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Ddasaccident710, Hd-Aid

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According to investigation report and the observation of accident point, the accident occurred in un-cleared area within the minefield. The deminer was returning back from the rest area to resume the work in his clearance lane, he entered into the minefield, stepped on PMN2 anti-personnel mine and accident happened. The worksite was well prepared and the area was clearly marked in accordance to the [Demining group] SOPs. The deminer did not consider and use the clear access lane to proceed to his working area while he was well aware about the cleared/un-cleared parts of the minefield. He was not stopped …

Ddasaccident719, Hd-Aid

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On 22 December 2010 team arrived to the area on 06:30 and started operation on 07:00 working for 45 minutes and then 15 minutes break, the second round started on 08:00 for the same working and breaking period. The third round started on 09:00, [the Victim] worked in his clearance lane using metal detector and then stopped on 09:25 wanted to mark his clearance lane. He picked up marking material/equipment attempted to mark his clearance lane. On the way back he slipped out from his cleared lane to un-clear area, his right foot came on a mine and the accident …

Ddasaccident724, Hd-Aid

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On 21 Dec 2011, the deminer [the Victim] started his work as usual in the assigned task for him to continue the clearance of the Mine Line (SML) which was laid as a cluster with one AT mine (M19) guarded by 3 APs M35 and after recovering and defusing one AT (19) and 2 APs (M35 / no defusing), the deminer started his work for the second period at 8:45 and he reported one signal to the team leader. The team leader left him to proceed with the proper procedures to recover and defuse the mine and at 8:55 hrs …

Ddasaccident740, Hd-Aid

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On the 13th Dec 2010 at 10:37, the deminer [Victim No.1] was operating in his clearance lane excavating a detected signal, his prodder touched on a subsurface tripwire of POMZ mine which caused it to explode. According to the investigation report the signal was not pinpointed correctly and the de-miner has used pick in contrary to set procedure, during the excavation, he pulled the subsurface tripwire connected with POMZ mine. The accident resulted in superficial injuries to deminer’s hands, left thigh and left side of abdomen.

Ddasaccident801, Hd-Aid

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The deminer was busy with clearance in M/F No3, Lane No1 and had an indication from his F3 mine detector. He then carried out the prodder drill investigating the signal and the mine detonated. It is unclear at present why the No4 A/P mine detonated. It appears that the mine was slightly outside the 10cm overlap of the basestick but this could not be confirmed due to the movement of the marking rocks and base stick when the blast occurred.

Ddasaccident726, Hd-Aid

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The demolition team of [Demining group] arranged the smoke grenades in demolition pit in their CDS on 07:00 and then started Ordnance Disposal Operation, disposing of smoke grenades using electric demolition procedures. On 07:33 they conducted first fire by the exploder machine from their firing point. They waited for almost 18 minutes and then Technical Advisor started conducting Electric Misfire Procedures, he to correct misfire. On 08:10 the accident occurred and TA was killed immediately after accident.made manual approach

The First Meeting Of States Parties To The Convention On Cluster Munitions (2010), Ccm

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The First Meeting of States Parties (1MSP) took place in Vientiane, Lao PDR, from 9 to 12 November 2010 and gathered some 1,200 delegates from 40 State Parties, 47 signatory States, 34 observer States and 20 international organizations (see list below).

The meeting was opened by Ambassador Gerard Corr of Ireland, Chairperson of the preparatory meeting for the 1MSP. During the first plenary meeting, the meeting confirmed by acclamation Mr. Thongloun Sisoulith, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, as President of the 1MSP to the CCM.

Ddasaccident714, Hd-Aid

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I remember on the 25th of Oct. 2010 on the first part of work I cleared 3 AP mines from the first cluster as all the AT mines are cleared from the belt, then I headed to the next cluster following the team leader orders and started removing a 12 o’clock mine, when I was near its suggested location after making visual check and cleared the grass around it using the light rake I were no injuries thanks god, then the team leader came with deminer {name removed] and checked me and evacuated me walking to the ambulance which was …

Ddasaccident713, Hd-Aid

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TYRE, Lebanon — A sapper was killed and at least four others were wounded on Monday when a cluster bomb exploded as their team cleared a mine-infested field in southern Lebanon, a security source said.

