| Date of Accident | Mine | County | Owner or Company | Name | Age | Occupation | Category | Cause of accident & remarks | Extra Details | ||
| 1911 | July | 1 | Bothwell Park | Lanark | Wm Baird & Co Ltd | John Morrison | 47 | Labourer | On surface – miscellaneous | He was engaged with others lowering a pithead pulley from the frame by means of a hand crane, and while the jib was going out the shoes holding the sole or seat broke, and the crane swung round and crushed him against the pithead building. There was no flaw to be seen in the soles, which were made of cast iron. | Newspaper report- Bothwell pages |
| 1911 | July | 1 | Carfin No 3 | Lanark | United Collieries Ltd | David Crombie | 19 | Pony driver | Shaft accidents - falling from part way down | He apparently thought the cage was at a mid-landing, and opened the gate, protecting the shaft, pushed his hutch into the shaft and fell with it 40 fathoms to the low bottom. The lighting of the mid-landing -was not adequate. | |
| 1911 | July | 7 | Roslin | Edinburgh | Shotts Iron Co Ltd | John Foster | 23 | Miner | Other haulage accidents | When putting a full hutch on a carriage on an incline with a dip of 60 degrees, the brakesman moved the carriage before getting a signal to do so, and as a result the deceased and the hutch fell to the bottom of the incline, a distance of 170 feet. | |
| 1911 | July | 10 | Bothwell Castle No 4 | Lanark | Wm Baird & Co Ltd | William Moreland | 55 | Brusher | Falls of roof | Deceased was apparently either making preparations for the seat of his building on the right hand side of the place, or about to set up his breakers, when the roof suddenly fell upon him. The place had stood for about two months and during the time the roof had broken, and it fell away between a break and some “lypes” | |
| 1911 | July | 10 | Deans No 5 (oil shale) | Linlithgow | Pumpherston Oil Co Ltd | Alexander Carnwath | 19 | Filler | Falls of roof | A stone mine was being driven down at a gradient of 1 in 2 ½ to a seam below. These men were working at the face when between three or four tons of stone fell from between two slips and killed Carnwath, and so severely injured Provan that he died the following day. | |
| John Provan | 45 | Mining Contractor | |||||||||
| 1911 | July | 12 | Bowhill | Fife | Fife Coal Co Ltd | Sam. Jack | 33 | Repairer | Miscellaneous underground – sundries | He slipped when lifting a girder, and strained his knee. He died from tubercular disease of the knee on the 18th June, 1912. | |
| 1911 | July | 12 | Bankton | Haddington | Edinburgh Collieries Co Ltd | John McLean | 48 | Brusher | Falls of roof | Fall of roof in face while he was building a wall after firing a brushing shot. | |
| 1911 | July | 13 | Ingliston No 36 (Oil shale) | Edinburgh | Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Co Ltd | Robert Moffat | 20 | Miner's Drawer | Other haulage accidents | Internal strain while moving hutches. He was a light delicate man, and not physically fit for the work he was employed at. The officials and miner should not have allowed him to be so employed. He died on 29th July. | |
| 1911 | July | 14 | Blackhill | Lanark | Summerlee Iron Co Ltd | Stanley Moore | 17 | Drawer | Haulage – run over or crushed by trams & tubs | He was assisting to bench a loaded hutch at the top of a steep incline and it got over without the rope being attached to it. He appears not to have been able to loosen his hold of the hutch, and, in consequence, was carried down the incline behind it and severely injured. Died 14 days later. | |
| 1911 | July | 15 | Chapel No 2 | Lanark | Chapel Coal Co Ltd | David Robertson | 58 | Oncostman | Shaft accidents - falling from part way down | He was killed by falling 14 fathoms down the No. 2 shaft, while about to begin altering and renewing a landing. | |
| 1911 | July | 16 | Largo Beath | Fife | East of Fife Coal Co Ltd | Andrew Paton Scott | 43 | Joiner | Miscellaneous underground – sundries | The back wheels of a tub dropped between the plates and the cage at the bottom of the shaft, after it had been filled in the sump and raised there. Deceased raised it up with a bar and then threw it down in the cage to help to push the tub away. Forgetting the bar, he, and three other men then rode up. in the cage. The end of the bar projected beyond the cage, and it caught a bunton, which knocked the bar out of the cage, and in being jerked out it caught Scott between the legs, inflicting injuries, which proved fatal on September 1st. | |
| 1911 | July | 18 | Rosshill (Oil shale) | Linlithgow | Dalmeny Oil Co Ltd | Peter Ronaldson | 18 | Hanger-on | Haulage – run over or crushed by trams & tubs | Crushed between hutches when trying to snatch a chain out of the way of some hutches on a dook bench where empty hutches were standing. Died on the 21st. | |
| 1911 | July | 22 | Gateside | Dumfries | Sanquhar & Kirkconnel Collieries Ltd | James Murdoch | 19 | Miner | Falls of roof | When going into his working place from a turning plate a stone fell from between two "lypes" and killed him. | |
