| Year | Month | Day | Name of Colliery | County | First Name | Surname | Area of site |
| 1840 | January | 15 | Teasses Colliery | Fife | Thomas | Birrell | Fife FHS pre-1855 deaths |
| 1840 | January | 21 | Bo'ness Colliery | Robert | Sneddon | Evidence of Mary Sneddon to Royal Commission | |
| 1840 | March | 3 | Scaterigg | Elizabeth | McLuckie | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages | |
| Grace | Smith | ||||||
| 1840 | July | 7 | Westmuir | Lanarkshire | Alexander | Park | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
| 1840 | August | 8 | Elgin Colliery | Fife | William | Philp | Fife FHS pre-1855 deaths |
| 1840 | August | 18 | Garlewood lime mine | Lanarkshire | James | Greenshields | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
| 1840 | October | 24 | Dundyvan | Lanarkshire | Wm | Donachie | Newspaper report - Old Monkland pages |
| Unknown | Brown (2 brothers) | ||||||
| Unknown | Brown (2 brothers) | ||||||
| Christopher | Laird | ||||||
| 1840 | November | 21 | Shettleston | Lanarkshire | Unknown | Unknown (two brothers) | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
| Unknown | Unknown (two brothers) | ||||||
| 1841 | March | 16 | Quarter | Lanarkshire | James | Fyfe | Newspaper report - Quarter 1841 page |
| James | Fleming | ||||||
| Unknown | Brounlie | ||||||
| James | Duffie | ||||||
| Hugh | McLean | ||||||
| John | Smith | ||||||
| William | Wotherspoon | ||||||
| James | Fisher | ||||||
| William | Brounlie | ||||||
| George | Pate | ||||||
| 1841 | March | 16 | Dunfermline | Fife | Henry | Hunter | Fife FHS pre-1855 deaths |
| 1841 | April | 26 | Donibristle | Fife | Helen | Bowman | Evidence of David Naysmyth & Catherine Walker to Royal Commission |
| 1841 | April | 26 | Donibristle | Fife | Helen | Bowman | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
| 1841 | July | 14 | Wheatpark | Ayrshire | David | Steel | Newspaper report - Ayrshire pages |
| Around 1841* | Alloa Colliery | Clackmannan | John | Patterson | Evidence of James Hunter to Royal Commission | ||
| Around 1841* | Banknock Colliery | Stirling | H. | Wilson | Evidence of Andrew Stirling to Royal Commission | ||
| Around 1841* | Dalkeith Collieries | Lothians | Mr | Gillon | Evidence of William Gillon to Royal Commission | ||
| Around 1841* | Donibristle | Fife | Peter | Campbell | Evidence of David Naysmyth to Royal Commission | ||
| Around 1841* | Elgin Colliery | Fife | William | Phelp | Evidence of John Weir to Royal Commission | ||
| Around 1841* | Hirse or Netherwood Colliery, Cumbernauld | Dumbarton | J. | Johnson | Evidence of John Marshall to Royal Commission | ||
| Around 1841* | Hirse or Netherwood Colliery, Cumbernauld | Dumbarton | William | Blair | Evidence of John Marshall to Royal Commission | ||
| Around 1841* | Hirse or Netherwood Colliery, Cumbernauld | Dumbarton | Wm. | Gillus | Evidence of John Marshall to Royal Commission | ||
| Around 1841* | Hirse or Netherwood Colliery, Cumbernauld | Dumbarton | Robert | Russell | Evidence of John Marshall to Royal Commission | ||
| Around 1841* | Hirse or Netherwood Colliery, Cumbernauld | Dumbarton | John | Forsyth | Evidence of Robert Rennie to Royal Commission | ||
