Scottish Mining Website

Index to deaths in Scotland 1945-1949
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
1945	January	12	Valleyfield Colliery	Fife	Samuel	McGuire		colliery under-manager	Knocked down by runaway hutch	NAS FAI
1945	January	31	Newbattle	Lothian	Joseph	Clelland	40	Coal miner	Injuries after being crushed by block of coal
1945	February	20	Lingerwood	Lothian	William Sandieman	Melville	63	Brusher	Crushed by hutches
1945	February	28	Hamilton Palace	Lanarkshire	John Reid	Hunter	30	colliery surfaceman	Caught in a revolving shaft
1945	March	10	Knockshinnock	Ayrshire	James Paton	Dickson	46	Coal miner	Struck by prop
1945	March	25	No 7 Cowdenbeath	Fife	Robert	Cunning		coal miner	NK	NAS FAI
1945	April	14	Polkemmet	Lothian	John	Richmond	66	Colliery motorman	Fall of roof
1945	April	26	Lady Victoria	Lothian	Daniel	Slater	38	mining contractor	Explosion	Glasgow Herald 27 April 1945 p5 column 3 With thanks to Helen Ross for updating the names for us
					John	Steel	43	NK
					John	Hunter	39	NK
					James	Rutherford	38	NK
1945	May	27	Glencraig Colliery	Fife	James Erskine	O'Hare		coal cutting machineman	Injuries sustained in roof fall on 27 May 1940	NAS FAI
1945	June	17	Climpy	Lanarkshire	Thomas	Nelson	54	Brusher	NK	Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages
1945	June	18	Bothwell Castle	Lanarkshire	William	Kyle	44	Miner	Fall of stone	Newspaper report - Bothwell pages
1945	June	18	Bothwell Castle	Lanarkshire	Edward	Halliday	31	Miner	Fall of stone	Newspaper report - Bothwell pages
1945	June	21	Killochan Colliery	Ayrshire	Andrew	Robertson	51	Underground fireman	Fall of stone
1945	June	23	Blantyre	Lanarkshire	James	Connor	36	Pithead worker	Fell down pit	Newspaper report - Blantyre pages
1945	June	25	Glencraig Colliery	Fife	William	McCann		coal miner	Roof fall	NAS FAI
1945	June	29	Manor Powis	Stirlingshire	Peter Donald	Stark	39	mining contractor	Fall of roof	Glasgow Herald 30 June 1945
1945	July	11	Comrie Colliery	Fife	Robert	Muirhead		coal miner	Fall of roof	NAS FAI
1945	July	27	Bothwell Castle	Lanarkshire	James	Graham			Fall from roof	Glasgow Herald 28 July 1945
1945	July	30	NK (resident of Musselburgh)	Lothian	John Aitken	Clark	58	Colliery fireman	Knocked down by runaway tub
1945	August	2	NK – Musselburgh area	Lothian	Robert	Penman	56	coal miner	Struck and pinned by fall from roof	FAI and DC
1945	September	4	Bankend Colliery, Coalburn	Lanarkshire	James	Tait	45	Colliery surface worker	Caught in haulage machinery	With thanks to Marion Turley for providing this information
1945	September	11	Wellesley Colliery	Fife	Charles	Hancock	50	Coal miner	Multiple fractures	NAS FAI & death cert.
1945	September	15	Polkemmet	Lothian	David Allan	Swan	14	Pithead worker	Found dead on bing but died of natural causes
1945	September	21	NK - Methil area	Fife	William	Henry	41	Coal miner	Skull fractured by debris after shot firing	NAS FAI & death cert.
