Fife | Edward James Brown | Provan | coal miner | Fall of roof | NAS catalogue - FAI "Edward James Brown Provan, coal miner, 4 Clune Crescent, died on 29 Aug 1940 at West Fife Hospital, Dunfermline, from injuries sustained on the same day at The Nellie Colliery, Auchterderran Parish, Fife, by a fall of material from the roof" Newspaper report - Fife pages | |
| 1940 | September | 2 | Polkemmet | West Lothian | James | Dryburgh | 17 | clipper | Crushed by hutches | Newspaper report - Lothian pages |
| 1940 | September | 6 | Quarter Colliery | Lanarkshire | William | Hamilton | 50 | underground fireman | Natural causes | Headstone and death cert. |
| 1940 | September | 9 | Newcraighall | Lothian | Archibald | Young | Miner | Fall of stone | Newspaper report - Lothian pages | |
| 1940 | September | 10 | Stane | Lanarkshire | James | Hughes | Brusher | Explosion | Newspaper report - Shotts pages | |
| 1940 | September | 13 | Woolmet Colliery | Lothian | George | Waller | 48 | coal miner | Caught between piece of coal and conveyer belt | FAI and DC |
| 1940 | September | 17 | Easton | Lothian | John | Jamieson | Brusher | Fall of roof | NAS catalogue - FAI "John Jamieson, coal miner (brusher), 122 Easton Road, Bathgate, died on 17 September 1940 in Easton Colliery, Bathgate, West Lothian, when a large stone fell from the roof on him" | |
| 1940 | September | 17 | Blantyre Ferme | Lanarkshire | James | Cassidy | 49 | Coal hewer | Natural causes | Death cert. |
| 1940 | September | 19 | Whitehill Colliery | Lothian | Samuel Hamilton | Mathieson | 49 | mining contractor | Asphyxia as result of accident | FAI and DC |
| 1940 | September | 21 | Newbattle Collieries | Lothian | Alexander | Burnett | 51 | brusher | Fractured spine after fall of roof – died 9 months after accident | FAI and DC |
| 1940 | September | 28 | Glebe Colliery | Lanarkshire | James Kelly | Telfer | 42 | coal miner (hewer) | Fall of coal | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
| 1940 | September | 30 | Newcraighall | Lothian | Robert | Greenlees | 67 | Miner | Fall of coal | Newspaper report - Lothian pages |
| 1940 | October | 11 | Manor Powis Colliery | Stirlingshire | James | Hunter | 17 | Apprentice engineer | Fall of stone | Newspaper report - Stirlingshire pages |
| 1940 | October | 17 | Maxwell Mine, Dailly | Ayrshire | Thomas | McMillan | 34 | Miner | Struck by stone | Newspaper report - Ayrshire pages |
| 1940 | October | 18 | Wellsgreen Colliery | Fife | William | Thomson | coal miner | NK | NAS catalogue - FAI | |
| 1940 | October | 18 | Herbertshire | Stirlingshire | Hendry | Crossan | Miner | Fall of roof | Newspaper report - Stirlingshire pages | |
| 1940 | October | 23 | Whitehill | Lanarkshire | William | Douglas | 51 | coal miner (hewer) | Fall of roof | |
| 1940 | October | 24 | Carnbroe Mine | Lanarkshire | Andrew Johnstone | Baillie | 63 | colliery fireman | Fall of side | |
| 1940 | October | 25 | Cadzow Colliery | Lanarkshire | James | McCabe | 55 | coal pit brusher | Struck by fall of stone from roof and side | |
| 1940 | October | 26 | Hollandbush Mine, Coalburn | Lanarkshire | William Marshall | Williamson | 16 | chain runner | Struck by rake of loaded hutches | NAS catalogue - FAI |
| 1940 | October | 31 | Rosehall | Lanarkshire | Patrick | Cavanagh | Miner | Fall of roof | Newspaper report - Bothwell pages | |
| William | McGuiness | Miner | ||||||||
| 1940 | November | 2 | NK (from Rigside) | Lanarkshire | Adam | Cowan | 51 | Coal miner | Fall of stones from roof | NAS catalogue - FAI |
| 1940 | November | 6 | Auchengeich | Lanarkshire | James | Gallacher | 60 | Miner | Fall of stone | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
| 1940 | November | 8 | Netherton | Lanarkshire | John | Scouller | 60 | With thanks to Margaret Hamilton for providing these details Newspaper report - Shotts pages | ||
| 1940 | November | 8 | Foulford | Fife | David | Bowman | 70 | Retired miner | Struck by waggons (not work accident) | Newspaper report - Beath pages |
| 1940 | November | 21 | Frances Colliery | Fife | Clayton | McLellan | 36 | electrician | Electric shock | NAS catalogue - FAI. Name on Frances Colliery Memorial |
| 1940 | December | 9 | NK (from Bellshill) | Lanarkshire | James | Conn | 32 | colliery brusher | Explosion of firedamp | |
| 1940 | December | 6 | Easton | Lothian | Robert | Young | Bricklayer's labourer | Run over by a train of wagons | NAS catalogue - FAI "Robert Young, bricklayer's labourer, 138 Easton Road, Bathgate, died on 6 December 1940 in Easton Colliery, Bathgate, when he was knocked down and run over by a train of wagons" | |
| 1940 | December | 9 | Carronhall Colliery | Stirlingshire | Andrew | Boyd | 14 | pit bottomer | ||
| 1940 | December | 10 | NK (from Uddingston) | Lanarkshire | Robert | Anderson | 66 | Coal cutting machineman | Fall of stone | |
| 1940 | December | 18 | Bowhill Colliery | Fife | Robert Dawson | Stewart | coal miner | Fall of roof | NAS catalogue - FAI "Fatal Accident Inquiry: Robert Dawson Stewart, coal miner, 17 Dundonald Den, Cardenden, died on 18 Dec 1940 at Bowhill Colliery, Auchterderran Parish, Fife, by a fall from the roof of his working area " | |
| 1940 | December | 29 | Hamilton Palace | Lanarkshire | George | McFarlane | 54 | Oversman | Struck by hutches | Newspaper report - Bothwellhaugh pages |
| 1940 | December | 31 | NK (Stirling area) | Stirlingshire | Percy | Noblett | 53 | Brusher | NK - spinal injuries | Death cert only |