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Ddasaccident567, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident567, Hd-Aid
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On the morning of 21st May 2007 at approximately 0630hrs [Demining group] BAC Team 2 re-deployed back to CBU 040 to start operations. At approximately 1140hrs, an uncontrolled explosion occurred at the building site adjacent to the rear of the BAC Team 2 CP, UTM 712082/3681844, involving a civilian worker, Mr. [the Victim], who was delivering building material to the construction site. Mr. [the Victim] had reversed his truck on the area adjacent the construction site and had commenced to unload the vehicle. During this process Mr. [the Victim] kicked, stepped or dropped some building materials on a M77 sub-munition …
Ddasaccident447, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident447, Hd-Aid
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Activity being performed when accident occurred: [the Victim] was performing excavation with a bayonet probe (prodder) from left to right (left handed) and hit a PMN mine. It is not clear why was he using his bayonet prodder for excavation, or if he probed the soil before excavating. No MDD or MDU were in support of DT #4 on the day the accident occurred.
Ddasaccident445, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident445, Hd-Aid
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Activity being performed when accident occurred: According to [Demining group] Field Officer, Mr. [Name removed], both deminers were together on the base stick when the accident occurred because acting SL [Victim no.1] was verbally instructing Deminer [Victim no.2] how to perform excavation. Deminer [Victim no.2] was performing excavation with a bayonet probe (prodder) and hit a PMN mine. It is not clear why was he using his bayonet prodder for excavation, or if he probed the soil before excavating. No MDD or MDU were in support of DT #4 on the day the accident occurred.
Ddasaccident762, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident762, Hd-Aid
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The land owner, [Name removed], immediately contacted the CLO area 1-5 on the 5th May 2007 to report the location and the events surrounding the incident. This site was visited by MACC SL Operations, QA and the CLO to conduct an investigation of the event surrounding the discovery of the sub-munitions.
Ddasaccident775, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident775, Hd-Aid
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After the inhabitants of the Milon village requested AMAC Gardez for clearance of this mined suspected road, the AMAC deployed a LIAT and subsequently a survey team to this area. The technical survey of this minefield completed on 14 June 2005 and as it was antitank mine, on 12 July 2005, [Demining group] # 15 was tasked to clear it. After clearance, it was handed over to local people. The involved tractor was carrying construction material to one of the inhabitant’s house but before arriving to the destination, it has been hit by a mine.
Ddasaccident490, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident490, Hd-Aid
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A. On 19 April 2007, while the [International demining NGO] loader (MDU # 9) was excavating the ground by using Gill bucket and then the soil inspecting for Antitank mines and UXO but an antipersonnel YM-1 mine has passed through the grids of the Gill bucket and missed from inspection. While the Loader has been levelling the loose dragged soil, in reverse position the front left was tyre driven on the mine and exploded it.
Ddasaccident510, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident510, Hd-Aid
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On 19th April-07 at 08:10 hrs while the Deminer was excavating the area by pickaxe suddenly an anti personal mine has hit by pickaxe and exploded caused the accident and Deminer got superficial injuries on his right arm and neck. During our observation from the accident point it was seemed that the Deminer was working with pickaxe not by bayonet/prodder, because the pickaxe handle was available in the accident point.
Ddasaccident732, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident732, Hd-Aid
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On the inspection of the incident site on the 17th April 2007 the following observation was established: The sub-munition was located on the surface, in a declared, sub-surface cleared area. The sub-munition was removed from a mound of soil that had been excavated from an area adjacent to a road, during excavation of a retaining wall and then the sub-munition was placed in this area. The [Demining group] completion documents indicated the area was sub-surface cleared, however where the clearance bordered the road and where overhead power lines were present the area was only surface cleared due to interference when …
Ddasaccident738, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident738, Hd-Aid
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CBU 19 was completed on the 31stMarch 07, see annex A for the [Demining group] Completion Report. According to the Completion Report the task was a combination of surface and sub-surface clearance in accordance with the operational clearance plan. The CBU was located, and reported to the MACC CLO, on Saturday (14th April) morning by a local farmer.
Ddasaccident485, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident485, Hd-Aid
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On 10 April 2007 at 1155 hrs while deminer [the Victim] with employ No. 4094 was working in his clearance lane after 3 m progress in the lane his trowel hit top of a PMN-02 anti personnel mine, as a result the mine exploded and the deminer sustained some injuries. Since the deminer was fully dressed with PPE and down visor, the deminer injuries are superficial. The victim right hand wrist and two fingers were injured.