1945	October	6	Auchlochan	Lanarkshire	James	Johnstone	50	underground repairer	Fall of roof	Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages
1945	October	9	Stane	Lanarkshire	John	McDowell	65	Coal miner	NK	Newspaper report - Shotts pages
1945	October	11	Lindsay Colliery	Fife	William	Ford		coal miner	Roof fall	NAS FAI
1945	October	15	Woolmet	Lothian	Robert Alexander	Crawford	66	Coal miner	Fall of stone
1945	October	21	Loganlea	Lothian	William	Murray	21	Coal miner	Fall of roof
1945	November	1	Polkemmet	Lothian	Alexander	Forrest		Underground worker	Crushed by cage
1945	November	5	NK – Deantown area	Inveresk	John	Duncan	41	coal miner	Struck by material from delayed shot	FAI and DC
1945	November	6	No 7 Cowdenbeath	Fife	Thomas	Beveridge		coal miner	Roof fall	NAS FAI
1945	November	7	NK - Kirkcaldy area	Fife	John	Watson	51	Pithead worker	Multiple fractures	NAS FAI & death cert.
1945	November	12	Riddochhill	Lothian	Thomas	Noon		Surface worker	Crushed by bogey
1945	November	17	Riddochhill	Lothian	James Bulloch	McDonald		Steel prop drawer	Fall of roof
1945	November	18	No 11 Lumphinnans	Fife	William Bateman	Mitchell		coal miner	Roof fall	NAS FAI
1945	November	20	Kippsbyre Mine	Lanarkshire	William Walker	Kinnaird		coal miner	Caught by the revolving cutting bar of a coal cutting machine	NAS FAI
1945	November	30	Dean Colliery	Fife	James	Mollies or Nellies			Struck by runaway hutch	NAS FAI
1945	November	30	Dean Colliery	Fife	James	Main			Struck by runaway hutch	NAS FAI
1945	December	4	Stone Mine, Lady Victoria Pit	Newtongrange	Peter	Powell	38	stone miner	multiple severe injuries	FAI and DC
1945	December	15	Lindsay Colliery	Fife	James Erskine	Ferguson		coal miner	Fall of coal and stone	NAS FAI
1945	December	24	Shale Mine, Glendevon Winchburgh	Lothian	George Scott	Hogg	32	shale miner	Injuries received by quantity of material falling upon him	With thanks to Moira Meek (Hogg) for providing this information
1946	January	11	Polkemmet	Lothian	Robert	Robertson		coal miner	Fell down shaft
1946	January	14	Killochan Colliery	Ayrshire	Andrew Duff	Scott	19		Fall of stone
1946	January	22	Minto Colliery	Fife	James	Wright		coal miner	Roof fall	NAS FAI
1946	January	25	Burghlee Colliery	Lothian	Alexander	Wilson	54	coal miner	Struck by material from delayed shot	FAI and DC
1946	February	22	No 7 Cowdenbeath	Fife	Thomas	Cherrie		coal miner	Roof fall	NAS FAI
1946	March	1	Easter Gartshore	Dunbartonshire	Neil	Duffy			Compound fracture of both bones of left leg, (mining accident), arterial hemorage, traumatic shock	With thanks to Jane Christie for providing this information.
1946	March	4	Thankerton	Lanarkshire	Donald	Crossan		haulage motorman	Jacket caught by revolving intermediate driving shaft	NAS FAI
1946	March	6	Glencraig Colliery	Fife	John	Reid		coal miner	Fall of stone	NAS FAI
1946	March	15	Comrie Colliery	Fife	Robert Simpson	Smith		conveyor belt attendant	Crushed between the conveyor belt and conveyor drum	NAS FAI
1946	March	21	Aitken	Fife	Moris	Stewart		coal miner	Fall of coal	NAS FAI
1946	April	9	Aitken	Fife	James	Simpson		NK	Crushed between the coal face and a coal hutch when a race of hutches ran away	NAS FAI
1946	April	13	Killochan Colliery	Ayrshire	Samuel	Shearer	32	Miner	Knocked down by runaway hutches
1946	April	15	Greenrigg	Lanarkshire	George	Sandilands		Shunter	NK
1946	April	18	Auchincruive	Ayrshire	Alexander	Muir	31		Caught in conveyor
1946	May	10	Southfield	Lanarkshire	Adam	Hamilton	22	Miner	Crushed by hutch
1946	May	27	Benhar Colliery	Lanarkshire	John	Muir		colliery brusher	Struck by a rake of eight empty runaway hutches	NAS FAI
1946	May	27	Bowhill Colliery	Fife	George Duncan	Lawson		coal miner	Fall of stone	NAS FAI
1946	June	10	NK (Stirling area)	Stirlingshire	John	McBryde or Rarity	33	Briquette worker	Crushed between waggons	Death cert only
