| Year | Month | Day | Mine | County | Owner or Company | Name | Surname | Age | Occupation | Category | Cause of accident & remarks | Extra details? | District |
| 1905 | July | 3 | Lumphinnans | Fife | Fife Coal Co Ltd | Robert | Torrance | 42 | Miner | Falls of roof | Deceased was engaged holing his coal, when a large stone fell from the roof upon him causing injuries from which he died two days afterwards. | East | |
| 1905 | July | 5 | Orbiston Nos 1 & 2 Pits | Lanark | Summerlee & Mossend Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. | Anthony | Dickson | 53 | Miner | Falls of side | Fall of coal while enlarging a road. | West | |
| 1905 | July | 8 | Parkhead | Lanark | Glasgow Iron & Steel Co Ltd | Alexander | Dixon | 24 | Fireman | Shaft accidents – falling into shaft from surface | Deceased was engaged with others in "taking up" the winding rope of one side of the shaft, and for that purpose the rope was held in the shaft by glands fixed on two beams, laid on loose planks across the shaft mouth at the low scaffold. After the work was completed the .beams were being removed, and deceased was at one side pulling with the beam between. his legs, and when the beam was moved the plank moved also and the opposite end falling into the shaft the end at which deceased was, caught him as it descended and he was thrown forward and precipitated to the bottom. The planks should have been secured. | East | |
| 1905 | July | 8 | Shaws No 2 Pit | Lanark | United Collieries Ltd. | Patrick | Casey | 19 | Miner | Falls of roof | Fall of roof in working place in machine wall. The fall crushed out the props. | West | |
| 1905 | July | 10 | Clyde- Wellhall Pit | Lanark | WIlsons & Clyde Coal Co., Ltd. | John | Paterson | 16 | Pithead labourer | In shafts – miscellaneous | While on the cage adjusting an empty hutch the engineman lowered the cage and he got crushed. The cage was lowered without the prescribed signal from the pithead having been given. | West | |
| 1905 | July | 12 | Pennyvenie No 3 Pit | Ayr | Dalmellington Iron Co. Ltd | John | Baillie | 13 | Drawer | Haulage – Run over or crushed by Trams or Tubs | In coming out a level with a full hutch his light went out. Another drawer coming behind, not seeing him, ran against him with his hutch. | West | |
| 1905 | July | 26 | Lumphinnans | Fife | Fife Coal Co Ltd | Alexander | Wyse | 16 | Pony Driver | Miscellaneous underground – sundries | Deceased put the tail chain on a rake of loaded tubs to side pull forward to the shaft, and when the tubs had moved a few yards the horse fell, and he was crushed beneath it. | East | |
| 1905 | July | 28 | Dechmont No 2 Pit | Lanark | Archd. Russell, Ltd. | Patrick | Murray | 37 | Brusher | Falls of side | Fall of side in working place while putting in a building. | West | |
| 1905 | July | 29 | Shawfield | Lanark | Wilson's & Clyde Coal Co Ltd | John | Morris | 28 | Fireman | Shaft accidents -things falling from part way down | Ladders were being fixed in a blind shaft communicating two seams, and while deceased was ascending the ladders already in, with a plank on his shoulder, another plank fell from above and struck him. The plank which fell was being put in as a bunton on which to make a landing, and the person fixing it mis-hit a nail, and the bunton slipped from its position and went down the shaft. | East | |
| 1905 | August | 9 | Dalquhandy No 1 Pit | Lanark | Waddell & Son | Hugh | Blackwood | 15 | Pony driver | Falls of roof | He had gone into a working place for a hutch when the roof fell on him. | West | |
| 1905 | August | 16 | Minto | Fife | Lochgelly Iron & Coal Co Ltd | George | Christie | 39 | Coal cutting machine driver | Miscellaneous underground – by machinery | Deceased stepped across the bar of a coal-cutting machine while it revolved, and his legs were caught by the picks. The bar had only cut a few inches into the coal, and was working quite satisfactorily, and no reason can be assigned why deceased stepped across. | One fatality occurred due to this cause [machinery]. An electrically-driven bar coal-cutting machine had been introduced into a seam, and deceased, who was an expert in the working of it, was employed to look after it until the men who were to take charge got acquainted with its working parts. The machine cuts the coal by means of a revolving tapered bar on which picks are fixed at intervals, and while the bar was in motion he stepped across it apparently to see if it was d6ing its work satisfactorily, and was caught by the picks. | East |
