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Ddasaccident808, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident808, Hd-Aid
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At 08:16 the Head of the Operational Management of [Demining group] Mr.[Name removed] reported to the radio-operator [Name removed] about mine explosion in the mine field No. 2 - Arjamazor village Kevron. A deminer of the group #4 [the Victim] was injured from PMN-2 and ML-7. Their characteristics are indicated in below table.
Ddasaccident327, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident327, Hd-Aid
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The [Demining group] base informed [demining group Programme Manager] that Morina #2 clearance have started. Uncontrolled explosion occurs in Morina 2 minefield, 1 deminer injured.
Ddasaccident342, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident342, Hd-Aid
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Deminer in the working lane was searching the area using his prodder. When he finalised his search and finished the working lane, he started to collect the mine tape from the left side of the lane, walking the ”cleared” working lane. That is where he activated with his left foot PMA-3 mine by stepping on it. PMA-3 mine was buried.
Ddasaccident345, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident345, Hd-Aid
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Both of the handlers were going over the area they were supposed to check with their EDDs, since it was one of the rare 'soil covered' areas within the cleared part of the site. The Victim] was following the first dog handler and activated the mine by pressure.
Ddasaccident263, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident263, Hd-Aid
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As the Team Leader was looking for any signs of the benchmark or any other marking from the site, he used a track well used by the locals. This track had hazard warning tape leading down (red and white chevron tape), either side of it forming a corridor. There were no mine signs or any other signs of restricting access and the track was marked in a way that it should be safe to use. The Victim was tasked to park 15 metres down the track and the Team Leader and the Victim alighted from the vehicle. The Team Leader …
Ddasaccident254, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident254, Hd-Aid
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The victim was working in an area of low brush adjacent to a (then) disused farm vehicle track. He was clearing a working lane along a line of PMA-2 mines and his team had found two that morning (one found by the victim). At 11:30 he initiated a PMA-2 by stepping on the mine with his right foot.
Ddasaccident262, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident262, Hd-Aid
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After lunch four of the deminers were tasked to build a bridge over a creek to allow better access to the area being cleared. The remaining deminer and the supervisor cleared a one metre wide lane in order to examine a tripwire that had been spotted outside the working area. When they got close to the tripwire the supervisor took over clearance and worked for 20 minutes. Then he "stood up, turned around and requested two more small pickets to mark his lane". While doing this he "lost his footing" and took a step backwards over his base stick with …
Ddasaccident217, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident217, Hd-Aid
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A Team Leader partially detonated a PMA-2 mine whilst deploying his team to their tasks. [Demining group] state that this mine was a re-laid mine. There is an equal amount of evidence to show that it could have been a mine that was missed on the original clearance of the lane.
Ddasaccident219, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident219, Hd-Aid
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The investigators concluded that the mine had been missed during the earlier clearance tasks. Also that the training area was "extremely hostile" and easier sites could have been used. The investigators observed that the UN MAC Technical Guides "give no real guidance as to what alternative procedures should be undertaken" when detecting and prodding are inadequate in an area. In previous missed mine incidents in the area (involving two other commercial companies) the mines were also PMA-2s.
Ddasaccident220, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident220, Hd-Aid
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The investigators concluded that the accident was "preventable". The mine should have been found during excavation but the appropriate SOPs were not being used. Supervision was inadequate and the control of movement in cleared areas was not in accordance with SOPs.
Ddasaccident223, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident223, Hd-Aid
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The investigators found no fault with the company's SOPs but said that "insufficient planning and lead-time was allowed for the clearance team to be prepared…". They thought that the "contractual pressure created an atmosphere of unnecessary urgency", that communications between the demining company and the [QA] were inadequate and that the parties involved were all interpreting the contract differently.
Ddasaccident229, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident229, Hd-Aid
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The team decided that the work had moved away from the direction of the path, so work would start three metres behind the end of the lane and go in a slightly different direction. This was in the area that had been probed, not checked by a dog. The deminers walked to the new start point, then began to return to the change-over point. Victim No.1 was behind Victim No.2 when he stepped on a PMA-2. He suffered a "traumatic amputation" below his right knee. Victim No.2 had "less serious" injuries.