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Ddasaccident392, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident392, Hd-Aid
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The Team Leader started to walk out to the rest area and [the victim] started to mark the cleared area by knocking in red pickets. After approx 12 m, (when Team Leader was facing the access lane in a Northern direction), an uncontrolled detonation occurred.
Ddasaccident395, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident395, Hd-Aid
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On the 26th September 2002 at approximately 1430 hrs whilst [Name excised, the Victim], was ploughing a field in Raab ett Talatine, a detonation occurred under the left hand back wheel of his tractor.
Ddasaccident393, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident393, Hd-Aid
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[The Victim] then excavated around the front and right hand side of the rock using his right hand, nothing being located. As it would have been difficult to excavate around the left hand side of the rock using his right hand he swapped hands and started to excavate using his left hand, (something that [the Victim] regularly does). [the Victim] had excavated approximately 15 cms in depth when there was an uncontrolled detonation.
Ddasaccident382, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident382, Hd-Aid
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On the day of the accident a [1st commercial demining group] Deminer was conducting manual clearance in a clearance lane next to a row of No.4 mines. While using the demining trowel to scratch small pieces of gravel away from one No.4 mine, it detonated.
Ddasaccident380, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident380, Hd-Aid
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The Team 2i/c started packing the equipment at the Bench Mark (BM), whilst the Team Leader checked the disposal serial. He checked the first row of mines and was satisfied that a high order had been achieved on all four mines. He then moved forward to check the second row when an uncontrolled detonation occurred.
Ddasaccident383, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident383, Hd-Aid
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He had excavated approximately 15 cms towards the initial signal and 5 cms in depth when he came to a rock, he then continued to excavate down when the uncontrolled detonation occurred.
Ddasaccident381, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident381, Hd-Aid
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The Deminer then started to excavate the right hand signal, starting 20cms back from the signal source. He had excavated approximately 12 – 15 cms in distance from the signal, at a depth of 18 cms, with the width of the excavation trench being approximately 20cms wide before the uncontrolled detonation occurred.
Ddasaccident379, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident379, Hd-Aid
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At the time of the accident a Manual Clearance Team were operational on M/F 505 clearance site, at Bal’awin, Bayt Yahun. At approximately 14:00, hrs an uncontrolled detonation in a previously cleared area occurred, whilst the Team Leader was checking the area.
Ddasaccident378, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident378, Hd-Aid
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The Team Leader then adopted the kneeling position wearing his protective jacket and protective visor (down position). Prior to moving the rock he probed underneath it, checking for booby-traps, he then attempted to physically move the rock, whereupon an uncontrolled detonation occurred.
Ddasaccident394, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident394, Hd-Aid
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Once prepared to load the fuzes, Deminer [C] ordered Deminer [D, the victim] to pass him the fuzes from the ground sheet, to the vehicle where he was going to put them in the team detonator box. Deminer [the victim] picked up all 3 x fuzes and laid them on the palm of his left hand, he then handed the first fuze to Deminer [C] who in turn placed the fuze into the detonator box. There was an uncontrolled detonation of an Israeli No4 Anti Personnel mine fuze.
Ddasaccident391, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident391, Hd-Aid
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At the time of the accident [Demining group] Manual Clearance Team No3 were operational on the Southern sector of M/F 147 clearance site, at Bayt Yahun. At approximately 1200 hrs an uncontrolled detonation occurred in the clearance lane.