| Year | Month | Day | Colliery | District | First Name | Surname | Age | Occupation | Cause | Information on site or Source |
| 1955 | January | 24 | Lumphinnans Colliery | Fife | George | Barclay | colliery belt attendant | Fell onto conveyor belt | NAS FAI | |
| 1955 | February | 3 | Southhook Colliery | Ayrshire | Henry Taylor | Tait | colliery machineman | NK (Fractured skull) | ||
| 1955 | February | 18 | Glenochil | Clackmannan | Matthew McLuskie | Dyet | Stone miner | Fall of stone | ||
| 1955 | February | 27 | Kingshill Colliery | Lanarkshire | Robert | McClenaghan | NK | Injuries sustained in colliery accident on 8 February 1954 - death certified as due to operation hernia (inguinal), and coronary thrombosis | ||
| 1955 | March | 3 | Kinneil Colliery | Lothian | John | Duffin | mechanic | Struck by runaway hutch | NAS FAI "John Duffin, mechanic, 20 Douglas Road, Bo'ness, died on 3 March 1955 in No. 3 Heading, Comrie Section, Kinneil Colliery, Bo'ness, when he was struck by a runaway hutch" | |
| 1955 | March | 6 | Dora Colliery | Fife | David | Walls | 54 | shaftsman | Struck by brickwork debris and scaffold | |
| 1955 | April | 7 | Minto Colliery | Fife | James Halkett | Izatt | coal miner | Fall of coal | NAS FAI: "James Halkett izatt, coal miner, 27 Chapel Street, Lochgelly, died on 7 Apr 1955 at Minto Colliery, Cardenden, Fife, when his head was crushed between a prop and a large piece of coal which fell from the coal face" | |
| 1955 | April | 8 | Auchincruive Colliery | Ayrshire | James | Dunlop | brusher | Fall of stone | NAS FAI " James Dunlop, brusher, 147 Glenburn Rows, Prestwick, Ayrshire, died on 8 Apr 1955 at Ayr County Hospital, Ayr, from injuries sustained on 7 Apr 1955 in the underground workings at Auchincruive Colliery, Prestwick, Ayrshire, when he was trapped by a fall of stone from the roof" | |
| 1955 | April | 12 | Whitrigg | Lothian | Antoon Karel | Beurskens | coal miner | Fall of stone | ||
| 1955 | May |
3 | Dora Colliery | Fife | James Tait Crighton | Bryson | 48 | shot firer | Asphixiation (overcome by carbon dioxide gas while doing an inspection |
With thanks to Margaret Lauder for this information |
| 1955 | May | 11 | Blairhall | Fife | Joseph | Anderson | colliery surface worker | Fell from platform on to railway sidings | NAS FAI | |
| 1955 | May | 22 | Polquhairn Colliery | Ayrshire | Matthew Nicol | Strachan | colliery foreman erector | A sling chain to which a winding drum shaft broke and it fell into a concrete drum pit, crushing him against the wall | NAS FAI " Matthew Nicol Strachan, colliery foreman erector, 23 Burnton, Dalmellington, Ayrshire, died on 22 May 1955 at Ayr County Hospital, Ayr, from injuries sustained on 15 May 1955 on the surface at Polquhairn Colliery, Parish of Ochiltree, Ayrshire, when a sling chain to which a winding drum shaft broke and it fell into a concrete drum pit, crushing him against the wall" | |
| 1955 | May | 31 | Mary Colliery | Fife | Thomas | Burton | coal miner | Arm caught in moving conveyor belt | NAS FAI | |
| 1955 | June | 3 | Nellie | Fife | John Learmont | Guy | coal miner | Buried under coal and rocks | Newspaper report - Auchterderran pages | |
| 1955 | June | 9 | Hermand Shale Pit | Lothians | James | Kay | 27 | Shale miner (drawer) | Fall of stone | |
| 1955 | June | 10 | Nellie Colliery | Fife | David | Nisbet | 53 | coal miner | Fall of coal | The Glasgow Herald - Jun 11, 1955 page 3 c8 |
| 1955 | July | 1 | Burghlee | Lothians | Alexander | Hoy | With thanks to Kenny Hoy for this information | |||
| 1955 | August | 2 | Polmaise | Stirlingshire | James Ging | Morrison | roadsman | Struck by hutches | ||
| 1955 | August | 11 | Kames Colliery | Ayrshire | Dugald | Gibb | boiler fireman | Crushed between a platform of a hoist and a girder on the hoist frame | NAS FAI " Dugald Gibb, boiler fireman, 16 Garronhill, Muirkirk, Ayrshire, died on 11 Aug 1955 at Ballochmyle Hospital, Mauchline, Ayrshire, from injuries sustained on 8 Aug 1955 at the surface workings of Kames Colliery, Parish of Muirkirk, Ayrshire, when he was crushed between a platform of a hoist and a girder on the hoist frame" | |
