| Date of Accident | Mine | County | Owner or Company | Name | Age | Occupation | Category | Cause of accident & remarks | Extra Details | ||
| 1911 | January | 11 | Bothwell Castle No 1 | Lanark | Wm Baird & Co Ltd | Alexander McComisky | 41 | Brusher | Miscellaneous underground – by explosives | The deceased had prepared a shot at the road end. Inserting a detonator into a cartridge of Samsonite, he proceeded to carry it in his hands in to his brushing face. He had only gone a few yards, however, when the charge exploded in his hands, shattering both of them. He died on the 1st April. | |
| 1911 | January | 17 | Leven No 4 | Fife | Fife Coal Co Ltd | John Watson | 32 | Miner | Other haulage accidents | He strained himself lifting a full hutch on to rails. He died on March 30th. | |
| 1911 | January | 18 | Bedlay | Lanark | Wm Baird & Co Ltd | Robert Allan | 37 | Bottomer | Shaft accidents - falling from part way down | When putting a loaded hutch forward to put into the cage at a mid-landing in the shaft he went in front of it and drew into the side the cage was not at. He and the hutch fell into the shaft and forced out two of the iron rods forming the cage seat and he fell to the bottom of the shaft a distance of 480 ft. He should not have been in front of the hutch ; if he had been at the back it is probable the accident would not have occurred. | |
| 1911 | January | 19 | Hillhead | Ayr | J & M Craig (Kilmarnock) Ltd | John Todd | 70 | Bottomer | Shaft accidents - falling from part way down | The winding engineman had lowered the cage to the Ell Coal inset and the deceased opened the gate and took the empty hutch off it. He then detached a loaded hutch from the loaded rake standing at the bottom, and pushed it down into what he thought was the cage. In the meantime, however, the cage had been raised up the shaft and deceased and the hutch fell to the bottom of the shaft, a distance of 150 feet. The inset was badly lighted. | |
| 1911 | January | 23 | Rosebank No 6 | Fife | James Nimms & Son Ltd | Andrew Strachan | 38 | Miner | Falls of roof | He was working coal from stoops left among old workings. As he was holing the coal a stone fell from the roof of his working place, and broke his back. He died on the 7th October. | Newspaper report |
| 1911 | January | 24 | Valleyfield | Fife | Fife Coal Co Ltd | Philip McKenna | 38 | Sinker | Shaft accidents - falling from part way down | He was working on a temporary cage or scaffold suspended from a crab rope, preparatory to the permanent guides being put into the shaft, when he overbalanced himself and fell off the cage and to another scaffold 44 feet below. | |
| 1911 | January | 25 | Kinglassie | Fife | Fife Coal Co Ltd | John Dewar | 38 | Pump Attendant | Shaft accidents - falling from part way down | Deceased had finished his shift and relieved by the other pump attendant. He appears to have gone to the shaft and opened a sliding door to be ready to get into the cage, and by some means fallen into the shaft. | |
| 1911 | January | 26 | Skellington | Lanark | Darngavil Coal Co Ltd | John Weir | 26 | Assistant Machineman | Falls of roof | When working at a coal cutter two of the " line " props of the former cut were knocked out by the back end of the machine and a piece of stone from the roof fell upon and killed him. The stone fell from a slip running parallel to the face. | |
| 1911 | January | 26 | Rosehall No13 | Lanark | R Addie & Sons Collieries Ltd | John Henry Miller | 26 | Roadsman | Haulage – run over or crushed by trams & tubs | Caught by the loaded rake on a self-acting incline and killed. It was his duty to water the rails at meetings to reduce the friction owing to the gradient at that part of the road being only 1 in 13, but he should have gone into a manhole when the rakes were running. | Newspaper report |
| 1911 | January | 26 | Auchinraith | Lanark | Merry & Cunninghame Ltd | Robert Orr | 63 | Haulageman | Other haulage accidents | He was working at a horizontal pulley at a curve when a full rake was being hauled up an incline : a pulley broke and allowed the rope to fly suddenly to the inside of the road, where the deceased was, The rope hit and dislocated his left ankle. Died on February 2nd. | |
| 1911 | January | 27 | Ballochney No 3 | Lanark | Ballochney Coal Co | Thomas Dunlavey | 28 | Pit Sinker | Shaft accidents -things falling from part way down | The kettle was not properly steadied before it was raised from the bottom of a sinking shaft, and, as there were no guiding boards on the lowest buntons, it caught one of them and pulled it out and it fell and hit the deceased on the head. | |
| 1911 | February | 3 | Woolmet | Midlothian | Niddrie & Benhar Coal Co Ltd | Robert Fairgrieve | 29 | Miner | Falls of side | He was taking down coal, after firing a shot, when some of it suddenly fell upon and fatally crushed him. | |
