Afton Colliery

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Brown, John, 20 Jan 1902, aged 17, Miner, Fall of roof in working place

Clapperton, Andrew, 16 Aug 1914, (accident: 13 Aug 1914), aged 47, Miner, Deceased was working at a machine face stripping off coal. He saw a lype and was preparing to set a prop when a portion of the roof fell upon him. His injury appeared at first to be a fracture of one of the arms, but his ribs had also been injured, and he died three days later

Glendinning, James, 29 Jul 1903, aged 38, Miner, Fall of roof in working place. It is doubtful that the propping regulations were observed. Another man was injured [More information ...]

Hammond, Charles, 29 Jul 1903, aged 24, Miner, Fall of roof in working place. It is doubtful that the propping regulations were observed. Another man was injured [More information ...]

Hunter, Edward, 15 Aug 1911, aged 15, Pony Driver, When taking a rake of hutches, along a road with a slight inclination, to the shaft he was crushed, by his pony jibbing against the hutches. A door, which should have been open, was closed

McClure, James, 28 Nov 1912, aged 50, Shunter, Deceased was passing between a locomotive and some wagons when the locomotive suddenly moved towards instead of away from him, and caught him, causing injuries from which he died five days later

McLatchie, Hugh, 10 Aug 1888, aged 35, Miner, Fall of roof while drawing props

Paton, Matthew, 12 Jun 1902, aged 22, Underground engineman, Whilst ascending the shaft alone he fell out of the cage in some unexplained manner

Ritchie, William, 04 Jul 1912, aged 28, Wagon Shifter, Deceased, in the course of his duties, was separating, by pinching the upper one uphill by a crowbar, two wagons standing on a gradient of 1 in 28. Apparently after they were a foot or two apart, he placed his shoulder against the buffer in contravention of Siding Rule 22. The wagon overpowered him and ran back. His chest was crushed between the two, and he was suffocated.