| 1955 | August | 12 | Polquhairn Colliery | Ayrshire | James | Murray | motor driver | While driving dumper vehicle on a dirt bing it travelled over the edge and fell a distance of about 22 feet | NAS FAI "James Murray, motor driver, 12 Sundrum Park, Joppe, by Ayr, died on 12 Aug 1955 at Ayr County Hospital, Ayr, from injuries sustained on the same day at Polquhairn Colliery, Ayrshire, when the dumper vehicle he was driving on a dirt bing travelled over the edge of the bing and fell a distance of about 22 feet" | |
| 1955 | August | 19 | No. 6 Shale Mine, Roman Camp | Lothian | Charles | Hunter | Shale miner | Buried by a fall of shale from the roof | NAS: Fatal Accident Inquiry: Charles Hunter, shale miner, 25 Old Rows, Pumpherston, died on 19 August 1955 in No. 6 Shale Mine, Roman Camp, Broxburn, when he was buried by a fall of shale from the roof | |
| 1955 | September | 24 | Zetland Colliery | Clackmannan | Edward | Johnston | Colliery surface worker | Crushed by locomotive | ||
| 1955 | October | 4 | Powis Colliery | Stirlingshire | Daniel | Ryan | Machineman | Injured by a coal-cutting machine. | ||
| 1955 | October | 9 | Woodend Colliery | Lothian | Matthew | Middleton | colliery clipper | struck by hutch | ||
| 1955 | October | 18 | Dora Colliery | Fife | Thomas | Thomson | 19 | assistant machineman | Electrocution - frayed cable caused coal cutting machine to become live | |
| 1955 | October | 30 | NK (Usual residence Newmains) | Lanarkshire | Samuel | Penrice | 31 | Stripper | Fall of stone | NAS FAI and death cert. |
| 1955 | November | 2 | Beoch Colliery | Ayrshire | Richard | Armour | electrician | Found dead beside electrical panel box | NAS FAI "Richard Armour, electrician, 4 Craigview, Dalmellington, Parish of New Cumnock, Ayrshire, found dead on 2 Nov 1955 in the underground workings of Beoch Colliery, Dalmellington, beside a panel box carrying electric power" | |
| 1955 | November | 3 | Valleyfield Colliery | Fife | Ebenezer Gardiner | Millar | colliery stripper | Fall of stone | NAS FAI "Ebenezer Gardiner Millar, colliery stripper, 6 Burns Street, High Valleyfield, died on 3 Nov 1955 at Valleyfield Colliery, Low Valleyfield, Fife, when he was struck by a stone which fell from the roof" | |
| 1955 | December | 1 | Dalquharran Colliery | Ayrshire | George | Galloway | colliery repairer | Injuries sustained in underground workings | NAS FAI | |
| 1955 | December | 22 | Wester Auchengech | Lanarkshire | Abraham | Douglas | coal miner | Natural causes | ||
| 1956 | January | 5 | Blairhall | Fife | Peter | Drummond | colliery surface worker | Crushed between hoist gate and steel girder | NAS FAI | |
| 1956 | January | 6 | Kinneil Colliery | Lothian | William Middleton | Henderson | coal miner | Fall of blaes and stone from roof | ||
| George | Kelly | coal miner | ||||||||
| 1956 | January | 9 | Rothes Colliery | Fife | James Murray | Richardson | 50 | Stone miner | Struck by fall of stone from the side of the road | |
| 1956 | January | 20 | Polmaise | Stirlingshire | Robert | Brown (AKA Robertus Walincze) | Brusher | Fall of roof | ||
| 1956 | January | 29 | Kames Colliery | Ayrshire | James | Archibald | pithead worker | Crushed between waggons | NAS FAI | |
| 1956 | February | 1 | Minto | Fife | George | Watson | 57 | boiler ashman | knocked down and run over by a locomotive on the railway sidings | NAS FAI (also gravestone) "George Watson, boiler ashman, 2 Ewing Street, Lochgelly, died on 1 Feb 1956 at the Minto Colliery, Cardenden, Fife, when he was knocked down and run over by a locomotive on the railway sidings" |
| 1956 | February | 16 | Zetland Colliery | Clackmannan | Alexander Izatt | Blair | colliery roadsman | Struck by haulage rope | ||
| 1956 | February | 20 | Beoch Colliery | Ayrshire | John Steel | McLarty | hutch clipper | Knocked down and run over by hutches | NAS FAI | |
| 1956 | February | 28 | Littlemill Colliery | Ayrshire | Charles | McCaskill | fitter's mate | Knocked down by moving mine car | NAS FAI | |
| 1956 | March | 2 | Frances Colliery | Fife | John Carroll | Logan | 32 | coal miner - machineman | Struck by runaway bogie | Name on Frances Colliery Memorial |
| 1956 | March | 9 | Glencraig Colliery | Fife | Felix | Greig (formerly Kowaski) | coal miner | Fall of stone | NAS FAI "Felix Greig fromerly Felix Kowaski, coal miner, 21 Berry street, Lochgelly, died on 9 Mar 1956 at Glencraig Colliery, Glencraig, when he was buried under stone which fell from the roof" | |
