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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
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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.
Ddasaccident632, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident632, Hd-Aid
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The accident occurred whilst the deminer was excavating on a detector reading; the deminer failed to identify the center of reading, therefore he hit top of the mine.
Ddasaccident497, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident497, Hd-Aid
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Task# 132 is part of security belt of Bagram Regiment -40 which is contaminated by AP mines. Deminer [the Victim] using a hand trowel excavated onto an AP mine and caused it to detonate. As a result of this detonation he suffered minor injuries to his right hand and more serious to his face and both eyes with serious corneal defect to right eye, first degree burns to his face and ear damage.
Ddasaccident496, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident496, Hd-Aid
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At around 12:55 hrs accident happened on [the Victim] while he was investigating the signal. Team leader was controlling other lane, which was at his 200 in distance from [the Victim’s] lane. Section leader was controlling other section at his 50 m distance.
Ddasaccident629, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident629, Hd-Aid
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The primary cause of this accident is listed as Inadequate equipment because the handtool issued to the deminer was not designed for purpose and did not protect his hand in the event of a blast. The secondary cause is listed as Unavoidable because it is possible that the deminer was working to his SOPs when the accident occurred.
Ddasaccident494, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident494, Hd-Aid
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The machine was preparing the ground for manual parties in one of the routes that the teeth of bucket hit top of an anti tank YM-11 Iranian mine and caused it to explode.
Ddasaccident557, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident557, Hd-Aid
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On Thursday 5th of July 2007 at approx.1130 hrs, land caretaker ([Name removed]) informed one member of [International demining NGO] EOD team (via phone) that his workers ([Name removed] and his father [Name removed]) found one sub-munitions (1xM46), while working inside the citrus orchard, at Task CBU-193B. The M46 was located hanging on the branch knob of lemon tree approx. 1.6 m from the ground level, in an area which had been cleared by [International demining NGO] using sub-surface Battle Area Clearance (BAC) procedures (Schonstedt GA-72Cd Magnetic Locator). A second sub-munition (1xM77) was located in CBU-193D, lying on the ground …
Ddasaccident563, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident563, Hd-Aid
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On the 5th July 2007 at 1228hrs, two [International commercial demining agency] BAC searchers were involved in an accident, which was caused by an uncontrolled detonation of an M77 sub-munitions. The detonation took place during a period when all searchers were not conducting search/clearance operations but were preparing to start work after a 10 minutes rest period.
Ddasaccident792, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident792, Hd-Aid
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[The Victim] deminer was working in his lane and had some advancement on his working lane. After he excavated a signal and found nothing he went to the safe area for rest and when he was coming back on the lane that was cleared by him, suddenly the explosion occurred. It shows that he had missed a mine.
Ddasaccident561, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident561, Hd-Aid
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On 2nd Jul 2007, two sub-munitions (1x M77 & 1xM42) were reported as found by the [International commercial company] completions team during a final inspection of CBU 771, before handover to the MACC SL. These items were located by the local land owner (woman) while harvesting her wheat crop. They were located in an area immediately adjacent to her house (within the task site) which had been reported as cleared by [International commercial company] sub-surface. The items were located on the surface. The owner reported the find to [International commercial company] completions team during and internal completion QA.
Ddasaccident469, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident469, Hd-Aid
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A mine blast incident occurred at approximately 08:35hrs on Sunday 01/07/2007 in the minefield 69270030. The deminer detonated a M35 Belgium anti personnel blast mine due in direct contact to the top of the mine. At the time of the incident the deminer was wearing the PPE (Body vest and Goggles). Deminer tried to lift the top soil crust by using heavy rake, The rake slipped and struck the mine resulting in mine blast. The deminer sustained no injury.
Report On The Follow-Up Assessment Into Operational Mine/Uxo Activities In Kosovo, Gichd
Report On The Follow-Up Assessment Into Operational Mine/Uxo Activities In Kosovo, Gichd
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In July-August 2006, the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) conducted a mission to Kosovo at the request of the Office of the Kosovo Protection Corps Coordinator (OKPCC). The purpose of the mission was to assess concerns raised by the HALO Trust that the extent of the remaining landmine and unexploded ordnance (UXO) contamination in Kosovo had been underestimated and, thus, provided an inadequate basis for future planning. The assessment team reviewed a sample of task dossiers, including all those identified as a concern by the HALO Trust. They found some problems with information management in the Explosive Ordnance …
Ddasaccident468, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident468, Hd-Aid
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[The Victim] was part of an [Demining group] Mine Clearance Team was clearing an area of ground that they knew was definitely mined with PMN anti-personnel mines, laid very close together, at intervals of less than one metre between one mine and the next. The day was not a normal working day but nothing untoward had happened during the previous twenty-four hours that might affect operations at the site. [The Victim] was working unsupervised in the middle part of the site; the drills and procedures he was using were probably not in accordance with SOP and the site was inadequately …
Ddasaccident568, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident568, Hd-Aid
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On the morning of 21st June 07 at approximately 0616hrs [Demining group] BAC Teams commenced operations at CBU 071. At approximately 1104hrs, an uncontrolled explosion occurred in the plantation at UTM 728309/3676516. An [Demining group] searcher, Mr. [the Victim] who was conducting search operations in the area of the detonation was not directly involved in causing the detonation but he was in the immediate area of the detonation where he was conducting sub surface clearance operations.
Ddasaccident721, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident721, Hd-Aid
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The searcher was working in the lane when he had a need for toilet. The searcher closed his lane using a base stick (picture 1). The searcher put down his detector on the ground (picture 2). When the searcher was approximate 10 metres away the detonation occurred. The searcher fell down, turned on the side and become unconscious.
