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Ddasaccident548, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident548, Hd-Aid
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The deminer was investigating the signal and excavating by sitting/squatting position and his prodder/bayonet detonated the PMN mine. The evidence on site shows that the excavation of the signal started from the first mark, and not 30cm back from the indication. The bayonet directly touched the mine causing a detonation. This indicates he was not conducting operations with the correct procedure.
Ddasaccident782, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident782, Hd-Aid
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On 18 October 2007 at 10:45 Hrs, the accident occurred on [the Victim] deminer of [Demining group] DT-4, while he was excavating a signal. As a result of the accident his left foot palm [sic] was injured and as he was fully dressed with PPE, other parts of his body remained unharmed.
Ddasaccident785, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident785, Hd-Aid
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On 13/12/2007 at 11:05hrs a demining accident happened on a deminer named [the Victim] as he was working on a detected signal using a pick; suddenly his pick hit top of an YM1 Iranian AP mine and caused it to explode. As a result of the explosion the victim deminer got injuries to his face, eyes and fingers of his right hand.
Ddasaccident541, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident541, Hd-Aid
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On the time of the incident [Name removed] was carrying out mine clearance by raking method in a lane where he earlier had found 7 AP mines Type 72. The area he was raking was free from vegetation and no large tree roots or any other obstacles was in the near vicinity of the ground where he was raking. The soil conditions were loose clay. The Team Leader had been checking the deminer 10 minutes before the incident and the section leader had left his lane just a few minutes before the incident. [The Victim] did by raking detonated a …
Ddasaccident769, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident769, Hd-Aid
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MF AF/0308/01634/MF163 is located at Jan Qadam village of Bagram province. This area is contaminated by anti personnel mines laid by Russians over the period from 1982-1985. These mines have been laid as belt to secure Bagram airbase from Mujahidin attacks. The density of mine contamination in this area is very high. Elders of Hassan Khail, Gujor Khail and Jan Qadam requested American authorities in Bagram airbase to cooperate in clearance of this area. According to request from Bagram Mine Action from UNMACA the clearance of this area was started jointly by some demining assets from [Demining group and two …
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.
Ddasaccident473, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident473, Hd-Aid
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A mine blast accident occurred at 09:25 am on Sunday 09 Sep 2007 in the minefield 71390031. The Mine Locator working in the mine belt hit on the top of mine and resulted in mine blast. The deminer sustained no injuries.
Ddasaccident470, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident470, Hd-Aid
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A mine blast incident occurred at approximately 09:22hrs on Tuesday 04/09/2007 in the minefield No-71390029 (Black Iris). Deminer 67178 [the Victim] detonated one No-10 Israeli anti personnel blast mine due to hacking on top of mine. At the time of the incident the deminer was wearing the PPE (Body vest and Goggles). The deminer sustained no injuries.
Ddasaccident773, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident773, Hd-Aid
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On 25 August 2007 at 0905 hrs while [the Victim] a deminer of Party-01, Section-1 of the mentioned team was working in his clearance lane on a detected signal his bayonet stroke on top of an anti personnel PMN-2 mine; as a result the mine exploded and since helmet was not on his head, the victim deminer lost one eye, sustained serious injuries to other eye and some injuries to his face and hand with active bleeding.
Ddasaccident777, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident777, Hd-Aid
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In one of the lane where [the Victim] deminer was excavating the ground to locate a signal made by its detector, suddenly an explosion happened and caused both hands injuries to him. As the deminer had worn the PPE and Helmet with visor down, he did not receive more injuries to other parts of his body.
Ddasaccident778, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident778, Hd-Aid
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[The Victim] deminer was working in a bushy area with MIL-D1 mine detector and after he pinpointed a signal he put the detector away and started excavation of the signal by using a pick, and within a few minutes the pick stroke on the top of an AP mine and the explosion happened. The deminer had worn his PPE and helmet, but as the visor of his helmet was up, he got injuries to his face and both eyes.
Ddasaccident723, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident723, Hd-Aid
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Demining team management claim the deminer was injured when he laid his helmet and PPE down onto a mine, which was in an un-cleared area, as he was moving back to take a break from his work. The Section Leader who had previously been observing him work was moving to observe another party when the accident occurred.
Ddasaccident512, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident512, Hd-Aid
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On July 19 at 07:15 hours an accident happened to [the Victim] deminer while he was working in an area, which was prepared by [National demining agency] MDU-01. The explosion of PMN 2 mine resulted superficial injuries to the left leg of the deminer and as he was equipped by PPE and visor he did not receive further injuries to his body. After receiving first aids, the casualty was evacuated to Bagram airbase Egyptian hospital for treatment.
Ddasaccident771, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident771, Hd-Aid
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On 29/10/2007 at 09:05 am an accident happened in Lane number 11 where [the Victim] was working. The deminer did not wear PPE/Visor and as a result of the accident the victim deminer got injuries to his eyes, forehead and left arm.