| 1911 | February | 3 | Meadowhead | Lanark | Peter Cairns | Alexander Tweedle | 19 | Pit Bottomer | Shaft accidents - falling from part way down | He pushed a loaded tub forward at mid-landing, evidently thinking the cage was at the landing, opened the gate with one hand and held it open while he pulled the tub towards him, and as it passed him he got behind it to push it. He and the tub fell to the bottom of the shaft, a distance of 210 feet and he was killed instantly. | |
| 1911 | February | 3 | Montgomeryfield | Ayr | A Kenneth & Sons | James Howe | 28 | Coal Cutter Attendant | Miscellaneous underground – by machinery | Caught and fatally injured by the revolving bar of a coal cutting machine when it was running free as the machine was being moved along the face. | To follow |
| 1911 | February | 4 | Devon | Clackmannan | Alloa Coal Co Ltd | Robert Moir | 31 | Haulage Engineman | On surface – by machinery | When unloosing the end of the hauling rope inside the drum, in order to allow of its being spliced, the engine suddenly moved and he was crushed between the spokes of the drum and an upright post and instantly killed. | |
| 1911 | February | 7 | Monkland No 11 | Lanark | James Dunlop & Co Ltd | Joseph Harvie | 17 | Pony Driver | Falls of roof | He left his work and was travelling along the face to look at a watch in the clothing of one of the miners to see what time it was, and when doing so took a wrong turn and went into a place in which there was a piece of stone hanging, and as he was passing under it it fell upon and killed him. The miner had previously attempted to get the stone down with a pinch but failed to do so. | |
| 1911 | February | 7 | Ladyha No 2 | Ayr | Wm Baird & Co Ltd | Martin Watt | 52 | Waggoner | On surface – railways, sidings or tramways | Taking a full wagon from the pit by means of a horse when he was run over and killed. No one saw the accident occur and it is difficult to say how it was caused ; the most probable cause was that he had been riding on the buffer and fell off. | |
| 1911 | February | 13 | Polton | Edinburgh | Lothian Coal Co Ltd | James Livingstone | 21 | Engineer's Labourer | On surface – electricity | When illegally attempting to make a connection to an electric lighting wire for the purpose of playing a practical joke on a fellow workman he was electrocuted. | To follow |
| 1911 | February | 15 | Bothwell Castle No 1 | Lanark | Wm Baird & Co Ltd | Edward Storrie | 54 | Collier | Falls of roof | Deceased was at work throwing loose coal down the wall to his drawer who was at the gate end when a large piece of stone fell from the roof, without any warning, and part of it caught and crushed him severely about the lower part of the body and legs. Died the following day. | |
| 1911 | February | 17 | Southrigg No 2 | Lanark | United Collieries Ltd | David Russell | 36 | Pump and Haulage Attendant | Other haulage accidents | Deceased went into a wheel room at the bottom of the shaft to get a plumber block, and when looking for it something fell on his head ; he stooped to avoid it, and in doing so, inadvertently put his leg between the rope and the wheel, and in trying to extricate it his arm also became caught. | |
| 1911 | February | 18 | Camps (Limestone) | Edinburgh | Coltness Iron Co Ltd | George Young | 27 | Blacksmith | On surface – railways, sidings or tramways | He was moving a loaded waggon and when he applied the brake it did not stop, and he picked up a crow-bar and placed it in front of the wheels. The bar struck him and knocked him in front of the waggon and the wheels passed over him. Died the following day. | To follow |
| 1911 | February | 20 | Philpstoun No 1 (Oil shale) | Linlithgow | James Ross & Co | Thomas Russell, Senr. | 44 | Miner | Falls of roof | He was stooping and when finishing the first cut on a stoop preparatory to getting the timber withdrawn some of the roof collapsed and fell and jammed his neck between two props. | |
| 1911 | February | 20 | Craighead No 1 | Lanark | Wm Baird & Co Ltd | John Muir | 45 | Oversman | Shaft accidents – ropes or chains breaking | The coal is dropped from the Main Coal to the Splint Coal Seam, a distance of 16 fathoms, in a shaft in cages, the weight of the coal and hatch descending raises the empty hutch and ascending cage. Deceased got into a hutch for the purpose of examining the shaft, and when the cage was about 18 inches from the top, the rope broke, and he, the hutch and the cage fell to the bottom, and he was killed instantly. The rope, which outwardly appeared to be in good condition, was internally much corroded ; it broke at the top of the hose, where the water, running down the rope, collected and penetrated the strands. | Newspaper Report |
| 1911 | February | 21 | Oakbank (Oil shale) | Edinburgh | Oakbank Oil Co Ltd | James Chalmers | about 64 | Labourer | On surface – miscellaneous | He was between two heaps of old wood wagon soles when some of them slipped or were displaced by a high wind and he was either fatally crushed or suffocated. | |
