Kinneil Colliery

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Aird, Joseph, 07 Aug 1857, Collier, Drowned by workings communucating with an old waste, standing full of water [More information ...]

Archibald, Robert, 03 Sep 1900, aged 56, Roadsman, Deceased was engaged making repairs on a roadway when the roof fell upon him

Bernard, Hugh, 15 Aug 1910, aged 15, Screen Attendant, The deceased was putting a hutch into the tippler, but did not intend it to turn round, and to prevent its doing so he put his foot on the tippler which had begun to turn round, he was, however, unable to stop it and it lifted him up and caused him to fall over the fence on to the waggon road, 21 feet below

Blakely, Samuel, 18 Feb 1870, Miner, Crushed by cage

Bow, John, 06 Mar 1873, aged 38, Collier, Fall of roof in the drawing road

Brown, Charles, 02 Dec 1863, Miner, Explosion of firedamp. Neglect of 2nd General Rule

Brown, William, 07 Apr 1863, Miner, Fall of roof at face

Davie, Archibald, 23 Mar 1922, 3.20 p.m., 9th hour of shift, aged 56, Joiner, While he was working beside a revolving shaft, his clothing was caught by a projecting set screw on a collar; he was drawn between the shaft and the floor where he wedged.  The pull of the shaft on his clothes then broke his neck.  The machinery could have been stopped for him to work safely

Downie, Edward, 19 Feb 1931, aged 53, Shot firer, Killed by a fall of coal

Fitzpatrick, Richard, 15 Feb 1909, aged 28, Miner, Deceased and two other miners had just got on to the cage to be raised to surface, when a stone fell upon the cage and they were crushed. The stone fell away from the front of an old mid working 123 fathoms up [More information ...]

Gallacher, Joseph, 12 Jan 1898, aged 30, Waggon trimmer, While pushing an empty waggon forward to the screen another moved forward, and deceased was crushed between them. The latter waggon was not trigged

Galloway, William, 30 Aug 1890, 5.00 a.m., aged 58, Sinker, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]

Graham, Alexander, 12 Aug 1911, (accident: 01 Aug 1911), aged 38, Pony Driver, While snibbling a full rake, his middle finger of right hand was jammed between snibble and wheel; blood poisoning supervened and he died on 12th

Grant, George, 01 Sep 1909, aged 53, Miner, Deceased was engaged brushing a roadway, when a stone fell and killed him instantly

Grant, John, 15 Feb 1909, aged 52, Miner, Deceased and two other miners had just got on to the cage to be raised to surface, when a stone fell upon the cage and they were crushed. The stone fell away from the front of an old mid working 123 fathoms up [More information ...]

Grant, R., 30 Dec 1869, aged 13, Miner, Fall of stone from roof of working place

Grant, Richard, 01 May 1869, aged 52, Collier, Fall of roof in splint coal at face

Grant, Robert, 18 Sep 1873, Brusher, He was in the act of drawing a copper needle from a shot which he had charged, when from some unexplained cause, the shot went off, and he was fatally injured. Whether there had been matches or some inflammable substance in the stemming is not known, but a careful investigation failed to show anything whatever to account for the explosion [More information ...]

Hamilton, Alexander, jnr., 31 Mar 1898, aged 18, Miner, This accident occurred in a dry and dusty section, giving off gas. Protector Marsaut lamps were used, and blasting with permitted explosives was practised. Only four persons were employed in the section, and the fireman was the only person authorized to fire shots. Sneddon, it was alleged by the Hamiltons, fired a shot at the face, in contravention of General Rule 12 (f). A violent explosion resulted, causing the immediate death of Sneddon and injuries to the Hamiltons, to which Hamilton, Jun., succumbed on the same evening, and Hamilton, Sen., eleven days afterwards [More information ...]

Hamilton, Alexander, snr., 31 Mar 1898, aged 46, Miner, This accident occurred in a dry and dusty section, giving off gas. Protector Marsaut lamps were used, and blasting with permitted explosives was practised. Only four persons were employed in the section, and the fireman was the only person authorized to fire shots. Sneddon, it was alleged by the Hamiltons, fired a shot at the face, in contravention of General Rule 12 (f). A violent explosion resulted, causing the immediate death of Sneddon and injuries to the Hamiltons, to which Hamilton, Jun., succumbed on the same evening, and Hamilton, Sen., eleven days afterwards [More information ...]

