| Year | Month | Day | Mine | County | Owner or Company | Name | Surname | Age | Occupation | Category | Cause of accident & remarks | Extra details? | District |
| 1905 | January | NK | John | McDonald | Not listed in Inspectors report | Newspaper report | |||||||
| 1905 | January | 9 | Rigfoot Colliery | Ayr | Lanemark Coal CO. Ltd. | William | Gillespie | 59 | Labourer | On surface – On railways, sidings, or tramways | A waggon in which he was working at the scree was moved by the locomotive while shunting, and he was crushed against the moveable scree. | West | |
| 1905 | January | 12 | Cadzow No 2 Pit | Lanark | Cadzow Coal Co. Ltd. | Wm. | Gilmour | 28 | Miner | Falls of roof | Fall of arching and roof on haulage road while passing along it. Another man was injured. | West | |
| 1905 | January | 12 | Whitehill | Edinburgh | Lothian Coal Co Ltd | James | Neil | 53 | Miner | Falls of roof | Deceased had taken down coal, and was propping the roof, when it fell upon him. | East | |
| 1905 | January | 15 | Carnock No 1 Pit | Stirling | Alloa Coal Co. Ltd | John | Crawford | 33 | Sinker | Shaft accidents – whilst ascending or descending by machinery | In descending in the “kettle” with other four men, he fell out when his neighbour stepped off the kettle to secure an air pipe 9 1/2 fathoms from the bottom of the shaft. Only four men should have been on the kettle at one time. | Newspaper report | West |
| 1905 | January | 17 | Gartcosh Mine (Fireclay mine) | Lanark | Glenboig Union Fireclay Co. Ltd | John | Campbell | 43 | Winding engineman | On surface – sundries | While on a ladder pouring naphtha on a frozen vertical feed pipe, the naphtha ignited at a fire on the ground, and the flask containing the naphtha bursting, he was burnt. | West | |
| 1905 | January | 19 | Dechmont No 2 Pit | Lanark | Archd. Russell, Ltd. | Alexr. | Griffin | 19 | Miner | Falls of roof | Fall of roof at brushing face while holing. Apparently the propping regulations were not complied with. | West | |
| 1905 | January | 19 | Newton No 1 Pit | Lanark | James Dunlop & Co., Ltd. | Thos. | Gibb | 35 | Brusher | Falls of roof | Fall of roof on road which he was brushing | West | |
| 1905 | January | 20 | Holytown No 8 Pit | Lanark | James Nimmo & Co., Ltd. | Robert | Russell | 23 | Miner | Falls of roof | Fall of roof on road while repairing it. He died on 17th May. | West | |
| 1905 | January | 23 | Michael | Fife | Wemyss Coal Co Ltd | John | Mitchell | 18 | Drawer | Falls of roof | Deceased was assisting to redd a fall which occurred on a main road, when a large stone suddenly fell on him. | East | |
| 1905 | January | 25 | Polmaise No 1 Pit | Stirling | Archd. Russell, Ltd. | Colin | Rae | 36 | Miner | Falls of roof | Fall of roof at working face while taking down coal. (Died 20th December) | West | |
| 1905 | January | 26 | Shieldmains No 2 Pit | Ayr | A. G. Moore & Co. | Robert | Brown | 53 | Reddsman | Shaft accidents – whilst ascending or descending by machinery | While ascending the shaft the cage got detached from the rope, owing to the cotter of the pin, which went through the muzzle giving way. Another man was injured. | West | |
| 1905 | January | 30 | Minto | Fife | Lochgelly Iron & Coal Co Ltd | John | Steuart | 21 | Labourer | On surface – railways, sidings or tramways | Several waggons were moving too fast on an inclined road, and deceased in attempting to stop them was run over. | East | |
| 1905 | February | 3 | Balbardie | Linlithgow | Balbardie Colliery Co Ltd | Thomas | Murphy | 30 | Miner | Falls of roof | Deceased had removed the bottom part of seam, and was taking down the top coal, when the coal and roof came away from between two unseen lypes and crushed him. | East | |
| 1905 | February | 6 | Balgonie | Fife | Charles B Balfour | Robert | Law | 27 | Drawer | Deaths not comprised under Mines Act | While proceeding- on his way homeward after his shift was over, he took a shock of apoplexy, and died. | East | |
| 1905 | February | 10 | Earlseat | Fife | Wemyss Coal Co Ltd | James | Anderson | 44 | Miner | Falls of roof | Deceased had fired a shot and on returning to examine the work it had done, the roof fell on him and injured his spine. He died on 15th May. | East | |