Ddasaccident591, Hd-Aid

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On the 15th of October 2010 a demining accident occurred on site DA-SS-2091 in the Kapoeta locality of Eastern Equatoria where the international TFM sustained fatal injuries due to an uncontrolled detonation which occurred whilst his excavating/preparing a No4 AP mine for demolitions in situ. After initial medical care, the seriously injured TFM later succumbed to his wounds while on the Kapoeta airstrip under the attention of medical personnel awaiting air evacuation to more suitable medical facilities.

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.

Ddasaccident753, Hd-Aid

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On the 7th Oct 2010 at 08:40, the deminer [the Victim] initiated a PMN anti-personnel mine with a pick outside of his clearance lane which caused the accident. The section leader was around 60 meters away busy in taking coordinates of a found mine with GPS and the team leader was busy in admin area updating the attendance sheet. The deminer was busy in the minefield without being observed by the command group for almost 15 minutes during the operation while the accident happened.

Ddasaccident606, Hd-Aid

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On Saturday 02 October 2010 at approximately 10:00am a [Civil Contractor] grader struck an AT mine approximately one meter from the road center-line whilst carrying-out maintenance on the Juba to Nimule Road. The grader operator suffered serious injuries as a result of the blast. He was evacuated to a hospital in Juba, stabilized and then as he was from Uganda he was evacuated the following day to Kampala for further treatment. The grader operator later died from his injuries 20 October in Kampala.

Ddasaccident703, Hd-Aid

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The deminer was working in the centre lane in the main minefield 346 and he recovered 6 M14 APs. At 12:15 hrs he started to approach AP M14 and he located one cluster then he moved to the next one, and while he was conducting visual check stage, he did not follow the proper procedure to remove the grass ,instead of using grass cutter to remove the grass he used his bared hand to pull the grass which accidentally caused the blast.

Ddasaccident640, Hd-Aid

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According to the witness statements and the physical observation of the accident point, the accident happened while the de-miner was walking from the rest area to his clearance lane. He stepped on missed PMN anti-personnel mine in cleared area. Therefore, this mine was missed during the clearance operation. The exploded mine resulted in below knee amputation of deminer’s right leg, multiple injuries on his left leg, left foot heel, right hand palm and some minor injuries on his right arm. The de-miner was sent to Khost hospital after receiving first aids in the site. While accident happened the de-miner did …

Ddasaccident655, Hd-Aid

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Deminer was approaching 9 O’clock M35 AP mine on one of the main mine belt clusters, after she removed the AT mine she located the M35 mine and started to excavate beside the mine, accidently she hit the mine by the heavy rake and caused the blast

Ddasaccident759, Hd-Aid

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On 06 Sep 2010, when Mr. [the Victim] was working in his clearance lane and excavated a detected signal, during the excavation drill his excavation tool touched the mine and caused it to go off. According to investigation report the cause of the accident was the wrong excavation technique, as he started excavation drill close to the pinpointing target. He had gone down and did not expand the trench to allow entry from the side, which caused to stroke his excavation tool on the top of the mine. Due to the injuries sustained on his eyes, it seems that the …

Ddasaccident693, Hd-Aid

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While the deminer was clearing an area assigned to him by the team leader and after he recovered an AT Saci mine he entered the contaminated hazardous area trying to locate the AP M14 12 o’clock mine with out following the SOP and the proper procedure , then he stepped on a non cleared area and activated the M14 which caused a badly injured to his left foot.

Ddasaccident729, Hd-Aid

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On 17 August 2010 while [the Victim] was working in his clearance lane, his excavation tool touched a mine and caused it to go off. According to the investigation report and the injuries sustained by victim deminer, it seems that the de-miner has excavated a detected signal carelessly and in contrary to their SOP. It means signal was not pinpointed correctly and the de-miner had used the excavation tool directly on the top of mine, so the accident happened. Unfortunately the de-miner did not put his PPE on, therefore, he got severe injuries on his eyes, whole face, neck, chest, …

Ddasaccident730, Hd-Aid

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On 17 August 2010 Mr. [the Victim] the deminer was working in his clearance lane excavating a detected signal, his excavation tool touched a mine and caused it to explode. According to the investigation report the signal was not pinpointed correctly and the de-miner has used his bayonet directly on the top of anti-personnel mine, so the accident happened. Unfortunately the victim deminer was not fully dressed with PPE, so he got severe injuries on his eyes, whole face and finger of his left hand.