| 1911 | February | 22 | Bredisholm No 3 | Lanark | United Collieries Ltd | John Campbell | 15 | Drawer | Other haulage accidents | By some unexplained means he became entangled in the endless rope wheel, which was securely fenced on all accessible sides. He must have climbed over the fence to get where he was. | |
| 1911 | February | 24 | Blackrigg No 3 | Linlithgow | United Collieries Ltd | Thomas Berresford | 16 | Miner's Drawer | Falls of roof | He was filling a hutch and was in a bent position when a piece of fireclay fell off the front of the brushing and knocked him down ; as he was falling a further fall took place and caught him on the head fatally injuring him. | |
| 1911 | February | 26 | Newcraighall | Midlothian | Niddrie & Benhar Coal Co Ltd | James Campbell | 17 | Driver | Falls of side | When driving in with a tub, upon which props and bars were piled up, the tub seemingly left the rails, the props then caught the side and loosened it, causing a stone to fall upon Campbell, who was evidently riding upon the top of the props. | |
| 1911 | February | 26 | Govan No 6 | Lanark | Wm Dixon Ltd | Patrick McComisky | 37 | Brusher | Falls of roof | He was struck on the head by a small piece of falling roof stone. He died 21 days after the occurrence. | |
| 1911 | February | 28 | Devon | Clackmannan | Alloa Coal Co Ltd | Peter Dawson | 28 | Brusher | Miscellaneous underground - electricity | Killed by an electric shock | To follow |
| 1911 | March | 6 | Auchengeich | Lanark | James Nimmo & Co Ltd | John McWilliam | 15 | Picker | On surface – by machinery | He was sitting on the top of the fence to pull the lever of a clutch out to put the picking table out of gear when he lost his balance and fell amongst the toothed wheels, and was instantly killed. | |
| 1911 | March | 6 | Bothwell Castle No 2 | Lanark | Wm Baird & Co Ltd | Andrew Gray | 68 | Shanksman | Other haulage accidents | A new wheel, in connection with a band haulage rope in the shaft, had been put in, and as it was giving evidence of heating at the journal, deceased apparently put his hand through the fence to feel the boss, while the wheel was in motion, and his body was drawn in through the fence and he was killed. | |
| 1911 | March | 7 | Rosehall No12 | Lanark | Robert Addie & Sons (Collieries) Ltd | Robert Lang | 38 | Brusher | Falls of roof | Deceased was loading loose debris, which had fallen whilst brushing a road. After fixing up temporary timbering, a fall of side and roof occurred, knocking out the timber, and burying him completely underneath ; he was dead when extricated. | |
| 1911 | March | 9 | Valleyfield | Fife | Fife Coal Co Ltd | James Jamieson | 27 | Miner's Drawer | Miscellaneous underground – sundries | A sudden outburst of fire-damp occurred when they were working in the face of a level and displaced a very large quantity of coal, which completely buried and suffocated them. |
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| John Pedan | 27 | ||||||||||
| George Pedan | 14 | ||||||||||
| 1911 | March | 10 | Bothwell Park | Lanark | Wm Baird & Co Ltd | Carminic Solkin | 35 | Miner | Shaft accidents – whilst ascending or descending by machinery | He and other seven men got into the cage to ascend the shaft at the end of the shift, and just as the cage started he lost his balance or fainted, and fell out of the cage to the main coal seam, a distance of 64 feet. He did not appear to be much injured beyond suffering from slight shock and a broken arm, but died 12 hours afterwards. He and the other men had got into the cage without the bottomer being present and signalled themselves away. Beyond the vertical bars at the sides, the cage was not protected either at the sides or ends. | |
| 1911 | March | 14 | Auldton | Lanark | Brand & Co | George Pollock | 25 | Joiner | On surface – by machinery | Deceased by some means unknown, got into the dirt elevator, and was carried down and fatally crushed at the part where the scrapers go under the floor. For a distance of 4 feet up from the floor level the elevator was boxed in, and his body passed down and damaged the fencing. | |
| 1911 | March | 14 | Haugh No 1 | Stirling | Wm Baird & Co Ltd | James Wilson | 18 | Drawer | Falls of roof | Deceased was at the road head filling a tub, and he was close to a prop which supported the roof at a point 3 feet from the face. A stone suddenly fell from between the prop and the coal, and caught him above the left ankle, fractured the bone and caused a flesh wound further up his leg. Blood poisoning from the wound set in, and he died from it a week later. | |
| 1911 | March | 16 | Glencraig | Fife | Wilson's & Clyde Coal Co Ltd | John Proudfoot | 38 | Miner | Shaft accidents – whilst ascending or descending by machinery | When ascending the shaft with 15 other men at the end of the shift, he either fainted or had a fit and fell on to the bottom of the cage and rolled out at the side of it into the shaft when about 540 feet from the bottom. The ends of the cage were open and the sides were open and the sides were only protected by two bars, one 1 foot 10 inches and the other 2 feet 8 inches from the floor. | |