| 1905 | February | 15 | East Parkhead No 1 Pit | Lanark | Wilsons & Clyde Coal Co., Ltd. | John | Orr | 45 | Miner | Falls of roof | Fall of roof in working place while holing | West | |
| 1905 | February | 16 | Daldowie Pit | Lanark | Glasgow Coal Co., Ltd. | Edward | Brady | 37 | Miner | Falls of roof | Fall of roof at working face when about to prop it. The specified distance for props seems to have been too great. | West | |
| 1905 | February | 17 | Douglas | Lanark | Coltness Iron Co Ltd | Robert | Beattie | 50 | Miner | Deaths not comprised under Mines Act | Deceased suffered from heart trouble, and he took ill in the pit; in walking out-bye he suddenly expired. | East | |
| 1905 | February | 17 | Orbiston No 3 Pit | Lanark | Summerlee & Mossend Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. | Joseph | Smith | 27 | Miner | Falls of roof | Fall of roof in working place. | West | |
| 1905 | February | 20 | Glencraig | Fife | Wilson's & Clyde Coal Co Ltd | Bernard | Halskrammer | 27 | Miner | Falls of side | Deceased was taking down coal loosened by a shot, when it fell upon him. | Newspaper report | East |
| 1905 | February | 20 | Lochwood No 3 Pit | Lanark | Lochwood Coal Co., Ltd | Wm. | Love | 33 | Bencher | Falls of roof | Fall of roof on road while attaching hutch to incline rope. | West | |
| 1905 | February | 22 | Highhouse No 2 Pit | Lanark | Wm. Baird & Co. Ltd | John | Frew | 46 | Roadsman | Falls of roof | Fall of roof on self-acting incline while redding a fall. Other two men were injured | West | |
| 1905 | February | 24 | Prestongrange | Haddington | Summerlee Iron Co Ltd | William | Craig | 20 | Sinker | Shaft accidents - falling from part way down | The shaft was enlarged for the purpose of pumping and winding coal from a seam 35 fathoms from the bottom ; the permanent set of pumps was practically completed to the top lift 50 fathoms from surface, and the scaffold at the place was removed on the morning of the accident by deceased and two other sinkers. On descending in the cage two hours later, deceased signalled to stop at the top lift and jumped to alight on the scaffold, forgetting for the moment that it had been removed, and was precipitated down the shaft. | East | |
| 1905 | February | 28 | Bothwell Castle Nos 1 & 2 Pit | Lanark | Wm. Baird & Co. Ltd | John | Boyle | 23 | Drawer | Haulage – Run over or crushed by Trams or Tubs | When taking a hutch down a road a drawer behind lost control of his full hutch, owing, it is said, to a snibble having broken, and the latter hutch ran down and caught him. | West | |
| 1905 | March | 2 | Dechmont Colliery | Lanark | Archd. Russell, Ltd. | John | McGoldrick | 23 | Miner | Haulage – Ropes or chains breaking | Going up a “cuddie brae” with a hutch the rope broke, and the “cuddie” or balance bogie ran down and caught him. | West | |
| 1905 | March | 3 | Kenmuir Colliery | Lanark | J. Dunn & Stephen, Ltd. | Thos. | McMannes | 44 | Fireman | Falls of roof | Fall of roof on road while repairing it. The stone was known to be dangerous. | Newspaper Report | West |
| 1905 | March | 3 | Rosehall No 7 Pit | Lanark | R. Addie & Sons' Collieries, Ltd. | James | Greenhorn | 49 | Reddsman | Miscellaneous Underground Accidents – By explosives | Explosion of Saxonite in some unknown way. He was firing a shot contrary to the Explosives in Coal Mines Order | West | |
| 1905 | March | 7 | Holytown No 12 Pit | Lanark | James Nimmo & Co., Ltd. | John | Greenlee | 40 | Road repairer | In shafts – miscellaneous | While working at the pit bottom he and the overman stepped into the cage seat after the latter told another man to signal down the cage. The cage in response to the signal was lowered, and both of them were crushed by it. | West | |
| 1905 | March | 10 | Gartshore No 1 Pit | Dumbarton | Wm. Baird & Co. Ltd | John | Martin | 48 | Reddsman | Explosions of Fire-damp or Coal Dust | When redding a fall on a road his naked light ignited gas. |