Ddasaccident569, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident569, Hd-Aid
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On 18 June 2007 at 1140 hrs (local time), [the Victim] a (Commercial demining group) Deminer, inadvertently caused an item of explosive ordnance (EO), which is considered to be a No. 4A anti-personnel mine, to activate, while conducting the manual mine clearance full excavation procedure. As a result of the explosion [the Victim] was thrown backwards by the blast wave and suffered a traumatic amputation of the right hand, a fractured right humerous and critical head and eye injuries.
Ddasaccident507, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident507, Hd-Aid
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The mentioned area is located to a hill side which is contaminated by AP mines and is a dense area of fragments. The area is steep and raining over the past years washed down the soil from the top of the hill and changed the position of some mines. [The Victim] deminer was excavating the ground while suddenly the accident happened. As the deminer had worn his PPE and visor, he did not receive any injuries and he is in good health situation. The investigation result shows that the negligence of the deminer and poor control of command group contribute …
Ddasaccident736, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident736, Hd-Aid
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Because the area was recently worked on (ploughed) and thus the lack of evidence, it cannot be confirmed that the BLU 63 was missed during clearance, its original depth or previous location and possible migration / importation with the compost.
Ddasaccident761, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident761, Hd-Aid
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The item (M 77) was located on a road inside and between cleared areas. The road itself has been cleared and the item is so obvious that it cant been missed during clearance. See photo attached for road condition.
Ddasaccident484, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident484, Hd-Aid
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On 04 June 2007 at 1103 hrs while the deminer was working in his clearance lane, his trowel struck the top of a PMN anti personnel mine, causing the mine to detonate. During the accident his visor was not worn. This lack of face protection caused the serious injuries to his eyes. The accident occurred near a corner of a ruined mud wall. The mud wall over a period of time had gradually disintegrated and fallen on ground surface, thus increasing the ground depth over the mine. The ground depth reached 70 cm at the accident point; the deminer had …
Ddasaccident495, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident495, Hd-Aid
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As a result of a demining accident on [the Victim], the deminer of [National demining agency], MCT-17 at 09:35 Hrs, February 06, 2007 in task # AF/2002/17610/MF0337, located at Qala-e-Shater village, Injeel district of Herat province, investigation team was convened by UNAMAC Hirat to conduct the investigation and find out the main causes of mentioned accident.
Ddasaccident493, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident493, Hd-Aid
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On 2nd June 2007, a demining accident occurred to deminer of [National demining agency] named [the Victim] at MF # AF/2402/00000/MF192 located at Tourkotal village, Daman district of Kandahar province. As the involved deminer had used the PPE properly, he has not received any injuries.
Ddasaccident552, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident552, Hd-Aid
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According to the AMAC Northeast’s investigation report, the accident occurred while the deminer was excavating on a reading in a cross lane (cut lane). As a result of this accident, the deminer received some light injuries on both hands. According to the Assistant Team Leader, the mine position had changed and the deminer’s bayonet touched the top of the mine and detonated.
Ddasaccident567, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident567, Hd-Aid
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On the morning of 21st May 2007 at approximately 0630hrs [Demining group] BAC Team 2 re-deployed back to CBU 040 to start operations. At approximately 1140hrs, an uncontrolled explosion occurred at the building site adjacent to the rear of the BAC Team 2 CP, UTM 712082/3681844, involving a civilian worker, Mr. [the Victim], who was delivering building material to the construction site. Mr. [the Victim] had reversed his truck on the area adjacent the construction site and had commenced to unload the vehicle. During this process Mr. [the Victim] kicked, stepped or dropped some building materials on a M77 sub-munition …
Ddasaccident447, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident447, Hd-Aid
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Activity being performed when accident occurred: [the Victim] was performing excavation with a bayonet probe (prodder) from left to right (left handed) and hit a PMN mine. It is not clear why was he using his bayonet prodder for excavation, or if he probed the soil before excavating. No MDD or MDU were in support of DT #4 on the day the accident occurred.
Ddasaccident445, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident445, Hd-Aid
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Activity being performed when accident occurred: According to [Demining group] Field Officer, Mr. [Name removed], both deminers were together on the base stick when the accident occurred because acting SL [Victim no.1] was verbally instructing Deminer [Victim no.2] how to perform excavation. Deminer [Victim no.2] was performing excavation with a bayonet probe (prodder) and hit a PMN mine. It is not clear why was he using his bayonet prodder for excavation, or if he probed the soil before excavating. No MDD or MDU were in support of DT #4 on the day the accident occurred.
Ddasaccident762, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident762, Hd-Aid
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The land owner, [Name removed], immediately contacted the CLO area 1-5 on the 5th May 2007 to report the location and the events surrounding the incident. This site was visited by MACC SL Operations, QA and the CLO to conduct an investigation of the event surrounding the discovery of the sub-munitions.
Ddasaccident775, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident775, Hd-Aid
Global CWD Repository
After the inhabitants of the Milon village requested AMAC Gardez for clearance of this mined suspected road, the AMAC deployed a LIAT and subsequently a survey team to this area. The technical survey of this minefield completed on 14 June 2005 and as it was antitank mine, on 12 July 2005, [Demining group] # 15 was tasked to clear it. After clearance, it was handed over to local people. The involved tractor was carrying construction material to one of the inhabitant’s house but before arriving to the destination, it has been hit by a mine.
Ddasaccident490, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident490, Hd-Aid
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A. On 19 April 2007, while the [International demining NGO] loader (MDU # 9) was excavating the ground by using Gill bucket and then the soil inspecting for Antitank mines and UXO but an antipersonnel YM-1 mine has passed through the grids of the Gill bucket and missed from inspection. While the Loader has been levelling the loose dragged soil, in reverse position the front left was tyre driven on the mine and exploded it.