| Around 1841* | Hirse or Netherwood Colliery, Cumbernauld | Dumbarton | Allen | Rennie | Evidence of Robert Rennie to Royal Commission | ||
| Around 1841* | Lochgelly | Fife | Joseph | Harrower | Evidence of Eliza Dixon to Royal Commission | ||
| Around 1841* | Lochgelly | Fife | Andrew | Beveridge | Evidence of Eliza Dixon to Royal Commission | ||
| Around 1841* | Redding Colliery | Stirling | William | Guy | Evidence of David Guy & Thomas Walker to Royal Commission | ||
| Around 1841* | Redding Colliery? | Stirling | Mr | Sneddon | Evidence of Mary Sneddon to Royal Commission | ||
| Around 1841* | Stronne Colliery | Stirling | Mr | King | Evidence of Robert Jameson to Royal Commission | ||
| Around 1841* | Stronne Colliery | Stirling | Mr | Stirling | Evidence of Robert Jameson to Royal Commission | ||
| 1842 | July | 13 | Wellwood Colliery | Fife | William | Houston | Fife FHS pre-1855 deaths |
| 1842 | July | 29 | Cuttlehill | Fife | William | Morgan | Fife FHS pre-1855 deaths |
| 1843 | January | Tough Colliery | Fife | Mr | Anderson | Fife FHS pre-1855 deaths | |
| 1843 | April | 6 | Victoria Pit, Wemyss | Fife | David | Edgar | Fife FHS pre-1855 deaths |
| 1843 | April | 22 | Craighall | Ayrshire | Hugh | Kennedy | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
| 1843 | August | 13 | Kilmux Colliery | Fife | William | Herd | Fife FHS pre-1855 deaths |
| 1844 | January | 12 | Elgin Colliery | Fife | Robert | Morris | Fife FHS pre-1855 deaths |
| 1844 | January | 16 | Holytown | Lanarkshire | Unknown | Nimmo | Newspaper report - Bothwell pages |
| 1844 | June | 4 | Kilmux Colliery | Fife | Unknown | Ednie | Fife FHS pre-1855 deaths |
| 1844 | July | 24 | Holytown | Lanarkshire | John | Baillie | Newspaper report - Bothwell pages |
| 1844 | August | Clunie Colliery | Fife | William | Arnott | Fife FHS pre-1855 deaths | |
| 1844 | August | 23 | Drumpeller | Lanarkshire | Daniel | Cashiedy | Newspaper report - Old Monkland pages |
| 1844 | September | 5 | Wellwood Colliery | Fife | Andrew | Patterson | Fife FHS pre-1855 deaths |
| 1844 | September | 12 | Clunie Colliery | Fife | David | Blair | Fife FHS pre-1855 deaths |
| 1844 | October | 17 | Elgin Colliery | Fife | James | McKinnes | Fife FHS pre-1855 deaths |
| 1844 | October | 17 | Elgin Colliery | Fife | Unknown | McKenzie | Fife FHS pre-1855 deaths |
| 1844 | October | 30 | Wanlockhead | Dumfries | William | Hislop | Newspaper report - Lead Mining pages |
| 1844 | November | 30 | Carfin Colliery | Lanarkshire | Archibald | Kirkwood | Newspaper report - Bothwell pages |
| 1844 | December | 16 | Stair | Ayrshire | John | Thomson | Newspaper report -Ayrshire pages |
| 1844 | December | 17 | Rowanburn, Canonbie | Dumfries | Unknown | Scott | Newspaper report - Dumfries pages |
| 1845 | February | 6 | Plean | Stirling | Unknown | Forsyth | Newspaper report - Stirlingshire pages |
| 1845 | June | 26 | Dysart Main | Fife | John | Adamson | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
| 1845 | July | 31 | Dundyvan | Lanarkshire | William | Ingram | Newspaper report - Old Monkland pages |
| John | Allan | ||||||
| 1845 | August | 1 | Jerviston | Lanarkshire | Walter | Bulloch | Newspaper report - Bothwell pages |
