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Ddasaccident444, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident444, Hd-Aid
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On 29 Oct 06 an accident involving a staff member of KEC (The Indian contractor currently engaged to refurbish the power-line) detonated a PMN2 AP whilst he was excavating at internal base of Tower No 60. Towers 60 and 62 are located in what was addressed as MF Code 01-0103-11-041 during the 1996 clearance. The [name removed] survey data of the time corroborates the information supplied by Mr [name removed] that some towers were considered clear and others were considered to be mined.
Ddasaccident486, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident486, Hd-Aid
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On 11.11.06 in the [International demining NGO] task No (1384) located in Bedak village of Gul Dam district of Kabul province suddenly a mine exploded in the lane of [the Victim] deminer who have the insurance No.3001 at 0730 hrs in the morning. At the same time the report of the accident was reported to the supervisor of the site and the Field doctor. Then the medics and the near by party started to help the injured person. After the completion of the First Aid at 0850 hrs in the morning they moved the injured person to the Emergency hospital …
Ddasaccident450, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident450, Hd-Aid
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The deminer was working in squatting position by portable shovel and was fully dressed with PPE while the accident happened. During 10 minutes the three steps of medical first aid was applied on the victim by the team nurse in the site then he was shifted at 10:15 hrs to the Bagram Airbase Hospital. Transfer of the victim from site to the hospital took 10 minutes and at 10:25 the victim was admitted to the hospital. For the time being the patient is under treatment in Miwand Governmental Hospital. The victim has just one trauma in his right hand. His …
Ddasaccident489, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident489, Hd-Aid
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At 0915hrs on 14 Oct 06 whilst conducting clearance using the [International demining NGO] standard excavation drill at [International demining NGO] task H/1397, deminer [the Victim] of [International demining NGO] Manual Clearance Team 47 suffered fatal injuries as a result of detonating a PMN-2 AP mine.
Ddasaccident491, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident491, Hd-Aid
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The deminer stated that the two mines that he had found earlier that day had only been 5cm deep, and that he did not expect to find another mine so close to the last one [even though the previous three had been with 2 metres of each other], or so deep; he therefore assumed that the signal was not a mine. He thinks that the mine was deeper than 10cm below the surface. He accepts that he may have exerted too much pressure whilst excavating.
Ddasaccident556, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident556, Hd-Aid
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At approximately 10:22 08 July 2006 a demining accident occurred in the North Western area of A6/A4 mine line. A suspected PMN-2 detonated resulting in injuries to [the Victim], who sustained lacerations to his right hand/wrist area, and minor abrasions to right lower leg.
Ddasaccident453, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident453, Hd-Aid
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Based the [Demining Group] OPS Officer verbal report the injured Deminer was during the prodding /excavation at Task No 1182 located in Lataband village of Talucian district to initiating the Anti Personal AP mine when the prodder touched with a sensitive part of this old buried AP mine and blow up, as per the explanations of OPS Officer the deminer was well [protected] with PPE that is cause he has not received a serious injury. [The deminer may lose a hand.]
Ddasaccident498, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident498, Hd-Aid
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On 03 July 2006 the team as usual started operation at 06:00 am. Deminer[the Victim] a deminer of section 1, party 1 also started to work as other members of the team at that day. At the outset of operation while the deminer was working on a located signal a PMN-2 exploded in the result the deminer was seriously wounded.
Ddasaccident551, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident551, Hd-Aid
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On 24 May 2006, at 1045 hrs a PMN-02 detonated on [the Victim] deminer of MDG-18 while he was excavating a located signal. The located signal was a dispositioned PMN--2 mine. The deminer received multiple minor injuries on his face and also soils and smoke entered the eyes of the injured deminer. All steps of medical first aid were applied on the victim by the team medic. His eyes were washed by saline serum in the site as the soils and the dusts were removed from his eyes by the team medic then he was shifted to the Bagram Air …