| 1905 | August | 16 | Thankerton No 7 Pit | Lanark | J. McAndrew & Co. | John | Brown | 52 | Miner | Falls of roof | Fall of roof on road; a hutch on which they were riding, Brown illegally, having gone off the rails and knocked out the timbering. | West | |
| Charles | Murray | 23 | Pony driver | ||||||||||
| 1905 | August | 18 | Craighead No 1 Pit | Lanark | Wm. Baird & Co. Ltd | Robert | Smith | 22 | Bogie man | Haulage – Run over or crushed by Trams or Tubs | He fell off the bogie in front of the race which went over him. | West | |
| 1905 | August | 18 | Stane | Lanark | Turners Ltd | Robert | Roy | 16 | Miner | Deaths not comprised under Mines Act | Deceased came up the shaft, and began to run after the girls employed on the pithead, and in chasing one he came into violent contact with the lever of the weighing machine, causing injuries whereby he died the same day. | East | |
| 1905 | August | 19 | Whiterigg | Linlithgow | R Forrester & Co Ltd | Smith | Tennant | 47 | Miner | Falls of side | Deceased's working place took a heavy crush causing the face coal to fall and injure him. He died fourteen days afterwards. | East | |
| 1905 | August | 22 | Broxburn (Oil shale) | Linlithgow | Broxburn Oil Co Ltd | Robert | Pratice | 38 | Miner | Falls of side | The top shale fell away suddenly on deceased, killing him instantaneously. | East | |
| 1905 | August | 25 | Rosie | Fife | Wemyss Coal Co Ltd | Bernard | Thomson | 16 | Drawer | Falls of side | Deceased was turning back coal from a dropped-out room in second working of Chemiss Seam when a sudden burst of coal came away from the stoop side, and striking him he was killed instantaneously. | East | |
| 1905 | August | 29 | Allanton No 1 Pit | Lanark | Wm. Barr & Sons | John | McLaren | 45 | Miner | Falls of roof | Fall of roof in working place. It is doubtful if props were set as required by the regulations. | West | |
| Richard | McLaren | 19 | Miner | ||||||||||
| 1905 | September | 4 | Bedlay Colliery | Lanark | Wm. Baird & Co. Ltd | John | Banks | 20 | Engineer | On surface – sundries | While shifting a heavy casting belonging to a steam crane which was being put up, it canted and fell over on him. | West | |
| 1905 | September | 4 | Orbiston No 3 Pit | Lanark | Summerlee & Mossend Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. | Alexr. | Paterson | 27 | Waggon shifter | On surface – On railways, sidings, or tramways | When crossing the rails in front of waggons which he was shifting, his foot got caught in a crossing, and he was run over before he could extricate himself. | West | |
| 1905 | September | 7 | Bailliesmuir | Lanark | Coltness Iron Co Ltd | James | Cullen | 16 | Miner | Falls of roof | Deceased was at the road head, when the face coal fell, knocking out a prop, and causing the roof to fall on him. He died four days afterwards from his injury. | East | |
| 1905 | September | 9 | Bargany No 1 Pit | Ayr | Bargany Coal Co. Ltd. | Enchise | Frullani | 30 | Miner | Miscellaneous Underground Accidents – By explosives | He and his brother charged 15 shots with gelignite, lit the fuzes, and had just started to retire when one shot went off and knocked him down. All the other shots went off while he lay where he fell. | West | |
| 1905 | September | 9 | Broomrigg No 3 Pit | Stirling | Banknock Coal Co. Ltd. | John | Neil | 58 | Miner | Falls of side | Fall of coal while holing. | West | |
| 1905 | September | 13 | Dunnikier | Fife | Walter Herd & Son Ltd | Benjamin | Proctor | 20 | Drawer | Falls of side | Deceased was engaged during the morning repairing a level road, and when repairs were almost finished he left and proceeded to the coal face, and when there a piece of coal fell away from between two sprags on him. The sprags were 6 feet 6 inches apart. | East | |
| 1905 | September | 13 | Muirbeath | Fife | Henry Ness & Co Ltd | Alexander P | Campbell | 14 | Coupler | Falls of roof | Deceased was about to take an empty tub across the plates at the pit bottom, when a large stone fell from the roof and killed him instantaneously. | East | |
| 1905 | September | 14 | Wester Queenslie No 1 Pit | Lanark | John Allan | Thos. | Steedman | 55 | Miner | Falls of roof | Fall of roof at working face while filling a hutch. | West | |