1946	June	13	Mary Colliery	Fife	Hector	McDonald		coal miner	Buried by fall from roof	NAS FAI
1946	June	14	Harwood	Lothian	James McGowan	Blackley	43	Coal miner	Natural causes
1946	June	26	Lingerwood	Lothian	Thomas Louden	Peattie	40	Haulageman	injuries to skull
1946	June	26	Dora Colliery	Fife	John	Fraser	49	Coal miner	Natural causes	NAS FAI & death cert.
1946	July	25	Woolmet	Lothian	Thomas	Brown	55	Oncost worker	Fall of stone from roof
1946	August	12	NK - Buckhaven area	Fife	John Richard	Wright	42	Coal miner	Multiple fractures	NAS FAI & death cert.
1946	August	13	Douglas Colliery	Lanarkshire	Isaac	Wood	70	colliery surfaceman	Natural causes	FAI record – NAS
1946	August	18	Riddochhill	Lothian	John	Johnston		Brusher	Struck by material from shot
1946	September	4	Blantyre Colliery	Lanarkshire	Samuel	Anderson			Fall of roof	With thanks to Mandy Lockley for this information
1946	September	14	Newcraighall	Lothian	James	Anderson	34	Coal miner	Fall of coal from the roof.
1946	September	16	Bowhill Colliery	Fife	George	Morrice		coal miner	Crushed between an empty coal hutch and the frame of a trap door in the man haulage dook	NAS FAI
1946	September	25	Ramsay	Lothian	Joseph	McCulloch	40	Pithead worker	Struck by rake of hutches
1946	October	8	NK (lived at Stoneyburn)	Lothian	George	Russell	27	Colliery conveyor shifter	Pit accident (details not known)
1946	October	15	Newbigging Limestone Mine	Fife	Henry	Wyse	46	Limestone miner	Fractured skull	NAS FAI & death cert.
1946	October	24	Glen Mine	Lanarkshire	Hector	Fraser		oncost man	Caught and jammed against the building by a runaway rake of empty hutches	NAS FAI
1946	October	24	Wellsgreen Colliery	Fife	Daniel Archer	Hoggan	60	Coal miner	Multiple rib fractures	NAS FAI & death cert.
1946	November	11	Whitehill	Lothian	William	Hunter	22	Coal miner (trainee)	Struck by steel girder
1946	November	19	NK (lived at Longridge)	Lothian	James	Girdwood	52	Oncost worker	Fall of stone
1946	November	26	Polmaise Colliery	Stirlingshire	James Campbell	Muir	54	colliery repairer	Arm crushed between rollers of conveyor belt (Fallin memorial list)
1946	December	16	Benhar	Lanarkshire	Patrick	Cosgrove		coal cutting machinist	Accident with coal cutting machine	With thanks to Owen Martin for providing this information Newspaper report - Shotts pages
1946	December	19	Aitken	Fife	David Hedley	Owen		coal miner	Crushed between fall of coal and steel girder	NAS FAI
1946	December	22	Easton	Lothian	Thomas	O'Driscoll		Brusher	Fall of stone from roof
1946	December	22	Easton	Lothian	Peter O'Neill	Bryce		Brusher	Fall of stone from roof
1946	December	25	Waggon Repair Shop of Wemyss Coal Co.	Fife	Frank	Funkie	63	Colliery engineer	Fractures and internal injuries	NAS FAI & death cert.