| 1911 | July | 24 | Wallyford | Edinburgh | Edinburgh Collieries Co Ltd | Thomas Sandilands | 51 | Haulage Roadsman | Haulage – ropes or chains breaking | Owing to a broken endless rope on the dook, he was probably caught by the runaway tubs when trying to signal the engineman to stop. On steep inclines, which require watching, it is desirable to have two wires into likely refuge holes, to prevent a haulage roadsman having to leave a place of safety to " stop." In this case, however, there is no evidence that deceased was in any refuge hole. | |
| 1911 | July | 26 | Aitken | Fife | Fife Coal Co Ltd | Alexander Laird | 28 | Oversman | Falls of roof | He was watching a new coal-cutting machine being prepared for its first cut when a fall of blaes from the roof, caused by a breaking poll, caused his death by suffocating him. | |
| 1911 | July | 27 | Loudoun No 3 | Ayr | Wm Baird & Co Ltd | William McCulloch | 33 | Collier | Falls of roof | Deceased was engaged taking off coal from the face when the roof suddenly collapsed and fell away from a "pot bottom" and breaks. | |
| 1911 | August | 1 | Kinneil | Linlithgow | Kinneil Cannel & Coking Coal Co Ltd | Alexander Graham | 38 | Pony Driver | Other haulage accidents | While snibbling a full rake, his middle finger of right hand was jammed between snibble and wheel; blood poisoning supervened and he died on 12th, | |
| 1911 | August | 3 | Bardykes | Lanark | Summerlee Iron Co Ltd | Joseph Malasky | 29 | Miner | Falls of roof | Whilst taking down coal a fall of coal occurred, which fatally injured him. | |
| 1911 | August | 7 | Birkrigg | Lanark | Darngavil Coal Co Ltd | Thomas Lockhart | 18 | Miner | Falls of roof | He was at work at the face when a stone fell away off the side of the road and fatally crushed him. The stone came away from a break which was unseen, and in falling threw out two props supporting it. | |
| 1911 | August | 8 | Dunnikier No 1 | Fife | Fife Coal Co Ltd | William Glass | 24 | Chain Runner | Other haulage accidents | He was on the chain in front of the rake of 10 hutches when the drawbar hook of the second bent, and allowed nine to run back. The jerk, caused by the weight being taken off, no doubt threw Glass off, as he was found badly injured. He died four hours later. | |
| 1911 | August | 12 | Tannochside No 3 | Lanark | Archd. Russell Ltd | John Chalmers | 41 | Under Manager | Falls of roof | He was pinching down a large stone from the roof when it came away. It knocked out the timbering under which he was standing which allowed the roof to fall on top of him. | Newspaper report- Bothwell pages |
| 1911 | August | 14 | Rosehall No13 | Lanark | R Addie & Sons Collieries Ltd | James Graham | 63 | Fireman | Falls of roof | Deceased was buried by a fall of roof, whilst setting a hurdle screen. The fall took place from between two " lypes" in the roof. | |
| 1911 | August | 15 | Afton No 1 | Ayr | New Cumnock Collieries Ltd | Edward Hunter | 15 | Pony Driver | Haulage – run over or crushed by trams & tubs | When taking a rake of hutches, along a road with a slight inclination, to the shaft he was crushed, by his pony jibbing against the hutches. A door, which should have been open, was closed. | |
| 1911 | August | 17 | Ferniegare No 2 | Lanark | Archd. Russell Ltd | Robert McCutcheon | 27 | Machineman | Falls of roof | Whilst attending coal cutter a large fall of roof occurred ; part of it fell on to deceased (and fractured his spine), across the bridle of the machine. | |
| 1911 | August | 18 | Donibristle, Marion | Fife | Fife Coal Co Ltd | Michael Digman | 24 | Drawer | Falls of roof | Fall of roof in main drawing road. He was drawing out a full hutch, and when turning a corner lost control of it ; he failed to get a snibble in, and the tub ran down the road and knocked out some timber, which caused the fall, which killed him. | |
| 1911 | August | 19 | Meiklehill No 2 | Dumbarton | Woodilee Coal & Coke Co Ltd | James Benson | 16 | Pony Driver | Explosions of fire damp | (10.30am) Whilst working in a return airroad, a quantity of gas was driven off an old waste and it ignited at his open light. The oversman should have seen that the pit was clear of men before allowing gas to be driven off from an old disused working. He died late the same night. | To follow |
| 1911 | August | 21 | Motherwell No 4 | Lanark | John Watson Ltd | Michael Watters | 25 | General Repairer | Falls of roof | He and another man were setting props on a road under a bar on which stone was resting, and when driving one of them up to tighten it the bar swung out and displaced other three bars, and the stone and lagging above them fell out and caught him. | |
| 1911 | September | 3 | East Plean No 4 | Stirling | Plean Colliery Co Ltd | William Duncan | 14 | Wheeler | Haulage – run over or crushed by trams & tubs | He was at the bottom of brae waiting for it to run when the pin of the muzzle attached to the descending end of the cousie chain jerked out and two full hutches ran down the brae and struck Duncan. | |