| 1904 | September | 15 | Maxwood Pit | Ayr | Wm. Baird & Co. Ltd | John | Nisbet | 24 | Miner | Falls of roof | While replacing crowns blown down at the working face by a shot, the roof fell on him. He died in April | West | |
| 1905 | September | 21 | Blantyreferme Colliery | Lanark | A. G. Moore & Co. | Joseph | Rodgers | 22 | Miner | Haulage – Run over or crushed by Trams or Tubs | While illegally drawing in front of a hutch he lost control of it and was run over. | West | |
| 1905 | September | 21 | Oakbank (Oil shale) | Edinburgh | Oakbank Oil Co Ltd | John | Watson | 27 | Drawer | Falls of side | Deceased was left by the faceman to fill and draw shale which had been dug, and while filling a tub the top shale suddenly fell and crushed him fatally. The shale fell away from " foul skins " due to the presence of a "hitch'' and which were partly seen. There were no sprags up to the top shale. | East | |
| 1905 | September | 27 | Glencraig | Fife | Wilson's & Clyde Coal Co Ltd | Alexander | Erskine | 21 | Drawer | Haulage – run over or crushed by trams & tubs | Deceased was employed by a contractor who worked in a heading rising 1 in 3.5, and a branch. The coal was run to the level by means of a ''cut," the wheel being at the top. The places were worked alternately and the branch was at work at the time of the accident. When the heading was last worked a loaded tub was left standing on the level rails and the rope was constantly rubbing on it in moving up and down. A tub was being run from the branch, and just as it moved away the tub from above ran away and about 100ft. down it crashed into the other, crushing deceased between ; the sudden collision caused the rope to slip a hose and both ran down carrying deceased between them, and at a high part of the roadway the runaway tub passed over the other. The constant movement of the rope on the tub had eventually brought it to the steep. It was said the tub was secured by sprags in the wheels, but it is evident it was insufficiently secured. | East | |
| 1905 | September | 27 | Lumphinnans | Fife | Fife Coal Co Ltd | David | McLeod | 65 | Miner | Falls of roof | Deceased was sitting at his breakfast when the roof suddenly fell upon him. A hitch had been met with and a part was "won out" inside, and the roof fell away from the "vees." | East | |
| 1905 | September | 27 | Newbattle | Edinburgh | Lothian Coal Co Ltd | William N | Reid | 23 | Dook footer | Miscellaneous underground – sundries | See Report, page 17 |
One death was due to [electricity], the circumstances of which are as follows: The power was generated by coupled compound dynamos on the surface, each of 135 amperes and 500 volts continuous current. This current was carried by two cables composed of 37.15 w.-g. wires down the Carrington dook of the Parrot coal seam for a distance of 1 1/2 miles. At the in-bye end was a switch room from which two subsidiary cables of 19.17 w.-g. wires came out to the roadway leading to the faces where coal-cutting machines were in operation. From the positive cable of the main cables a wire was led and joined to the negative cable, and between the terminals of the wire, lamps were placed at intervals to light up the haulage lye. In the lye therefore in the centre of road there were at the time of the accident two sets of cables and the lighting wire. The roadway is double for endless rope haulage and was being heightened during the back shift, and the cables and wire were suspended temporarily from the heightened part and carried under the lower part which was under repair ; just at the entrance to the lower part and on the lip of the unbrushed part was a steel girder, and cables and wire were in contact with it. Deceased's duties were to assist in making up the sets of tubs to the in-bye end and also to the shaft, and had only begun work on the day of the accident. Owing to the heat, over 70° F., he perspired very much and worked without his cap, and the pavement was wet, which caused his feet to get damp. No one saw what actually took place, but some men on their way out-bye after their work was over for the day discovered him lying on the roadway for the empty tubs apparently dead, and they at once applied artificial respiration for fully an hour without avail. Where deceased was found