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Ddasaccident133, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident133, Hd-Aid
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The investigators decided that the victim got a detector reading and investigated it but found nothing. He checked with the detector and still got a reading, so squatted to prod thinking it was a fragment. The device which exploded was assumed to be an MUV fuze because of the presence of POMZ fragments in that minefield.
Ddasaccident359, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident359, Hd-Aid
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The operator had returned to Pit 1 and was in the process of checking the pit fully when the EOD specialist arrived. As he left the pit to meet him, one of the fuzes functioned. 2 fragments had entered through the side and rear of his boot.
Ddasaccident144, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident144, Hd-Aid
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The investigators determined that the victim was carrying four UXOs to a Central Demolition Site when he slipped and dropped the UXOs.
Ddasaccident169, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident169, Hd-Aid
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Victim No.1 was carrying a DK2 fuse to the collections pit and dropped it. It exploded when it hit the ground. The victim was leaning over slightly when it fell and received injuries to his cheek and nose. The other two victims were close by and were hit on the back by fragments and small stones.
Ddasaccident091, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident091, Hd-Aid
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The investigators determined that the victim was clearing an area containing numerous fuzes. Instead of destroying the fuze where it was, he carried the fuze to another place where he "might have" dropped it and caused the accident. The device was identified as a mortar fuze, one among many UXO spread around the area and blast damaged.
Ddasaccident098, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident098, Hd-Aid
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The investigators determined that the two victims found a "UXO" fuze while working in a bushy area.
Ddasaccident111, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident111, Hd-Aid
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The demining group stated that the Section Leader was carrying a UXO fuze (BM 21 rocket fuze) for disposal when he dropped it and it went off. Three other victims were close by.