| 1911 | September | 4 | Allanton | Lanark | Wm Barr & Sons (Coalmasters) Ltd | William Marshall | 25 | Miner | Falls of roof | Deceased was shovelling coal to the roadhead to fill a tub when the roof suddenly fell upon him. In falling the stone carried away two props which were set under it. | Newspaper report - Dalserf pages |
| 1911 | September | 4 | Auchlochan | Lanark | Caprington & Auchlochan Collieries | Daniel Watson | 36 | Washing Foreman | On surface – miscellaneous | He was assisting another man to push a roll of washing riddle over the front of a loft when one of the wires caught his jacket, knocked him off his balance and drew him over on to the floor 11 feet below. He received injuries to his head from which he died on the 13th. | |
| 1911 | September | 12 | Devon | Clackmannan | Alloa Coal Co Ltd | Thomas Watt | -- | Repairer | Other haulage accidents | He was braking a full hutch down a cousie brae, when the empty hutch caught the timber ; the resulting jerk pulled out the wheel tree, which struck him behind the ear and fractured his skull. He died on 4th October. | |
| 1911 | September | 13 | Arthur | Fife | Lochgelly Iron & Coal Co Ltd | James Adamson | 59 | Oncostman | Haulage – run over or crushed by trams & tubs | Crushed by tubs owing to his misjudging the distance in which he had to work, when endeavouring to release them from the clip attachment to the rope. | |
| 1911 | September | 13 | Pennyvenie No 2 | Ayr | Dalmellington Iron Co Ltd | William Millar | 15 | Chain Runner | Miscellaneous underground – by machinery | Deceased went into a haulage motor room, and for some reason, probably to see for himself how an indicator or clutch gearing worked, he went through the machinery fencing and was caught by a gear wheel, when the haulage, which was at that time at rest, started. | |
| 1911 | September | 14 | Earnock | Lanark | John Watson Ltd | James Campbell | 26 | Pony Driver | Miscellaneous underground – sundries | He got one of his fingers slightly cut by catching it against a buckle on the harness of his horse ; blood poisoning supervened, and he died on 4th July, 1912. | |
| 1911 | September | 15 | Herbertshire | Stirling | Robert Addie & Sons Collieries Ltd | John McColl | 65 | Roadsman | Haulage – run over or crushed by trams & tubs | He was following a rake down an engine brae. The rake was lowered too far and in consequence was pulled up about a hutch length. Deceased was found on the top of the second hutch seriously injured. Died on the 18th. | |
| 1911 | September | 22 | East Plean No 4 | Stirling | Plean Colliery Co Ltd | William Bryce | 26 | Miner | Explosions of fire damp | (9am) The ventilating brattice was taken down to allow of a pump being lowered in a dook, thus short-circuiting the air. The oversman and men with him then went to have some food, and on returning ignited some gas, which had accumulated, with their naked lights. Bryce died on 24th September at 9.30 a.m. | To follow |
| 1911 | September | 22 | Bothwell Castle No 4 | Lanark | Wm Baird & Co Ltd | John Dawson | -- | Miner | Miscellaneous underground – sundries | When pushing a tub out his working place, he struck his head against the roof and cut it. He died a few days afterwards. | |
| 1911 | September | 23 | Milnquarter (Fire clay) | Stirling | John G Stein & Co | Clark Reid | 42 | Miner | Falls of side | When holding a drill for his mate to strike, a piece of clay fell out from the side above him at a " lype " and killed him. The fireman who examined the place was close to him at the time. | |
| 1911 | September | 23 | Bothwell Park No1 | Lanark | Wm Baird & Co Ltd | Sam Clyde | 26 | Repairer | Falls of roof | He was loading up debris from the roadside, when a fall of roof occurred, part of the roof stone fell on to his back, fracturing his spine. | Newspaper report- Bothwell pages |
| 1911 | September | 27 | Loanhead, Burghlee No 3 | Edinburgh | Shotts Iron Co Ltd | William Cossar | 36 | Miner | Miscellaneous underground – suffocation by natural gases | While engaged in driving an airway, he returned 1 ½ hours after firing two shots of gelignite and ¼ hour later was found dead in his working place. He was probably poisoned by carbon monoxide. | To follow |
| 1911 | September | 30 | Knowton | Lanark | Barr & Thornton | James King | 30 | Coal Cutting Machineman | Miscellaneous underground – by machinery | He was putting wedges under the skids of the machine to keep it level, when the sleeve of his vest got entangled in the rope by which the machine was hauled along the face, and before the current could be switched off, his arm was carried round the drum, and his neck was broken. | Newspaper report |
| 1911 | October | 2 | Hauldhead | Dumfries | Sanquhar & Kirkconnel Collieries Ltd | William Black | 25 | Drawer | Haulage – run over or crushed by trams & tubs | He was taking a rake of tubs up an inclined part of a haulage road, and heard what he thought was a rake of empties coming down. He stepped in front of his own rake, and was walking there, when the tubs which he had heard, and which proved to be a rake of runaway loaded tubs, crashed into him and his rake, and injured him so badly that he died the same day. | |