The fatal explosion took place in Gartshore No 1 Pit. The deceased had been sent to clear away a fall of roof on a road at a point where it crossed a fault. His statement and that of a roadsman who was with him was to the effect that while at work a fresh fall brought down gas from the cavity and it was ignited by his naked light. The pit is in the process of being sunk, the winding being done by coupled 20-inch cylinder engines. The pithead frame gave a height of about 30 feet between the landing scaffold and the centre of the pulley. The two men were ascending to the surface in the “kettle” when in some unexplained manner the engineman drew them up to the pulley and they fell out, the one down the shaft which at the time was 101 fathoms deep, and the other to the landing scaffold. |
West |
| 1905 | March | 15 | Hamilton Palace Colliery | Lanark | Bent Colliery Co. Ltd | John | Ferguson | 24 | Miner | Shaft accidents – falling from part way down | He opened the gate at the mid-working of a blind pit, pushed a hutch into the open shaft, and fell after it to the bottom. There was no bottomer as required by the Special Rules. | At Hamilton Palace Colliery, a miner fell down a blind pit from a mid-working and was killed. This blind pit is sunk from the Ell to the Splint Coal, a distance of some 25 fathoms. The Main Coal is midway between the seams, and coal was raised from the Main Coal to the Ell Coal by a compressed air engine. There was no scaffold across the shaft at the Main Coal, as there might have been, and the mid-working was fenced by a gate connected in the usual manner with an indicator in the engine-house. There being no bottomer appointed to perform the duties prescribed by the Special Rules, the drawers acted as bottomers for themselves. It appears that the deceased opened the gate when the cage was at the Ell Coal, and apparently under the impression that the cage was opposite him, pushed a loaded hutch into the open shaft and fell after it to the Splint Coal. Where possible, a scaffold should always be placed across the shaft at a mid-working. The is no excuse for working with an open shaft below a mid-working unless the cage has to descend to a lower level, as, in spite of every other precaution, workmen sometimes make mistakes such as occurred in this case. | West |
| 1905 | March | 17 | Niddrie | Edinburgh | Niddrie & Benhar Coal Co Ltd | John | McPhillip | 22 | Miner | Falls of side | Deceased was holing coal in a steep seam when it fell away and crushed him. | Newspaper report | East |
| 1905 | March | 18 | Newbattle | Edinburgh | Lothian Coal Co Ltd | James | Reid | 37 | Miner | Falls of roof | Deceased wan engaged laying rails on a dook road at an upthrow fault, when a fall took place, and he was fatally injured. | East | |
| 1905 | March | 19 | Holytown No 13 Pit | Lanark | James Nimmo & Co., Ltd. | Matthew | Myles | 28 | Night fireman | Haulage – sundries | Killed by a shock of electricity by his head coming in contact with live part of an electrical coal-cutting machine. | In Holytown No 13 Pit, Lanarkshire, a fireman was killed by an electric shock. He was assisting to work a Morgan Gardner coal-cutting machine in the Lower Ell Coal seam where the height of the working face was 18 inches. This machine was worked by electricity, with a continuous current of 500 volts. The terminals of the power cables were inserted in holes drilled through studs projecting beyond one end of the machine, and the end of each cable was held fast by a brass pinching screw, which was only partially insulated by a vulcanite washer kept in position by a nut screwed against it, the head of the pinching screw going right through the vulcanite washer. The two pinching screws were three inches apart. It seems that the machine had been stopped to shift the haulage appliance, and the deceased was asked by his neighbour to give him some more slack rope. In order to do this he had to put his hand into the gearing from the end of the machine, and apparently while doing so his left ear and face came in contact with the live heads of the pinching screws, and he received a shock of electricity which killed him. The electrical engineers who supplied the pinching screws with the vulcanite washers ought to have known better than employ such such an imperfect method of preventing contact by the workmen with live parts of the machine. | West |
| 1905 | March | 22 | Allanton No 2 Pit | Lanark | Wm. Barr & Sons | James | Hamilton | 20 | Miner | Shaft accidents – whilst ascending or descending by machinery | When ascending the shaft he fell off the cage. He seems to have taken a fainting fit. | West | |
