Riddochhill Colliery

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Aitken, Peter, jun., 13 Feb 1904, aged 14, Trimmer, Deceased's duties were to trim the dross waggons. The waggons are partly filled at one screen and are moved forward to another screen to be loaded out ; in moving from one screen to the other they pass under a beam used as a support for part of the coal cleaning plant. A waggon had been partly loaded and was moved forward by the waggon-shifter, the boy had been inside the waggon spreading the dross and remained there while it was being moved, and apparently he had leaned over the end while it passed under the beam and was crushed. The space between the top of waggon and beam was 4 inches

Bonar, Patrick, 20 Mar 1932, aged 45, Miner, Electrocuted

Boyle, Patrick, 02 Dec 1933, aged 23, Miner, Killed by a fall of coal

Connelly, Peter, 08 Aug 1901, aged 28, Miner, While deceased was following up a hutch containing some props on a short "cuddie brae" the rope broke, and he was forced backward by the hutch and jammed against a tree. The rope was made of steel wire, and was of ample strength. The cause of the fracture was not ascertained

Curran, Thomas, 14 Apr 1910, aged 54, Roadsman, He was travelling down a cousie brae when an empty hutch ran away from the top of the brae ; he, unfortunately, stepped into the set of rails on which the hutch was, and it caught and crushed against a prop and fatally injured him

Forrest, James, 02 Jul 1906, aged 38, Miner, Deceased and his son were engaged taking away a corner of coal from a pillar to enable a "cuddie" prop to be set, when a part suddenly burst off and crushed him ; a sprag which was up to the coal was thrown out by the falling coal

Garvock, John Bodgers, 04 Jun 1924, 11.0 a.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 27, Miner, He was accompanying a loaded hutch up a direct haulage dook having a gradient of about 1 in 3, when he was caught between the top of the hutch and a girder supporting a bridge over the dook. He stated that he was pushing the hutch to prevent it from leaving the track when he slipped and was caught against the girder. His face, stomach and leg were injured, so that he died 4 hours later

McDonald, Henry, 19 Sep 1907, aged 49, Miner, Deceased was wedging down the "tumphy" above the coal when the roof suddenly fell away from some unseen lypes upon him

Reilly, Michael, 13 May 1905, (accident: 11 May 1905), aged 35, Roadsman, Deceased was assisting to repair a roadway, when the roof fell upon him, and he was injured. He died two days afterwards from his injury

Rodgers, John, 07 Apr 1911, (accident: 05 Apr 1911), aged 51, Miner, 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

Walker, John, 04 Apr 1907, (accident: 26 Mar 1907), aged 54, Miner, Deceased was taking down some roof blaes, when a piece suddenly fell and threw him against a prop, causing injuries to which he succumbed eight days later

Wilson, Malcolm, 09 Oct 1905, aged 28, Miner, 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