| 1911 | October | 2 | Deans No 2 (oil shale) | Linlithgow | Pumpherston Oil Co Ltd | William Jamieson | 18 | Chainer | Haulage – run over or crushed by trams & tubs | He was probably in the act of putting a derailed hutch on the road when the rake moved and crushed him. No signal was given before or after the rake stopped and the engineman restarted without a signal not expecting anyone would be near. | |
| 1911 | October | 3 | Tannochside No 3 | Lanark | Archd. Russell Ltd | James McAlpine | 40 | Miner | Falls of roof | While he was passing along the face a piece of coal suddenly burst out,and striking a prop knocked it out, causing the roof to fall upon him. The stone fell away from a keen parting, which was unseen. | Newspaper report- Bothwell pages |
| 1911 | October | 4 | Hamilton Palace | Lanark | Bent Colliery Co Ltd | Adam Barr | 72 | Oncostman | Shaft accidents – overwinding | He and other seven men were being lowered in the shaft to their work, when the winding engineman failed to check the speed of the descending cage sufficiently, and it struck the cage violently. The ascending cage was taken up against the pulley, but fortunately no one was in it. Deceased died on the 7th October, and all the other men were more or less injured. |
To follow |
| 1911 | October | 6 | Govan No 6 | Lanark | William Dixon Ltd | Archibald Smith | 15 | Message-boy | On surface – railways, sidings or tramways | The boy left the place where he was sitting and went towards a line of rails where a loaded waggon was being run out from the screen, and was crushed between the buffers of the moving waggon and one which stood stationary. | Newspaper Report |
| 1911 | October | 6 | Bent | Lanark | Bent Colliery Co Ltd | John Stevenson | 35 | Brusher | Miscellaneous underground – by explosives | He bored a hole for a shot in the brushing and left the place to have some food. During his absence the shot firer came into the place, and after charging the hole with four cartridges of Arkite, about 1 ½ lbs., he lit the fuse and passed along the face. In the place below two shots were charged, and the fuse also lit, prior to deceased's hole being charged. Deceased was unaware that two shots had been lit in the place below, and when the two shots exploded he thought his was one of them and proceeded to the face ; when 35 feet away his shot went off, and he was struck on the head with some flying debris. | Newspaper Report - Hamilton pages |
| 1911 | October | 7 | Andrew Strachan | See entry under 23 January 1911 | |||||||
| 1911 | October | 10 | Dechmont No 3 | Lanark | Archd. Russell Ltd | Neil Crow | 27 | Strapper | Explosions of fire damp | (3.30pm) A fireman improperly took two men into a section of the Upper Ell Coal Seam before he had inspected it. On arriving within a 100 yards of the face, he left the men behind and commenced to inspect the roadway and working faces, but found, owing to gas being present in the right-hand side of the section, the men could not get in. He tightened up the canvas doors, which caused a portion of the face to be cleared. In the meantime two other men had come into the section and joined those already there. The fireman left these four men where they were and went out of the pit. An explosion afterwards occurred, but what was the cause of it is not quite clear. All the men had safety lamps, and the glass of one was afterwards found broken, but whether this had occurred before the ignition of the gas, or it was broken by the force of the explosion, is doubtful. If the broken glass was not the cause, a match must have been struck by one of the men. Crow died on 16th at 1.20a.m. | To follow |
| 1911 | October | 11 | Earnock | Lanark | John Watson Ltd | David Archibald | 45 | Repairer | Falls of roof | He was engaged withdrawing props after a stoop had been extracted when the roof suddenly fell, and before he could clear himself, he was caught and crushed under it. | Newspaper Report - Hamilton pages |
| 1911 | October | 11 | Greenfield | Lanark | Archd. Russell Ltd | James McDowall | 55 | Waggon Shifter | On surface – railways, sidings or tramways | Deceased had put in empty waggons to his screen, and was on his way to his place to trim, and while walking on the line, some waggons being brought to the screen alongside his own overtook him and threw him in front. | Newspaper Report - Hamilton pages |
| 1911 | October | 11 | Skellyton | Lanark | Darngavil Coal Co Ltd | David Spence | 43 | Brusher | Falls of roof | He was stowing the debris made from a brushing shot, when the roof fell upon him ; the stone came away from some "lypes," which were unseen. | |
| 1911 | October | 12 | Ellismuir | Lanark | United Collieries Ltd | William Kerr | 41 | Oversman | Falls of roof | He was clearing passage over a fall on the face, when a piece of stone fell from the roof on to his head, and neck; suffocation took place before he could be extricated. | |