1947	January	6	Hopetoun No. 35 Mine	Lothian	James	Fairley		Shale miner	Fell from cage	NAS: Fatal Accident Inquiry: James Fairley, shale miner, East Burnside, Broxburn, died on 6 January 1947 at Hopetoun No. 35 Mine, Trinlaymire, Threemiletown, by Linlithgow, when he fell from the cage while it was descending the shaft
1947	January	10	Burngrange	Midlothian	John	McGarty	30	Shale miner	Sudden death from explosion (fractured skull)	Newspaper report - Burngrange page
					William Findlay	Ritchie	38	Shale miner	Carbon monoxide poisoning – pit explosion
					Samuel Dargavel	Pake	24	Shale miner
					David	Muir	25	Shale miner
					James	McCauley	59	Shale miner
					John Sommerville	Lightbody	41	Shale miner
					Thomas Dempster	Heggie	26	Shale miner
					William	Greenock	50	Shale miner
					Anthony	Gaughan	45	Shale miner
					William Gray	Findlay (formerly Shields)	56	Shale miner
					John	Fairley	20	Shale miner
					George	Easton	53	Shale miner
					Henry Law	Cowie	36	Shale miner
					William	Carroll	31	Shale miner
					David	Carroll	46	Shale miner
1947	January	10	Comrie	Fife	Charles	Gourlay	26	Shunter	Left leg crushed between a stationary and a moving mine car	NAS FAI
1947	January	19	Duntilland	Lanarkshire	William	McKee	37		Fall of stone	NAS FAI
1947	January	22	Blairhall	Fife	Thomas	Neilson		coal miner	Fall of coal	NAS FAI
1947	January	28	Bowhill Colliery	Fife	David Cowie Davidson	McDonald		coal miner	Pinned to the ground by a fall of stone from the roof	NAS FAI
1947	January	31	Bowhill Colliery	Fife	George Williamson	Duncan		colliery packer	Natural causes (rupture of congenital aneurism of anterior communicating cerebral artery)	NAS FAI
1947	February	6	Nellie Colliery	Fife	Alexander Robertson	Fraser		road repairer	Crushed by steel girder	NAS FAI
1947	February	6	Michael Colliery	Fife	Henry	Stewart	67	Colliery oncost worker	Crushed by loaded hutch	NAS FAI & death cert.
1947	February	10	Polkemmet	Lothian	William	Savage		pit bottom worker	Natural causes
1947	March	12	Philpstoun	Lothian	Thomas Watson	Gray		colliery roadsman	Fall of blaes
1947	March	13	Polkemmet	Lothian	William	Irvine		colliery shaftsman	Struck by piece of ice falling down shaft
1947	April	2	Loganlea	Lothian	Thomas Roland	Jenman	37	Coal mining machineman	Fall of sandstone from roof
1947	April	6	Millhall Colliery	Stirlingshire	Peter Nelson	McCann	41	coal miner	NK - dislocated cervical vertebrae	Death cert only
1947	April	8	Frances Colliery	Fife	John Farquhar	Lawson	26	Coal miner machineman	Multiple injuries	NAS FAI & death cert.
1947	April	18	Alice Pit, Fordell	Fife	William	Hay	41	Miner	Roof collapsed	NAS FAI
1947	April	18	Alice Pit, Fordell	Fife	Alexander	Stenhouse	46	Miner	Roof collapsed	NAS FAI
1947	April	20	Mary Colliery	Fife	Andrew Brown Kemp	Sharp		coal miner	Struck by a roll of conveyor belt which had fallen from a bogey	NAS FAI
1947	April	23	Minto	Fife	John	Blamey	40	NK	Fall of stone from roof	NAS FAI (also gravestone)
1947	May	23	Wellesley Colliery	Fife	James Geddes	Hynd	51	colliery surface worker	Crushed by top of descending cage	NAS FAI & death cert.