Ddasaccident751, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident751, Hd-Aid
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On the morning of the 9th April 2007 the land owner had contracted a local farmer to commence cultivation of his land for follow-up planting, during the process of the cultivation the operator of the machine noticed on his return ploughing an M77 sub-munition, had been turned over and was now quite visible on the surface on the newly ploughed area. He immediately stopped work and report the incident to the land owner who in turn informed {Demining group] personnel in the area.
Ddasaccident764, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident764, Hd-Aid
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On the morning of the 5th April 2007 the land owner, [Name removed], was cultivation her land, which is directly adjacent to her house. During this process she detonated an M 85 most likely either by touching or picking it up.
Ddasaccident766, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident766, Hd-Aid
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On 03 April 2007, one M-77 Submunition was located by a local farmer while harvesting his orange orchard and banana plantation, in the vicinity of Task CBU-203, which had been completed by [Demining group] using sub-surface Battle Area Clearance (BAC) procedures. The farmer reported the find to [Name removed], MACC SL Community Liaison Assistant. After meeting with the farmer and confirming the information, the item was marked, photographed and the farmer was requested to remain outside the orchard pending further investigation. The incident was reported to [Name removed], MACC SL Operations Officer who, together with Capt [Name removed], LAF Operations …
Ddasaccident709, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident709, Hd-Aid
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INVESTIGATION REPORT ON TWO MISSED MINES AT MINEFIELD 1580, KFAR HOUNE The Incident occurred in Area 6 (Minefield 1580), UTM (BM) 741126-707075 on the 28th and 29th March 2007 where two AP mine (No4 Israelis) were located in a previously cleared and marked area.
Ddasaccident774, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident774, Hd-Aid
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On 24 May 2007, in this area while the SITA construction company was levelling the roadside (road shoulder), the top of a TC-2.4 (Italian Antitank) mine has been appeared. The company’s representative reported that case to the AMAC and the AMAC sent the QMA to the area for further investigation. The mine found 80 Cm from the paved road in had 90 Cm depth. According to local reports, after mine plantation in this area, about 100 Cm extra soil has gradually aggregated over the original surface of the ground.
Ddasaccident779, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident779, Hd-Aid
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The accident demolition was the first that day in a row of six demolitions. The target was a 120mm artillery shell. Beforehand we had digged a 1.1 m deep pit away from the closest village and had sandbagged the side towards the village. The shell was moved from where it was found, by hand, into the pit just prior to setting up the demolition. The shell was by purpose put closer to the wall in the pit that faced the village. When every thing was set up and sentries were in place we carried out the demolition. The shell went …
Ddasaccident735, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident735, Hd-Aid
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On 14 March 2007, a local farmer discovered an M-77 submunition while harvesting banana trees in his plantation, which had been cleared by [Demining group] using sub-surface BAC procedures. At the time of the cluster strike, the ground was extremely soft and an accurate threat assessment by [Demining group] had ensured that sub-surface clearance operations were conducted.
Ddasaccident756, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident756, Hd-Aid
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On 08 March 2007, [Name removed] (MACC CLO) arrived at the task to conduct a QA Completion Survey and was informed of the submunition by the land owner. After confirming the type and location, he informed [Name removed] (MACC QA Completion Assistant), who subsequently informed [Name removed] (MACC Chief of QA). The Completion was postponed and the site closed pending the arrival of [Name removed], the [Demining group] Project Manager.
Ddasaccident566, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident566, Hd-Aid
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On 05 March 2007, 0935 hrs (local time), [the Victim], a [International demining company] Deminer, inadvertently caused a Israeli No4A Anti Personnel mine to activate while removing rocks from the front of his demining lane during manual mine clearance operations at Minefield (MF) 356, 3.5 km north-east of Nabatiyah.
Ddasaccident511, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident511, Hd-Aid
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A mine has been discovered by the labourer of Mohammad Bin Rashid Housing Scheme in cleared task # 24/2413/036 of Salihan village, Panjwaee district, Kandahar province, while he was digging the ground for the foundation of building. A team of investigation was convened by AMAC Kandahar to find out the main causes of mentioned incident. The accident caused no casualty.