| 1911 | October | 12 | Earlseat | Fife | Wemyss Coal Co Ltd | Andrew Graham | 54 | Tub Repairer | On surface – by machinery | The machinery having been stopped at 1.50 p.m. deceased thought that work had ceased for the day, as the shift finishes at 2 p.m. He, therefore, and as usual, went through a fence to clean the dross from the end of a picking table. On more coal coming out, the engine-driver started the machinery, and deceased was dragged round a pulley by one of the belts. | |
| 1911 | October | 16 | Dalmeny (Oil shale) | Linlithgow | Dalmeny Oil Co Ltd | Robert Grieve | 30 | Drawer | Explosions of fire damp | (12 noon) Grieve was working with two other men, A. Walker, contractor, and A. Connolly, miner. They were stooping or removing pillars on the lower side of a small area of waste, which had been worked out and the roof allowed to fall. The roof had fallen up through 40 feet of strata, and in doing so had passed through two seams of shale, and Grieve apparently went up into the waste to slide this fallen shale down into the roadway, where Walker and Connolly where working, when his naked light ignited firedamp which had been allowed to accumulate, severely burning him and Connolly, who was close to him. The deceased (Gilhooley), Livingstone, a fireman, and William Lees, who were going to see what was the matter, were also severely burned by the second flame, which extended about 200 feet into a main level above. | To follow |
| Frank Gihooley | 34 | Miner | |||||||||
| 1911 | October | 17 | Polmaise Nos 1 & 2 | Stirling | Archd. Russell Ltd | George Richardson | 24 | Miner | Falls of roof | While engaged in holing at the coal face a large stone fell from the roof on to him, and fractured his spine. He died on 31st October. | |
| 1911 | October | 19 | Murdostoun | Lanark | Murdostoun Colliery Co Ltd | Peter McGhee | 44 | Miner | Miscellaneous underground – sundries | Alleged to have died from the effects of a blow from the handle of his boring machine. The handle came back with a jerk, owing, possibly, to the ratchet slipping, and struck the deceased in the chest. The doctor certified that death was due to cerebral haemorrhage. | |
| 1911 | October | 26 | Annandale No 11 | Ayr | Caprington & Auchlochan Collieries | John Rae, junior | 22 | Repairer | Explosions of fire damp | (10.30pm) Deceased was on the night shift, and received his orders by note left by day fireman on the surface. He was sent to an abandoned road to lift rails, and on reaching the face ignited gas with his naked light, and was so badly burned that he died at 10.20 p.m. on the 4th November. The place had not been inspected by the back shift or night shift fireman, who allowed him to go into it. Deceased and others knew the place had not been inspected. | To follow |
| 1911 | October | 27 | Gilbertfield | Lanark | John Watson Ltd | John Jenkins | 37 | Sawyer | On surface – miscellaneous | Deceased worked at a saw mill used to cut up wood for props ; he had sawn a prop 5 ins. diameter into two, and had put through one of the pieces to cut it into other two pieces, and when the operation had been done the man at the opposite end failed to take away one of the cut pieces clear from the saw, and it was caught and drawn into the saw again and thrown forward with terrific force, and it struck deceased on the face. | |
| 1911 | October | 29 | Valleyfield | Fife | Fife Coal Co Ltd | Thomas Syme | 45 | Miner | Shaft accidents - falling from part way down | When being raised in the cage from a place in the shaft, at which he had been cutting holes for supports or clamps to carry the electric cables to the place above where another set was to be cut, he appears to have his head partly out of the side of the cage and to have been caught by a cross girder and pulled out. He fell to the bottom of the shaft a distance of 780 feet. | Newspaper report |
| 1911 | October | 30 | Lochwood No 1 | Lanark | Lochwood Coal Co Ltd | Archibald McLellan | 23 | Miner | Other haulage accidents | He fell and bruised his hip whilst pushing out a hutch ; septic poisoning supervened and he died 11 days later. | |
| 1911 | October | 30 | Dalzell & Broomside | Lanark | Wishaw Coal Co Ltd | John Galloway | about 60 | Oncost Worker | Explosions of fire damp | (1pm) The deceased was sent by his son, the fireman of the section, to get some rails from an old road, among stoops, off the return airway. An explosion of firedamp occurred and killed him. The mine has always been worked with naked lights, and no gas is alleged to have been found in it for more than a year. | To follow |
| 1911 | October | 30 | Dysart, Frances | Fife | Earl of Rosslyn's Collieries Ltd | Agnes Coventry | 16 | Working on Picking Table | On surface – by machinery | When bending under a revolving shaft to reach some dirt which had been lifted off the tables, her clothes were caught by the shaft, and practically torn off. She was removed to the hospital and appeared to be progressing favourably but she collapsed and died late the same day from shock. The shaft was cased in, but one of the boards which had become loose had been removed and not replaced. | Newspaper Report |
