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Ddasaccident615, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident615, Hd-Aid
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It is the conclusion of the investigation team that the carelessness of involved deminer, poor supervision and denying of mechanical asset by government authority are the main factors for the accident happened. The rule of supervision is vital in such a difficult task and can prevent the accidents.
Ddasaccident611, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident611, Hd-Aid
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It is the conclusion of the investigation team that the involved deminer did not properly find the centre of the signal because of extra soil accumulated there, and thus started excavation directly from the top of the signal by force, which caused the accident happened.
Ddasaccident768, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident768, Hd-Aid
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It is the conclusion of the investigation team that the mine was not missed from the clearance team but had been brought by someone and put there. One of the local residents named [Name removed] narrated that, he had placed a mine under a small stone, but has not been found there. The crater made by exploded mine was less than 5cm which shows that as it was put on the ground [surface].
Assessment Of The Mine Action Centre For Afghanistan, Ted Paterson, Faiz Paktian, William Fryer
Assessment Of The Mine Action Centre For Afghanistan, Ted Paterson, Faiz Paktian, William Fryer
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The main purposes of this report are to (i) advise CIDA/ATF on what it should expect from the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) in terms of reporting on development results, and (ii) assess feasible timelines and approaches for the transfer of UN responsibilities for mine action in Afghanistan to national organs, capable of addressing the country's future problems stemming from explosives contamination. The specific objectives of the assessment relate to: 1. Donor coordination, particularly as this relates to the UNMAS/MACA exit strategy and the emergence of national ownership; 2. Nationalisation, particularly with respect to the transition to full national ownership; …
Ddasaccident685, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident685, Hd-Aid
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The primary cause of this accident is listed as a Field Control Inadequacy because the Victim was working with his visor raised and using a pick and his error was not corrected. The secondary cause is listed as a Management Control Inadequacy because the demining group’s management is responsible for ensuring that field supervisors prevent deminers from breaching approved SOPs.
Ddasaccident679, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident679, Hd-Aid
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Deminers were using large loop detector during turning to the second lane/loop he may stepped on a stone which fall down on the UXO or might stepped directly on the UXO.
Ddasaccident680, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident680, Hd-Aid
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The primary cause of this accident is listed as Other because there is not enough information to draw any conclusion about the cause of the accident. The secondary cause is listed as a Management Control Inadequacy because the spreadsheet summary includes no details or injury or conclusions and is virtually useless, which is a UN MACCA responsibility.
Ddasaccident639, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident639, Hd-Aid
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The primary cause of this accident is listed as a Field Control Inadequacy because the Victim was working with his visor raised and using a pick and his error was not corrected. The secondary cause is listed as a Management Control Inadequacy because the demining group’s management is responsible for ensuring that field supervisors prevent deminers from breaching approved SOPs.
Ddasaccident630, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident630, Hd-Aid
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The primary cause of this accident is listed as a Field Control Inadequacy because the investigators found that there was inadequate field supervision at the time of the accident. The secondary case is listed as a Management Control Inadequacy because it is the senior management’s responsibility to ensure that there is adequate field supervision on site at all times.
Ddasaccident631, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident631, Hd-Aid
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On 1st July 2009 MU-16 of [Demining group] started clearance operation on mentioned task, On 08 July 2009 at 0919hrs while [the Victim] was investigating a signal in his clearance lane, he found two bullets. He re-checked the spot and found the same signal, this process repeated for three times. Finally he found a root stump in the excavation trench with a thickness of around 2.5 cm and started to remove it, because it was blocking further excavation there. However the deminer had proper tool in his toolkit to cut such obstacles, but he tried to out it with his …
Ddasaccident626, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident626, Hd-Aid
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The source of detonation was 23mm ammunition packed in a water thermos. The main cause of the accident appears to be poor packing of ammunition and the likelihood that some of the rounds transported had exposed retaining balls.
Ddasaccident603, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident603, Hd-Aid
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The primary cause of this accident is listed as a Field Control Inadequacy because the Victim was working with his visor raised (or not worn) and using a pick to investigate a metal-detector reading incautiously. The secondary cause is listed as Inadequate equipment because no alternative to a pick for starting a safe excavation in hard ground was made available.
