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Index to deaths in Scotland 1942-1944 These names are sourced from a variety of records including newspapers, lists of fatal accident inquiries, memorials and death certificates.
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If the name of the pit is not stated in records, we have recorded this as NK with the miner's usual residence added as an approximate indicator of area

Year	Month	Day	Colliery	District	First Name	Surname	Age	Occupation	Cause	Information on site or Source
1942	January	5	Blairhall	Fife	Robert Swan	Dow		miner	Crushed between a hutch and a roof girder	NAS FAI
1942	January	6	Westwood Shale pit	Lothian	William	Anderson		Shale miner	Fall of roof	NAS: Fatal Accident Inquiry: William Anderson, shale miner, 13 King Street, West Calder, Midlothian, died on 6 January 1942 in Westwood Shale Pit, Blackburn, when a stone fell from the roof on him
1942	January	9	Rosie Colliery	Fife	Peter Archibald Harley	Lawson	51	coal miner	NK - asphyxia & fractures	NAS FAI & death cert.
1942	January	15	NK - Methil area	Fife	Alfred	Cumming	14	colliery surface worker	NK - severe wound and fracture of leg	NAS FAI & death cert.
1942	January	16	Michael Colliery	Fife	John	Robertson	64	pithead labourer	Natural causes - died at pithead	NAS FAI & death cert.
1942	February	7	Quarter Colliery	Lanarkshire	William	Crooks	69	Colliery surface worker	Crushed y rake of runaway hutches	Death cert.
1942	February	24	Carnbroe	Lanarkshire	Andrew	Ritchie			Fall of stone
1942	February	24	Carnbroe	Lanarkshire	Angus	Robertson			Fall of stone
1942	February	25	Lingerwood	Lothian	Arthur	Scott	23	Haulageman	Caught beneath hutch
1942	March	6	Wellesley	Fife	Edward Jones	McMurdo	18	Coal miner	NK multiple fractures	NAS FAI & death cert.
1942	March	17	Woodend	Lothian	Samuel	Steed		Coal miner	Fall of roof
1942	March	21	Lindsay Colliery	Fife	Duncan McDougall	Ormiston		colliery oncost worker	Crushed between a hutch and a wall	NAS FAI
1942	March	26	Whitrigg	Lothian	John	McKay		Coal miner	Crushed between a moving and a stationary wagon
1942	March	27	NK - Buckhaven area	Fife	Thomas Raeburn	Milne	33	Coal miner	Shot-firing accident	NAS FAI & death cert.
1942	April	9	Polmaise Colliery	Stirlingshire	Thomas	Rodger	40	colliery electrician	Clothing caught in revolving shaft (Fallin memorial list)
1942	April	13	Foulshiels	Lothian	Juozas	Norkevicius		Coal miner	Fall of roof
1942	April	21	Klondyke Pit, Newcraighall		Robert Graham	Lockhart	35	coal miner	Fall of stone and coal from roof	NAS FAI & death cert.
1942	May	1	Frances Colliery	Fife	George	Brown	41	Coal miner	Fractured dislocation of lumbar spine sustained 16 April 1942	NAS FAI & death cert.