| 1911 | March | 17 | Murdostoun No1 | Lanark | Murdostoun Colliery Co Ltd | Hector McNeil | 20 | Chain Runner | Haulage – run over or crushed by trams & tubs | While riding up a dook in front of the first hutch of his rake, he appears to have struck his head against the roof, and to have fallen under the hutches The road was a low one, and the space between the top of the hutch and the roof was only 21 inches. | Newspaper report |
| 1911 | March | 20 | Glencraig No 1 | Fife | Wilsons & Clyde Coal Co Ltd | William Cox | 22 | Miner | Falls of side | Fall of coal at working face while holing. He did not appear to be very badly injured, but died the following day. | |
| 1911 | March | 22 | Highhouse No 2 | Ayr | Wm Baird & Co Ltd | David McClymont | 45 | Collier | Falls of roof | Deceased was taking off coal loosened by a shot when the roof suddenly fell at an unseen break upon him ; in falling a set of timber supporting it was displaced. | |
| 1911 | March | 22 | Blackrigg No 3 | Linlithgow | United Collieries Ltd | John Marshall | 21 | Miner's Drawer | Falls of roof | He was leaning over the top of a tub which he was filling when a large stone fell from the roof immediately above, crushed him against the small coal in the tub, and suffocated him. | |
| 1911 | March | 22 | Bedlay | Lanark | Wm Baird & Co Ltd | Thomas McCormick | 40 | Shot Firer and Stone Mine Driver | Miscellaneous underground – by explosives | He was engaged driving a stone mine from the Haughrigg seam to the Cloven seam, and the shot holes were bored by means of a Floatman Percussion Drill. During the shift several shots had been charged and fired, and three remained to be charged shortly before the accident. The explosive used was Samsonite, and each shot was charged with nine cartridges, and the charge fired by means of a battery. The shots were duly fired by deceased, who was the authorised person. No one was present when the accident occurred, but all the evidence pointed to the fact that, at the time, deceased was picking off the loose material made by one of the shots, when his pick struck some remnants of the unexploded charge, causing it to explode. On the front of the hole pick marks were clearly visible. | |
| 1911 | March | 24 | Auchincruive | Ayr | Wm Baird & Co Ltd | Samuel Poole | 40 | Pit Sinker | Shaft accidents – whilst ascending or descending by machinery | He was descending the shaft, standing on the edge of a kibble, and when 30 ft. from the bottom he, by some means, fell off and was fatally injured. | |
| 1911 | March | 25 | Portland, Wellington | Ayr | Portland Colliery Co Ltd | John Gray | 49 | Road Repairer | Falls of side | He was walking on a haulage brae when a piece of side fell from over a roadside pack, and turning over crushed him about the legs and thigh. | |
| 1911 | March | 31 | Bowhill | Fife | Fife Coal Co Ltd | Alexander Anderson | 49 | Repairer | Falls of side | While travelling to his working place deceased saw a fall of stone in the roadway and stopped to examine the place, and while doing so a large stone burst off the side and rolled over on to him. When the overman passed an hour before the road was apparently all right. He died on the 29th April at 12.30 a.m. | |
| 1911 | April | 4 | Newbattle | Edinburgh | Lothian Coal Co Ltd | John Syme | 62 | Miner | Falls of roof | He was injured by a fall of roof in his own working place, and died the same day. The maximum distance, stipulated on the notice posted, under Additional Special Rule 6, at which roof supports were to be set had been exceeded by deceased to allow of his throwing down his coal between the row of props more easily. A long stone fell from between the props so set. | |
| 1911 | April | 5 | Riddochhill | Linlithgow | Gavin Paul & Sons Ltd | John Rodgers | 51 | Miner | Miscellaneous underground – sundries | Deceased and other men were being drawn up a dook in a rake of tubs used for the purpose. The manager's instructions were that not more than three men were to ride in one tub, but in that in which deceased was riding there were four. He either attempted to change his position, or put his head up at a place where the roof was low, to see where the rake was on the dook, and his head was caught against the roof. He died two days later. | |
| 1911 | April | 6 | Gartshore No 11 | Dumbarton | Wm Baird & Co Ltd | Richard Dennington | 45 | Collier | Miscellaneous underground – suffocation by natural gases | He was overcome by deliberately going into a place containing gas, knowing it to be there. The fireman, who had previously fenced this place off was an eye witness, but apparently did not attempt to stop the deceased. | To follow |