was almost directly under the steel girder at x where cables and wire passed under. It was supposed he had in some way received an electric shock, and on making an examination it was discovered that about 1 1/2 inches of the tape insulation of the lighting wire had been removed, and the bare wire being in contact with the girder charged it with the current. It was estimated that the voltage at the point of contact was about 450. In order to ascertain the exact cause of death a post-mortem examination was made, and a mark was found across the back showing indications of burning, and the medical report stated that death was due to electric shock. While attending to his duties deceased had to pass and re-pass under the girder, which was 5 feet above the rails, and he had touched it while on his way to attend to the tubs, and being in a state of perspiration, and his feet damp he was a fit subject for a fatal shock. In shifting the cables and wire during repairs sufficient care had not been taken to prevent the insulation being damaged. |
East |
| 1905 | October | 2 | Haugh No 2 Pit | Stirling | Wm. Baird & Co. Ltd | David | Marshall | 14 | Drawer | Shaft accidents – whilst ascending or descending by machinery | When stepping off the cage at the pithead after ascending he was caught by the cage being lowered before he got clear, in response to a hand signal given by the bottomer who also ascended in the same cage. | West | |
| 1905 | October | 3 | Broxburn (Oil shale) | Linlithgow | Broxburn Oil Co Ltd | Hugh | McCord | 37 | Miner | Falls of side | Deceased was taking down the top shale when it fell away and fatally crushed him. | East | |
| 1905 | October | 3 | Pumpherston No 5 (Oil shale) | Edinburgh | Pumpherston Oil Co Ltd | John | West | 45 | Mining contractor | Other haulage accidents | Deceased worked in a sinking dook, and the tubs were drawn from it and the benches above by means of a main dook rope, in rakes of four. A rake was lifted from a bench above, and when it was up some distance the last tub uncoupled and running back dashed into a scaffold on which some miners stood to timber the roof, and a piece of wood splinter was forced down on him. The coupling used was a ram's horn, and it had been put into the tub with a twist, and by the jerking had come out. A "jock" was provided to attach to the last tub, but the chainer neglected to put it in. | East | |
| 1905 | October | 9 | Riddochhill | Linlithgow | Gavin Paul & Sons Ltd | Malcolm | Wilson | 28 | Miner | Shaft accidents – whilst ascending or descending by machinery | Deceased with seven others, was ascending the shaft, after the day's work was finished, carrying some picks with him, and when some distance up he fell out of the cage. It is supposed that in attempting to save his picks, which he had between his legs, from falling into the shaft, he overbalanced. | One fatality was caused by a workman falling out of the cage while ascending the shaft ; he had some tools with him and apparently some of them were about to fall into the shaft, and in trying to prevent this he overbalanced and fell over the cage end. The habit of carrying tools while riding on the cage is a bad one, and should not be permitted. | East |
| 1905 | October | 16 | Loanhead | Edinburgh | Shotts Iron Co Ltd | James | Robertson | 20 | Miner | Falls of side | Deceased was taking coal off the face in the steep workings, and when it fell he was unable to clear himself and was crushed. He died from his injuries 17 days afterwards. | East | |
| 1905 | October | 17 | Grasshill No 1 Pit | Ayr | Wm. Baird & Co. Ltd | Thos. | Wallace | 20 | Miner | Falls of side | When taking down coal he failed to get clear when it fell | West | |
| 1905 | October | 21 | Swinhill No 5 Pit | Lanark | Darngavil Coal CO. Ltd | Alexr. | Torrance | 30 | Weigher | On surface – sundries | A line of 9 inch pipes was being taken down, and the supporting trestles having swung, he was struck by a falling pipe. | West | |
| 1905 | October | 22 | Kinneil | Linlithgow | Kinneil Cannel & Coking Coal Co Ltd | Robert | Murray | 48 | Brusher | Falls of roof | Deceased and another were ripping a horse road, when a stone fell from the roof and injured him. He succumbed five days afterwards. | East | |