| 1905 | March | 23 | Aitken | Fife | Fife Coal Co Ltd | Andrew | Black | 26 | Brusher | Falls of roof | Deceased was engaged putting a building on the low side of a level which had been brushed, when a large stone fell away from between two lypes and killed him instantaneously. | East | |
| 1905 | March | 23 | Blantyre No 1 Pit | Lanark | Wm. Dixon Ltd | John | Cox | 58 | Oncostman | Shaft accidents – whilst ascending or descending by machinery | While ascending the shaft, in some unknown manner he fell off the cage. | West | |
| 1905 | March | 25 | Cadzow No 2 Pit | Lanark | Cadzow Coal Co. Ltd. | Thos. | Riley | 38 | Oncostman | Falls of roof | Fall of roof on road while repairing it to get access to stoops. | West | |
| 1905 | March | 25 | Polton | Edinburgh | Lothian Coal Co Ltd | John | Ross | 64 | Fireman | Falls of roof | Deceased was repairing an airway on an idle day, and just as he knocked out some props the roof collapsed and he was killed. | East | |
| 1905 | March | 27 | Broxburn (Oil shale) | Linlithgow | Broxburn Oil Co Ltd | Michael | Brogan | 32 | Miner | Falls of side | The holing is in the centre, and bottom shale is taken away first, afterwards the top shale, which generally overhangs and is supported by sprags. Deceased was found under the top shale which came away from a " dry " parting. There were no sprags up to the shale. | East | |
| 1905 | March | 30 | Hassockrigg | Lanark | Coltness Iron Co Ltd | Francis | McCartney | 48 | Miner | Falls of roof | While deceased was working at the face the roof suddenly fell upon him. The roof was composed of sandstone with clay joints and lypes, and stone fell away from between them. | East | |
| 1905 | March | 31 | Lassodie | Fife | Thos Spowart & Co Ltd | Alexander | Izatt | 14 | Miner | Falls of roof | Deceased was assisting to put timber up to the roof, when it suddenly fell upon him. | Newspaper report | East |
| 1905 | March | 31 | Prestonlinks | Haddington | Forth Collieries (1903) Ltd | John | Docherty | 25 | Bricklayers labourer | On surface – miscellaneous | Deceased attended on the bricklayers, who were engaged in the erection of a washery. His duties were to carry the bricks from a scaffold 25 ft. from the ground to the bricklayers. The bricks were raised in a box to this scaffold by means of a steam crane, and in landing a load the craneman dropped the box so recklessly that the supports of the scaffold gave way and scaffold fell carrying him with it. | East | |
| 1905 | April | 5 | Cadder No 15 Pit (Ironstone) | Lanark | Carron Co. | Wm. | Douglas | 44 | Roadsman, &c. | Haulage – Run over or crushed by Trams or Tubs | When working on an endless rope dook he failed to keep clear of an upcoming full hutch, and was run over by it. He died on 17th August. | West | |
| 1905 | April | 6 | Craighead No 2 Pit | Lanark | Wm. Baird & Co. Ltd | Peter | Somodis | 22 | Miner | Falls of side | Fall of stone (falling) in his working place. He failed to have it spragged while working below it. | West | |
| 1905 | April | 7 | Ormiston Station | Haddington | Ormiston Coal Co Ltd | John | Hogg | 15 | Haulage engine driver | On surface – railways, sidings or tramways | Deceased was assisting to move railway waggons at the screens, and was crushed between the waggon buffers. | A boy under 16 years of age was fatally crushed between the buffers of two waggons, and on investigating the cause it was discovered that the pitheadman was in the habit of getting the boy to assist in moving the waggons. Proceedings were taken against the pitheadman, and he was convicted. | East |
| 1905 | April | 14 | Batonrigg | Lanark | United Collieries Ltd | James | Shields | 17 | Drawer | Other haulage accidents | Deceased and two other boys were on their way home after finishing their day's work. He and another got into an empty tub, and the third boy pushed; owing to the dip out bye a snibble was inserted in one wheel, and at a stiff part of the work this was withdrawn. The boy lost control of the tub at another dipping part and the tub ran away and collided with a stationary loaded rake. | East | |