| 1911 | November | 3 | Holytown | Lanark | James Nimmo & Co Ltd | William Martin | 18 | Surveyor's Apprentice | Explosions of fire damp | (11am) The Dook Section in Virtuewell Seam was being surveyed, and deceased was at the dip side of a roadway with the chain to take a measurement to a trouble running almost parallel with the road. The fireman for the section went towards the "vees" with his naked light on his cap, and ignited some gas causing an explosion, whereby both were burned. The quantity of gas ignited was small, and no damage was done to property. The place was temporarily stopped, and was examined by the fireman during his first inspection about six hours previous, and found clear, and the gas had accumulated in the interval. Martin died on 13th November, about 1 o'clock. | To follow |
| 1911 | November | 9 | Kenmuirhill | Lanark | Glasgow Coal Co Ltd | Thomas Craven | 26 | Miner | Falls of side | Deceased was assisting to pinch out the stone between the top and bottom portions of the seam, when it came away suddenly, and before he could clear himself, he was caught and crushed against the roadside building. He died on 13th November. | |
| 1911 | November | 10 | Auchincruive | Ayr | Wm Baird & Co Ltd | Thomas Nash | 16 | Assistant Bottomer | Shaft accidents – miscellaneous | Deceased was employed principally as signaller. After signalling an empty cage away, he rushed across it to get to other side of the bottom, but was caught between the cage and doorheads as the cage lifted, was carried an unknown distance up the shaft, and fell back into the cage seat through a wooden grating, and to a seam 12 fathoms below. | |
| 1911 | November | 12 | Ellismuir | Lanark | United Collieries Ltd | John Gordon | 29 | Repairer | Falls of roof | Deceased and a roadsman were proceeding along a haulage road on their way to begin their shift, and while passing along, the roof suddenly fell and both were buried under a large stone. The roof was composed of hard faiks, and supports were put up to it at intervals of about 4 feet. In falling the stone threw out one set of timber. | |
| 1911 | November | 13 | Hillhouserigg | Lanark | Baton Collieries Ltd | Joseph Bower | 25 | Brusher | Falls of side | Fall of side in working place. He was about to stow the rock which his brushing shot had brought down, when a piece of the side, about 2 tons in weight, fell and crushed him. He seems to have taken out almost all the breakers to stow the large pieces of rock and this may have allowed the stone to become loose. | |
| 1911 | November | 13 | Hattonrigg | Lanark | Summerlee Iron Co Ltd | John Burns | 25 | General Repairer | Haulage – ropes or chains breaking | The deceased was found in an unconscious condition at the foot of a brae. A runaway, owing to a chain breaking, had occurred, but there was no evidence to show how he met with his injuries. It is probable that he was following up behind the empty hutch, and was caught by it. | |
| 1911 | November | 16 | Pencaitland | Haddington | Woodhall Coal Co Ltd | William Christie | 65 | Fireman | Falls of roof | Fall of roof in stoop road near face. Deceased while acting as fireman was laying rails in a road among stooping work, when, without warning, two tons of the rock roof fell upon him. The stone fell from between two breaks which were not visible before the accident. | |
| 1911 | November | 18 | Hamilton Palace | Lanark | Bent Colliery Co Ltd | Charles Clark | 34 | Miner | Falls of roof | He was wedging down coal, and when the coal fell part of the roof fell with it, and injured so seriously that he died a few hours later. | |
| 1911 | November | 20 | Limefield No 32 (Oil shale) | Edinburgh | Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Co Ltd | James Fairley | 38 | Miner | Miscellaneous underground – by explosives | He was driving a level, when a shot fired in an upset approaching at right angles from a lower level, burst through and killed him. As he is said to have received a signal from below that a shot was to be fired, and had given a return signal, it is difficult to see why he remained in the place. | To follow |
| 1911 | November | 22 | Woolmet | Edinburgh | Niddrie & Benhar Coal Co Ltd | Philip Wilson | 22 | Railway Shunter | On surface – railways, sidings or tramways | He was shunting waggons up to some others which he intended taking away. As they were nearing each other he tried to jump between them to reach the other side of the rails but was caught between the buffers. He had a coupling pole in his hand at the time. | |
| 1911 | November | 24 | Lassodie Mill | Fife | Fife Coal Co Ltd | Thomas Beveridge | 66 | Fireman | Falls of roof | He was removing some stones from an incline, which had fallen from the roof, when another large stone fell and killed him, he, apparently, not having examined the place properly before commencing to move the stones. | |