| 1845 | September | 18 | Dalry | Ayrshire | Unknown | Muir | Newspaper report -Ayrshire pages |
| 1845 | October | 6 | Kilsyth | Stirlingshire | Unknown | Dugan | Newspaper report - Stirlingshire pages |
| Unknown | Black | ||||||
| 1845 | November | 6 | Wishaw | Lanarkshire | John | Rae | Newspaper report - Cambusnethan pages |
| 1845 | November | 17 | Victoria | Renfrewshire | Unknown | Unknown | Newspaper report - Renfrewshire pages |
| 1846 | January | 12 | Rosebank | Lanarkshire | Hector | Stewart | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
| Unknown | Stewart | ||||||
| 1846 | January | 15 | Tarholm | Ayrshire | Unknown | Unknown | Newspaper report -Ayrshire pages |
| 1846 | January | 17 | Coal Heugh Glen | Ayrshire | Unknown | Williamson | Newspaper report -Ayrshire pages |
| 1846 | January | 22 | Newarthill | Lanarkshire | John | Hangelwood | Newspaper report - Bothwell pages |
| 1846 | January | 24 | Lochrobin | Ayrshire | James | Vance | Newspaper report -Ayrshire pages |
| 1846 | January | 24 | Dirthill, Donibristle | Fife | Kenneth | McKenzie | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
| Donald | McKenzie | ||||||
| 1846 | February | 15 | Fulshia Wood | Ayrshire | Unknown | McGee | Newspaper report -Ayrshire pages |
| Unknown | Harper | ||||||
| Unknown | Harper | ||||||
| 1846 | February | 19 | Polmadie | Lanarkshire | Unknown | King | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
| 1846 | March | 5 | Devon Ironworks | Clackmannan | Unknown | Unknown | Newspaper report - Clackmannan pages |
| 1846 | March | 6 | Clackmannan | Clackmannan | Unknown | Unknown | Newspaper report - Clackmannan pages |
| 1846 | March | 7 | Barkip | Ayrshire | Unknown | Unknown | Newspaper report -Ayrshire pages |
| 1846 | April | 1 | Durie Coal Pit | Fife | James | Wilson | Fife FHS pre-1855 deaths |
| 1846 | April | 20 | Holytown | Lanarkshire | Unknown | Thomson | Newspaper report - Bothwell pages |
| 1846 | April | Cleland | Lanarkshire | William | Baird | Newspaper report - Bothwell pages | |
| 1846 | June | 30 | Mossend Colliery | Lanarkshire | Thomas | Hunter | Newspaper report - Bothwell pages |
| 1846 | July | 28 | Gartlee | Lanarkshire | Unknown | Unknown | Newspaper report - Old Monkland pages |
| 1846 | July | 28 | Calder | Lanarkshire | Unknown | Boyd | Newspaper report - Old Monkland pages |
| 1846 | July | 31 | Garturk | Lanarkshire | Unknown | McCready | Newspaper report - Old Monkland pages |
| 1846 | July | 31 | Mossend, Kilbirnie | Ayrshire | John | Penman | Newspaper report -Ayrshire pages (native of Holytown) |
| 1846 | August | 3 | Carnbroe | Lanarkshire | John | Johnston | Newspaper report - Bothwell pages |
| 1846 | August | 10 | Rawyards | Lanarkshire | Unknown | Miller | Newspaper report - New Monkland pages |
| Allan | Robert | ||||||
| 1846 | August | 25 | Carfin | Lanarkshire | Unknown | Stewart | Newspaper report - Bothwell pages |
| 1846 | August | 26 | Stevenston | Lanarkshire | Alexander | Forrest | Newspaper report - Bothwell pages |
| 1846 | September | 28 | Bogleshole, Tollcross | Glasgow | Duncan | McFarlan | Newspaper report - Tollcross page |
| David | Jamieson | ||||||
| William | Jamieson | ||||||
| John | Sneddon | ||||||
| Chas. | Laird | ||||||