Hamilton, George, 10 Dec 1894, Noon, aged 61, Miner, Fall of roof

Hamilton, John, 07 Aug 1857, Collier, Drowned by workings communucating with an old waste, standing full of water [More information ...]

Hammond, Peter, 02 Oct 1908, (accident: 28 Sep 1908), aged 54, Miner, Deceased was "hagging" off coal at his working face when the roof suddenly fell crushing him to the ground, and his safety lamp, which was on his belt, caused the more serious of his injuries. He succumbed four days later

Hannay, Hugh, 10 Oct 1870, Miner, Fall of stone

Hastie, John, 07 Aug 1857, Drawer, Drowned by workings communucating with an old waste, standing full of water [More information ...]

Kelly, James, 09 Jul 1883, Collier, Explosion of firedamp. He went into a heading by mistake while the fireman was away for materials to take out the gas

Kelly, John, 01 Apr 1910, aged 53, Miner, Fall of roof at working face

Kerr, George, 19 Dec 1934, aged 58, Fireman, Killed by a fall of coal from the roof

Livingstone, Duncan, 16 Oct 1909, aged 23, Assistant Manager, Deceased was ascending on cover of cage, after taking some measurements connected with repairs of the shaft, when he took ill and fell off

Maxwell, Janet, 23 Dec 1903, (accident: 22 Dec 1903), aged 14, Stone picker, Deceased was employed to pick dirt from amongst the coal on a travelling band 30 ft. by 4 ft., which conveyed it from the screen to the truck, and which was driven by a horizontal shaft, parallel to and 3 ft. 9 ins. distant from it. She was standing with her back towards the shaft when her clothing was apparently caught by the head of a pinching pin in a thrust collar on the shaft, and she was carried round several times with it, receiving injuries which terminated fatally on the following day

Mcghee, Daniel, 04 Jul 1899, aged 45, Shaftsman, Deceased was drilling a hole at the bottom of a sinking pit, when something — supposed to be a small piece of stone from an unlined portion of the shaft — struck him on the head, fracturing his skull

Millar, David, 16 Oct 1912, (accident: 01 Oct 1912), aged 56, Hoistman, Deceased was engaged in lifting hutches of ashes from ground level to the Pithead level with a steam hoist. He put an extra heavy hutch on to hoist, and it failed to lift it. He then attempted to push hutch off cage without shutting steam off first. He was carried up to Pithead and had both legs broken between cages and some timbers at Pithead. He died on 16th October

Millar, Robert, 23 Sep 1909, aged 36, Pitheadman, While deceased was moving a loaded waggon, another waggon was sent away on the next line of rails, unknown to deceased, and it crushed him causing instant death

Miller, Andrew, 06 Dec 1899, aged 31, Brusher, Deceased were brushing a branch road in a section of the mine which was dry and somewhat dusty, in which firedamp had frequently been seen and reported, and which was worked with sagety lamps. The night fireman having absented himself from work, the oversman, in the temporary absence of the certificated manage, took it upon himself to appoint a contractor from another section as fireman and shot-firer. The man so appointed failed to make any inspection of the scene of the accident, and arranged with the deceased that they should light their own shots. They did so, and an explosion took place, resulting in the death of both men [More information ...]

