Scottish Mining Website

Index to deaths in Scotland 1955 - 1959
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
1955	January	17	Gore Bing, Gore Pit	Lothian	William	Chatham	41	colliery dumper driver	Multiple injuries
1955	January	24	Lumphinnans Colliery	Fife	George	Barclay		colliery belt attendant	Fell onto conveyor belt	Headstone & death certificate
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	Headstone & death cert.
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	Midlothian Advertiser 17 June 1955
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	Lingerwood	Lothian	Peter	Millar	54	colliery surfaceman	Knocked down and run over by derailed hutch
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 "George Galloway, colliery repairer, 79 Hadyard Terrace, Dailly, Ayrshire, died on 1 Dec 1955 at Ayr County Hospital, Ayr, from injuries sustained on the same day in the underground workings of Dalquharran Colliery, Ayrshire"
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
1956	January	6	Kinneil Colliery	Lothian	George	Kelly		coal miner	Fall of blaes and stone from roof
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 "James Archibald, pithead worker, 3 Harwood Avenue, Muirkirk, died on 29 Jan 1956 at Kames Colliery, Parish of Muirkirk, Ayrshire, when he was crushed between two waggons"
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 "John Steel McLarty, hutch clipper, 51 Auchenroy Crerscent, Dalmellington, died on 20 Feb 1956 in the underground workings at Beoch Colliery, Parish of Dalmellington, Ayrshire, when he was knocked down and run over by hutches"
1956	February	28	Littlemill Colliery	Ayrshire	Charles	McCaskill		fitter's mate	Knocked down by moving mine car	NAS FAI "Charles McCaskill, fitter's mate, 17F Hawthorn Crescent, Easthouses, Dalkeith, died on 28 Feb 1956 at Ayr County Hospital, Ayr, from injuries sustained on the same day at Littlemill No. 5 Colliery, Rankinston, Parish of Coylton, Ayrshire, when he was struck and knocked down by a moving mine car"
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	21	Moat Colliery, Roslin	Lothian	Ernest Edmund	Bentley	23	colliery electrician	Electrocution
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	4	Roslin Colliery	Lothian	Robert	Young	18	coal miner (oncost)	Struck by hutches
1956	June	9	Easthouses	Lothian	William Hay	Hill	46	coal miner (oncostman)	Fall of 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 "Robert Malcolm Brown, coal miner, 18 Union Street, Kelty, died on 3 Jul 1956 at Lindsay Colliery, Kelty, when he was crushed by stones which fell from the roof"
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	Kirkconnel Miners memorial and death certificate
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 "Richard Armour, colliery locomotive driver, 19 Leggate, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, died on 30 Aug 1956 in the underground workings of Knockshinnoch Castle Colliery, parish of New Cumnock,, Ayrshire, when he was crushed between a moving locomotive and a water pipe at the side of the haulage road"
1956	September	5	Whitehill Collieries	Ayrshire	Michael	Leneghan		foreman pit sinker	injuries sustained on 4 Sept	NAS FAI "Michael Leneghan, foreman pit sinker, 4 Ash Grove, East Houses, Dalkeith, died on 5 Sep 1956 at Ballochmyle Hospital, Mauchline, Ayrshire, from injuries sustained on 4 Sep 1956 at Whitehill Nos. 1 and 2 Collieries, Skares, parish of Cumnock, Ayrshire"
1956	September	8	Burghlee Colliery	Lothian	Alexander George Stevenson	Durie	56	coal miner (machineman)	Drawn between a coal cutting machine and a moving conveyor
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 "William Henderson McCracken Park, colliery hopper attendant, 31 Lime Road, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, died on 27 Sep 1956 in the ambulance room at Knockshinnoch Castle Colliery, parish of New Cumnock, Ayrshire, when he was struck by a derailed hutch of a moving train of hutches"
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	Northfield Colliery	Lanarkshire	John Cassidy	Brady	35		Fall of stone	NAS FAI and death cert & headstone
1956	October	23	Fauldhead	Dumfries	John	Baird	58	surface worker	Crushed while unloading props	Kirkconnel Miners memorial and death certificate
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 "Alexander Baird, developer, 25 Auchenroy Crescent, Dalmellington, Ayrshire, died on 6 Nov 1956 in the underground workings of Pennyvenie No. 7 Colliery, parish of Dalmellington, Ayrshire, when he was struck by a fall of stone and other debris from the roof"
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	November	29	Gilmerton Colliery	Lothian	Thomas McClare	Gallacher	23	drawer	Fell with a hutch down an incline approx 200 feet
1956	December	17	Bank Colliery	Ayrshire	David	McClymont		general colliery worker	Struck by haulage rope	NAS FAI "David McClymont, general colliery worker, 40 Lime Road, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, died on 17 Dec 1956 in the underground workings at Bank No.1 Colliery, parish of New Cumnock, Ayrshire, when the haulage rope broke and he was struck with it or a hutch chain"
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 "Allan Jackson, mine driver, 3 Gatefauldhead, Dalmellington, Ayrshire, died on 25 Feb 1957 in the underground workings at Beoch Colliery, Dalmellington, parish of Ochiltree, Ayrshire, when a large stone fell upon him"