| 1956 | March | 16 | Riddochhill | Lothian | Thomas Sanderson | Forrest | colliery switch gear attendant | Natural causes | ||
| 1956 | April | 29 | Polkemmet | Lothian | Archibald Craig | Bryce | power loader operator | Fall of stone | NAS FAI "Archibald Craig Bryce, power loader operator, 119 Loanhead Crescent, Newarthill, died on 29 April 1954 at Law Hospital, Carluke, from injuries sustained on 22 April 1956 in Polkemmet Colliery, Whitburn,, when a stone fell upon him" | |
| 1956 | May | 14 | Kinneil Colliery | Lothian | Thomas | Robertson | shaft sinker | Struck by cables | ||
| 1956 | May | 25 | Mary Colliery | Fife | Terrance | Gilhooly | coal miner | Natural causes | NAS FAI | |
| 1956 | May | 26 | Wellesley Colliery | Fife | Robert | Eadie | 61 | coal miner - steel checker | Fall of coal | |
| 1956 | May | 30 | Aitken Colliery | Fife | Andrew Fairgrieve | Elliot | packer | Fall of stone | NAS FAI "Andrew Fairgrieve Elliot, packer, 44 Keltyhill Crescent, Kelty, died on 30 May 1956 at Aitken Colliery, Kelty, when he was crushed by stones which fell from the roof" | |
| 1956 | June | 12 | Benhar Colliery | Lanarkshire | Arthur | Redmond | steeplejack | Fell from chimney stack | ||
| 1956 | June | 16 | Blairhall Colliery | Fife | James Wallace | McNab | colliery surface worker | Passenger on a mobile crane that toppled over | NAS FAI | |
| 1956 | July | 2 | Woodend Colliery | Lothian | John McKay | Brown (known as John McKay) | clipper | Struck by rake of hutches | ||
| 1956 | July | 3 | Lindsay Colliery | Fife | Robert Malcolm | Brown | coal miner | Fall of stone | NAS FAI | |
| 1956 | July | 4 | Prestongrange Colliery | Lothian | Lewis Jones | Sutherland | colliery developer | Wooden stemming rod pierced skull in explosion | ||
| 1956 | July | 7 | Fauldhead | Dumfries | Charles | Gallagher | 25 | coal miner | Fall of stone | Source – list published by Kirkconnel Parish Heritage Society |
| 1956 | July | 9 | Blantyreferme | Lanarkshire | John | Gilluley | 54 | colliery repairer | Crushed by stone | NAS FAI and death cert |
| 1956 | August | 27 | Lassodie Open Cast | Fife | William Beveridge | Mackie | bulldozer driver | Bulldozer overturned | NAS FAI | |
| 1956 | August | 27 | Canderigg Mine | Lanarkshire | Robert | Kennedy | 47 | coal miner (stripper) | NK - multiple injuries | NAS FAI and death cert |
| 1956 | August | 29 | Polkemmet | Lothian | Robert | Cosgrove | face worker | Fall of roof | NAS FAI ": Robert Cosgrove, face worker, 45 East Main Street, Whitburn, died on 29 August 1956 in No. 6 Section, Polkemmet Colliery, Whitburn, when he was buried by a fall from the roof of his working place" | |
| 1956 | August | 30 | Knockshinnoch Castle Colliery | Ayrshire | Richard | Armour | colliery locomotive driver | Crushed between a moving locomotive and a water pipe at the side of the haulage road | NAS FAI | |
| 1956 | September | 5 | Whitehill Collieries | Ayrshire | Michael | Leneghan | foreman pit sinker | injuries sustained on 4 Sept | NAS FAI | |
| 1956 | September | 21 | No 1 Blantyre Colliery | Lanarkshire | William | Paterson | 45 | colliery rope splicer | NK - multiple injuries | NAS FAI and death cert |
| 1956 | September | 27 | Knockshinnoch Castle Colliery | Ayrshire | William Henderson McCracken | Park | colliery hopper attendant | Struck by derailed hutches | NAS FAI | |
| 1956 | October | 4 | Garscube Colliery | Lanarkshire | Matthew | Purse | 16 | colliery surfaceman | Caught in conveyor belt | |
| 1956 | October | 5 | Blantyre No 2 | Lanarkshire | Patrick | Bonner | 44 | colliery machineman | NK - multiple injuries | NAS FAI and death cert |
| 1956 | October | 18 | NK (Shotts area) | Lanarkshire | John Cassidy | Brady | 35 | Fall of stone | NAS FAI and death cert | |
| 1956 | October | 23 | Fauldhead | Dumfries | John | Baird | 58 | surface worker | Crushed while unloading props | Source – list published by Kirkconnel Parish Heritage Society |
| 1956 | October | 24 | Limeylands Colliery | Lothian | Robert Plain | Fairgrieve | coal miner | Struck by iron girder | ||
| 1956 | November | 6 | Pennyvenie No 7 | Ayrshire | Alexander | Baird | developer | Fall of stone | NAS FAI | |
