Wilsons and Clyde Coal Ltd v English [1937] UKHL 2 is a UK labour law case concerning the employer's duty to provide a safe system of work for all its employees.

Mr English was employed at Wilsons & Clyde Coal Co Ltd's colliery at Glencraig from 27 March 1933.

He was repairing an airway leading off the Mine Jigger Brae, a main haulage road.

He tried to escape through one of the manholes, but was caught by a rake of hutches and crushed between it and the side of the road.

The company claimed that Mr English's own negligence contributed to his death, because he should have told the person in charge of the machinery, or taken an alternative route House of Lords held unanimously that an employer has a non delegable duty to create a safe system of work.