| 1905 | October | 25 | Lochwood No 3 Pit | Lanark | Lochwood Coal Co., Ltd | James | Nicoll | 17 | Drawer | Haulage – Run over or crushed by Trams or Tubs | While illegally drawing in front of a hutch he fell and got crushed against a prop. | West | |
| 1905 | October | 26 | Dockra No 1 Pit (Ironstone Mine) | Ayr | Glengarnock Iron & Steel Co. Ltd | Thos. | McCann, jr. | 16 | Chain runner | Haulage – Run over or crushed by Trams or Tubs | In some unexplained manner he was run over by a “race” of full hutches which he was taking up a dook. | West | |
| 1905 | October | 26 | Dunnikier | Fife | Walter Herd & Son Ltd | Richard | Walters | 68 | Miner | Other haulage accidents | A horse rake consisting of five tubs was proceeding out-bye, and deceased and three others rode on the tubs; on the way out the last tub occupied by deceased left the rails and he was thrown off and was pricked on the right leg by one of several picks he had with him. Blood poisoning set in and he died eight days afterwards. | East | |
| 1905 | November | 3 | Arniston | Edinburgh | Arniston Coal Co Ltd | Robert | Cunningham | 42 | Boiler fireman | On surface – miscellaneous | In front of boilers was a dross hole, divided into two, one portion had a capacity to hold about 80 tons of dross, a retaining wall 20 inches thick faced the boilers, and at intervals, opposite each boiler, were openings to allow the dross to gravitate so as to be reached by the firemen. This wall without any warning suddenly collapsed, and deceased, who was opposite, was buried. | East | |
| 1905 | November | 3 | Dunsyston | Lanark | Summerlee Iron Co Ltd | John | Myles | 19 | Drawer | Haulage – run over or crushed by trams & tubs | Deceased was sitting in the siding waiting on a tub when two empty tubs ran away from the haulage rope and crushed him. The system of haulage is endless rope, single tubs, and tubs are attached to the rope by Smallman clip. The cause of the runaway was due to "gabby" becoming detached from the tub link. The road dips in-bye 1 in 7. | East | |
| 1905 | November | 3 | Hill of Beath | Fife | Fife Coal Co Ltd | John | Steuart | 37 | Waggon repairer | Deaths not comprised under Mines Act | Deceased was employed by the Lochgelly Iron & Coal Co., Ltd., at Little Raith Colliery, on the south side of the Dunfermline & Thornton Railway, A train of waggons was shunted into Hill of Beath sidings on north side of said railway, and he crossed over for some purpose and was crushed between the buffers of waggons. | East | |
| 1905 | November | 6 | Holytown No 6 | Lanark | James Nimmo & Co Ltd | John | Calder | 53 | Miner | Falls of roof |
Fall of roof in working place, owing to the want of prop. Injured on 6th November, 1905, and died on 11th June, 1906. [NB This death is actually report in 1906 West report] |
East | |
| 1905 | November | 6 | Newbattle | Edinburgh | Lothian Coal Co Ltd | John | McGuire | 36 | Miner | Falls of side | Deceased was about to take down coal when it fell and crushed him against a prop. | East | |
| 1905 | November | 9 | Bedlay No 1 Pit | Lanark | Wm. Baird & Co. Ltd | John | Mullan | 45 | Sinker | Miscellaneous Underground Accidents – By explosives | When working with a pick to recover a charge of gelignite which had missed fire he exploded the detonator and primer. | West | |
| 1905 | November | 10 | Gartshore No 2 Pit | Dumbarton | Wm. Baird & Co. Ltd | Laurence | McBride | 15 | Drawer | Haulage – Run over or crushed by Trams or Tubs | When taking an empty hutch down a dook he was overtaken by empty hutches knocked over the brow of lye above by a “race” being set back against them. | West | |
| 1905 | November | 16 | Dalquhandy No 1 Pit | Lanark | Waddell & Son | John | Donaldson | 42 | Miner | Falls of roof | Fall of roof in working place while redding. The roof was not propped as required by the regulations. | West | |
| 1905 | November | 17 | Newbattle | Edinburgh | Lothian Coal Co | James | Davidson | 14 | Pithead runner | On surface – by machinery | Deceased stepped across a creeper chain for hauling empty tubs, to light gas at a bracket on the wall, and his right leg slipped into the wheel opening and was severely lacerated. He died from blood poisoning two days afterwards. | One death was by machinery, and was caused by a boy attempting to do a thing he had no need to, being caught with a " creeper " used to raise empty tubs up a rising plane from a lower to a higher level. | East |
