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Ddasaccident483, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident483, Hd-Aid
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Injuries sustained by [the Victim] did not damage to his PPE. There were no fragmentations around, the amount of the explosive item was very small and as [the Victim] himself confirms he was injured at the result of detonation of both capsule detonators М-1 from M-9 of PMN mine.
Ddasaccident741, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident741, Hd-Aid
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Explosion during the handling of a Point Detonating Fuse (PD 120mm/100mm Artillery) from BAC task hazardous area to field UXO collection point. During the handling of UXO from one operator to other operator the fuse has fallen to the ground and exploded.
Ddasaccident776, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident776, Hd-Aid
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On 23 September 2007 while [Demining group] DT#5 was working in this MF as usual, [the Victim] one of the deminers detected a signal at 7:40 hrs and started excavation on it. While removing the excavated soil, an explosion happened and as a result he lost two fingers of right hand. The victim deminer had worn his PPE and visor which saved him receiving harms to vital part of his body like chest, abdomen and face.
Ddasaccident585, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident585, Hd-Aid
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On 12 July 2007 at 12:37 pm an UXO accident occurred at Task Site CDS Jebel Kujoor. PKF-BGD-JBA-02448. Lance Corporal [Name removed] of [Demining group] was involved in the accident and his part of two fingers (ring finger and adjacent part of palm of right hand and little finger and adjacent part of palm of left hand) were injured. The investigation team visited at the site at 14:00 pm on the same day. The Investigation Team took photographs of the accident place and interview of the team members and concern personnel of the working group. The team also took interview …
Ddasaccident496, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident496, Hd-Aid
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At around 12:55 hrs accident happened on [the Victim] while he was investigating the signal. Team leader was controlling other lane, which was at his 200 in distance from [the Victim’s] lane. Section leader was controlling other section at his 50 m distance.
Ddasaccident629, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident629, Hd-Aid
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The primary cause of this accident is listed as Inadequate equipment because the handtool issued to the deminer was not designed for purpose and did not protect his hand in the event of a blast. The secondary cause is listed as Unavoidable because it is possible that the deminer was working to his SOPs when the accident occurred.
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 …