1947	May	29	No. 6 Shale Mine, Glendevon, Winchburgh	Lothian	William	Gow		Shale miner	Fall of shale	NAS: Fatal Accident Inquiry: William Gow, shale miner, 107 Main Street, Winchburgh, died on 29 May 1947 at No. 6 Shale Mine, Glendevon, Winchburgh, West Lothian, when a quantity of shale fell upon him
1947	June	27	Manor Powis	Stirling	Alexander	McMenemy	36	Coal cutting machineman	Crushed by coal cutter going into reverse
1947	June	30	Wellesley Colliery	Fife	William Logie	Thomson	49	Coal miner	Avulsion of left arm	NAS FAI & death cert.
1947	July	5	Branchal	Lanarkshire	David	Dickson	45	Miner	Underground explosion
1947	July	10	Polmaise	Stirlingshire	David	Allan	49	Miner	Caught in conveyor
1947	July	15	Comrie Colliery	Fife	James Alexander	Ferguson		coal miner	Struck on ankle by a piece of coal	NAS FAI
1947	July	17	Wellesley Colliery	Fife	Jeremiah	Sullivan	40	Coal miner	Fall of stone - injuries sustained 1 March	NAS FAI & death cert.
1947	July	17	Millhall Colliery	Stirlingshire	John	Murphy	46		NK - multiple injuries	Death cert only
1947	August	15	Rosie Colliery	Fife	Thomas	Fowler	44	coal miner	Multiple fractures	NAS FAI & death cert.
1947	August	15	Michael Colliery	Fife	James	Bauld	58	colliery fireman	Natural causes	Death cert.
1947	August	26	Boglea	Lanarkshire	Alexander	Brynes		coal miner (hewer)	Natural causes	NAS FAI
1947	September	12	Wellesley Colliery	Fife	John	Raeburn	50	Coal miner	Traumatic asphyxia	NAS FAI & death cert.
1947	September	27	Valleyfield Colliery	Fife	Joseph	McGlinchey		coal miner	Leg caught in coal cutting machine	NAS FAI
1947	October	20	Blackrigg	Lothian	William	Fairley		surface labourer	Fell down shaft
1947	October	30	Valleyfield Colliery	Fife	George	Mitchell		coal miner	Struck by two runaway hutches	NAS FAI
1947	November	2	Quarter	Lanarkshire	James	Ritchie	58	colliery fireman	Overcome by gas
1947	November	2	Quarter	Lanarkshire	Alexander	Kerr	67	rope splicer	Overcome by gas
1947	November	15	Blairmuckhill	Lanarkshire	Alexander	Cunningham	39	Colliery washerman	Fell from dross elevator	NAS FAI
1947	December	24	Lady Victoria Pit	Lothian	Alexander	Morgan	17	Oncost worker	Crushed by hutches
1947	December	30	Hill Farm	Stirlingshire	William	Skinner	36	Miner	Crushed by stone
1947	December	30	No 11 Lumphinnans	Fife	William	Drylie		colliery overman	Fall of coal dislodged by shot firing	NAS FAI
1948	January	9	Seaforth Pit, New Cumnock	Ayrshire	Edward	Harris	26	Miner	Drowned by water from disused working
1948	January	9	Seaforth Pit, New Cumnock	Ayrshire	Charles	McAnespie	26	Miner	Drowned by water from disused working
1948	January	23	Minto Colliery	Fife	John	Bisset		coal miner	Fall of stone	NAS FAI
1948	February	15	Minto Colliery	Fife	James	Young		coal miner	Fall of stone	NAS FAI
1948	February	16	Kinglassie Colliery	Fife	William	Blyth	64	Coal miner	Crushed on conveyer - injuries sustained 5 Nov 1947	NAS FAI & death cert.