| 1956 | November | 13 | Glencraig Colliery | Fife | James Cunningham | McKinnon | colliery surface worker | Fell 1077 feet from cage to bottom of shaft | NAS FAI "James Cunningham McKinnon, colliery surface foreman, 'Braemount', Manse Road, Glencraig, died on 13 Nov 1956 in a Pit Shaft at Glencraig Colliery, Glencraig, Parish of Ballingry, Fife, when he fell 1,077feet from the top of the cage to the bottom of the shaft" | |
| 1956 | November | 27 | Prestongrange Colliery | Lothian | Robert Baillie | Nisbet | shot firer | Fall of rock | ||
| 1956 | December | 17 | Bank Colliery | Ayrshire | David | McClymont | general colliery worker | Struck by haulage rope | NAS FAI | |
| 1957 | January | 8 | Brunton Coal Mine | Lothian | Robert | McCracken | supervisor (place driver) | Buried by roof collapse | ||
| 1957 | January | 16 | No. 6 Shale Mine, Philpstoun | Lothian | James | Newton | faceman | Quantity of shale fell on him | NAS: Fatal Accident Inquiry: James Newton, faceman, 62 Millgate, Wichburgh, died on 16 January 1957 in No. 6 Shale Mine, Philpstoun, when a quantity of shale fell on him | |
| 1957 | January | 21 | Polkemmet | Lothian | Andrew | Smart | colliery deputy | Fall of roof | NAS FAI "Andrew Smart, colliery deputy, 23 St. paul's Drive, Armadale, died on 21 January 1957 at Bangour Hospital, Broxburn, in No. 4 Main South Level Section, Polkemmet Colliery, Whitburn, when, while blasting a coal face, a piece of rock fell from the roof on him" | |
| 1957 | January | 24 | No 11 Lumphinnans | Fife | John Wilson | McKinlay | colliery roadsman | Struck by mine car | NAS FAI | |
| 1957 | February | 5 | Benarty Mine | Fife | Robert Rushford | Bett | coal miner | Fall of stone | NAS FAI | |
| 1957 | February | 11 | Foulshiels | Lothian | Thomas Murray | Little | coal miner (developer) | Fall of stone | ||
| 1957 | February | 15 | Cardowan Colliery | Lanarkshire | Bladdie | Wilson (formerly Martuzas) | colliery stripper | Caught between conveyor and coal cutter | ||
| 1957 | February | 25 | Beoch Colliery | Ayrshire | Allan | Jackson | mine driver | Fall of stone | NAS FAI | |
| 1957 | March | 18 | Valleyfield Colliery | Fife | William | O'Brien | pit sinker | Struck and partially buried by debris | NAS FAI "William O'Brien, pit sinker, 169 Baldridgeburn, Dunfermline, died on 18 Mar 1957 in No. 3 shaft at Valleyfield Colliery, Culross, Fife, when he was struck and partially buried by debris" | |
| 1957 | March | 23 | Whitrigg | Lothian | Kazis | Jenkauckas (AKA Charles Young) | stripper | Fall of stone | ||
| 1957 | March | 28 | Wester Auchengech | Lanarkshire | Thomas | Ferns | colliery brusher | Crush injuries | ||
| 1957 | March | 31 | Bilston Glen Colliery | Lothian | Jackie | Docherty | 40 | NK - Name on Bilston Glen Memorial | ||
| 1957 | April | 2 | Rothes Colliery | Fife | Albert French | Hutchison | 42 | Machine worker | Trapped and killed while fixing a machine | With thanks to Lorraine Fernie for this information |
| 1957 | April | 18 | No 7 Cowdenbeath | Fife | John Weir | Young | coal miner | Fall of stone | NAS FAI | |
| 1957 | April | 24 | Polmaise | Stirlingshire | John Allison | Boyd | Brusher | Fall of roof | ||
| 1957 | May | 6 | No. 4 Colliery Minnivey | Ayrshire | Jan | Kowalewski | foreman mine driver | Struck and knocked down by a bogie | NAS FAI | |
| 1957 | June | 1 | Bowhill Colliery | Fife | David Adie | Guthrie | greaser | Electrocuted | NAS FAI "David Adie Guthrie, greaser, 29 Hillcrest, Cowdenbeath, died on 1 Jun 1957 at the Power Station, Bowhill Colliery, Cardenden, Fife, from an electric shock, when he came in contact with the live overhead rail which supplied power to a crane on which he was working" | |
| 1957 | July | 1 | Polkemmet | Lothian | Thomas | McCulloch | bulldozer driver | Buried by silt from bing | NAS FAI "Thomas McCulloch, bulldozer driver, 54 Birniehill Avenue, Bathgate, died on 1 July 1957 in Polkemmet Colliery, Whitburn, West Lothian, when, while driving a bulldozer moving silt towards a loading point on a conveyor belt, a quantity of silt fell from a bing on top of him" | |
| 1957 | July | 9 | Glenochil | Clackmannan | Thomas Ritchie Snadden | Sinclair | Coal cutting machineman | Caught in coalcutting machine | ||
| 1957 | July | 10 | Lady Helen Colliery | Fife | John Robertson | Duncan | coal miner | Fall of stone | NAS FAI | |