| 1911 | November | 24 | Newliston (Oil shale) No 29 | Linlithgow | Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Co Ltd | John Hamilton | 52 | Shale Miner | Haulage – run over or crushed by trams & tubs | Deceased was walking down the main dook, where no miners are allowed to travel, when he was caught by the bogies carrying hutches, and crushed against the side of the road. Notices are posted forbidding men to travel on this haulage road. | To follow |
| 1911 | November | 25 | Carronhall | Stirling | Carron Co | Thomas Sharp | 61 | Winding Engineman | Shaft accidents – falling into shaft from surface | Deceased apparently drew the top cage too high, thus causing the shoe to stick above the guide and bring the cage up. The gate would also be lifted with the cage, leaving one side of the shaft unfenced. He fell down the shaft, but the evidence is incomplete, and it is not clear whether he went through inadvertently or otherwise. | |
| 1911 | November | 28 | Arniston, Emily | Edinburgh | Arniston Coal Co Ltd | Sidney Moir | 17 | Drawer | Falls of roof | While filling a hutch with coal on the level, a stone which was held in position by the coal was liberated, as the coal was worked off, and fell on to him. Rances were only set to the one side, and were naturally screwed out by the weight of the stone. | |
| 1911 | November | 29 | Bredisholm No 2 | Lanark | United Collieries Ltd | William Traynor | 22 | Coal Cutting Machineman | Miscellaneous underground - electricity | The accident occurred in the Ell Coal Seam, which is holed by means of a coal cutter, the motive power of which is electricity, A. C. of 500 volts. Deceased was in charge of the coal cutter and at the time of the accident he and another machineman were shifting the haulage rope connected with the cutter, and while doing so both received an electric shock, the former being killed on the spot. |
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| 1911 | December | 1 | Glencraig | Fife | Wilsons & Clyde Coal Co Ltd | William Hughes | 30 | Drawer | Falls of roof | Just as he pushed his empty tub into the face, a bar snapped suddenly, probably owing to crush, and allowed a stone to fall from the roof upon him. The bar was quite sound, and had not been previously broken. | Newspaper report - Ballingry pages |
| 1911 | December | 2 | Gateside | Lanark | Flemington Coal Co Ltd | Hugh Blackwood | 52 | Fireman and Shaftman | Shaft accidents - falling from part way down | Deceased, with two other workmen, was engaged renewing slides in the shaft, and had to work on the cage top. He was coming off the cage top to the cage bottom, and his feet slipped, whereby he fell into the shaft, a distance of 18 fathoms. The position at the time was opposite the door heads of an upper seam, and he got past the opening. | |
| 1911 | December | 4 | Auchengeich | Lanark | James Nimmo & Co Ltd | Duncan Ballantyne | 20 | Haulageman | Haulage – run over or crushed by trams & tubs | He was on his way to the Pit Bottom with a loaded rake, consisting of 5 tubs, and, apparently, he came towards the place where it was usual to stop, before entering a slight declivity, at too great a speed, and, in attempting to take out the tail chain from the first tub, he fell in front and was run over. | |
| 1911 | December | 6 | Leven No 2 | Fife | Fife Coal Co Ltd | Frank Baxter | 59 | Miner | Falls of side | He had holed about 8 feet of his coal face, when the coal fell forward over the sprags, and liberated some roof, consisting of coal and blaes about 15 feet long by 7 feet 6 inches wide by 3 feet thick, which fell on him and inflicted fatal injuries. The holing had reached a " lype," which could not be seen until the coal had been removed. | |
| 1911 | December | 6 | Poneil | Lanark | Arden Coal Co Ltd | James Ritchie | 26 | Miner | Falls of roof | Deceased was alone at coal face, and is supposed to have been setting up timber when a stone came away, swinging a crown and prop out and killing him instantly. | |
| 1911 | December | 9 | Hamilton Palace | Lanark | Bent Colliery Co Ltd | Thomas Nicholls | 33 | Oncostman | Falls of roof | Deceased and another workman were engaged taking out a set of timber to allow the roof to fall, and when the timber had been removed the roof fell across two sets of timber, under which they stood for safety, and Nicholls was buried beneath the debris. | |
| 1911 | December | 12 | Kenmuirhill | Lanark | Glasgow Coal Co | John Spicer | 36 | Miner | Explosions of fire damp | (11.30am) The Virtuewell Seam is in two portions, with 7 feet of strata between them ; the brushing fell up to the top seam, and the deceased climbed up into the top seam, a place he had no right to be in. Some gas had accumulated after the fireman's inspection, which his naked light ignited, and he was burned on face and arms, he died on 16th December, at 6 p.m. | To follow |
| 1911 | December | 12 | Clyde No 3 | Lanark | Wilsons & Clyde Coal Co Ltd | James Meinaghan | 38 | Repairer | Miscellaneous underground – sundries | The deceased was repairing the sides of a main haulage road when a portion of the side walling suddenly fell over on top of him. | |