1942	May	2	Blantyreferme	Lanarkshire	Thomas	McEachan			Killed by runaway hutch	Glasgow Herald 4 May 1942 p4, col3
1942	May	2	Blantyreferme	Lanarkshire	Daniel	MacMillan			Killed by runaway hutch	Glasgow Herald 4 May 1942 p4, col3
1942	May	4	No 2 Coal Mine, Dalkeith Collieries		John	Peacock	49	sectional oversman	Fall of stone from roof	FAI and DC
1942	May	11	Jenny Gray	Fife	John	McLelland		colliery shaftsman	Struck by piece of coal	NAS FAI
1942	May	12	Woodyett	Stirlingshire	Michael	Keegan	60	Miner	Fall of stone	Glasgow Herald 13 May 1942 p3, col3
1942	May	12	Glencraig	Fife	Peter	Kirk	41	coal miner	Natural causes - heart failure
1942	May	28	Wellesley	Fife	William	Grant	68	Coal miner	Natural causes	NAS FAI & death cert.
1942	June	4	Lindsay Colliery	Fife	James	Thomson		coal miner	Crushed between two races of hutches	NAS FAI
1942	June	8	Newbattle	Lothian	John	Crawford	26	Brusher	Fall of stone from roof
1942	June	8	Hamilton Palace	Lanarkshire	Richard	Anderson	39	Underground fireman	Gas poisoning	Death cert.
1942	June	9	Emily Pit	Lothian	Thomas	Drysdale	31	Miner	Fall of coal
1942	June	11	Jenny Gray	Fife	John	Kelly		coal miner	Fall of roof	NAS FAI
1942	June	13	Bowhill Colliery	Fife	John	Brown		coal miner	Struck by a hutch which in turn had been struck by a runaway race of hutches	NAS FAI
1942	June	16	Newbattle	Midlothian	James McMillan	Sinclair	51	Coal miner	Fall of coal from face
1942	June	17	Rosehall Colliery	Lanarkshire	John	Craig		brusher	Struck, knocked down and run over by hutch	NAS FAI "Fatal Accident Inquiry: John Craig, coal miner (brusher), 20 Unitas Road, Bellshill, Lanarkshire, died on 17 June 1942 while being conveyed in an ambulance at Carnbroe, Lanarkshire, from injuries sustained at the foot of Waddell's Dook in the E11 Coal Seam, No. 10 Pit, Rosehall Colliery, near Coatbridge, when he was struck, knocked down and run over by a hutch "
1942	June	18	Thankerton	Lanarkshire	Joseph	Lees	20	Miner	Fall of stone	NAS FAI
1942	June	27	Fraser Shale pit	Lothian	John	O'Hagan	17	Bencher	Crushed by runaway tub
1942	June	28	Fauldhouse	Lothian	John Pickering	Mutter		Coal miner	Fall of stone
1942	June	29	Auchengeich	Lanarkshire	Patrick	Bonnar	42		Caught by runaway hutch
1942	July	3	Kames Colliery	Ayrshire	Thomas Ross	Kelly	52	Coal miner	Fractured spine	Muirkirk memorial & death cert
1942	July	16	Blairhall	Fife	Alexander	McIntyre		coal miner	Fall of stone	NAS FAI
1942	July	30	Roman Camp	Lothian	John	Cameron		Drawer	Fall of roof	NAS: Fatal Accident Inquiry: William Anderson, shale miner, 13 King Street, West Calder, Midlothian, died on 6 January 1942 in Westwood Shale Pit, Blackburn, when a stone fell from the roof on him
1942	July	31	Whitrigg	Lothian	Patrick	Ryan		surface labourer	Found dead on dirt bing
1942	August	1	Muircockhall	Fife	David	Leighton	58	coal miner	Probably cardiac failure
1942	August	2	Burnbrae	Lothian	Robert Forbes	Stronach		Stripper	Fall of roof
1942	August	2	Burnbrae	Lothian	George Russell	Drummond		Shot firer	Fall of roof
1942	August	6	Westrigg Colliery	Lanarkshire	John	McFatter formerly Martin		surfaceman	Fell in smouldering ashes	NAS FAI
1942	August	8	NK Methil area	Fife	George Cunningham	McMurdo	18	Colliery surface worker	Crushing accident	NAS FAI & death cert.
1942	August	18	Wester Gartshore	Dunbartonshire	Robert	McLaren	29	Miner's drawer	Fall from the roof
1942	August	20	Millhall Colliery	Stirlingshire	John	Campbell	52	colliery oversman	NK - fracture of spine	Death cert only
1942	August	27	Thankerton	Lanarkshire	John	Liston		coal miner	Fall of piece of stone on to back of left hand	NAS FAI
1942	August	31	West Calder	Lothian	Leo	Donachie	32	Coal miner	Fall of stone
1942	September	5	Tannochside	Lanarkshire	John	Simpson		labourer	Struck by loaded hutch	NAS FAI
1942	September	5	NK - Thornton area	Fife	David	Robertson	17	Coal miner	Injuries to face and internal abdominal injuries	NAS FAI & death cert.
