Oatlands Colliery

1930, 01 Aug - Four Feet seam abandoned

1930, 19 Jun - Little Main, Six Quarter seams abandoned

1933, 09 Mar - Bannock seam abandoned

1934, 30 Apr - Main, Bannock, Six Quarters seams abandoned

Acton, Patrick, 14 Mar 1914, aged 16, Trailer, Deceased was assisting his father to move a shot, when a stone fell from above the shot and from between two slips, which fractured his neck.

Armstrong, John, 17 Sep 1895, aged 13, Screen boy, left his work and was crossing the Cleator and Workington Railway, when he was run over and so severely injured that he died in about four hours after being taken to the infirmary [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Atkinson, John, 19 Apr 1899, aged 45, Labourer, By some means or other the deceased fell among the small coal in the washed coal hopper, and was suffocated. The practice of standing upon the coal inside the hopper has now been prohibited [Inspection made & inquest attended]

Balance, Thomas, 27 Nov 1900, (accident: 10 May 1899), died as the result of his injuries

Buchanan, William, 26 May 1906, aged 28

Burton, George, 23 Dec 1926, aged 27

Canavan, James, 03 Dec 1900, aged 23, Stoneman, explosion of gas, [Inspection made & inquest attended] [More information ...]

Cunningham, Daniel, 25 Jul 1918, aged 51

Ellison, David Thomas, 07 Jan 1908, aged 29, Pitheadman, fell off gangway

Foster, James, 13 Jan 1918

Foster, James Bentham, 09 Jan 1910, aged 58, Foreman joiner, scaffold in shaft gave way, Buried: Preston Quarter Cemetery

Fray, James, 27 May 1889, aged 21, killed by a fall of coal

Graham, James, 29 May 1916, aged 18, Clipper, he by some means slipped on the flat sheets, and was caught by a set of tubs, and when extricated it was found he was dead

Holliday, Robert, 24 Jan 1887, aged 66, Deputy Overman, explosion of firedamp and air

Hutton, David, 12 Dec 1898, aged 36, Hewer, The deceased was said to have been walking out-bye up an incline, holding on to a full tub attached to the endless rope, when another one broke away and jammed him [Inspection made]

Irvine, Robert Edward, 13 Oct 1892, 10:00 a.m., 3rd hour of shift, aged 22, Bencher, Caught by a runaway tub at the bottom of an incline [Inspection made & inquest attended]

Johnstone, John Wright, 17 Jun 1932, aged 46, Deputy, Shaft Fall

Kennet, John, 27 Jul 1911, aged 42, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

Kitchin, William Henry, 09 Jan 1908, aged 41, Hewer, fall of coal at working face

Mossop, Sharp, 18 Dec 1897, aged 30, Hewer, Deceased was engaged at the longwall face about 3 yards off the gateway. Some blue metal came away between two slips, and killed him. The pack was only 4 feet from the coal, and the place was said to be well timbered [Inspection made & inquest attended]

Nevin, George, 20 Nov 1919, aged 16, he was found jammed between the two tubs he had let down and those standing at the bottom

Nixon, Everade, 09 Sep 1915, aged 14

Pascoe, James, 18 Feb 1895, aged 48, Hewer, died suddenly in his working place; an inspection showed that the ventilation was good and there was no reason to suppose that the death was due to other than natural causes [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Plaskett, John, 16 Jun 1900, aged 23, Roadman, An empty tub, in ascending an incline, slipped on the rope, and running back against the next tub got off the road. The deceased stopped the rope, and with another man proceeded to replace the tub on the road, and in doing so the former went improperly in front of the tub. [Inspection made & inquest attended]

Pritt, John, 16 Jun 1887, aged 20, Hewer, explosion of firedamp and air

Robinson, William Henry, 17 Oct 1928, aged 56, Deputy, killed by a fall of stone, address: 6, Church Road, Distington

Sloan, John Henry, 17 Nov 1915, (accident: 29 Oct 1915), died from severe erysipelas followed by collapse, being the result of a fall

Smith, Joseph, 08 Dec 1918, aged 31, Deputy, he was buried by a stone weighing probably a ton, residence: of Midtown Farm, Whillimoor

Treaves, Joseph, 1896, Masons Labourer, died suddenly, on the surface, from heart disease [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

Williamson, Archibald, 27 Jul 1919, aged 59, a large stone, weighing between two and three tons, fell from the roof, caught him by the head and shoulders, and pinned him down