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Fatal Accidents 1938

Accidents listed in the NAS cataologue for which we have no further information are highlighted by a shaded background

Year Month Day Colliery District First Name Surname Age Occupation Cause Information on site
1938 January 2 Earnock Lanarkshire John Lowe          see entry under 25 December 1937
1938 January 7 Polkemmet Lothian John Fowler Rolland Strickland   Clipper Struck by runaway hutch  
1938 January 11 Branchal Lanarkshire Robert Cameron 60 Roadsman Struck by rake of runaway hutches Newspaper report - Cambusnethan pages
1938 January 14 Polmaise Stirlingshire Frank Cairns 43 Machineman Fall of stone from roof Newspaper report - Stirlingshire pages
1938 January 17 Foulshiels Lothian William Johnstone McGillivray   Brusher Block and tackle fell upon his head  
1938 January 17 Roslin Lothian George Bathgate 56 Coal miner Crushed by cage Newspaper report - Lothians pages
1938 January 20 Minto Fife James Fairley 40   Fall of roof Newspaper report - Auchterderran pages
1938 January 25 Westwood Shale pit Lothian John Rossa   Shale miner Gas explosion  
1938 January 25 Millhall Stirlingshire William Weir 51 mechanical engineer Fell down shaft Newspaper report - Stirlingshire pages
1938 January 29 Rosie Fife Thomas Waddell 35 Coal stripper Fall of coal Newspaper report - Fife pages
1938 January 30 Dumbreck Colliery Stirlingshire Peter Byrne 58 Brusher Underground fire Dumbreck page
Joseph Campbell 59 Fireman
Henry Hagan 38 Brusher
Joseph Mervin Kelly 30 Brusher
James Martin 38 Brusher
Joseph Martin 26 Brusher
Robert Martin 35 Brusher
Edward O'Neill 23 Brusher
Peter Walker 36 Brusher
1938 February 4 Newtongrange Lothian George Hay McIntosh 65 Railway platelayer Knocked down by train of coal trucks Newspaper report - Lothians pages
1938 February 14 Viewpark Lanarkshire Stanley Markavitch 44   Crushed by hutches 
Newspaper report - Bothwell pages
1938 February 18 Auchengeich Lanarkshire Thomas McKean   Coal cutting machineman Struck by boulder Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages
1938 February 21 Bridgeness Lothian Charles Smith   Oncost worker Struck by a back balance bogey  
1938 March 6 Earnock Lanarkshire Alexander Brown Young          see entry under 25 December 1937
1938 March 12 Newton Lanarkshire Richard Jones   Stripper Electrocution Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages
Miles McCue   Fireman
1938 March 12 Wellwood Fife John Downie 34 Waggon attendant Caught in machinery Newspaper report - Fife pages
1938 March 15 Roslin Midlothian William Higgins 43 Coal miner Crushed by a fall of roof in Moat Colliery Newspaper report - Lothians pages
Alexander Bathgate    
1938 March 19 Lochore Fife James Brennan   Miner Explosion Newspaper report - Ballingry pages
1938 March 19 Woodend Lothian William Neilson   Coal miner Fall of stone Newspaper report - Lothians pages
1938 March 24 Loanhead Lothian Joseph Logrie 25 Miner Fell down dook Newspaper report - Lothians pages
1938 March 25 Maxwell Pit, Dailly Ayrshire William Smith 25 Miner Fall of stone Newspaper report - Ayrshire pages
1938 March 29 Southrigg Lothian William John McKelvie 59 Miner Crushed by stone Newspaper report - Lothians pages 
1938 March 31 Hamilton Palace Lanarkshire Anthony Strain 17   Caught in machinery Newspaper report - Bothwellhaugh pages
1938 April 12 Michael Fife James McLean NK surface worker Crushed between trucks in colliery woodyard  
1938 April 14 Loanhead Lothian Andrew Kirk 60 Miner Fall of stone Newspaper report - Lothians pages
1938 April 20 Bank, New Cumnock Ayrshire Joseph Crozier 32 Miner Killed by runaway hutches Newspaper report - Ayrshire pages
John Hamilton Mackie 19 Drawer
Robert Milligan 32 Miner
Robert Murray 36 Miner
Joseph Watson Walls 14 Mine switch boy