| 1911 | April | 8 | Minto | Fife | Lochgelly Iron & Coal Co Ltd | Robert McAlister | 36 | Pithead Worker | On surface – miscellaneous | He was regulating hutches on a bridge between the creeper and the pits when he lost his footing and fell under the fence, which was broken, on to the rails 27 feet below. He died in hospital two hours later. | |
| 1911 | April | 11 | Carmyle No 1 | Lanark | James Dunlop & Co Ltd | Robert Nelson | 33 | Pit Sinker | Shaft accidents -things falling from part way down | Deceased and another man were at work in the bottom of a winding shaft, which was being deepened. They detached the winding rope from the kettle in the shaft bottom and signalled for it to be raised, in order that a second kettle might be lowered from the seam above to allow of some water being got out of the bottom of the shaft more quickly. The rope after being raised swung about, and the shackle pin caught two battens, which formed the "strike " or landing boards for the kettles of water at the seam above, and pulled them up ; they fell down the shaft on to the head of deceased, 6 fathoms below, and killed him. If the signaller on the landing had attended properly to his duty, he should have stopped the rope when it began to swing, and the ''strike " should not have been made so that it could be caught by the shackle pin in the way it was. | |
| 1911 | April | 11 | Blairhall | Fife | Coltness Iron Co Ltd | Barney O'Neary | 26 | Pit Sinker | Shaft accidents - falling from part way down | These men were in the shaft, three of them on a scaffold, and the other in the kettle, when, owing to an accident at the winch, the rope came off the drum and allowed the scaffold to fall to the bottom of the shaft, and in falling it caught the man in the kettle and knocked him out of it. |
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| Alexander McCallum | 39 | Pit Sinker | |||||||||
| Harry Newman | 30 | Pit Sinker | |||||||||
| John Boyle | 43 | Pit Sinker | |||||||||
| 1911 | April | 17 | Leven No 2 | Fife | Fife Coal Co Ltd | James Hodge | 51 | Miner | Falls of side | He was about to fire some shots in the coal when, without warning, a stone 10 feet long by 3 feet wide by 1 foot thick fell on him from the roof of his working place. | |
| 1911 | April | 18 | Polmaise | Stirling | Archd. Russell Ltd | John Macdonald | 22 | Miner | Falls of roof | A visible fault and "lype" ran diagonally across the place about 3 feet 6 inches apart, and deceased continued to hole the coal without propping a stone, which, in addition to having the exposed " lype " and fault on either side of it, also had one end exposed, owing to a piece of stone having already fallen out, when the fall occurred and killed him. | |
| 1911 | April | 18 | Gilbertfield No 2 | Lanark | John Watson Ltd | James McCance | 56 | Coal Miner | Explosions of fire damp | (6.50am) He was proceeding to his work with several other miners, and when at a part of the roadway where there was a hole in the roof, the naked light, carried by one of the men, ignited some gas, causing an explosion, the force seems to have thrown him against the corner of a loaded tub, which was in the lye, about 90 yards from the seat of the explosion, and his skull was fractured. The fireman stated that he examined the part about 1 ½ hours before, and it was clear of gas ; the barometer was abnormally low. | |
| 1911 | April | 21 | Dalmeny (Oil shale) | Linlithgow | Dalmeny Oil Co Ltd | Walter Boa | 18 | Assistant Chain Runner | Haulage – run over or crushed by trams & tubs | He omitted to see a rake properly coupled up, and was following it up a dook when a coupling slipped off the drawbar of the fourth tub. The jock was either not attached or did not work, and deceased was pinned to the side of the runaway hutches. | |
| 1911 | April | 21 | Dechmont | Lanark | Archd. Russell Ltd | Robert Edgar | 33 | Overman | Miscellaneous underground – suffocation by natural gases | He attempted to reach a screen in order to open it to allow air to pass to clear out accumulated gas, and was overcome with the gas. To do so he had to penetrate through, at least, 40 ft. of the gas on a rising grade of 1 in 2. Brave attempts were made by the manager and others to reach deceased, but all failed, and only when air was led up for part of the way did a workman reach the body. It was very foolhardy on the part of deceased to do as he did, but he was anxious to get the gas cleared out and thought the quickest way was to get the screen opened. |
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| 1911 | April | 22 | Woolmet | Edinburgh | Niddrie & Benhar Coal Co Ltd | Robert Young | 48 | Brusher | Falls of side | He and his partner were walling stone from brushing when a stone 2 tons in weight, which appeared very strongly supported, fell on to him. | Newspaper Report |
| 1911 | April | 24 | Haugh No 2 | Stirling | Wm Baird & Co Ltd | William Maxwell | 19 | Collier | Falls of roof | A large triangular stone fell from the roof from between two " lypes," running towards one another, and joining at the face. As it was thick the stone would probably sound good ; the place was well timbered. | Newspaper report |