1942	September	7	Easton	Lothian	John	Robinson		Colliery packer	Fall of roof
1942	September	16	Fallhead	Dumfries	Martin	Moguin	29	Miner	Fall of stone
1942	September	20	Easton	Lothian	John	McNaughton		Coal miner	Fall of roof
1942	September	21	Rosehall Colliery	Lanarkshire	Alexander Robert Young	Waddell		coal mining labour contractor	Explosion of detonator and quantity of gelignite	Glasgow Herald 22 September 1942 p5, col7
1942	September	25	Fordell Colliery	Fife	David	Duncan	67	colliery pump attendant	Fall of stone	NAS FAI
1942	September	26	Roslin Colliery	Lothian	John	Forrester	35	Coal miner	Crushed between two rakes of hutches
1942	October	3	Whitehill	Lothian	Christopher	Davis	71	Haulageman	Fractured leg
1942	October	7	No 3 Colliery, Thankerton	Lanarkshire	Patrick	McMahon	43	Brusher	Not accident - Natural causes (heart failure)	NAS FAI
1942	October	7	Kingshill Colliery	Lanarkshire	George	Woodcock	41		Fall of stone from roof	With thanks to Jean Crooks for this information
1942	October	8	Fauldhead	Dumfries	Robert	Clelland	50	miner	Blasting	Source – list published by Kirkconnel Parish Heritage Society
1942	October	20	Fife Coal Co Central Workshops	Fife	James Wilson	Philp		fitter	Ignition of vaporised oil from a forging furnace	NAS FAI
1942	October	22	Benhar	Lanarkshire	John	Carswell		Hewer	Fall of stone from roof	NAS FAI
1942	October	30	Lumphinnans Colliery	Fife	William	Bremner	68	Pit Inspector	Knocked down by engine in goods yard (may be rail accident)
1942	November	3	Lumphinnans Colliery	Fife	William Inglis	Shankley		colliery shaftsman	Fell from the top of the cage in said shaft to the bottom	NAS FAI
1942	November	4	Lochhead Colliery	Fife	David	Rodger	50	Coal miner	Fracture skull	NAS FAI & death cert.
1942	November	5	Wellesley Colliery	Fife	John Thomson	Henderson	41	Colliery baths superintendant	Accidentally drowned in water tank at pithead baths	NAS FAI & death cert.
1942	November	10	Kames Colliery	Ayrshire	John	Colgan	19	drawer	Crush injuries	Muirkirk memorial & death cert
1942	November	13	Bowhill Colliery	Fife	Alexander	Hill		colliery roadsman	NK	NAS FAI
1942	November	16	Dora Pit	Fife	Andrew	Sneddon	43	Coal miner	fall of debris	NAS FAI & death cert.
1942	November	18	Lumphinnans Colliery	Fife	John	Laing		coal miner	Roof fall	NAS FAI
1942	November	5	Wellesley Colliery	Fife	Peter Laing	Wishart	32	Shunter	Crushed between waggons	NAS FAI & death cert.
1942	November	26	Randolph Colliery	Fife	Walter Lawson	Foster	62	coal miner	Struck, pinned down and buried by fall of fireclay	NAS FAI & death cert.
1942	November	27	Torbanehill Fireclay Mine	Lothian	Alexander	Hamilton		Clay miner	Fall of clay and stone
1942	December	2	Ferniegair Colliery	Lanarkshire	David Crawford	Craig	20	Colliery oncostman	Injuries from head striking roof bar
1942	December	10	Wellesley Colliery	Fife	William David	Cramb	42	Colliery motor attendant	Assault or accident sustained at screening plant	NAS FAI & death cert.
1942	December	11	Dunsyston Fireclay Mine	Lanarkshire	Peter	Shields		Fireclay miner	Quantity of fireclay fell upon him	NAS FAI
1942	December	15	NK - West Wemyss area	Fife	David	Russell	36	Coal miner	Fall of coal from roof	NAS FAI & death cert.
1942	NK	NK	Frances	Fife	John	Lawson			NK - Name on Frances Colliery Memorial	NB We have been unable to locate a death certificate to match these details but a John Farquhar Lawson who died 1947 is not listed on this memorial
1943	January	11	Lindsay Colliery	Fife	William Hardie	Fowler		colliery oncost worker	Face fall	NAS FAI
1943	January	14	Cadzow	Lanarkshire	Hugh	Davies	41	Pony driver	Fall of stone	Newspaper report - Hamilton pages
1943	January	15	Newbattle	Lothian	Robert Gibson	Pearson	20	coal miner	Asphyxiated by poisonous gas	With thanks to Robert Gibson for this information
1943	January	17	Fallin Colliery	Stirlingshire	James	Dawson	52	Colliery roadsman	Knocked down by a runaway hutch
1943	January	17	Fallin Colliery	Stirlingshire	Alexander	Rennie	71	Colliery fireman	Knocked down by a runaway hutch
1943	January	26	Lingerwood	Lothian	Myles	Gillespie	44	Miner	Fall of stone
1943	February	1	NK - Coaltown of Balgonie area	Fife	Robert Nelson	Terras	38	Coal miner	Mine accident	NAS FAI & death cert.