| James | Jamieson | ||||||
| 1846 | December | 12 | Shankrey Muir Limestone Pit | Lanarkshire | Gavin | Irvine | Newspaper report - New Monkland pages |
| William | Horn | ||||||
| John | Dawson | ||||||
| 1847 | February | 26 | Wishaw | Lanarkshire | Thomas | O'Neal | Newspaper report - Cambusnethan pages |
| 1847 | March | 1 | Townhill, Dunfermline | Fife | James | McKinlay | Fife FHS pre-1855 deaths |
| 1847 | May | 27 | Elgin Colliery | Fife | David | Anderson | Fife FHS pre-1855 deaths |
| 1847 | June | 14 | Drumpeller | Lanarkshire | John | Merry | Newspaper report - Old Monkland pages |
| Alexander | Brown | ||||||
| James | Park | ||||||
| 1847 | June | 17 | Teasses Colliery | Fife | George | Youger | Fife FHS pre-1855 deaths |
| 1847 | July | 6 | Kilbirnie | Ayrshire | Unknown | Unknown | Newspaper report -Ayrshire pages |
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
| 1847 | July | 11 | Wishaw | Lanarkshire | Isaac | Wood | Newspaper report - Cambusnethan pages |
| 1847 | September | 23 | Arniston | John | Tweeddale | Newspaper report - Lothians pages | |
| 1847 | October | 6 | Airdrie | Lanarkshire | Unknown | Unknown | Newspaper report - New Monkland pages (Accident to men not employed in colliery) |
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
| 1847 | October | 13 | Comrie | Fife | Unknown | Unknown | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
| 1846 | October | 12 | Hill of Beath | Fife | Thomas | Landales | Fife FHS pre-1855 deaths |
| 1846 | November | 18 | Oakfield, Beath | Fife | Unknown | Martin | Fife FHS pre-1855 deaths |
| 1847 | November | 22 | Kellie Pit, Carnbee | Fife | David | Laing | Fife FHS pre-1855 deaths |
| 1847 | December | 6 | Dysart | Fife | Thomas | Forker | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
| John | Hamilton | ||||||
| Thomas | Hutcheson | ||||||
| Unknown | Mckenzie | ||||||
| 1848 | February | 18 | Craighall | Lothians | James | Cowie | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
| 1848 | April | 18 | Oakley | Fife | William | Spouart | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
| David | Spouart | ||||||
| 1848 | July | 6 | Fordel | Fife | John | Ramsay | Fife FHS pre-1855 deaths |
| 1848 | July | 8 | Dalmarnock | Lanarkshire | Unknown | Bell | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
| 1848 | July | 12 | Fordel Colliery | Fife | Lawrence | Wildridge | Fife FHS pre-1855 deaths |
| 1848 | August | 21 | Holytown | Lanarkshire | Unknown | Unknown | Newspaper report - Bothwell pages |
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
| 1848 | September | 23 | Dalzell | Lanarkshire | Unknown | Stevenson | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
| 1848 | December | 5 | Fordel Colliery | Fife | James | White or Whyte | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
| William | Gibb or Gow | ||||||
| 1848 | December | 14 | Lochgelly | Fife | Unknown | Unknown | Newspaper report - Auchterderran pages |
| 1848 | December | 20 | Lochgelly | Fife | John | Young | Fife FHS pre-1855 deaths |
| 1849 | April | 5 | Portland | Ayrshire | John | Mair | Newspaper report -Ayrshire pages |
| 1849 | May | 31 | Kilmux Colliery | Fife | Peter | Thomson | Fife FHS pre-1855 deaths |