| 1911 | April | 28 | Portland Nursery | Ayr | Portland Colliery Co Ltd | John Connel | 28 | Fireman | Explosions of fire damp | (1pm) Deceased ignited gas with his open light, which had accumulated in a temporarily stopped working. He committed a breach of General Rule 4 (1) by entering this place before making an examination with a safety lamp, gas having been found in the place within the previous twelve months. (2) This place had been fenced off for inflammable gas. He entered this place with a naked light in contravention of Rule 7. | To follow |
| 1911 | April | 30 | North Motherwell | Lanark | Merry & Cunninghame Ltd | Robert Compton | 39 | Fireman | Explosions of fire damp | (9pm) He was making his inspection with two locked safety lamps when an explosion occurred. His lamps were found 68 feet in-bye from his body with a key beside them. There was no evidence to show what caused the explosion, but in his pockets, a pipe, tobacco, and part of a match were found. The safety lamps were in good order, and it is probable the gas extinguished them, and he struck a match to relight them. |
To follow |
| 1911 | May | 1 | Lochore, Mary | Fife | Fife Coal Co Ltd | James Orr | 25 | Drawer | Haulage – run over or crushed by trams & tubs | Deceased shouted to the man at the top of the cousie, self-acting incline, 14 feet away, to push the full tub over, without having first properly coupled on the empty tub, with the result that the full one, having nothing to counterbalance it, dashed down and killed him. | |
| 1911 | May | 2 | Lumphinnans No 11 | Fife | Fife Coal Co Ltd | William McCormick Serve | 50 | Repairer | Falls of roof | He is said to have been working near to a fall when more material came down and a stone from (this) struck him on the back, but did not stop him from continuing his work. He became ill on the following day, and died on 4th May. | |
| 1911 | May | 3 | Redburn No 2 | Ayr | Wm Baird & Co Ltd | David Brown | 65 | Roadsman | Falls of roof | Deceased was making an airway through an old longwall waste working, and, after having tried to get some roof down at a " lype," he, without propping the roof, went under it to hole more rubbish, when it collapsed on him and killed him instantaneously. | Newspaper report [NB Name given is Andrew Blackley] |
| 1911 | May | 4 | Lochhead, Victoria | Fife | Wemyss Coal Co Ltd | Robert McCrae | 55 | Miner | Falls of roof | The seam of coal is 28 feet thick and is worked in four lifts. The accident happened in the second working; the bottom lift had been worked some time before and the range of faces was over the waste. Deceased was turning back coal when the stone and coal forming the roof fell out between two slips and killed him. | |
| 1911 | May | 4 | Burnockhill No 1 | Ayr | Wm Baird & Co Ltd | James Crawford | 20 | Assistant Bottomer | Shaft accidents – miscellaneous | He attempted to cross the bottom of the pit through the cage after it had been signalled away. He was caught and crushed between the cage and the side of the shaft. | |
| 1911 | May | 5 | Bothwell Park | Lanark | Wm Baird & Co Ltd | Daniel Murdoch | 23 | Repairer | Miscellaneous underground – sundries | A narrow place was being driven, with a rising grade of 1 in 12, over a hitch 20 ft. up, in order to connect with a road above for the purpose of ventilation ; a shot hole was bored to a depth of 5 ft, and a heavy charge of Samsonite, consisting of 42 lbs., was inserted and fired for the purpose of blowing through. Deceased went up to the place to ascertain if the shot had done as was expected and was overcome by the fumes, as also was another man who had gone with him : a third man who followed saw these men fall and made an effort to get them out, but failed, and in a weak condition he managed to get assistance after travelling 700 ft. in the dark. There was no need for deceased to go up except that he was anxious to know if the shot had blown through. Had the shot blown through the smoke would have cleared away at once, as there was a good air current passing. |
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| 1911 | May | 5 | Bowhill | Fife | Fife Coal Co Ltd | David Robertson | 66 | Air Compressor Engineman | On surface – miscellaneous | An explosion occurred in a receiver in connection with an air compressor when he was above it. The engine house was set on fire and when the body was recovered it was in a charred condition ; his injuries were, however, of so serious a nature that it is probable he was killed instantly by the violence of the explosion. | To follow |
| 1911 | May | 8 | Hillhouserigg | Lanark | Baton Collieries Ltd | Charles Rogers | 27 | Miner | Falls of roof | Deceased had just gone into one of his working places to strip machine cut coal left over from the day shift. He was alone at time of accident, but from the position in which he was discovered, it is thought he sat down to rest, when a large stone suddenly fell on him, causing death instantly. | |
