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Ddasaccident785, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident785, Hd-Aid
Global CWD Repository
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.
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.
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 …
Ddasaccident789, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident789, Hd-Aid
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On 9th Oct 2007 at 08:10 Hrs, the accident happened on [Victim No.1] the Asst. Team Leader of [Demining group] EOD-4 while he was shifting UXO to pit. There were three antipersonnel PMN-2 mines near to the UXO and the Asst. Team Leader has stepped on one of these mines which in result the mine exploded and cut off his right leg and he also received some injuries on other parts of his body.
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.
Ddasaccident572, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident572, Hd-Aid
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One person, [the victim]; aged twenty-seven was injured in the accident whilst conducting an intrusive visual surface search within allocated and marked boundaries as part of a Battle Area Clearance operation. After the accident he was transported to the Jabel Amel Hospital in Tyre where he was admitted and treated before being discharged after twenty – eight hours.
Ddasaccident787, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident787, Hd-Aid
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On 09 Sep 2007, at 09:25, while [Victim No.1] deminer was collecting the igniters of Russian made PTAB bomblets from a portion of the minefield, which was prepared (but not cleared) by excavator, he stepped on a PTAB bomblets which caused it to explode
Ddasaccident788, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident788, Hd-Aid
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On September 09, 2007 at 1130 hrs an accident happened on [the Victim] section leader of Section No.01 of the mentioned team while he was looking for stones to mark the cleared area. The accident happened on a portion of unclear area while he touched a stone. As a result of the accident he lost his left hand from the wrist and his right hand thumb. Also his right eye injured and he got a slight injury on his chest too.
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.
Ddasaccident562, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident562, Hd-Aid
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The M77 involved in this accident did not detonate properly and may have been damaged. If this was visible, it would imply that the Victim made an error by touching it. But if the damage was not visible, the Victim was just extremely lucky.
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 …
Handheld Standoff Mine Detection System (Hstamids) Operational Field Evaluation In Cambodia, Sean Burke, Roger Cresci, R C. Doheny, Peter Ngan, Chris Walk
Handheld Standoff Mine Detection System (Hstamids) Operational Field Evaluation In Cambodia, Sean Burke, Roger Cresci, R C. Doheny, Peter Ngan, Chris Walk
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Handheld Standoff Mine Detection System (HSTAMIDS) Operational Field Evaluation in Cambodia
Evaluation Of The Albanian Mine Action Programme, Mike Kendellan, Sharmala Naidoo, Faiz Paktian
Evaluation Of The Albanian Mine Action Programme, Mike Kendellan, Sharmala Naidoo, Faiz Paktian
Global CWD Repository
The evaluation is to generate recommendations for the Government of Albania, AMAC and AMAE to further develop the national mine action structure and programme in order to develop a mine action system which ensures meaningful consultation across concerned ministries and with key stakeholders. The evaluation is to generate recommendations for the Government of Albania, AMAC and AMAE to further develop the national mine action structure and programme in order to develop a mine action system which ensures meaningful consultation across concerned ministries and with key stakeholders. The general approach was for a multi-staged process, facilitating the emergence of a common …
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.
Ddasaccident715, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident715, Hd-Aid
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On the 25th Jul 07 at approximately 1545hrs [Demining Group] reported to the MACC that they had located an amount of bulk explosive, 5-8kgs, at their HQ in Kudmose, Tyre. The explosive was located after a driver discarded a cigarette into tree/bushes adjacent to the [Demining Group] HQ office entrance. See photos at Annex B. A fire was initiated by the discarded cigarette, once the fire was extinguished an amount of explosive was then identified and located. This totalled approx. 5-7kg in weight.
Ddasaccident560, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident560, Hd-Aid
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On 25th July at 1300 hours, it was reported to JOC that one [European] Combat Engineer was injured by an explosion while carrying out EOD activities in the vicinity of Shama at UTM 704664-668268, and an ambulance was required for his medical evacuation.
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
Global CWD Repository
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
Global CWD Repository
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. …
Ddasaccident585, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident585, Hd-Aid
Global CWD Repository
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 …
Ddasaccident643, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident643, Hd-Aid
Global CWD Repository
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.
Ddasaccident745, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident745, Hd-Aid
Global CWD Repository
[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
Ddasaccident472, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident472, Hd-Aid
Global CWD Repository
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
Global CWD Repository
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
Ddasaccident558, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident558, Hd-Aid
Global CWD Repository
Stood on PMN mine, after accidentally stepping over the front of lane marker. Mine did not function properly and so injuries not consistent with those expected from type of mine.