| 1957 | August | 15 | Cairnhill Mine | Ayrshire | Ronald Yates | Taylor | area method study engineer | Buried by a fall of stone from the roof | NAS FAI & The Times, Friday, Aug 16, 1957 | |
| 1957 | August | 17 | NK Burnbank area | Lanarkshire | John | Balfour | 53 | miner | Coal boring machine | With thanks to Alexander Balfour for this information |
| 1957 | August | 17 | NK (Newmains area) | Lanarkshire | Thomas | Love | 52 | Fall of stone | NAS FAI | |
| 1957 | August | 19 | Aitken Colliery | Fife | William | Philp | coal miner | Struck by a piece of coal travelling on a conveyor | NAS FAI "William Philp, coal miner, 39 Black Road, Kelty, died on 19 Aug 1957 at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, from injuries sustained on the same day at Aitken Colliery, Kelty, Parish of Beath, Fife, when he was, it is believed to have been struck by a piece of coal travelling on a conveyor" | |
| 1957 | August | 26 | Limeylands/Bellyford Mine | Lothian | Archibald | Hart | Colliery deputy | Struck by rail | ||
| 1957 | August | 26 | Spoutscroft Mine | Lanarkshire | Walter Gardiner | Speirs | 52 | Mine owner | Fall of stone | NAS FAI & death cert |
| 1957 | August | 26 | Dean Park Mine | Lanarkshire | Andrew Baillie | Cumming | 55 | coal miner (stripper) | Natural causes | death cert |
| 1957 | August | 30 | Valleyfield Colliery | Fife | Thomas Cunningham | O'Neill | coal miner | Struck by a runaway coal cutting machine | NAS FAI "Thomas Cunningham O'Neill, coal miner, 1D Forest Place, Townhill, Dunfermline, died on 30 Aug 1957 in the underground workings at Valleyfield Colliery, Low Valleyfield, Parish of Culross, Fife, when he was struck by a runaway coal cutting machine" | |
| 1957 | September | 3 | Kingshill Colliery | Lanarkshire | David | Simpson | 49 | colliery deputy | Explosives accident | NAS FAI & death cert |
| 1957 | September | 13 | Wester Auchengech | Lanarkshire | Neil | Dempsey | coal stripper | Crushed by coal cutting machine | ||
| 1957 | September | 27 | Barony Colliery | Ayrshire | James Kirkland Armstrong | McLean | colliery repairer | Mine accident caused by machinery | NAS FAI | |
| 1957 | October | 10 | Riddochhill | Lothian | Arthur Higgins | Furley | packer | Fall of stone | ||
| 1957 | October | 14 | Kinneil Colliery | Lothian | William | Doyle | oncost worker | Crushed between haulage wheel frame and girder | ||
| 1957 | November | 13 | Glencraig Colliery | Fife | Andrew | Stewart | colliery deputy | Struck by hutches | NAS FAI "Andrew Stewart, colliery deputy, 1 Marshall Place, Ballingry, died on 13 Nov 1957 in the underground workings at Glencraig Colliery, Parish of Ballingry, Fife, when he was struck by a set of hutches which ran down a decline on becoming detatched from a haulage rope" | |
| 1957 | November | 14 | Foulshiels | Lothian | David | Scott | colliery brusher | Fall of stone from roof on 19 October 1949 | ||
| 1957 | November | 19 | Kames | Ayrshire | Thomas | Burnside | 58 | coal miner (repairer) | Kames page | |
| Thomas | Casey | 18 | Coal miner | |||||||
| Alexander Brown | Crawford | 37 | colliery shot firer | |||||||
| John | Dalziel | 34 | coal miner (road layer) | |||||||
| Timothy | Dillon | 44 | coal miner (pan shifter) | |||||||
| Andrew McGarry | Findlay | 20 | coal miner (trammer) | |||||||
| Ronald Carruthers | Grant | 20 | coal miner (drawer) | |||||||
| William Aird | Hendry | 30 | coal miner (drawer) | |||||||
| Robert John Stark | Lowe | 53 | coal miner (hewer) | |||||||
| James Boston | Marshall | 69 | trainee supervisor – National Coal Board | |||||||
| Donald Morrison | McGarry | 18 | coal miner (drawer) | |||||||
| William | McKay | 43 | coal miner (hewer) | |||||||
| John | McKean | 53 | coal miner (drawer) | |||||||
| James | Samson | 37 | coal miner (hewer) | |||||||
| Robert Watson Parker | Smith | 33 | Coal miner | |||||||
| William Davidson | Smith | 47 | coal miner (repairer) | |||||||
| John Brown | Walker | 37 | coal miner (hewer) | |||||||
| 1957 | November | 27 | Riddochhill | Lothian | Thomas | Bonnes | coal miner | Fall of stone | ||
| 1957 | December | 9 | No 11 Lumphinnans | Fife | Edward Hibbert | Sharp | colliery roadsman | Struck by hutches | NAS FAI | |
