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Ddasaccident020, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident020, Hd-Aid
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When the deminer came alongside the first mine, he located another, and called the victim again. The victim decided to prepare the mines for destruction, took the deminer's "spade" and sent him away. When the deminer reached the safe area the detonation occurred at 09:55.
Ddasaccident009, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident009, Hd-Aid
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The victim had been a deminer for seven years. It was ten days since he had last attended a revision course, and two days since he was last on leave. The ground being cleared was described as the medium-hard bed of a dry lake. The victim's bayonet was destroyed and the visor damaged. The investigators claimed to have found fragments to confirm that the mine involved was a PMN.
Ddasaccident027, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident027, Hd-Aid
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An investigation was made by the Deputy Director of the National MA authority and a UN QA officer. They found that the victim had stepped on a PMN on a disused track and suffered traumatic amputation to his left leg below the knee, injuries to his eyes and "small wounds" on his right leg.
Ddasaccident058, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident058, Hd-Aid
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No accident report was made available. The demining group's country office had no copy. The accident was listed on a simple spreadsheet held by the country MAC.The injury was given as "upper jaw".
Ddasaccident099, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident099, Hd-Aid
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The investigators determined that the victim was marking the cleared area up to a mine he had uncovered and which was awaiting detonation. It was near the end of the day so he wanted to go off duty after the found mine was destroyed. He dropped a stone close (25cm) to the found mine and the impact detonated another mine close by. His visor was up at the time, so his face was unprotected. The mine was identified as a PMN [presumably by inference].
Ddasaccident103, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident103, Hd-Aid
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The investigators determined that the victim was clearing a breaching lane bordered by barbed wire. When the wire got in the way too much, he stopped work to pull it aside. In pulling it aside he stepped outside the cleared area and trod on the mine. The mine was believed to be a PMN (from "found fragments") but there was concern expressed that the mine was "an MS3 (anti-lift device)" at the time. The victim's visor was damaged.
Ddasaccident104, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident104, Hd-Aid
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The investigators determined that the victim returned to his breaching lane after the short break and accidentally walked beyond the area he had cleared before the break, where he stepped on a mine. He may have not marked the end of his work properly. The device was identified as a PMN (from "found fragments").
Ddasaccident029, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident029, Hd-Aid
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The primary cause is listed as a "Management/control inadequacy" because it seems that the group's SOPs allowed the victim to be too close to detonations on too many occasions and so those responsible for devising the SOPs and training were at fault.
Ddasaccident108, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident108, Hd-Aid
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The victim was injured when a farmer drove a tractor into an uncleared area close to where he was working. The deminer went to warn the tractor driver when the tractor ran over a PMN (identified from "found fragments") and the deminer suffered small facial and left eye injuries.