Ddasaccident648, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident648, Hd-Aid
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A detonator blast caused the accident. The deminer has detected an active detonator in his clearance lane and has pressed it by his left hand fingers which subsequently the detonator exploded and the deminer fingers were seriously injured.
Ddasaccident627, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident627, Hd-Aid
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The primary cause of this accident is listed as Victim inattention because the investigators found that the Victim was careless. The secondary cause is listed as Unavoidable, because it is possible that the Victim inadvertently dropped a marking stone (rather than threw it deliberately at a mine) and minor accidents like that are unavoidable.
Ddasaccident609, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident609, Hd-Aid
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The accident has occurred because of error made by the involved deminer as he used chisel directly on the detected signal instead of [Demining group] standard excavating tool (scraper). Chisel is used for excavating of safe margin of the reading points, meaning 15 cm behind the start point of signal.
Ddasaccident672, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident672, Hd-Aid
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The accident has occurred because of error made by the involved deminer as he wanted to remove a piece of wire and a steel bar without taking the precautionary measures into consideration. He should not have removed them by hand but either pulling practice or using machine should have been practiced.
Ddasaccident667, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident667, Hd-Aid
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The accident has occurred because of deminer’s carelessness as he entered into unsafe area for urination and touched the unknown item.
Ddasaccident600, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident600, Hd-Aid
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The primary cause of this accident is listed as a Field Control Inadequacy because the Victim was working in a way that was unsafe and his error was not corrected. The secondary cause is listed as “Unavoidable” because there is not enough detail available to determine what really happened and it may be that the deminer was working as instructed when the accident occurred. If this is the case, the Field Managers bear considerable responsibility for not having learned from a similar accident involving this demining group only a few weeks previously. The repetition of the deminer working well outside …
Ddasaccident695, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident695, Hd-Aid
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The primary and secondary cause of this accident are listed as a Unavoidable because the deminer suffered no apparent injuries, and accidental initiations can occur when excavating mines even when all precautions are taken. Dust in the eyes is common after a blast because dust is drawn into the low-pressure area behind the expanding blast wave. “Grid” in the eyes causes greater concern because it may have been ejecta from the blast, implying that the visor was not worn correctly but it is presumed that the Victim had no injuries because the investigators accepted that this was so.
Ddasaccident663, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident663, Hd-Aid
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The primary cause of this accident is listed as a Field Control Inadequacy because the investigators found that the Victim was working with a shovel in breach of SOPs and his error was not corrected. The secondary cause is listed as a Management Control Inadequacy because it is the management’s responsibility to ensure that the field supervisors control the deminers appropriately.
Ddasaccident621, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident621, Hd-Aid
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It is the BOI and AMAC investigation team conclusion that the victim section leader, had found an unknown object during rest time and was tampering with it that suddenly the unknown object which probably was a UXO fuse exploded and caused left hand amputation, cut of right hand some fingers, left eye injury and left leg injuries to him.
Ddasaccident614, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident614, Hd-Aid
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It is the conclusion of the investigation team that the involved deminer did not properly mark the signal with the reading marker. Also he was carelessly excavating the reading point, and this caused the mine to be exploded.
Ddasaccident598, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident598, Hd-Aid
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It is the conclusion of investigation team that the involved deminer was excavation a signal in an area where the ground surface was hard with dense vegetation, and considering the crater created as a result of the explosion it seems that the deminer was excavating the signal about 30 cm on right side of the working lane where he was not in a stable position for excavating the signal by scraper; the excavation of this lane required to be done in next clearance lane.
Ddasaccident698, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident698, Hd-Aid
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While he was marking his designated clearance lane in term of work progress, a painted stone fall down from his hand and caused for blowing off the mine.
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.
Mine Action Programme For Afghanistan, Mine Action Strategic Guideline (2008-2013), Gichd
Mine Action Programme For Afghanistan, Mine Action Strategic Guideline (2008-2013), Gichd
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This document outlines the 5-year strategic plan for the Mine Action Coordination Centre for Afghanistan from 2008 to 2013. It includes an overview of the landmine and explosive remnants of war contamination in Afghanistan as it stands in 2008 and outlines the Afghan Government's strategic plan to achieve identified targets in remediating contaminated land.