| 1849 | July | 7 | Ormiston | John | Sommerville | Newspaper report - Lothians pages | |
| 1849 | July | 25 | Broomlands | Ayrshire | William | Boyle | Newspaper report -Ayrshire pages |
| 1849 | August | 13 | Wishaw Colliery | Lanarkshire | Robert | Allan | Newspaper report - Cambusnethan pages |
| Thomas | Hunter | ||||||
| John | Paterson | ||||||
| Alexander | McKimmin | ||||||
| Donald | Bell | ||||||
| Peter | Grahame | ||||||
| William | Grahame | ||||||
| Benjamin | Willison | ||||||
| Duncan | Bell | ||||||
| 1849 | August | 31 | Elgin Colliery | Fife | Unknown | Campbell | Fife FHS pre-1855 deaths |
| 1849 | October | 7 | Lathones | Fife | William | Foster | Fife FHS pre-1855 deaths |
| 1849 | October | 30 | Dalmellington | Ayrshire | Unknown | Unknown | Newspaper report -Ayrshire pages |
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
| 1850 | April | 12 | Drumcarro | Fife | David | Small | Fife FHS pre-1855 deaths |
| 1850 | May | 22 | Fordel Colliery | Fife | John | Ditchburn | Fife FHS pre-1855 deaths |
| 1850 | July | 3 | Common Coal Works | Ayrshire | John | Nimmo | Newspaper report -Ayrshire pages |
| 1850 | July | 23 | Commonhead, Airdrie | Lanarkshire | James | McDonald | Newspaper report - Commonhead page |
| John | McDonald | ||||||
| James | Martin | ||||||
| Robert | Dickson | ||||||
| William | McLuckie | ||||||
| Alexander | Willison | ||||||
| Colin | McLuckie | ||||||
| Andrew | Rankine | ||||||
| Andrew | Izatt | ||||||
| Wilson | McDonald | ||||||
| Robert | Wark | ||||||
| Donald | McIntyre | ||||||
| William | Tollson | ||||||
| Thomas | Glen | ||||||
| Alexander | Grant | ||||||
| George | McNaught | ||||||
| George | Grant | ||||||
| 1850 | July | 30 | Kellie Pit, Carnbee | Fife | Thomas | Dodds | Fife FHS pre-1855 deaths |
| 1850 | September | 21 | Coatdyke | Lanarkshire | Hugh | Strain | Newspaper report - Old Monkland pages |
| 1850 | December | 6 | Netherton, Maryhill | Glasgow | Hugh | Boyd | Newspaper report - Maryhill page |
| Thomas | Boyd | ||||||
| George | Spence | ||||||
| William | Brown | ||||||
| Lewis | Boyd | ||||||
| 1850 | December | 7 | Dalmarnock | Lanarkshire | Wm. | Clarke | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
| 1850 | December | 13 | Carolina Pit, Shettleston | Lanarkshire | George | Young | Newspaper report - Lanarkshire pages |
| 1850 | December | 14 | Schoolyards | Lothians | George | Gray | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
| James | Robertson | ||||||
| Charles | Robertson | ||||||
| Richard | Robertson | ||||||
| 1851 | January | 17 | Ainslie, Cockpen | Lothians | Archibald | Thomson | Newspaper report - Lothians pages |
| 1851 | January | 21 | No 4 Pit, Fordell Colliery | Fife | James | Anderson | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
| 1851 | April | 4 | Grange Colliery, Kilconquhar, Earlsferry | Fife | Andrew | Herd | Fife FHS pre-1855 deaths |
| 1851 | April | 11 | Dunnikier | Fife | Robert | Pratt | Newspaper report - Fife pages |
| 1851 | May | 15 | Nitshill | Renfrew | Peter | White | Newspaper report - Nitshill Page |
| James | Hammond | ||||||
| John | Hammond | ||||||
| Peter | Hammond | ||||||
| Andrew | Gebbie | ||||||