Ddasaccident658, Hd-Aid

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On 15 August 2010 while [the Victim] deminer was busy in his clearance lane excavating a detected signal, his excavation tool touched a mine and caused it to explode. According to the investigation report the signal was not pinpointed correctly and the deminer has used his excavation tool directly on the top of anti-personnel mine and the accident happened. Fortunately the victim deminer was fully dressed with PPE, so he got a superficial injury between the thumb & index finger of his right hand.

Ddasaccident659, Hd-Aid

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The incident happened while the deminer trying to investigate a signal using the heavy RAKE. The deminer was close to the mine and the distance was less than the RAKE handle 2.2 m that the area very sloppy (water course) and the deminer was looking for the missing mines.

Ddasaccident799, Hd-Aid

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The accident occurred in (NR 205) on the 13th August 2010 in a cleared mine field (?) in Al Lafa Kassala where a tractor driver was injured by an Anti-Tank (AT) PRB 35 mine whilst cultivating an area of land that had been released through full manual clearance by [Demining group]. The tractor driver suffered injuries to his upper and lower right limbs.

Ddasaccident650, Hd-Aid

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On 13th August 2010 an Al Lafa, Kassala farmer was ploughing his field by tractor at approximately 2300hrs, when he detonated an antitank mine. The left rear tyre was destroyed, luckily he survived with surprisingly minor injuries. After some initial confusion as to whether the mine was or was not in a cleared area (perhaps a data reading error) and a preliminary investigation, it was established that the site had been previously cleared. BOI 2010/03 was initiated to determine the facts and make recommendations to the mineaction community.

Ddasaccident737, Hd-Aid

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It was 07:10 AM on 14 July 2010 while an anti-vehicle mine exploded under the back tyre of [Demining group] MDU-04 FEL machine during the ground processing operation. Fortunately no casualty is involved in this incident; only one tyre and a wheel were destroyed by the explosion. The main objective of MDU support to [Other demining group] DT was the possibility of deeper mines due to extra soil and gravel brought by seasonal floods in the site. Therefore, the depth of mines should have been expected more than default. This was the main issue which had not been considered by …

Ddasaccident644, Hd-Aid

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The incident happened due an individual mistake while the deminer investigating an indicated signal by the metal detector in the predicted site of the AP mine within the cluster. The deminer mis approach the mine and hit it from the top which caused the heavy RAKE to press the pressure plate and activated the mine about 2m from the deminer (the length of the RAKE handle). This the second incident with the same deminer and the same scenario.

Ddasaccident750, Hd-Aid

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On 10 July 2010 at 09:15 AM Mr. [the Victim] the de-miner of mentioned team was working in his clearance lane, excavating a detected signal, his pick touched on the top of a PMN 2 anti-personnel mine and caused it to go off. According to the investigation report the de-miner has used the pickaxe to investigate the signal instead of the bayonet and it seems as he used the pick directly on the top of signal, so caused the accident. Luckily the deminer was fully dressed with PPE, so he got a superficial injury on hand. Then the victim de-miner …

Ddasaccident758, Hd-Aid

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On 7th July 2010 at 08:30 KAB 174 Rippers FEL of [Demining group] MDU-05 started ground processing operations in MF 0351, supporting MDG-20 in their clearance operations. During this operation a P2MK2 anti-vehicle mine exploded on its right back tyre and caused damages to it and its wheel. Fortunately there is no any casualty involved in this incident. According to the investigation report, this MDU started operations from the safe area and gradually proceeded into the MF, on the way back to safe area, the machine entered in un-cleared area, initiated a mine and caused incident. The machine operator was …

Ddasaccident763, Hd-Aid

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According to the investigation reports, the accident occurred on 05 July at 10:00 during the break time of the team. The deminer [the Victim] left his clearance lane after the break started, and walked ahead around 100 meters towards the mountain top, where the boundary lane of Task # 0033 was located. He was carrying a saw and wanted to cut a shovel or axe handle there from the trees. But the area was mined and he knew about that. Around one metre away from the boundary lane of MF 0033, he started to cut a shovel or axe handle, …

Ddasaccident767, Hd-Aid

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The team started operations on 05:30 at the morning, everyone received briefing from the team leader. MU-07 was implementing a regime of 30 minutes work and 10 minutes break in this area, as it is a difficult and steep sloping task. It was 08:15 that the deminer [Victim No.2] detected a signal in his clearance lane and then identified that it was a POMZ mine after discovering a part of it. He called his team leader that he has found a POMZ mine and partially discovered it. During the investigation, he initiated the mine, causing it to detonate and the …