| 1957 | December | 14 | Lindsay | Fife | Daniel King | Anderson | 42 | coal miner (machineman) | Explosion | Lindsay 1957 page |
| Bernard Tadeusz | Pietrek | 32 | coal miner (conveyor attendant) | |||||||
| William John | McCullough | 55 | coal miner (packer) | |||||||
| David | Scott | 53 | coal miner (developer) | |||||||
| Hugh | McPherson | 43 | coal miner (machineman) | |||||||
| John Patrick | Hughes | 37 | coal miner (machineman) | |||||||
| Robert | Cook | 64 | colliery deputy | |||||||
| William Ford | Masterton | 55 | colliery overman | |||||||
| Thomas Smith | Johnston | 39 | coal miner (prop drawer) | |||||||
| 1958 | January | 16 | Prestonpans Colliery | Lothian | Alexander | McLeish | bricklayer's labourer | Fell from scaffolding | ||
| 1958 | January | 20 | Branchal Colliery | Lanarkshire | Alexander | Gordon | 34 | coal miner (stripper) | Asphyxia | NAS FAI & death cert |
| 1958 | February | 14 | Killoch Colliery | Ayrshire | Patrick | Cooke | labourer | Fell into a railway waggon | NAS FAI | |
| 1958 | March | 4 | Brucefield | Clackmannan | John | Fyfe | Coal miner | Struck by runaway hutch | ||
| 1958 | March | 14 | Devon Colliery | Clackmannan | James Wilson | Crichton | surface worker | Arm caught between conveyor belt and revolving drum | ||
| 1958 | April | 10 | Comrie Colliery | Fife | William Gilbert | Smart | coal miner | Fall of stone | NAS FAI "William Gilbert Smart, coal miner, 9 Jennie Rennie's Road, Dunfermline, died on 10 Apr 1958 at Dunfermline and West Fife Hospital, Dunfermline, from injuries sustained on 1 Apr 1958 at Comrie Colliery, Parish of Saline, Fife, when he was struck by a large stone which fell from the roof" | |
| 1958 | April | 15 | Westwood Shale pit | Lothian | Adam | McCulloch | Faceman | Fall of stone from roof | NAS: Fatal Accident Inquiry: Adam McCulloch, faceman, 31 Broomyknowe Drive, Livingston Station, died on 15 April 1958 in Davis's Section of the Broxburn Seam of Westwood Shale Mine, West Calder, when a large stone fell from the roof and struck him | |
| 1958 | April | 30 | Auchincruive Colliery | Ayrshire | James Wright | Henderson | pit deputy | Fall of stone | NAS FAI | |
| Donald | MacDonald | stripper | ||||||||
| 1958 | June | 7 | Minto Colliery | Fife | Andrew Henderson | Hughes | coal miner | Crushed between hutch and jib | NAS FAI "Andrew Henderson Hughes, coal miner, 24 Russell Street, Lochgelly, died on 7 Jun 1958 at Dunfermline and West Fife Hospital, Dunfermline, from injuries sustained on 5 Jun 1958 at Minto Colliery, Cardenden, Parish of Auchterderran, Fife, when he was crushed between a moving hutch and an overhead jib" | |
| 1958 | August | 12 | Westwood Shale Pit | Lothian | Robert | Stewart | Miner | Struck by material projected by shots | NAS: Fatal Accident Inquiry: Robert Stewart, miner, 11 Broompark View, East Calder, died on 12 August 1958 in No. 1 North Side Section, Broxburn Seam, Westwood Shale Pit, Blackburn, West Lothian, when he was struck by material projected by shots | |
| 1958 | August | 26 | Delduharran | Ayrshire | William | Walker | coal cutting machineman | Struck by wooden support | NAS FAI | |
| 1958 | September | 8 | Whitehirst Park Mine | Ayrshire | Robert | Walker | clay miner | Injured by flying debris | NAS FAI | |
| 1958 | September | 11 | Barony Colliery | Ayrshire | Richard Folley | Murray | miner | Fall of roof | NAS FAI "Richard Folley Murray, miner, 28 Jean Armour Drive, Mauchline, died on 11 Sep 1958 in the underground workings known as Major No.2 Section, No.3 Pit, Barony Colliery, Auchinleck, Ayrshire, when he was buried by a fall from the roof" | |
| 1958 | September | 15 | Comrie Colliery | Fife | Thomas | Baxter | washery engineer | Fell from a bucket | NAS FAI "Thomas Baxter, washery engineer, 9 Kinneddar Park, Saline, died on 15 Sep 1958 at Dunfermline and West Fife Hospital, Dunfermline, from injuries sustained on the same day at the Redd Bing, Comrie Colliery, Parish of Saline, Fife, when he fell from a bucket which was travelling along an aerial ropeway to the ground approximately 36 feet below" | |
| 1958 | September | 15 | Polkemmet | Lothian | James | Fell | stripper | Fall of stone | NAS FAI "James Fell, stripper, 8 Paxstone Drive, Harthill, died on 15 September 1958 in No. 9 Section, Main South District, Jewel Seam, Polkemmet Colliery, Whitburn, when a large stone fell from the roof on him" | |