| 1905 | April | 17 | Craig No 1 Pit | Ayr | Wm. Baird & Co. Ltd | John | Highland | 65 | Sinker | Miscellaneous Underground Accidents – By explosives | A shot of gelignite in a sinking pit with too short a fuze went off just as he was being lifted in the kettle, and he fell out. Other four shots went off on him. | West | |
| 1905 | April | 18 | Wallyford | Edinburgh | Edinburgh Collieries Co Ltd | Percy | Baker | 21 | Miner | Falls of roof | Deceased was shovelling coal at the road-head, when a stone weighing 2 lbs. fell from the roof and struck him on the back of the neck. He died next day from the injury. | East | |
| 1905 | April | 20 | Duddingston Shale Mine | Linlithgow | Oakbank Oil Co Ltd | Daniel | Peste | 28 | Roads man | Deaths not comprised under Mines Act | Deceased was assisting to carry a piece of machinery when he took a fit of coughing and vomited blood, dying in about an hour's time. | East | |
| 1905 | April | 21 | Little Raith | Fife | Lochgelly Iron & Coal Co Ltd | Robert | Beveridge | 16 | Drawer | Haulage – run over or crushed by trams & tubs | Deceased was preparing to run a full tub down a short brae dipping 1 in 3 1/2, and got in front to adjust it to the rails when it moved forward and pushed him in front to the level below where he was fatally crushed. | East | |
| 1905 | April | 22 | Lassodie Mill | Fife | Fife Coal Co Ltd | George | Cooper, sen | 40 | Miner | Falls of roof | A blind shaft, 10 fathoms deep and fitted with ladders, is situated on the direct road for communication between the Dunfermline Splint Coal workings, and the outlet shaft. This road being shorter and easier to travel than the haulage road from the winding shaft, was used by the men of a section to travel to and from the faces. Work was finished for the day and deceased with his son and nephew were proceeding homewards, and while ascending the ladders the roof at top of blind shaft fell and part came down the shaft, extinguishing their lights. As they were the last men to leave the section they were left in a helpless condition, and it was only when their relatives becoming anxious at their prolonged absence, was it discovered that they were still in the mine, and on a search being made they were found in the shaft; deceased was found firmly pinned against the side by a large stone, and died shortly after he was released. | East | |
| 1905 | April | 25 | Caledonia Mine (Fireclay) | Renfrew | Spiers, Gibb & Co. | Wm. | Purss | 34 | Miner | Falls of side | Fall from the side of a road while enlarging it. Contrary to the manager's instructions he was drilling a hole in the strata which was known to be insecure. Another man was injured. | West | |
| 1905 | April | 27 | Earnock No 1 Pit | Lanark | John Watson, Ltd. | Edward | Baxter | 40 | Miner | Falls of side | Fall of coal. Apparently he had commenced holing after taking out sprags. | Newspaper report | West |
| 1905 | April | 28 | Earlseat | Fife | Wemyss Coal Co Ltd | William | Linn | 23 | Miner | Falls of roof | A newly opened longwall section had taken the first break; and after the roof had settled, deceased and another miner were repairing the roadway for the purpose of re-starting the faces, when the roof overhead suddenly burst. | East | |
| 1905 | May | 1 | Newbattle | Edinburgh | Lothian Coal Co Ltd | Alexander | Jack | 19 | Coal cutter attendant | Falls of roof | Deceased attended to a coal cutting machine, putting up props, &c., and while engaged at the face, a fall of roof took place, completely burying him. | East | |
| 1905 | May | 9 | East Rougrigg | Stirling | A Forrester & Co Ltd | William | Ferguson | 35 | Check weigher | Deaths not comprised under Mines Act | Was proceeding homeward after his shift was over and took ill a few yards from the pit, and died in a short time. | East | |
| 1905 | May | 10 | Braidhurst | Lanark | Summerlee Iron Co Ltd | James | Inglis | 29 | Repairer | Falls of roof | Deceased was timbering a main road, when temporary supports gave way causing the roof to fall and burying him beneath it. | East | |
| 1905 | May | 10 | Carnock No 1 Pit | Stirling | Alloa Coal Co. Ltd | James | Gaddie | 52 | Sinker | Shaft accidents – overwinding | The engineman in some unexplained manner overwound the “kettle” in which they were ascending. | West | |