1957	February	28	Wellesley Colliery	Fife	John	Bisset	33	coal miner (pan shifter)	Roof collapsed	Headstone & death cert.
1957	March	13	Roslin Colliery	Lothian	James	McGillivray	58	coal miner (brusher)	Fall of stone
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 "Jan Kowalewski, foreman mine driver, 90 Thornyflats Road, Ayr, died on 6 May 1957 at No. 4 Colliery Minnivey, Dalmellington, Ayrshire, when he was struck and knocked down by a bogie"
1957	May	29	Woolmet Colliery	Lothian	John	Tyson	72	underground oversman	Fall of stone and coal
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	31	coal miner	Fall of stone	headstone
1957	August	15	Cairnhill Mine	Ayrshire	Ronald Yates	Taylor		area method study engineer	Buried by a fall of stone from the roof	The Times, Friday, Aug 16, 1957 & NAS FAI "Ronald Yates Taylor, area method study engineer, Collier Hall, Douglas Water, Lanarkshire, died on 15 Aug 1957 at a heading in the West Local Level of the underground workings of Cairnhill Mine, Cronberry, parish of Auchinleck, Ayrshire, when he was buried by a fall of stone from the roof"
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	26	NK Tranent area	Lothian	Archibald	Hart	52	Colliery deputy	Abdominal injury at work
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	5	Lady Victoria Colliery	Lothian	Alfred	Ballantyne	25	Trainee mine manager	Crushing
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 "James Kirkland Armstrong McLean, colliery repairer, 80 Barbieston Road, Auchinleck, Ayrshire, died on 27 Sep 1957 in the underground workings at No. 6 Section, Maid Coal, No. 3 Pit, Barony Colliery, Auchinleck, Ayrshire"
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	7	Michael Colliery	Fife	John	Simpson	50		Accidentally killed	Headstone
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)
1957	December	20	Easthouses	Lothian	Alexander Johnston	Farquhar	36	mine driver	Collapse of scaffolding and fell down pit shaft
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	9	Woolmet Colliery	Lothian	Andrew	Anderson	36	coal miner (oncost)	Crushing
1958	February	14	Killoch Colliery	Ayrshire	Patrick	Cooke		labourer	Fell into a railway waggon	NAS FAI "Patrick Cooke, labourer, 'Killashee', Naas, County Kildare, Ireland, then c/o Torrance, 20 Logan Avenue, Logan, Cumnock, Ayrshire, died on 14 Feb 1958 at No. 1 Winding Tower, Killoch Colliery, Ochiltree, parish of Ochiltree, Ayrshire, when he fell into a railway wagon"
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	4	Lady Victoria Colliery	Lothian	Alexander	Pryde	45	Brusher	Struck by metal strap and fall of roof
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 "James Wright Henderson, pit deputy, 6 Brown's Crescent, Annbank, Ayrshire and Donald MacDonald, stripper, 26 Sherwood Road, Prestwick, both died on 30 Apr 1958 in the underground workings of No. 1 Pit, Auchincruive Colliery, Mossblown, parish of Ayr, when they were struck by a fall of solid stone from the roof"
1958	April	30	Auchincruive Colliery	Ayrshire	Donald	MacDonald		stripper	Fall of stone
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	June	18	Emily Colliery	Lothian	John	Nicol	53	coal miner (machine operator)	Crushed between coal plough winch and overhead belt structure
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 "William Walker, coal cutting machineman, 3 Academy Quadrant, Maybole, Ayrshire, died on 26 Aug 1958 in the underground workings of the Hartley Long Wall Coal Face in the West Loco Section of Nos. 1 and 2 Mine of Delduharran Colliery, Dailly, Ayrshire, when he was struck by a wood support which was dislodged by a fall of coal"
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	11	Easthouses Colliery	Lothian	John Hall	Bald	47	coal miner (face worker)	Struck by steel prop and crushed against steel arch
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	January	16	Gilmerton Colliery	Lothian	Allan McDonald	Liddle	58	coal miner (developer)	Fall of coal and debris