1943	February	5	Blantyre Colliery	Lanarkshire	Archibald	McFall	59	Underground fireman	Unknown
1943	February	9	Redding	Stirlingshire	William	Wood			Fall of stone
1943	February	11	Whiteside Colliery	Lanarkshire	Alexander Park	Geddes		coal miner	Winding rope broke and they fell to the bottom of the said shaft	NAS FAI gives names as Alexander Patrick Geddes and John Corrigan Byrne
1943	February	11	Whiteside Colliery	Lanarkshire	John	Corrigan		coal miner
1943	March	7	Loanhead	Lothian	Robert	McLeish	58	Mineworker	Fell down a dook
1943	March	7	NK - East Wemyss area	Fife	Robert	Drummond	49	Coal miner	Burst occurred when boring shot hole	NAS FAI & death cert.
1943	March	16	Greenrigg	Lothian	John Lewis	Evans		Overman	Crushed by cage
1943	March	16	Blairhall	Fife	Alexander	Brown		colliery overman	Roof fall	NAS FAI
1943	March	25	NK - Methil area	Fife	Walter	Watson	25	Coal miner	Fall of coal	NAS FAI & death cert.
1943	April	6	Comrie Colliery	Fife	William	Davidson		coal miner	Roof fall	NAS FAI
1943	April	20	Valleyfield Colliery	Fife	Walter	Banks		coal miner	Roof fall	NAS FAI
1943	April	21	Westwood	Lothian	John	Cruikshanks		Roller attendant	Struck by a haulage rope
1943	April	22	Bowhill Colliery	Fife	George Fair	Harley		coal miner	Roof fall	NAS FAI
1943	April	26	Frances Colliery	Fife	George	Crombie	42	Coal miner	Fractured spine	NAS FAI & death cert.
1943	May	10	Tannochside Colliery	Lanarkshire	Robert	Marshall		coal cutting machineman	Crushed between pavement and bottom of coal cutting machine	NAS FAI
1943	May	30	Kennox Colliery	Lanarkshire	William	Clark	60		asphyxia after being trapped by flood
					William Victor	Clark	22
					John	Reid	21
1943	June	7	Whitrigg	Lothian	James	Laughlin		Haulage motor attendant	Struck by a runaway hutches
1943	June	16	Bowhill Colliery	Fife	John Kirkcaldy	Grant		coal miner	Fall of roof	NAS FAI
1943	June	25	NK - Methil area	Fife	William	Page	34	coal miner	Fall of coal - injuries sustained 10 March 1942	NAS FAI & death cert.