| Thos. | Rush | 50 | Sinker | ||||||||||
| 1905 | May | 10 | Nethercroy No 1 Pit | Dumbarton | Carron Co. | John | Mackay | 45 | Bricklayer's labourer | In shafts – miscellaneous | While attempting to pass through the cage seat the cage came down upon him. | West | |
| 1905 | May | 11 | Riddochhill | Linlithgow | Gavin Paul & Sons Ltd | Michael | Reilly | 35 | Roads man | Falls of roof | Deceased was assisting to repair a roadway, when the roof fell upon him, and he was injured. He died two days afterwards from his injury. | East | |
| 1905 | May | 15 | Victoria No 2 Pit (ironstone) | Renfrew | Wm. Baird & Co. Ltd | Wm. | Taylor | 51 | Miner | Falls of side | Fall of ironstone and roof, owing to a want of sprags. | West | |
| 1905 | May | 19 | Clyde-Backmuir No 2 Pit | Lanark | Wilsons & Clyde Coal Co., Ltd. | Jas. | McKillop | 27 | Miner | Shaft accidents – falling into shaft from the top | He either fell or flung himself down a blind pit under the effects of the fumes from an underground fire. | An unusual kind of accident resulting in the death of a miner occurred in Backmuir No 2 Pit, Clyde Colliery. A fire broke out in a haulage engine-room near the pit bottom, and the intake air carried the smoke into the workings and alarmed the miners on the afternoon shift. Five of them, being unable to escape on account of the fumes, tore down a cloth stopping and went to the top of a blind pit where they remained, awaiting their rescuers. When the rescuers reached them they found 4 men, all insensible except one who stated that the deceased seemed to have gone mad and jumped down the blind pit ( a depth of 12 fathoms), in spite of all he could do to prevent him. There was no fence round the top of this blind pit which was not in use, but as the tight cloth stopping or screen referred to shut off the only entrance to it, it could hardly be held that there was a culpable neglect of the rule requiring the top of every shaft to be fenced. | West |
| 1905 | May | 20 | Rigfoot Colliery | Ayr | Lanemark Coal CO. Ltd. | John | Brown | 19 | Hanger-on | Haulage – Run over or crushed by Trams or Tubs | When on a self-acting incline making a signal, a coupling on the down coming “race” broke, and two full hutches ran down and caught him | West | |
| 1905 | May | 21 | Lochgelly | Fife | Lochgelly Iron & Coal Co Ltd | William | Drummond | 51 | Pit wright | On surface – miscellaneous | Deceased was assisting to take down a range of steam pipes, and in doing so stood on a scaffold 12 ft. up from the ground. When the bolts had been taken from a level joint the pipes swung, and the bend fell away and he was carried with it. | East | |
| 1905 | May | 24 | Dunsyston | Lanark | Summerlee Iron Co Ltd | James | Sneddon | 60 | Miner | Other haulage accidents | Deceased and his two sons were proceeding up an endless rope haulage roadway after their day's work was finished, when an empty tub slipped from the rope, and coming back struck deceased as it passed, inflicting a severe flesh wound on his right leg. Blood poisoning supervened and he died 14 days afterwards. The tubs were put on the rope singly and held by a Smallman clip, and the " gabby " dropped out. The roadway dipped in-bye 1 in 7. | East | |
| 1905 | May | 25 | Balbardie | Linlithgow | Balbardie Colliery Co Ltd | Alexander | Reid | 42 | Miner | Falls of side | Deceased was adjusting a suction pipe near a dook face when a stone fell from the side upon him. | East | |
| 1905 | May | 25 | Dalbeath | Fife | Fife Coal Co Ltd | Robert | Barclay | 24 | Miner | Falls of side | Deceased was holing coal when it fell away from between two lypes and fatally injured him. | East | |
| 1905 | May | 30 | Bannockburn No 1 Pit | Stirling | Alloa Coal Co. Ltd | James | Brown | 25 | Brakesman | Haulage – By machinery | While running a “race on a self acting incline the brake gave way and the lever struck him on the head. | West | |
| 1905 | May | 31 | Rosehall No 3 Pit | Lanark | R. Addie & Sons' Collieries, Ltd. | Jas. | Caldwell | 21 | Miner | Falls of roof | Fall of roof at working face while holing or taking down coal. | West | |