| 1958 | October | 24 | Bowhill Colliery | Fife | David | Hunter | coal miner | Crushed between girders loaded on hutch and roof on 15 May 1947 | NAS FAI "David Hunter, coal miner, 5 Carden Castle Park, Cardenden, Fife, died on 24 Oct 1958 at his house, from injuries sustained on 15 May 1947 at Bowhill Colliery, Cardenden, when he was crushed between girders which were loaded on a bogie and the roof of the underground workings" | |
| 1958 | October | 24 | Limeylands Colliery | Lothian | Robert Plain | Fairgrieve | Coal miner | Struck by iron girder. | ||
| 1958 | November | 7 | Polmaise Colliery | Stirlingshire | Alexander | Ewing | labourer | Fell from sinking scaffold into water and drowned | ||
| 1958 | November | 10 | Dumbreck | Stirlingshire | James | Martin | Repairer | Fall of stone | ||
| 1958 | November | 25 | Prestongrange Colliery | Lothian | Edward Tolhurst | Nelson | colliery oncost bencher | Crushed by hutch | ||
| 1958 | December | 4 | Cameron | Fife | William | Wishart | 44 | Fall of rock | Newspaper report - Fife pages | |
| Richard | Teevan | 36 | ||||||||
| John | Thomson | 41 | ||||||||
| 1958 | December | 30 | Plean Colliery | Stirlingshire | John | Craw | Colliery oversman | Drowned when water burst through roof | ||
| 1959 | February | 5 | Comrie Colliery | Fife | James | Hogg | coal stripper | Fall of stone | NAS FAI "James Hogg, coal stripper, 9 Lindsay's Wynd, Oakley, died on 5 Feb 1959 at Comrie Colliery, Oakley, Parish of saline, Fife, when he was struck by a stone which fell from the roof" | |
| 1959 | February | 5 | Gateside | Dumfries | John | McMurdo | 56 | haulage worker | Fall of stone | Source – list published by Kirkconnel Parish Heritage Society |
| 1959 | February | 12 | Pennyvenie No 4 | Ayrshire | William Sloan | Gault | coal miner | Fall of stone | NAS FAI | |
| 1959 | February | 18 | Fordell Colliery | Fife | James Liddle | Horne | colliery oncost worker | Crushed between hutch and girder | NAS FAI | |
| 1959 | February | 24 | Lumphinnans No 12 | Fife | Donald Smith | Campbell | coal stripper | Fall of stone | NAS FAI | |
| 1959 | February | 25 | Blairhall Colliery | Fife | William Duncan | Birrell | coal miner | Struck by piece of coal | NAS FAI | |
| 1959 | March | 2 | Frances Colliery | Fife | Andrew | Brown | 36 | coal miner | Fall of coal & blaes from roof | Name on Frances Colliery Memorial |
| 1959 | March | 7 | Blairhall Colliery | Fife | David | Baird | colliery fitter | Fell from conveyor | NAS FAI | |
| 1959 | March | 18 | Whitehurst Park Mine | Ayrshire | Thomas | Verner | bauxite clay miner | Struck by a fall of rock from the roof | NAS FAI | |
| 1959 | March | 23 | Barony | Ayrshire | Francis | Turozyck | 42 | pit maintenance worker | Fell from cage | NAS FAI (gives name as Josef Turczyk) |
| 1959 | March | 27 | Killoch Colliery | Ayrshire | Quintin McLymont | Stewart | crane driver | Crane overturned | NAS FAI | |
| 1959 | April | 1 | Barony Colliery | Ayrshire | Antonio | Cano | coal miner | Fell from canopy | NAS FAI | |
| 1959 | April | 6 | Auchengeich | Lanarkshire | Frank Brown | MacDonald | mine rescuer, (colliery deputy) | With thanks to Alex MacDonald for this information | ||
| 1959 | April | 15 | Henderson Mine, Fordell | Fife | Samuel | Livingstone | 44 | Struck by runaway mine cars | NAS FAI, The Times, Thursday, Apr 16, 1959 | |
| Andrew | Neil | 55 | ||||||||
| Thomas | Miller | 34 | ||||||||
| 1959 | April | 21 | Fordell Colliery | Fife | Andrew Campbell | Marshall | colliery banksman | Crushed between waggon and girder | NAS FAI Glasgow Herald 22 April 1959 p11 col.2 | |
| 1959 | May | 6 | Kingshill Colliery | Lanarkshire | Allan Maxwell | Davie | 66 | colliery surface worker | Struck by haulage system | NAS FAI & death cert. |
| 1959 | June | 5 | Bowhill Colliery | Fife | William John | Wishart | pit sinker | Fall of stone | NAS FAI "William John Wishart, pit sinker, 95 Myreside Avenue, Kennoway, died on 5 Jun 1959 at Bowhill Colliery, Parish of Auchterderran, Fife, when he was struck by a stone which fell from the roof" | |
| 1959 | July | 10 | Whitrigg | Lothian | Alexander | Cowie | oncost worker | Struck by hutch | ||