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	8	Gateside	Dumfries	John	McMurdo	56	haulage worker	Fall of stone	Kirkconnel Miners memorial and death certificate
1959	February	12	Pennyvenie No 4	Ayrshire	William Sloan	Gault		coal miner	Fall of stone	NAS FAI "William Sloan Gault, coal miner, 5 Auchenroy Crescent, Bellsbank, Dalmellington, died on 12 Feb 1959 in an ambulance travelling on the Dalmellington to Ayr roadnear Holybush Mains Farm, Hollybush, from injuries sustained on the same day in the undergroung workings known as Top Road, Splint Section, in Pennyvenie No. 4 Colliery, Dalmellington, when he was struck by a fall of stone from the wall"
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	24	Burghlee Colliery	Lothian	David	Nicol	45	coal miner (oncost)	Buried by fall of roof
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	8	Newcraighall Colliery	Lothian	Thomas	Murphy	41	stripper	Fall of stone
1959	March	18	Whitehurst Park Mine	Ayrshire	Thomas	Verner		bauxite clay miner	Struck by a fall of rock from the roof	NAS FAI "Thomas Verner, bauxite clay miner, 8 Houston Crescent, Dalry, Ayrshire, died on 18 Mar 1959 in the "Top Section" of Whitehurst Park Mine, Ashgrove Road, Kilwinning, when he was struck by a fall of rock from the roof"
1959	March	23	Barony	Ayrshire	Francis	Turozyck	42	pit maintenance worker	Fell from cage	NAS FAI (gives name as Jozef Turczyk) "Jozef Turczyk, colliery shaftsman, 91 Cameron Drive, Auchinleck, died on 23 Mar 1959 at Barony Colliery, Auchinleck, when he fell from a cage that was ascending the No.3 shaft of said colliery"
1959	March	27	Killoch Colliery	Ayrshire	Quintin McLymont	Stewart		crane driver	Crane overturned	NAS FAI "Quintin McClymont Stewart, crane driver, 172 Westwood Avenue, Dalmilling, Ayr, died on 27 Mar 1959 at Killoch Colliery, Ochiltree, while driving a mobile crane that overturned trapping him in the control cabin"
1959	April	1	Barony Colliery	Ayrshire	Antonio	Cano		coal miner	Fell from canopy	NAS FAI "Antonio Cano, coal miner, 124 Barbieston Road, Auchinleck, Ayrshire, died on 1 Apr 1959 in Barony Colliery, Auchinleck, when he fell from a projecting concrete canopy"
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	May	22	Burghlee Colliery	Lothian	Thomas	Sweeney	37	coal miner (wasteman)	Fall of stone
1959	May	22	Smeaton No 5	Lothian	John	Muir	52	colliery fireman	Fall of stone
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	June	29	Roslin Colliery	Lothian	Robert	Fletcher	55	colliery surface worker	Accident caused by machinery
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 "William James Donaldson, blacksmith, 21 Glendyne Place, Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire, died on 22 Sep 1959 at Burnston Opencast Coal Site, New Cumnock, when a boom collapsed crushing him"
1959	September	29	Bogside Mine	Fife	Thomas Kirkwood	Hunter		coal miner	Struck by gear box of coal cutting machine	NAS FAI
1959	October	6	Seafield Colliery	Fife	Edward	Carberry	38	coal miner oncost	crushed by transit car	Headstone & death certificate
1959	October	20	Burghlee Colliery	Lothian	James	Kelly	52	coal miner (brusher)	Fall of stone
1959	October	20	Burghlee Colliery	Lothian	Owen	Gallagher	40	coal miner (faceworker)	Fall of stone
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, Balgonie Colliery, Thornton	Fife	Duncan	Beveridge	22	miner (packer)	Fall of stone from the roof	Headstone & death certificate
1959	November	16	Kames Colliery	Ayrshire	Archibald	Neil		colliery trainee supervisor	Fall of coal	NAS FAI "Archibald Neil, colliery trainee supervisor, 5 Hawkshaw Terrace, Muirkirk and David Park, colliery face trainee, 35 Colthart Drive, Muirkirk, both died on 16 Nov 1959 at West Mine, Kames Colliery, Muirkirk, when they were struck and buried by a fall of coal"
1959	November	16	Kames Colliery	Ayrshire	David	Park		colliery face trainee	Fall of coal
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"

Last Updated 1st January 2014