| 1911 | May | 11 | Baton | Lanark | Baton Collieries Ltd | Thomas McIntyre | 34 | Winding Engineman | On surface – by machinery | He tried to start a single cylinder pumping engine which had stopped on centres by levering one of the spokes of the flywheel doun. The engine started and a spoke crushed him, | |
| 1911 | May | 15 | Herdshill | Lanark | Coltness Iron Co Ltd | William Hamilton | -- | Miner | Falls of roof | He received a knock on the back of the head with a small piece of stone from brushing; little was thought of the injury at the time, but he died on the 25th. | |
| 1911 | May | 17 | Little Raith | Fife | Lochgelly Iron & Coal Co Ltd | Thomas Love | 43 | Brusher | Falls of roof | Deceased had fired a shot in the brushing and went back to see the result. He appears to have been using a pick to pull down some hanging stone when a large stone, which had been exposed and freed at one end by the shot, having brought down some of the stone supporting it, fell upon and killed him. | Newspaper report |
| 1911 | May | 23 | Canderrigg No 4 | Lanark | James Nimmo & Co Ltd | James Heeps | 17 | Drawer | Haulage – run over or crushed by trams & tubs | He apparently stumbled whilst going along a haulage road. When picked up immediately afterwards he was dead. There were no external signs of injury. | |
| 1911 | May | 24 | Wallyford | Edinburgh | Edinburgh Collieries Co Ltd | George Aithie | 43 | Miner | Falls of roof | When getting coal at the working face, a piece of stone about 5 feet by 2 feet 6 inches by 9 inches thick fell from the roof and killed him instantly. There were two weight breakers, one on each side of it, and a slippery " lype" at one of the other ends, and when the accident occurred, the other end was a loose one; there was also a smooth parting above it, so the only support the stone had was the coal, which he was extracting, and as soon as he weakened this sufficiently the stone fell with little or no warning, and brought some coal with it. One of the weight breaks was distinctly visible, and the stone should, therefore, have been supported. | |
| 1911 | May | 27 | Broomrigg | Stirling | Banknock Colliery Co Ltd | Robert Waugh, Senr. | 59 | Miner | Falls of roof | A stone fell from between two slips or joints in the roof and killed him. | Newspaper report |
| 1911 | May | 30 | Lochhead | Fife | Wemyss Coal Co Ltd | Andrew Williamson | 16 | Miner's Filler | Falls of roof | When he and another man were pushing a full hutch out from the face a large piece of coal fell from the roof without warning and killed him. | |
| 1911 | June | 1 | Auchengeich | Lanark | James Nimmo & Co Ltd | Henry Johnstone | 20 | Miner | Miscellaneous underground - electricity | The south section of the coking coal seam was holed by means of a Bar coal cutter, and the motive power was electricity, three-phase current of 440 volts. The cable conveying the current was armoured throughout, and was 580 yards long to the gate end box, and from the gate end box the trailing cable was also armoured. The system of earthing was common to all the electrical plant in use in the mine, and the various machines were connected right to the surface, where there was a copper plate buried in the earth. At the time of the accident the current was on up to the gate end box, where it was switched off, and during the shift a bad leak took place and the armouring became alive, as the leak did not go to the surface, the result being that the current travelled along the outer covering, through the gate end box, and on to the trailing cable, which was coiled up at the side of deceased's drawing road. He came out with a loaded tub to the entrance of the main road, and on stepping on to the cable to pass his tub, he got the full shock, and falling on the cable lay there for at least 20 minutes, and when found was quite dead. Searching investigation was made to find out why the current did not run to earth, and it was only discovered, after every attempt had been made to find out the cause, that a labourer, while he was engaged in cutting a trench in the vicinity of the copper wire, leading to the copper plate, had cut the wire, thinking it was an old piece, which had been thrown among the debris he was removing. | To follow |
| 1911 | June | 1 | Ferniegare No 2 | Lanark | Archd. Russell Ltd | William Kinney | 32 | Repairer | Falls of roof | Deceased and another man were engaged widening a part of the main haulage road ; two shots had been fired, and while taking off the loose material a stone fell from the roof. The stone which fell had a prop under it, and the prop was thrown out when the stone fell. | |
| 1911 | June | 5 | Fortrigg | Lanark | Baton Collieries Ltd | Robert Morris | 20 | Brusher | Falls of roof | The deceased was withdrawing the timber in a road, preparatory to blasting down the brushing, when a piece of fakey rock, 5 feet by 5 feet 8 inches thick fell from the brushing and killed him. No appliance was used to take out the timber, and as he was withdrawing it, another was drilling a hole in the stone above. | |