Murray, Robert, 27 Oct 1905, (accident: 22 Oct 1905), aged 48, Brusher, Deceased and another were ripping a horse road, when a stone fell from the roof and injured him. He succumbed five days afterwards

Paterson, William, 13 Jun 1874, aged 34, Truckman, Fell off truck coming up an incline

Paton, Hugh, 16 Mar 1908, aged 56, Waggon Repairer, Deceased was going under a waggon to make some repairs in repair siding, and just then the locomotive pushed a waggon into siding causing the other waggon to move which ran over him. No one saw him pass under the waggon, although the shunter was walking close by the train on opposite from where deceased entered

Phillips, William, 02 Dec 1899, aged 47, Screenman, Crushed between wagons

Rae, Thomas, 18 Oct 1875, aged 24, Collier, [Fall of coal] The coal which he was trying to take down fell upon him. (Longwall)

Ritchie, Arthur, 25 Feb 1892, 9 a.m., 3rd hour of shift, aged 24, Bottomer, Fell down shaft

Roberston, James, 15 Oct 1893, 10.30 p.m., aged 20, Drawer, Crushed by hutches

Robertson, Isaac, 03 Oct 1885, aged 20, Piheadworker, Crushed between two hutches on a gangway

Russell, Robert, 07 Aug 1857, Drawer, Drowned by workings communucating with an old waste, standing full of water [More information ...]

Russell, William, 06 Dec 1899, aged 43, Brusher, Deceased were brushing a branch road in a section of the mine which was dry and somewhat dusty, in which firedamp had frequently been seen and reported, and which was worked with sagety lamps. The night fireman having absented himself from work, the oversman, in the temporary absence of the certificated manage, took it upon himself to appoint a contractor from another section as fireman and shot-firer. The man so appointed failed to make any inspection of the scene of the accident, and arranged with the deceased that they should light their own shots. They did so, and an explosion took place, resulting in the death of both men [More information ...]

Scully, Owen, 09 Mar 1861, Engine fireman, Explosion of steam boiler [More information ...]

Sheddon, George, 04 Dec 1863, Miner, Explosion of firedamp. Neglect of 1st General Rule

Smith, Robert, 02 Oct 1873, aged 19, Bottomer, Found dead beneath cage in shaft bottom

Sneddon, Charles, 31 Mar 1898, aged 43, Miner, This accident occurred in a dry and dusty section, giving off gas. Protector Marsaut lamps were used, and blasting with permitted explosives was practised. Only four persons were employed in the section, and the fireman was the only person authorized to fire shots. Sneddon, it was alleged by the Hamiltons, fired a shot at the face, in contravention of General Rule 12 (f). A violent explosion resulted, causing the immediate death of Sneddon and injuries to the Hamiltons, to which Hamilton, Jun., succumbed on the same evening, and Hamilton, Sen., eleven days afterwards [More information ...]

Sneddon, James, 01 Sep 1875, aged 34, Collier, [Fall of roof] At face. Insufficient propping (Long wall)

Sneddon, James, 11 Nov 1931, aged 23, Miner, Killed by a large stone that fell from the roof

Sneddon, John, 08 Jan 1906, aged 59, Miner, Deceased worked in the first branch road off a heading, and the part of the heading above in the next place being steeper a "cuddie" was in use. It was the custom for deceased to come to heading road to assist his drawer with the empty tub, and he was sitting on the roadway as usual waiting on his drawer, when the miner in the place above came out with a loaded tub to run it to the heading foot, and failing to attach the "cuddie" chain the tub ran down the heading ; deceased was caught by it and pushed in front for a distance of 10 yards

Sneddon, Richard, 08 Dec 1857, Collier, Fall of roof at face of workings

Sneddon, Richard, 05 Jul 1881, aged 33, Drawer, While turning an empty tub at top of incline it got away and carried him down the incline

Stanners, James, 29 Jan 1855, Falling down shaft while attempting to slide down conductors

Stones, James, 11 Jul 1861, Collier, Fall of coal from face of workings

Welsh, Michael, 09 Jan 1924, 10.45 p.m., 1st hour of shift, aged 48, Sinker, He was being lowered down the shaft in the kibble when the rider stuck, probably on account of ice on the wooden slides. The rider then fell and struck the detaching hook in such a way as to make the hook operate. The kibble fell a distance of about 42 fms. and Welsh was killed outright

White, William, 27 Mar 1883, Manager, While attempting to step off cage, before it stopped at a mid-working, he was caught at the "door head" and fell to the bottom

Whitefield, William, 30 Aug 1890, 5.00 a.m., aged 73, Engineman, Explosion of firedamp [More information ...]