Ddasaccident500, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident500, Hd-Aid
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According to the narration of the related section leader it was 11: 05 am 11/07/07. He was standing back side the deminer at the remote safe area to control him. At this time the deminer who became victim said to the section leader I am bored and I need for a break. The section leader told him no problem you can get some refreshment in the safe area. The section leader moved to other parties. As soon as he moved the deminer put off his Helmet, visor and protective Jacket and it was fell down from him on mine area. …
Ddasaccident643, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident643, Hd-Aid
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The primary cause of this accident is listed as a Field Control Inadequacy because the Victim’s chest and face injuries imply that he was not wearing PPE (or not wearing it correctly) at the time of the accident. The secondary cause is listed as a Management Control inadequacy because the demining group’s senior management are responsible for ensuring that their field supervisors impose good discipline and never allow deminers to work without PPE.
Ddasaccident472, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident472, Hd-Aid
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A mine blast incident occurred at approximately 11:07hrs on Wednesday 18/07/2007 in the minefield No-69270030(Marina). Deminer [the Victim] detonated one M-35 anti personnel blast mine due to pulling the anchor wire. At the time of the incident the deminer was wearing the PPE (Body vest and Goggles). The deminer working in the cross lane located one mine and he tried to locate other mine by pulling the anchor wire, which resulted in a mine blast. The deminer sustained minor injuries as recorded in the injuries. Immediately after the mine blast, the section commander rushed to the lane and helped the …
Ddasaccident638, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident638, Hd-Aid
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The primary and secondary causes of this accident are listed as Unavoidable because it is possible that the Victim was working to his SOPs at the time of the accident (excavation accidents do occur even when working correctly). The fact that his injuries only resulted in lower leg injury imply that he was squatting to excavate and that his visor was worn correctly
Ddasaccident497, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident497, Hd-Aid
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Task# 132 is part of security belt of Bagram Regiment -40 which is contaminated by AP mines. Deminer [the Victim] using a hand trowel excavated onto an AP mine and caused it to detonate. As a result of this detonation he suffered minor injuries to his right hand and more serious to his face and both eyes with serious corneal defect to right eye, first degree burns to his face and ear damage.
Ddasaccident632, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident632, Hd-Aid
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The accident occurred whilst the deminer was excavating on a detector reading; the deminer failed to identify the center of reading, therefore he hit top of the mine.
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.
Ddasaccident494, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident494, Hd-Aid
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The machine was preparing the ground for manual parties in one of the routes that the teeth of bucket hit top of an anti tank YM-11 Iranian mine and caused it to explode.
Ddasaccident469, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident469, Hd-Aid
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A mine blast incident occurred at approximately 08:35hrs on Sunday 01/07/2007 in the minefield 69270030. The deminer detonated a M35 Belgium anti personnel blast mine due in direct contact to the top of the mine. At the time of the incident the deminer was wearing the PPE (Body vest and Goggles). Deminer tried to lift the top soil crust by using heavy rake, The rake slipped and struck the mine resulting in mine blast. The deminer sustained no injury.
Ddasaccident568, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident568, Hd-Aid
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On the morning of 21st June 07 at approximately 0616hrs [Demining group] BAC Teams commenced operations at CBU 071. At approximately 1104hrs, an uncontrolled explosion occurred in the plantation at UTM 728309/3676516. An [Demining group] searcher, Mr. [the Victim] who was conducting search operations in the area of the detonation was not directly involved in causing the detonation but he was in the immediate area of the detonation where he was conducting sub surface clearance operations.
Ddasaccident569, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident569, Hd-Aid
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On 18 June 2007 at 1140 hrs (local time), [the Victim] a (Commercial demining group) Deminer, inadvertently caused an item of explosive ordnance (EO), which is considered to be a No. 4A anti-personnel mine, to activate, while conducting the manual mine clearance full excavation procedure. As a result of the explosion [the Victim] was thrown backwards by the blast wave and suffered a traumatic amputation of the right hand, a fractured right humerous and critical head and eye injuries.
Ddasaccident507, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident507, Hd-Aid
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The mentioned area is located to a hill side which is contaminated by AP mines and is a dense area of fragments. The area is steep and raining over the past years washed down the soil from the top of the hill and changed the position of some mines. [The Victim] deminer was excavating the ground while suddenly the accident happened. As the deminer had worn his PPE and visor, he did not receive any injuries and he is in good health situation. The investigation result shows that the negligence of the deminer and poor control of command group contribute …
Ddasaccident484, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident484, Hd-Aid
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On 04 June 2007 at 1103 hrs while the deminer was working in his clearance lane, his trowel struck the top of a PMN anti personnel mine, causing the mine to detonate. During the accident his visor was not worn. This lack of face protection caused the serious injuries to his eyes. The accident occurred near a corner of a ruined mud wall. The mud wall over a period of time had gradually disintegrated and fallen on ground surface, thus increasing the ground depth over the mine. The ground depth reached 70 cm at the accident point; the deminer had …
Ddasaccident552, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident552, Hd-Aid
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According to the AMAC Northeast’s investigation report, the accident occurred while the deminer was excavating on a reading in a cross lane (cut lane). As a result of this accident, the deminer received some light injuries on both hands. According to the Assistant Team Leader, the mine position had changed and the deminer’s bayonet touched the top of the mine and detonated.
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.