| David | Gebbie | ||||||
| Andrew | Gebbie | ||||||
| Thomas | White | ||||||
| Dennis | Crossan | ||||||
| Patrick | Crossan | ||||||
| John | Shields | ||||||
| James | Shields | ||||||
| John | McMillan | ||||||
| William | McMillan | ||||||
| George | Whiteside | ||||||
| Robert | Whiteside | ||||||
| Samuel | McDowell | ||||||
| John | Maxwell | ||||||
| John | Smith | ||||||
| Joseph | Brighton | ||||||
| Bernard | Martin | ||||||
| Patrick | O'Neill | ||||||
| Thomas | Connolly | ||||||
| John | Campbell | ||||||
| John | Bell | ||||||
| John | Connolly | ||||||
| James | Dodds | ||||||
| David | Colville | ||||||
| John | Cochrane | ||||||
| Joseph | McIllwam | ||||||
| Samuel | McIllwam | ||||||
| Matthew | Speirs | ||||||
| Thomas | Samson | ||||||
| Jas | Buchanan | ||||||
| Neil | Buchanan | ||||||
| Henry | Gibbs | ||||||
| Francis | Hughes | ||||||
| Thomas | Hughes | ||||||
| James | McLachlan | ||||||
| Michael | Smith | ||||||
| William | Scott | ||||||
| Thomas | Scott | ||||||
| Felix | Connolly | ||||||
| Neil | Buchanan | ||||||
| Michael | Irving | ||||||
| Felix | O'Neill | ||||||
| Andrew | Carson | ||||||
| Connel | Kerr | ||||||
| James | Poole | ||||||
| John | Williamson | ||||||
| John | McMachlan | ||||||
| Joseph | McIllwam | ||||||
| Charles | Shields | ||||||
| Thomas | Allison | ||||||
| James | Kerr | ||||||
| Neil | Carlan | ||||||
| Patrick | Keenan | ||||||
| Robert | Black | ||||||
| John | Mulholland | ||||||
| Richard | Smith | ||||||
| John | Smith | ||||||
| James | Baxter | ||||||
| Joseph | Baxter | ||||||
| 1851 | June | 3 | Cassingray Coal Works, Carnbee | Fife | John | Paton | Fife FHS pre-1855 deaths |
| 1851 | June | 28 | Dundonald | Fife | Alexander | Moyes | Fife FHS pre-1855 deaths |
| 1851 | July | 21 | Elgin Colliery | Fife | James | Danks | Fife FHS pre-1855 deaths |
| 1851 | September | 9 | Blackbraes Colliery, Falkirk | Stirling | Thomas | Sneddon | Newspaper report - Stirlingshire pages |
| 1851 | November | 4 | Cluny Bridge, Auchterderran | Fife | James | Goodall | Fife FHS pre-1855 deaths |
| 1851 | November | 19 | Wemyss | Fife | Andrew | Rodger | Fife FHS pre-1855 deaths |
| 1851 | December | 17 | Townhill Colliery | Fife | James | Cook | Fife FHS pre-1855 deaths |
| 1851 | December | 30 | Cuttlehill Colliery | Fife | Mary | Wilson | Fife FHS pre-1855 deaths |
*We have quoted dates of "around 1841" for most of the accidents listed in the Royal Commission report of 1842 - in most cases all that the report says is the accident was recent or a short time ago. For some accidents we have sourced dates but we cannot guarantee these are the correct people.
Accidents Listed in Report by Select Committee on Accidents in Coal Mines:
List of principal colliery explosions during 7 years ending 1852 with ascertained cause of ignition - paper delivered by J.K. Blackwell Esq.
September 1846 - Bogle Hole Pit, Clyde Ironworks, Glasgow,
6 killed, gas ignited by naked light
June 1846- No 4 Pit Drumpellar, Airdrie near Glasgow - 3 killed
gas ignited by naked light
July 1849 - Common Head Pit, Airdrie, near Glasgow, 18 killed,
gas ignited by naked light
March 1851, Victoria Pit, Nitshill near Glasgow, Coats & Co,
61 killed, gas ignited by naked light