| 1905 | November | 20 | Simpsonland No 2 Pit | Lanark | United Collieries Ltd. | John | McLean | 58 | Miner | Falls of side | Fall of coal. He failed to stand clear of a cut of coal which his neighbour was wedging down. | West | |
| 1905 | November | 23 | Bellfield No 4 Pit | Lanark | Wm. Barr & Sons | William | Barr | 65 | Mine owner | On surface – By machinery | While standing close to unfenced machinery at the pithead, his overcoat got caught by a revolving shaft, and he was drawn in and fatally injured | The three fatal accidents by machinery were all caused by the want of care on the part of the sufferers. The first, resulted in the death of Mr William Barr, one of the owners of Bellfield Colliery, Lanarkshire. He had gone close to a horizontal revolving shaft which was not fenced as required by the regulations. The shaft was 16 inches above the floor, and it seems that it caught his loose overcoat, drew him in and inflicted fatal injuries before the machinery could be stopped. In July 1904, I pointed out to the deceased unfenced machinery at the place where this accident occurred, and it was then fenced; but since that time alterations in the machinery were made, and the fencing was again neglected. | West |
| 1905 | November | 23 | Newbattle | Edinburgh | Lothian Coal Co Ltd | Joseph | Thomson | 65 | Miner | Deaths not comprised under Mines Act | Deceased suddenly expired at his working face. Hie death was due to natural causes. | East | |
| 1905 | November | 27 | Rosie | Fife | Wemyss Coal Co Ltd | William | Cairns | 45 | Miner | Falls of side | Deceased was taking coal off the side of a roadway to make a siding when it suddenly fell over and fatally crushed him. | East | |
| 1905 | December | 2 | Bothwell Castle No 4 Pit | Lanark | Wm. Baird & Co. Ltd | Thos. | Foley | 53 | Miner | Falls of roof | Fall of roof on road while brushing it. | West | |
| 1905 | December | 2 | Wallyford | Edinburgh | Edinburgh Collieries Co Ltd | John | McGhee | 51 | Miner | Falls of side | Deceased was "shearing" in the right-hand side of a close place to relieve his coal when it suddenly fell away, and in trying to clear himself he slipped on the pavement in front of it, and was killed instantaneously. | East | |
| 1905 | December | 6 | Newbattle | Edinburgh | Lothian Coal Co Ltd | George | Ritchie | 14 | Miner | Explosions of fire damp or coal dust |
See Report, pages 12, 13,14. [This death is actually reported in the 1906 East report] |
This explosion occurred on 6th December, 1905, in a section of a longwall working of Parrot Coal Seam. A fall of roof took place across several places liberating some gas which lodged at the top. Men were engaged "winning out" inside the fall at the extremities, and this work was almost completed when the accident took place. The fireman of the section was aware there was gas at the top of the fall, and notwithstanding he appears to have gone up with a naked light and ignited it causing it to explode, whereby the flame travelled to where the men were at work burning them. An. examination of the section was made next day and gas was found in several of the roads. Owing to the fall the ventilating current was less than usual, but no effort was made by the officials with the air current available to clear out the gas. It transpired that the fireman had very little experience of gas, and probably knew nothing of the dangers or how best to deal with it. | East |
| 1905 | December | 7 | Cadzow Colliery | Lanark | Cadzow Coal Co. Ltd. | James | Kirk | 45 | Brakesman | On surface – On railways, sidings, or tramways | Without authority he attempted to work a locomotive. He lost control of it, and it ran into a waggon that the driver was shunting. | West | |
| 1905 | December | 8 | Lumphinnans | Fife | Fife Coal Co Ltd | James B | Gilchrist | 25 | Miner | Falls of roof | A heading had come upon an upthrow "hitch," and the coal was "won out" for some distance inside. The roof took a sudden break throwing out the the timber, and falling on deceased. At the time deceased was running tubs on the short brae, and had apparently heard the roof break, and attempted to escape, but was too late. | Newspaper report | East |
| 1905 | December | 8 | Viewpark No 1 Pit | Lanark | R. Addie & Sons' Collieries, Ltd. | Allan | Dunn | 33 | Miner | Falls of roof | Fall of roof at working face. It is doubtful if the proppong regulations were observed | West | |