1948	February	17	Boglea	Lanarkshire	George Murray	Devan		miner	Injuries from stone falling upon his legs	NAS FAI
1948	February	19	Hamilton Palace Colliery	Lanarkshire	James	Skewies	62	underground fireman	Crushing injuries	Death cert
1948	February	20	NK	Lothian	Thomas Richard	Bent		Coal miner	Crushed by hutch
1948	March	20	Blackrigg	Lanarkshire	Duncan	McGregor		drawer	Fall of sandstone
1948	March	24	Dunrobin Mine, Airdrie	Lanarkshire	John Mark	Armstrong		coal miner	Natural causes	NAS FAI
1948	March	25	Blackriggs Colliery	Lothian	Duncan	McGregor	57	Repairer	Fall of stone
1948	March	29	Northfield	Lanarkshire	Alex.	Gordon	46	Surface worker	Crushed between buffers
1948	March	29	Fauldhead	Dumfries	John	Wightman	23	NK	Electrocuted	Source – list published by Kirkconnel Parish Heritage Society
1948	April	7	Foulshiels	Lothian	William	Finlay		coal miner	Struck and run over by hutch
1948	April	15	Fordell Colliery	Fife	George Anderson	Denholm		coal miner	Head crushed between two hutches	NAS FAI
1948	April	21	Millhall Colliery	Stirlingshire	Charles	Ferguson	30	Oncost worker	Electrocution
1948	May	14	Blairmuckhill	Lanarkshire	William Simpson	Jones	57	Colliery manager	Slipped or fell against rake of hutches	NAS FAI
1948	May	18	Glencraig Colliery	Fife	Gustav	Jesske		stripper	Fall of coal	NAS FAI
1948	May	19	Blairmuckhill	Lanarkshire	Archibald	Ferguson		Coal miner	Fall of stone from roof	NAS FAI
1948	June	7	Baads Colliery	Lothian	William	Kay	42	Drawer	Crushed by hutch
1948	July	2	Breich shale pit	Lothian	Joseph	McKelvie (formerly Joseph Clarke)		shale miner	Struck by material projected from a shot	NAS: Fatal Accident Inquiry: Joseph McKelvie (formerly Joseph Clarke), shale miner, 3 New Breich, Blackburn, West Lothian, died on 2 July 1948 at Mid Breich Shale Pit, Blackburn, West Lothian, when he was struck by material projected from a shot
1948	July	11	Dumbreck Colliery	Stirlingshire	Walter	Reid			Injured by a fall of stone from the roof	With thanks to Anne Marie McAlister for this information
1948	July	30	Glencraig Colliery	Fife	Alexander Small	Fairhurst		woodboy	Caught between a roller and a belt of a coal conveyor	NAS FAI
1948	August	3	Wellesley Colliery	Fife	Edward	McLuskie	21	coal miner	Train of tubs derailed and crushed him	NAS FAI & death cert.
1948	August	10	Auchengeich Colliery	Lanarkshire	James Bell	Pate		coal miner	Fractured skull
1948	August	30	Thornton Mine	Fife	David Laing	Page	50	Coal miner	Natural causes	NAS FAI & death cert.
1948	September	2	Blairhall	Fife	Norman Mustard	Nicol		miner	Fall of stone	NAS FAI
1948	September	27	Lochhead	Fife	David	Paterson	57	Under- manager	Gassing accident
					James	Penman	63
					John	Arbuckle	57
1948	October	8	Aitken	Fife	Adam Armstrong	Anderson		coal stripper	Fall of stone
1948	October	15	No 7 Cowdenbeath	Fife	James	Ferguson		stripper	Fall of stone	NAS FAI
1948	October	16	Frances	Fife	James	Smith		stripper	crushed between waggon and brick wall
1948	November	5	Fallin	Stirlingshire	Henry James	Lynch	70	Gearhead attendant	Knocked down by rake of full hutches
1948	November	14	Glencraig Colliery	Fife	Alexander Campbell	McGregor		coal miner	Fell 50 feet after platform on which he was working in the pump shaft collapsed	NAS FAI