1943	July	6	Glencraig Colliery	Fife	John	Hutchison		coal miner	Fall of roof	NAS FAI
1943	July	13	Kingshill	Lanarkshire	William	Bowman	65	Coal miner	Struck by fall of stone
1943	July	20	Burghlee	Midlothian	Robert	Young	37		Fall of roof	Newspaper report - Lothians pages
1943	July	20	Burghlee	Midlothian	James	Copeland	54		Fall of roof	Newspaper report - Lothians pages
1943	August	5	No 2 Dixon's, Blantyre	Lanarkshire	James	Muir	34	colliery roadsman	Crushed by fall of stone
1943	August	7	Overtown Colliery	Lanarkshire	Terence	Smith	55	Coal miner	Fall of stone
1943	August	15	Balgonie Colliery	Fife	James	Todd	26	Coal miner	Crushing accident	NAS FAI & death cert.
1943	August	25	Bowhill Colliery	Fife	George Galloway	Forsyth		colliery worker	Crushed by runaway race of hutches	NAS FAI
1943	August	28	Polmaise Colliery	Stirlingshire	Francis Bernard	Rooney	36	coal miner - brusher	Fractured spine caused by fall of stone. Died 1 year 4 months after accident.	Death cert. & Fallin memorial list
1943	September	4	Kingshill Colliery	Lanarkshire	Thomas	Easton	37	colliery machineman	Struck by fall of roof
1943	September	14	NK (from Shotts)	Lanarkshire	Edward	Sweeney	44	Coal miner	Run over by a train of waggons
1943	September	17	Bowhill Colliery	Fife	David Izatt	Mitchell		coal miner	Fall of an iron roof girder	NAS FAI
1943	September	27	Benhar Colliery	Lanarkshire	George	Sneddon		colliery oncost worker	Fell from ascending cage	NAS FAI
1943	October	1	Nellie Colliery	Fife	David Westie	Reid		colliery machineman	Crushed by moving coal cutting machine	NAS FAI
1943	October	9	Roslin Colliery	Lothian	William	Robertson	57	Oncost worker	Crushed by runaway tub
1943	October	22	NK (from Larkhall)	Lanarkshire	James Patrick	Brannigan	34	Coal cutting machineman	Explosion
1943	October	23	Bardykes	Lanarkshire	William	McPheat	50	Electrician	Knocked down by engine
1943	October	23	Tannochside Colliery	Lanarkshire	Thomas	Mulholland		coal miner (hewer)	Fall of stone	NAS FAI
1943	October	26	Gore Pit	Lothian	William Martin	Mitchell	40	Mine repairer	Fractured pelvis, cause NK
1943	October	28	Arniston Colliery	Lothian	James	Blackie	36	Colliery engineer	Fractured skull
1943	November	3	NK (from Bothwellhaugh)	Lanarkshire	William Hunter	McSeveny	56	Coal miner	Fall of stone
1943	November	4	Lumphinnans Colliery	Fife	William	McKay		colliery pitheadman	Fall to the ground ground from the Tippler Platform of the pithead gear	NAS FAI
1943	November	14	Frances Colliery	Fife	James Alexander Barbour	Forsyth	20	coal miner - stripper	Extensive lacerations & shock from blast	NAS FAI & death cert. Name on Frances Colliery Memorial
1943	November	15	Wilson Mine, Douglas	Lanarkshire	Frank William	Bonomi	18	coal miner (drawer)	Fell from a carriage, down a brae and into a sump
1943	November	23	Bells Mine, Kames Colliery	Ayrshire	Thomas Wilson	Stitt	28	coal miner	Fall of coal	Muirkirk memorial & death cert
1943	November	26	No 42 Coal Mine, West Calder	Lothian	Richard Clelland	Whigham	16	colliery haulage attendant	Fall of stone from roof	FAI and DC
1943	December	2	Branchock Mine, Cambuslang	Lanarkshire	John Joseph	Monaghan	53	coal miner	Head injuries and asphyxia, buried in debris	With thanks to Kenny James Monaghan for this information
1943	December	19	Hamilton Palace Colliery	Lanarkshire	James Irvine	Kerr	40	Underground fireman	Explosion of fire damp	Glasgow Herald 19 May 1944
1943	December	20	Burnhead	Stirlingshire	Peter	Shanks	28	Miner	Collapse of pithead
1943	December	24	Fraser Pit, West Calder	Lothian	Hugh	Wilson	49	Shale miner	Struck by material from shot
1944	January	18	Bothwell Castle Colliery	Lanarkshire	Joseph	Taggart	34	Coal pit rusher	Struck by fall of stone from roof
1944	January	26	Thankerton	Lanarkshire	Joseph	Green		colliery oncost worker	Quantity of material fell from the roof upon him	NAS FAI
1944	February	4	No 7 Cowdenbeath	Fife	James Maxwell	McFarlane		colliery lamp cabin attendant	Burning injuries to right hand and arm	NAS FAI