| 1911 | December | 13 | Woodmuir No 5 | Edinburgh | United Collieries Ltd | David Bowman | 27 | Miner | Falls of roof | While he was shovelling coal, a stone from between two cutters or breaks in the roof, fell on to his head. The cutters were probably invisible owing to a thin layer of clay adhering to the roof. The place was generally well timbered, but three props were displaced by the fall. | |
| 1911 | December | 13 | Polquhairn | Ayr | Polquhairn Coal Co Ltd | James Withers | 14 | Drawer | Explosions of fire damp | (1pm) Withers was waiting at a landing on heading road for his turn to run down his tub when a gas explosion occurred further up at the heading face. He was either thrown down by the force of the blast or was injured by a fall, which came away close to where he was found. He died on the morning of 15th December. Heron, who had been working on same road, 90 feet nearer heading face was slightly burned by the explosion, and was injured by fall of roof immediately afterwards. He died on 18th December. | To follow |
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| 1911 | December | 18 | Auchingeich | Lanark | James Nimmo & Co Ltd | Robert Smith | 22 | Screeman | On surface – by machinery | He climbed over a fence to oil the machinery driving a part of the screening machinery when it was in motion and his clothing was caught by some toothed wheels and he was so severely injured that he died the following day. | |
| 1911 | December | 20 | Bardykes | Lanark | Summerlee Iron Co Ltd | John Kelly | 48 | Repairer | Miscellaneous underground - electricity | Whilst assisting to remove a coal cutter, the deceased was electrocuted owing to a breakdown of the insulation of the leads, and a break in the continuity of the earth wire, due to the machine being left under a small stream of water. |
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| 1911 | December | 20 | Tillicoultry | Clackmannan | Alloa Coal Co Ltd | Joseph Hunter | 37 | Haulageman | Haulage – run over or crushed by trams & tubs | He was riding down a dook in the third hutch of a rake of twenty hutches, when the coupling of the eighth hutch became detached from the draw-bar hook, causing the eight front hutches to run away. Hunter was found crushed between two hutches near the foot of the dook. | |
| 1911 | December | 20 | Castlehill | Lanark | Shotts Iron Co Ltd | John Walker | 63 | Locomotive Driver | On surface – railways, sidings or tramways | Driving a locomotive which had a separate bogie for coal, and was pushing five full waggons round a curve, when the locomotive became derailed. The coal bogie up ended and he was jammed between the iron rails, carrying the back part of the cab and the front of the fire box, and killed. | |
| 1911 | December | 21 | Lethans No 1 | Fife | Wilsons & Clyde Coal Co Ltd | James Gordon | 47 | Brusher | Falls of roof | He was making a place for a bar under "lypey" and broken roof, when a stone, weighing about a ton, broke the weak temporary support he had put up, and in falling killed him instantaneously. | |
| 1911 | December | 21 | Rosehall No14 | Lanark | - | John Elder | 25 | Roadsman | Haulage – run over or crushed by trams & tubs | Deceased was found in a dying condition at a dook landing. A runaway had occurred, but he was lying clear of the hutches. On examination of the body no exterior evidences of a blow were found. | Newspaper report |
| 1911 | December | 22 | Darngavil, Greyrigg No 2 | Lanark | Darngavil Coal Co Ltd | William Cullen | 49 | Machineman | Falls of roof | He knocked out a prop to enable him to get at the switch of the coal cutter, and just as he did so the roof fell suddenly upon him. After the fall it was discovered that there were. " lypes " which were unseen, and that the roof fell away from them. | |
| 1911 | December | 22 | Kenmuir | Lanark | J Dunn & Stephen Ltd | Charles Hendry | 26 | Miner | Falls of roof | He was passing along the face when a stone fell without warning and he was buried beneath it. The stone which fell was a "pot bottom" and its presence was unknown. | |
| 1911 | December | 23 | Rosehall No13 | Lanark | Robert Addie & Sons (Collieries) Ltd | Robert Wallace | 52 | Miner's Contractor | Other haulage accidents | He was attempting to detach the clip from an empty tub, but failed to get it off in time, and the tub collided with one in front, and the index finger of his left hand was injured. The injury was slight, but tetanus set in, and he died eight days after. | |
| 1911 | December | 27 | Springside | Ayr | A Kenneth & Sons | William Sharpe | 43 | Miner | Falls of roof | He was wedging down coal, and when the coal fell, the roof fell with it, and he was killed instantly. The roof in falling threw out the props supporting it. | |
| 1911 | December | 28 | Glencraig | Fife | Wilsons & Clyde Coal Co Ltd | Thomas Nicholl | 22 | Drawer | Falls of roof | It would appear that the hutch, deceased was pushing down a cousie brae, struck a pillar, which shook down the timbers supporting the roof, causing 15 cwts. of stone from above to fall and kill him instantly. | |