1948	November	17	NK (Bo'ness area)	Lothian	John	Craig		coal miner	Stone fell upon him
1946	November	23	Priory Colliery	Lanarkshire	John	Hamilton	56	Shot-firer	Natural causes	Death cert.
1948	November	26	Roslin	Lothian	William Brunton Walker	Linton	32	collier	Fractured spine	With thanks to Alex Linton for this information
1948	December	9	Pirnhall	Stirlingshire	William	Stevenson	39	Beltman	Fall of roof
1948	December	13	Glencraig Colliery	Fife	Joseph	Docherty		coal miner	Fall of stone	NAS FAI
1948	December	24	Frances Colliery	Fife	Henry	Rowan	73	Colliery Transport Supervisor	Compound fracture of right tibia and fibula, simple fracture of left tibia and fibula, shock sustained by being struck and knocked down by a set of runaway full tubs.	With thanks to Sandy Finlay for this information
1948	December	28	Lady Helen Colliery	Fife	John	Black		fireman	Fall of stone	NAS FAI
1949	January	11	Comrie Colliery	Fife	James	McCormack		coal miner	Crushed by conveyor or pan	NAS FAI
1949	January	14	Meta Colliery	Clackmannan	George	Donald	32		Crushed by hutch
1949	January	14	King o'Muirs	Clackmannan	Zigmunt	Horaczko		Miner	Fall of stone
1949	January	19	Netherton	Lanarkshire	John	Gordon		surface worker	Knocked to the ground during a ""flying shunt"" by wagons and one or more of the wagon wheels passed over his left leg	NAS FAI
1949	January	29	Woodend	Lothian	George	Lamond		Strapper	Fall of stone
1949	February	8	Douglas Colliery	Lanarkshire	George	Boswell	21	drawer	Crushed between a runaway loaded hutch and a steel girder
1949	February	16	Calderhead	Lanarkshire	Samuel	Walker	51	Coal miner stripper	Fall of rock
1949	March	20	Jenny Gray	Fife	George Birrell Gibb	Paterson		coal miner	Fall of coal	NAS FAI
1949	March	21	Westwood Shale Pit	Lothian	William	Robertson	60		compound fracture of skull	NAS: Fatal Accident Inquiry: William Henry Robertson, shale miner's drawer, 87 Parkhead Crescent, West Calder, died on 21 March 1949 at Westwood Shale Pit, Blackburn, West Lothian
1949	March	29	Polkemmet	Lothian	William Blair	Whiteford		fireman	Material fell on him
1949	April	19	Bedlay Colliery	Lanarkshire	John	Gallagher (AKA Dunn)		coal miner	Fell from cage
1949	April	29	No. 35 Shale Pit, Threemiletown	Lothian	Joseph Oliver	Williamson	21	chainrunner	Fall of roof	NAS: Fatal Accident Inquiry: Joseph Oliver Wiliamson, chainrunner, 40 Mid Street, Broxburn, died on 29 April 1949 at Bangour Hospital, Broxburn, from injuries sustained on the same day in the Lodgement Dook of No. 35 Shale Pit, Threemiletown, Linlithgow
1949	May	11	Cowdenbeath	Fife	Arthur	Morris	71	underground colliery fireman	Knocked down by runaway hutch	Newspaper report - Beath pages
1949	May	13	Polmaise	Stirlingshire	Peter	Den Kaat	25	Coal stripper	Fall from roof
1949	May	16	Comrie	Fife	Thomas	Sharp	25	duckbill worker	Fall occurred at coal face	NAS FAI "Thomas Sharp, duckbill worker, 6 James Hogg Crescent, Oakley, Fife, died on 16 May 1949 at West Fife Hospital, Dunfermline, Fife, from injuries sustained on the same day at Comrie Colliery, Oakley, Parish of Saline, Fife, when he was crushed by a fall from the roof"
1949	May	25	NK Bonnyrigg area		James Chapman	McKenzie	52	coal miner	Subarachnoid hemorrhage – died 3.5 months after being struck by fall of stone	FAI and DC
1949	June	6	Kingshill No 1	Lanarkshire	Robert	McMaster	20	Coal miner	Crushed between two hutches
1949	June	7	Kingshill No 2	Lanarkshire	Bertram	Boor	34	Miner	Fall of rock
1949	June	8	Aitken	Fife	William Tilla	Small		coal miner	Stone fell upon him	NAS FAI
1949	June	13	Kingshill No 1	Lanarkshire	Thomas	Hampson	34	Miner	Fall of rock from roof
1949	June	13	Kingshill No 1	Lanarkshire	Matthew	Sloan	62	Miner	Fall of rock from roof