| 1911 | June | 5 | Wallyford No 3 | Edinburgh | Edinburgh Collieries Co Ltd | James Craig | 16 | Pithead Boy | On surface – by machinery | He went to the top of an elevator in connection with a coal washer, and was caught by one of the buckets as he was leaning over a tank. The machinery should have been stopped before the boy was allowed to go to the top of the elevator. The management were not aware that he was allowed to go at all, but the man at the bottom appears to have allowed him to do so to oil the machinery. | Newspaper Report |
| 1911 | June | 5 | Allanshaw | Lanark | Allanshaw Coal Co | John Espie | 43 | Miner | Other haulage accidents | Died on 16th July as a result of injuries received by slipping on a haulage pulley in an underground road when returning from work. | |
| 1911 | June | 7 | Sheriffyards | Clackmannan | Alloa Coal Co Ltd | William Mitchell | 17 | Drawer | Miscellaneous underground – sundries | Filling coal into a hutch at the face when he was accidentally struck in the abdomen by his father's pick. Died the following day. | |
| 1911 | June | 7 | Dumbreck | Stirling | Wm Baird & Co Ltd | Robert Allan | 18 | Labourer | On surface – miscellaneous | Another labourer was pushing an empty hutch on to the cage of a surface hoist at the pithead level and pushed it too far ; it ran through the cage and fell to the ground and caught deceased who was waiting to put a full hutch on to the cage when it came down. Died on September 26th. | |
| 1911 | June | 7 | Twechar No 1 | Dumbarton | Wm Baird & Co Ltd | Robert Burns | 55 | Roadsman | Explosions of fire damp | (8.30am) In taking a short cut from one seam to another, the deceased went into some old workings where he ignited a small quantity of gas with his naked light. He died on 13th June. | To follow |
| 1911 | June | 9 | Blairenbathie | Kinross | Fife Coal Co Ltd | James Ross | 30 | Jigger Engineman | On surface – by machinery | He was standing on a staging applying resin to one of the pulley wheels, to prevent the belt slipping, while it was in motion, when his hand was caught by the belt, and carried on to the revolving wheel, and he was thrown on to the jigging screen close to ; the oscillating motion of the screen caused him to pass under a beam 8 ½ inches above it with the result that his spine was fractured and he was internally injured. He died on the 14th. | |
| 1911 | June | 11 | Govan No 5 | Lanark | William Dixon Ltd | James Milligan | 51 | Bottomer | Shaft accidents - falling from part way down | Deceased and another workman were being lowered on the cage to a mid working in which was placed a pump. The engineman failed to stop at the proper landing and went several feet further. Deceased, thinking that the cage had stopped at the place for getting off, stepped from the cage into an open space of 3 feet and went down the shaft, falling a distance of 32 fathoms. The engineman contravened Special Rule 27 by failing to stop at the proper landing. | |
| 1911 | June | 12 | Whistleberry | Lanark | Archd. Russell Ltd | Alexander Stevenson | 42 | Miner | Falls of side | Deceased was taking down coal at the face when a large fall of coal occurred and displaced several props supporting the top or head coal, and he was caught by the fall of coal and fatally injured. | |
| 1911 | June | 13 | Shawfield No 2 | Lanark | Wilsons & Clyde Coal Co Ltd | James Dobson | 21 | Bogieman | Haulage – run over or crushed by trams & tubs | He was acting as a bogieman for the first time and was thrown off the bogie and run over the first time he was left to do the work alone. There was no evidence to show how he was thrown off. Died June 20th. | |
| 1911 | June | 18 | Broomhouse | Lanark | Haughhead Coal Co Ltd | John Robertson | 63 | Joiner | Shaft accidents – miscellaneous | Deceased with others was doing repairs at a shaft, which was covered in for the purposes of ventilation. Part of the covering had been removed, and the wood being used to enclose the portion removed was lying in pieces on the top of the flat cover, over the mouth of the shaft. The cage was raised for some purpose, and this caused one of these pieces to fall off; it struck the deceased's head and cut it. The injury was very slight, but erysipelas supervening, he died 15 days later. | |
| 1911 | June | 23 | Bardykes | Lanark | Summerlee Iron Co Ltd | Robert Black | 35 | Brusher | Haulage – run over or crushed by trams & tubs | He was walking behind a rake of hutches drawn by a horse when the horse stumbled and fell; the last hutch became uncoupled and ran back, and before he could get clear he was crushed against the side of the roadway. | Newspaper Report |
| 1911 | June | 26 | Cadder No 17 | Lanark | Carron Co | Thomas McGuvie | 28 | Brusher | Falls of roof | While taking down brushing, a large stone fell from the face on to his head, killing him instantly. | |