| 1905 | December | 9 | Callendar | Stirling | Callendar Coal Co Ltd | James | Lockhart | 45 | pitheadman | On surface – railways, sidings or tramways | Two loaded dross waggons were being moved forward to rest against another in front and just as they were about to collide deceased stepped between and was crushed between the buffers. | East | |
| 1905 | December | 13 | Broomhouse Colliery | Lanark | Haughhead Coal Co. Ltd | Henry | Whyte | 46 | Waggoner | On surface – By machinery | When about to apply the brake of one of seven waggons in motion, a locomotive gave them an extra push. He fell on the rail, and the wheel of the following wagon fatally injured him. | West | |
| 1905 | December | 16 | Herbertshire No 2 Pit | Stirling | R. Addie & Sons' Collieries, Ltd. | Michael | Connley | 14 | Scree engineman | On surface – On railways, sidings, or tramways | Caught by bevel wheels of machinery close to which he was working. | West | |
| 1905 | December | 18 | Benarty | Fife | Fife Coal Co Ltd | David | Flockhart | 39 | Miner | Falls of side |
Deceased was proceeding along a level road in a seam with a gradient of 1 in 1, when a piece of coal fell off the high side and injured him. He died from his injuries 18 days afterwards. [Actually listed in 1906 East report] |
East | |
| 1905 | December | 22 | Bellfield No 4 Pit | Lanark | Wm. Barr & Sons | George | Maclay | 27 | Bogie man | Haulage – Run over or crushed by Trams or Tubs | He fell from his bogie and was dragged along by the hutches, his bogie having collided with another coming in the opposite direction and which had gone off the rails | West | |
| 1905 | December | 25 | Calderbank No 1 Pit | Lanark | United Collieries Ltd. | Francis | Green | 60 | Miner | Shaft accidents – things falling into shaft from surface | When stepping into the cage to ascend he was struck on the head by a piece of coal which fell from a hutch being taken off the cage at the surface. | West | |
| 1905 | December | 28 | Auchinreoch Colliery | Stirling | Wm. Baird & Co. Ltd | Jeannie | McGhee | 19 | Stone picker | On surface – By machinery | For some unknown reason, she went over a fence and got caught by the blades of a dross conveyor. | West | |
| 1905 | December | 28 | Cadder No 15 Pit (Ironstone) | Lanark | Carron Co. | Terrence | Travers | 58 | Miner | Falls of side | Fall of ironstone while holing. | West | |
| 1905 | December | 29 | Earnock No 1 Pit | Lanark | John Watson, Ltd. | Hugh | Carlin | 34 | Reddsman | Falls of roof | While taking out props at a “stoop” the roof gave way, and he was caught. | West | |
| 1905 | December | 29 | Muirbeath | Fife | Henry Ness & Co Ltd | James | Whyte | 43 | Repairer | Falls of side | Deceased was "needling" the side for the purpose of putting up a crown to support the roof of a roadway which was being repaired, when the side and roof suddenly fell. | East | |
| 1905 | December | 30 | Balbardie | Linlithgow | Balbardie Colliery Co Ltd | James M | Tennant | 32 | overman | Miscellaneous underground – sundries | Deceased was superintending the work of putting a wooden beam to the roof for haulage extension purposes, and when the beam was raised to be put into position it swerved, and the men losing control of its movement it fell and fatally crushed him. | East | |
| 1905 | NK | NK | Threestonehill No 7 Pit, Greenfield Colliery | Another fatal fire-damp explosion occurred at Threestonehill No 7 Pit, Greenfield Colliery, but as the person killed was not employed at the mine I have not included it in the list of accidents. An inrush of water from a bore hole passing from the surface through an upper seam lying full of water was filling the dip workings of the Kiltongue coal, and a steam pump was in danger of being “downed out.” The manager was down the pit when his son, who was an engineman, who at one time had been employed at the colliery, without his father's knowledge and without proper sanction, descended in the cage and joined his father. The two proceeded with naked lights towards the steam pump, when the son went down a dook to see how far the level of the water was from the pump. He there encountered fire-damp, the rising water having cut off the air current, and this ignited at his naked light and fatally injured him. [NB No other details are given for this accident] | West | ||||||||