1949	June	14	Easton	Lothian	James	Strang		Loaderman	Caught by belt of a conveyor and dragged into the loading chute
1949	July	5	Whitequarries	Lothian	Thomas	Gavin		Shale miner	Fall of roof	NAS: Fatal Accident Inquiry: Thomas Gavin, shale miner, 18 Cardcross Road, Broxburn, died on 5 July 1949 at No. 1 Mine, Whitequarries, Abercorn Parish, when material fell from the roof of his working place on him
1949	July	12	Muirkirk area (died in Hairmyres Hospital)	Ayrshire	David Donaldson	Wyllie	43	Hewer	Fractured spine - died of heart failure and shock during operation	Muirkirk memorial & death cert
1949	July	30	Kippsbyre Mine	Lanarkshire	Charles Paterson	Stewart		coal miner	Stone fell upon him	NAS FAI
1949	August	2	Polkemmet	Lothian	John	McIlroy	44		Fall of stone
1949	August	6	No. 6 Mine, Roman Camp, Broxburn	Lothian	Patrick	Brehany		shale miner	Struck by material projected from a shot	NAS: Fatal Accident Inquiry: Patrick Brehany, shale miner, 115 Greendykes Road, Broxburn, West Lothian, died on 6 August 1949 at No. 6 Mine, Roman Camp, Broxburn, when he was struck by material projected from a shot
1949	August	14	Lingerwood	Lothian	Alfred	Lawrence	21	Brusher	Fall of stone
1949	August	20	Level 61, Bratts Colliery	Lothian	Andrew	Buchan	29	miner	Rock fall/fractured skull and pelvis	With thanks to Ian Aitken-Kemp for providing this information
1949	August	20	Westmains	Midlothian	Andrew	Buchan		Coal miner	Fall of roof
1949	September	11	No. 6 Mine, Roman Camp, Broxburn	Lothian	James John	Kelly	28	shale miner	Ruptured spleen sustained when pushing a full hutch	NAS: Fatal Accident Inquiry: James Kelly, shale miner, 36 Cardross Crescent, Broxburn, died on 11 September 1949 at Bangour Hospital, Uphall, from injuries sustained on 31 August 1949 when he fell in No. 6 Mine, Roman Camp, Broxburn
1949	September	12	No 7 Cowdenbeath	Fife	John	Wyles		coal miner	Fall of roof	NAS FAI
1949	September	29	Kail Blades Dook, Emily Pit, Gorebridge	Lothian	John Russell	Campbell	59	coal miner	Fall of stone	FAI and DC James Bell was formerly known as James Thomson Watson
1949	September	29	Kail Blades Dook, Emily Pit, Gorebridge	Lothian	James	Bell	70	coal miner	Fall of stone
1949	September	30	Blantyre Colliery	Lanarkshire	Robert	Frizzell	44	colliery fireman	Crushing	Death cert.
1949	October	10	Blantyreferme	Lanarkshire	Thomas	Fox		hole borer	Blast after shaft collapse
1949	November	10	Lassodie	Fife	Anderson	Martin	16		Caught in machinery	Newspaper report - Beath pages
1949	November	15	Benhar	Lanarkshire	Duncan Kerr	Dunn	68	underground supervisor	Struck by runaway hutches	NAS FAI
1949	December	3	Blairmuckhill	Lanarkshire	Lindsay Thomson	Tait	29	coal miner	Killed by runaway hutches	NAS FAI: Lindsay Thomson Tait, coal miner, 55 Westcraigs, by Blackridge, died on 3 December 1949 in the North Main Coal Mine Haulage Road, Blairmuckhill Colliery, Harthill, Lanarkshire, when he was struck down by 16 empty runaway hutches
1949	December	17	Gartshore No 3		Robert	McCormack	50	Colliery pumpman	Clothing caught in moving parts of pump	We were supplied with details of an accident to Robert McCormack in Gartshore with a date in 1939. Following further research, we believe this may be the accident referred to. We would like to thank George Boyd for the information supplied
1949	December	23	Inchneuk Mine Glenboig	Lanarkshire	John	McStay		fireclay miner	Buried by fall from roof and wall	NAS FAI "John McStay, fireclay miner, 19 Viewbank Street, Glenboig, Lanarkshire, died on 23 December 1949 in the Woodend Section of Inchneuk Mine, Glenboig, when a fall occurred from the wall and roof and buried him"

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