Ddasaccident446, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident446, Hd-Aid
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The deceased deminer detonated the PMN mine with an unidentified object. He was in a kneeling position with his right side facing towards the mine. The blast struck him on the chest and right hand side, causing a fatal wound to the right under arm (armpit). He suffered extensive bleeding from this wound and also from the mouth and nose at the time. He was evacuated by ambulance but died en route to the hospital.
Ddasaccident499, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident499, Hd-Aid
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On 11 Feb-2007 about 12:00 PM [National demining NGO] MDU-06 was working as a supporter with [National demining NGO] MCT-17, a PMN-2 missed mine accident occurred on MDU-06 machine in the cleared area, while the mentioned MDU was busy in preparation of minefield hazard area for MCT-17 breaching parties of section No-1. In the result backside right tire of Backhoe got damaged and no human casualty.
Ddasaccident449, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident449, Hd-Aid
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At 11:12hrs on Wednesday 7th February 2007 [Demining group] MCT-6, a deminer was involved in an accident at Islam Qala Kalat-e-Nayab Ghafor MF-0069 Kohsan district Herat province. The accident occurred while the deminer was excavating with shovel.
Ddasaccident471, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident471, Hd-Aid
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A mine blast incident occurred at approximately 07:27hrs on Monday 05/02/2007 in the lane No-2 in the minefield 71390013. The deminer detonated a No-10 Israeli anti personnel blast mine due to hacking. At the time of the incident the deminer was wearing the PPE (Body vest and Goggles). The deminer clearing the mine belt hit the mine on the top by heavy rake resulted in a mine blast. The deminer sustained THREE MINOR INJURIES IN UPPER LIP AND LEFT CHEEK/CHIN.
Ddasaccident571, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident571, Hd-Aid
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The terrain was already cleared with the use of mine detectors and was clearly limited with red painted rocks and stones. Around 09.30 Hr 1MC [Victim No.1] stepped on a cluster M77, which caused the explosion, following the investigation of the crater the cluster, was lying subsurface. He got injured at the heel of the right foot. 1MC [Victim No.2] got a shrapnel in the right under arm. 1MC [Victim No.2] went off immediately to get assistance down in the valley, where the ambulance was positioned. In the meanwhile 1MC [Victim No.1] tried to get downwards. He entered, probably disorientated, …
Ddasaccident539, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident539, Hd-Aid
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The 26th of January 2007, approx 12.25 (local time SL), the HQ in Jaffna was called up by the Team leader of Team 5, working in a heavy dense (P4s) minefield, LK-23B.The message he gave was that one of his deminers had set one mine of in his lane while conducting mine clearance. The mentioned deminer was taken out of work for the rest of the day. The minefield consists of rocky ground with both loose rock and solid/fixed rock.
Ddasaccident506, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident506, Hd-Aid
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During the establishment of the boundary lane [the Victim] stepped on a PNM - 2 anti personnel mine at approximately 10:50 am on the 22nd January 2007. The MDD handler sustained traumatic amputation to the lower right leg and sustained lacerations to his left knee and right hand.
Ddasaccident553, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident553, Hd-Aid
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On the day of the accident the team consisted of 10 members: Site Supervisor, Team Leader, 6 x searchers, medic and driver. [The Victim]. acting Team Leader, was supervising three searchers in the area of Box C3, [Names removed] who were conducting visual search of the area. [Name removed] was standing in the visually cleared area to the rear of the searchers supervising the surface search operations. At approximately 1008hrs, an uncontrolled explosion occurred in box C3, involving [the Victim]. At the time of the accident all team members were wearing PPE (jacket and visor).
Ddasaccident509, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident509, Hd-Aid
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The deminer was tasked to clear across the slope before clearing up the slope and it appears that he has carelessly moved into an unclear area before physically clearing it and has stepped on a PMN Mine. [The Victim suffered] Lower left leg amputation and injury to upper right arm and lower right leg.
Ddasaccident559, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident559, Hd-Aid
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1030hrs: Captain [Name removed], the team leader, directed 2nd Sergeant [the Victim], a deminer, to move the UXO about 2 meters from its original place to a pit surrounded by two big rocks for demolition. The deminer was ordered to put a 75 gram TNT block and an electrical detonator at the tail part of the UXO. While the deminer was connecting the wire, the UXO burst into fire by its own and sprayed out flames towards him. The deminer sprang back by instinct to a hollow pit nearby for protection. He got burning injury on face, neck and hands. …