| 1905 | June | 7 | Shields | Lanark | Glasgow Iron & Coal Co Ltd | Thomas | McGarry | 16 | Miner | Explosions of fire damp or coal dust | See Report, p. 12. | This accident occurred in a disused road in Dook Section of Main coal, which was left standing on a down hitch. The place where deceased worked was stripping the same hitch on the left hand side, and was going toward the disused road almost at a right angle. The seam is worked stoop and room with stoops 160 ft. square and openings 12 ft. wide: the dip is 1 in 20. The air current to ventilate the workings passed in from the downcast shaft through a cross-cut mine to the Splint coal, where it split, one part going to the Main coal by another cross-cut mine, and after traversing the workings passed up a blind shaft again to the Splint coal and from thence by a parallel cross-cut mine to the upcast shaft at top of which a Capell fan operated. The ventilating current for the working places was led in by brattice cloth, and to keep the disused place clear of gas, brattice was also put in to within a few feet of the hitch. On the morning of the accident, immediately after breakfast, deceased went round to the disused road to give the miner a "chap" in order to ascertain how much coal was still to be cut to join the places, and when about 32 ft. from the face his naked light ignited gas and an explosion occurred whereby he was seriously burned on the arms and face, and died next day. There had evidently been a large accumulation, as nearly all the men's lights in the section were extinguished, although very little damage was done to property. Gas had not been seen in the place, prior to the explosion, but a slight fall, of roof had taken place at the face of the hitch right up to the bottom of the Pyotshaw coal, and this had apparently liberated the gas. There was no proper fence to prevent any one going into the disused road. For reasons which I did not consider satisfactory, the manager altered the system of ventilation within a few hours after the accident by reversing the air current. Proceedings were instituted against the manager and fireman for contravention of the rules, and convictions obtained. | East |
| 1905 | June | 16 | Gauchalland No 4 Pit | Ayr | Gauchalland Coal Co. | Wm. | Paton | 59 | Miner | Falls of side | Fall of stone (falling) from the working face. Apparently he failed to examine it after a shot was fired. | West | |
| 1905 | June | 21 | Huntershill Mine (sandstone) | Lanark | Thos. Gibb & Sons, Ltd. | Charles | Lind | 21 | Labourer | In Metalliferous Mines – Miscellaneous underground accidents | He fell over the face of a bench of stone from a height of thirty feet. | The sandstone worked for building purposes is over 30 feet in thickness, and miners are employed to remove the upper portion of the bed preparatory to the quarrymen proper commencing operations. The deceased was working with the miners, and while shovelling debris over the face of the bench, in some unexplained manner he fell over and was killed. | West |
| 1905 | June | 26 | Arniston | Edinburgh | Arniston Coal Co Ltd | James | Junners | 19 | Brusher | Falls of roof |
Deceased had left the brushing face to get his lamp replenished with oil, and while filling the lamp a stone fell upon him. He died from his injuries on 28th January, 1906. [Actually listed in 1906 East report] |
East | |
| 1905 | June | 28 | North Motherwell | Lanark | Merry & Cunninghame Ltd | William | Weir | 68 | pitheadman | On surface – miscellaneous | Deceased and another workman were loading old wire ropes into a waggon by rolling the coil to the low scaffold, raising it by the cage and putting it down the screen, and while doing so the palm of his left hand wag pricked by a broken wire; blood poisoning supervened, and he died nine days afterwards. | East | |
| 1905 | June | 28 | Roman Camp (Oil shale) | Linlithgow | Broxburn Oil Co Ltd | Owen | Feeney | 40 | Miner | Other haulage accidents | No one saw this accident, but from the position in which he was found, and other circumstances, it seems he was struck by the '' cuddie" tub as it passed down the brae. | East | |
| 1905 | June | 30 | Cobbinshaw | Edinburgh | Cobbinshaw Coal & Iron Co Ltd | John | Murray | 63 | Miner | Deaths not comprised under Mines Act | Deceased was found dead in his working place ; death due to natural causes. | East |