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Ddasaccident743, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident743, Hd-Aid
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[The Victim] was working on a M77 sub munition near Bint Jbeil on 11 October 2007 when the bomb exploded. He was trying to remove the part of the mine that made it functional.
Ddasaccident725, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident725, Hd-Aid
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The LAF Sampling Team, was tasked by LMACC on the 17 August 2007 to conduct a reconnaissance of CBU 855 , Task Dossier, Area 1-001 in order to confirm the CBU turning points and areas for site setup. It had been identified that [Demining group] had previously conducted clearance operation on this CBU and a Sampling team were to sample 10% of the area. Team Leader, Sgt [Name removed] was approached by a local worker on BCU 855 on the 20th Aug 2007, around 9am. Sgt [Name removed] was told that a sub munition was found inside the orchard. Sgt …
Ddasaccident745, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident745, Hd-Aid
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[Name removed] [Demining group] TFM arrived on site after the item reported to be found in [Demining group] previously cleared task, on his arrival myself as Supervisor ([Name removed]), LAF Sampling Team, TL, LAF Planning Officer, MACC SL Operations Officer and MACC SL Chief of QA section went on location of item M 77 found and [Name removed] [Demining group] TFM agreed that item found was inside the cleared task by [Demining group] subsurface
Ddasaccident761, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident761, Hd-Aid
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The item (M 77) was located on a road inside and between cleared areas. The road itself has been cleared and the item is so obvious that it cant been missed during clearance. See photo attached for road condition.
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.
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.
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 …
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.