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Ddasaccident783, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident783, Hd-Aid
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According to claim of team, while the acting section leader was checking a lane cleared by one of team party and wanted to fix the location of a marking stone suddenly the stone fell down to un-cleared area and hit top of a mine/UXO causing it to explode.
Ddasaccident618, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident618, Hd-Aid
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The primary cause of this accident is listed as a Field Control Inadequacy because the demining group left the area without appropriately marking those areas worked and those that were still hazardous. The secondary cause is listed as a Management Control Inadequacy because it is the demining group’s senior management’s responsibility to ensure that the field managers left the task area responsibly.
Ddasaccident689, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident689, Hd-Aid
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While he was prodding in the Mine Field suddenly a stone slipped down.
Ddasaccident684, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident684, Hd-Aid
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The Team member established rest area in the one side of the previously cleared BAC task#228, during the off time the deminers wants to rest in the designated rest area in the task # 228, on the way to the rest area the deminers hit a stone by foot and the accident happened to them.
Ddasaccident564, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident564, Hd-Aid
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According to the deminer statement: He starts his work. At 6.45 AM. After short break for 15 minutes from 7.30 to 7.45 he restart his work and found an AP mine approximately at 7.55 AM .The mine was RSP by the team Leader and he restart his work after few minutes his detector indicate a signal and after pin pointing the signal he use the prodder and start excavating the ground with his shovel. While he was excavating his visor fall down and simultaneously he activate the buried mine with his shovel. (
Itf Enhancing Human Security Annual Report 2008, Itf-Enhancy Human Security
Itf Enhancing Human Security Annual Report 2008, Itf-Enhancy Human Security
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Since 1998, ITF has grown into an internationally recognized organization, supported by donations from extensive number of governments, public and private organizations, companies and individuals that has already surpassed the figure of 330 million USD. ITF contribution to the global fight against landmines and especially to the one in South East Europe (SEE) can not and must not be measured solely by numbers and statistical data. The contribution must be viewed in terms of its input to the restoration of conditions for cultural, social and economic lives of individuals and communities living in or emerging from war-torn society. Stable conditions …
Apopo Annual Report 2008, Apopo
Apopo Annual Report 2008, Apopo
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2008 was a year of transformation and consolidation for APOPO.
Besides the technical achievements in the training and research programmes, APOPO went through a phase of restructuring and strategic revision of future plans. I firmly believe that this collective effort will result in a more sustainable social enterprise with a higher social impact in the future.
I am also proud to say that the long anticipated output of the Mine Detection Rats finally materialized in Mozambique, and we are confident this will trigger more operational deployment of the Mine Detection Rats in the region soon.
The research carried out with …