1944	February	16	Valleyfield Colliery	Fife	James	Williamson		coal miner	Suffocated by fall of coal	NAS FAI
1944	March	3	Whitrigg	Lothian	Patrick Downs	Graham		pithead worker	Struck by revolving shaft
1944	March	4	Calderhead	Lanarkshire	William	Duffy	49	Coal miner (stripper)	Fall of coal from the roof.
1944	March	6	Aitken	Fife	John	McDonough		coal miner	NK	NAS FAI
1944	March	12	Kames Colliery	Ayrshire	William Connal	Muncie	59	colliery fireman	Fractured spine	Muirkirk memorial & death cert
1944	April	12	Blantyre Colliery	Lanarkshire	Alexander	Paterson	58	colliery machineman	Buried by a fall of stone and dirt from roof
1944	April	13	Thankerton	Lanarkshire	John	Gallacher		miner	Fall of stone	NAS FAI
1944	April	13	Harburn Limestone Pit	Lothian	William	Davidson		Miner	Fall of roof
1944	April	13	Harburn Limestone Pit	Lothian	Thomas	Ferrier		Miner	Fall of roof
1944	April	15	Bowhill Colliery	Fife	Thomas Murdoch	Taylor	59	Oncost worker	Crushed by hutches	NAS FAI
1944	April	18	No 3 Burghlee	Lothian	John	Knox	22	Coal miner	Fall of coal
1944	April	24	Roslin Colliery	Lothian	Alexander Laurie	Hope	23	Coal miner	Fall of stone from roof
1944	April	25	Muircockhall	Fife	James Meiklejohn	Anderson		coal miner	Fell down shaft	NAS FAI
1944	May	5	Westwood Shale pit	Lothian	John	Murdoch		Shale miner	Fall of blaes from roof	NAS: Fatal Accident Inquiry: John Murdoch shale miner, 59 Oakbank, Mid Calder, died on 5 May 1944 in Westwood Shale Pit, Blackburn, when blaes fell from the roof on him
1944	May	11	Cadzow	Lanarkshire	John	Percy	49	Coal pit brusher	Struck by fall of stone from roof
1944	May	15	Loganlea	Lothian	John Patrick	McCairn	64	Coal miner	Crushed between derailed hutch and side of road
1944	May	16	Unknown (Douglas Water)		John	Nelson	54	colliery machineman	Fall from roof	FAI record – NAS
1944	May	17	Burghlee Colliery	Lothian	William	Cook	33	Coal cutting machineman	Crushed by fall of coal
1944	May	19	Bedlay Colliery		Henry Turnbull	Dunn	39	coal stripper	Fall of stone
1944	May	21	Roslin Colliery	Lothian	John Lamont	McDonald	45	Underground fireman	Died of burns sustained c20 May
1944	May	23	Kinglassie Colliery	Fife	Alexander	Doig	41	coal miner	Natural causes	NAS FAI & death cert.
1944	May	25	Roslin Colliery	Lothian	William John	Lang	56	Coal miner	Died of burns sustained c20 May
1944	June	12	Mid Breich	Lothian	John	Brogan		Shale miner	Firedamp explosion	NAS: Fatal Accident Inquiry: John Brogan, shale miner, 44 New Breich, Blackburn, West Lothian, died on 12 June 1944 at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, from injuries sustained on the same day in Mid Breich Shale Pit, Blackburn, when fire-damp ignited in his working place
1944	July	2	Nellie Colliery	Fife	Robert King	Mackie		coal miner	Roof fall	NAS FAI
1944	July	4	Ross Colliery	Lanarkshire	Charles	Fraser	42	colliery repairer	Struck by fall of stone from side of road
1944	July	10	Bishop No 3 Mine Coatbridge	Lanarkshire	James	Law		coal miner(brusher)	Fall of stone from roof	NAS FAI
1944	July	27	Greenrigg	Lothian	John Livingstone	McCallum		Loader shifter	Electrocution
1944	August	8	Benhar Colliery	Lanarkshire	John Watson	Robertson		coalminer (stripper)	Natural causes - heart disease	NAS FAI
1944	August	17	Greenrigg	Lothian	James	Pollock		Surface worker	Struck by a bogey
1944	September	5	Polkemmet	Lothian	David Hood	Crichton		Miner	Fall of roof
1944	September	14	Easton	Lothian	Hugh	McKechnie		Coal miner	Hit by piece of coal
1944	October	13	Frances Colliery	Fife	William R.	Grieve	18	Trainee	Fell down shaft
1944	October	15	NK (Shotts area)	Lanarkshire	John	Connelly	49	coal miner	Fall of stone	With thanks to Victoria Mulholland for this information
1944	October	29	Carriden	Lothian	James	Hammond		Coal miner	Hit by material after shot firing
1944	October	31	Easthouses	Lothian	George Walker	Blyth	53	Pithead worker	Crushed by hutches
1944	November	6	Polkemmet	Lothian	Andrew McDonald	Simpson		Coal miner	Fall of stone from roof
1944	November	7	Easton	Lothian	John Slater	Maxwell		Coal miner	Struck by steel prop
1944	November	23	Easthouses	Lothian	John	Fairgrieve	31	Coal crusher attendant	Caught in coalcutting machine
1944	November	25	Easthouses	Lothian	James	Galloway	58	Colliery engineman	Heart failure after being injured by being struck by carriage
1944	December	2	Woomet	Lothian	George Thomson	Smith	38	Brusher	Fall of stone from roof (died of fractured spine 11 months after accident)
1944	December	4	NK - Buckhaven area	Fife	David	Watters	49	Coal miner	Tetanus after pit accident	NAS FAI & death cert.
1944	December	29	Foulshiels	Lothian	Joseph Davidson	Greig		Coal miner	Fall of roof

Last Updated 21st April 2012