1938 April 22 Foulshiels Lothian James Cummerford   Coal miner Fall of roof Newspaper report - Lothians pages
1938 April 24 Minto Fife Roland Holmes 32 Engineer Fall of stone Newspaper report - Auchterderran pages
1938 May 3 Wellesley Fife Alexander Coull   Miner Crushed by hutches  
1938 May 17 Northfield Lanarkshire William Blackley 60 Haulageman Caught in machinery Newspaper report - Shotts pages
1938 May 18 Tulligarth Clackmannanshire James McLean       Newspaper report - Clackmannanshire pages
1938 May 18 Fauldhead Dumfries Charles Wood 52 miner Fall of stone Newspaper report - Dumfriesshire pages
1938 May 19 Westwood Shale pit Lothian Daniel Carey   Shale miner Fall of rock Newspaper report - Lothians pages
1938 June 3 Cadzow Lanarkshire John Fraser     Collapsed Newspaper report - Hamilton pages
1938 June 20 Unknown (Wemyss area) Fife David Rodger Hunter 22 electrician Electrocuted Newspaper report - Fife pages
1938 June 21 Cronberry Moor Ayrshire John Fleming 43 shot firer Spark from fuse set fire to clothing Newspaper report - Ayrshire pages
1938 June 21 Michael Fife William Knox 63 Oversman Fall of roof Newspaper report - Fife pages
1938 June 21 Glencraig Fife James Connelly 51 Coal miner Killed by runaway hutches Newspaper report - Ballingry pages
1938 June 21 Foulshiels Lothian Walter Black   Coal miner Fall of roof Newspaper report - Lothians pages
1938 June 22 Barbauchlaw Lothian John Beaty Bell   Coal miner Fall of material from side of working place  
1938 July 7 Kames, Muirkirk Ayrshire Benjamin Hendry 37 Shot borer Fall of coal Newspaper Report - Muirkirk pages
1938 July 8 Whitrigg Lothian William Glen   Coal miner Tetanus after struck by piece of coal  
1938 July 18 Parkneuk Lanarkshire Alexander Fisher 56 Coal cutting machineman Fall of stone Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages
1938 July 26 Bedlay Lanarkshire Archibald Batchelor   Pithead worker Caught in machinery Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages
1938 August 1 Randolph Fife Hugh Martin 46 Oncost worker Struck by hutch Newspaper report - Fife pages
1938 August 4 Crow Colliery, Calderbank Lanarkshire William Waddell 20 Repairer Fall of stone and rock from roof 
Newspaper report - Bothwell pages
1938 August 15 Burghlee Lothian Richard McCutcheon 35 Pit sinker Shock from blast of explosion Newspaper report - Lothians pages
1938 August 25 Littlemill Colliery Ayrshire William Wallace 41 Fall Newspaper report - Ayrshire pages
1938 August 30 Minto Fife James Hunter   Miner Fall of stone Newspaper report - Auchterderran pages
1938 September 14 Loganlea Lothian James Baxter Johnstone 30 Coal miner Fall of stone from roof  
1938 October 2 Blackrigg Lothian Matthew Hailstones   Haulage roadsman Struck by a rake of tubs Newspaper report - Lothians pages
1938 October 3 Afton Ayrshire Alexander Ford   Oversman NK Newspaper report - Ayrshire pages
1938 October 10 Blantyreferme Colliery Brickworks Lanarkshire Peter McGuire McDermott 21   Suffocated in blaes hopper Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages
1938 October 19 Blackrigg Lothian Robert Muir   Fireman Struck on the head by material projected from a shot  
1938 October 22 Brucefield Clackmannan William Drummond 40 Miner Struck by hutch Newspaper report - Clackmannanshire pages
1938 November 8 Carberry Lothian Andrew Watt Wood 35 Coal miner Crushing accident Newspaper report - Lothians pages
1938 November 16 Auchengeich Lanarkshire Alexander Hargey     Injuries received while riding on hutch  
1938 November 20 Newbattle Lothian John Taylor 45 Oversman NK  
1938 November 23 Woolmet Lothian Charles Ramsay 30   Fall of stone Newspaper report - Lothians pages
1938 December 9 Littlemill Ayrshire Robert Howatson 25 NK Explosion Newspaper report - Ayrshire pages
John Leslie 50 Coal miner
William Brown 29 Coal miner
James Graham 46 Coal miner

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