| 1959 | August | 18 | Whitrigg | Lothian | John Thomas | Murphy | stripper | Fall of stone | ||
| 1959 | August | 22 | Bogside Mine | Fife | Thomas Sharp | Smith | deputy | crushed between a girder and the gear head of a conveyor | NAS FAI | |
| 1959 | August | 22 | Blairhall Colliery | Fife | James Baxter | Chalmers | belt attendant | Arm crushed between belt and drum | NAS FAI | |
| 1959 | September | 1 | Hirst Mine | Stirlingshire | George Victor | Hodgson | coal miner | Hit by flying object | ||
| 1959 | September | 4 | Woodend Colliery | Lothian | Dempster Kirkwood | McIver | oncost worker | Suddenly collapsed when walking to pit bottom | ||
| 1959 | September | 18 | Auchengeich | Lanarkshire | Alexander Morrison | Beattie | 26 | Undergound fire | Auchengeich Memorial page | |
| Thomas | Bone | 27 | ||||||||
| Francis | Broadley | 38 | ||||||||
| William | Brynes | 55 | ||||||||
| Matthew | Cannon | 38 | ||||||||
| Walter | Clark | 61 | ||||||||
| Henry | Clayton | 62 | ||||||||
| Robert | Conn | 30 | ||||||||
| Andrew | Crombie | 42 | ||||||||
| James | Devine | 39 | ||||||||
| Andrew Whyte | Docherty | 43 | ||||||||
| John | Duffy | 39 | ||||||||
| Francis Jones | Fisher | 49 | ||||||||
| Martin John | Fleming | 51 | ||||||||
| Michael | Fleming | 47 | ||||||||
| Richard | Hamilton | 45 | ||||||||
| James | Harvey | 44 | ||||||||
| Patrick | Harvey | 33 | ||||||||
| Edward | Henery | 61 | ||||||||
| George | Jackson | 21 | ||||||||
| Peter | Kelly | 40 | ||||||||
| Francis | Kiernan | 26 | ||||||||
| William | Lafferty | 39 | ||||||||
| Alexander Todd | Lang | 35 | ||||||||
| William | Leishman | 58 | ||||||||
| Gerald John | Martin | 34 | ||||||||
| John | McAuley | 42 | ||||||||
| Robert | McCoid | 55 | ||||||||
| Joseph | McDonald | 53 | ||||||||
| Denis | McElhaney | 49 | ||||||||
| George Thomas | McEwan | 20 | ||||||||
| George Wilkie | McIntosh | 58 | ||||||||
| Andrew | McKenna | 42 | ||||||||
| Peter James | McMillan | 55 | ||||||||
| James | McPhee | 54 | ||||||||
| William | Meechan | 22 | ||||||||
| John | Muir | 38 | ||||||||
| John | Mulholland, snr. | 50 | ||||||||
| James Lachlan | Nimmo | 32 | ||||||||
| Aaron | Price | 50 | ||||||||
| Robert | Price | 47 | ||||||||
| Alexander | Sharp | 34 | ||||||||
| John | Shevlin | 46 | ||||||||
| William | Skilling | 53 | ||||||||
| John Mack | Stark | 23 | ||||||||
| Thomas | Stokes | 32 | ||||||||
| Donald Cameron | Weir | 30 | ||||||||
| 1959 | September | 22 | Burnston Opencast | Ayrshire | William James | Donaldson | blacksmith | Crushed by boom | NAS FAI | |
| 1959 | September | 29 | Bogside Mine | Fife | Thomas Kirkwood | Hunter | coal miner | Struck by gear box of coal cutting machine | NAS FAI | |
| 1959 | November | 1 | Baton Colliery | Lanarkshire | Robert Lindsay | Sneddon | 47 | formerly coal miner | Spinal injuries sustained on 4th April 1949 due to fall of stone | NAS FAI & death cert |
| 1959 | November | 5 | Nellie Colliery | Fife | Robert | Campbell | coal miner | Fall of coal | NAS FAI "Robert Campbell, coal miner, 50A Hunter Street, Lochgelly, died on 5 Nov 1959 in the underground workings of Nellie Colliery, Cowdenbeath, when he was struck by a fall of coal from the roof" | |
| 1959 | November | 13 | Julian Pit, Thornton | Fife | Duncan | Beveridge | 22 | miner (packer) | Fall of stone from the roof | |
| 1959 | November | 16 | Kames Colliery | Ayrshire | Archibald | Neil | colliery trainee supervisor | Fall of coal | NAS FAI | |
| David | Park | colliery face trainee | ||||||||
| 1959 | December | 10 | Harvestoun Mine | Clackmannan | Robert | Hammett | Coal miner | Fall of roof | NAS FAI "Robert Hammell, coal miner, 13 Crum Crescent, St. Ninians, Stirling, died on 10 December 1959 in No.1 Right Lower Five Feet Section, Harviestoun Mine, Tillicoultry, when a large stone fell from the roof upon him" | |
| 1959 | December | 16 | Zetland Colliery | Clackmannan | William Jarvie | Whyte | oncost worker | Struck by haulage mechanism | NAS FAI "William Jarvie Whyte, oncost worker, 2 Pitfairn Circle, Fishcross, died on 16 December 1959 at the Royal Infirmary, Stirling, from injuries sustained on 15 December 1959 at Zetland Colliery, Clackmannan, in the mid lye of Gartmorn Section when he was struck by an intermediate haulage mechanism" |