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Ddasaccident687, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident687, Hd-Aid
Global CWD Repository
The accident occurred because of the ignorance of standard operating procedures and appropriated method of demolitions and destruction of ammunitions.
Ddasaccident673, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident673, Hd-Aid
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Refering to other accidents with this demining group at this period, the Victim may have been using a “pick”. Whatever tool the Victim was using, it is likely that he did not pinpoint the detector signal correctly and so began excavating on top of the mine.
Ddasaccident654, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident654, Hd-Aid
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It is the BOI conclusion that the deminer, [the Victim], was not clearly marking his lane progressively throughout the course of the day. He has moved back into his clearance lane during a break period, without wearing his PPE and helmet, to place a marking stone. He has not wanted to get too close to the unsafe area and has leant forward and thrown the marking stone forward to mark the lane. This stone has landed on a mine with the detonation causing the stones to be thrown up from the blast and inflicting the injuries that have resulted in …
Ddasaccident636, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident636, Hd-Aid
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The accident occurred because of carelessness of the deminer as he used chisel directly on the detected signal instead of [Demining group] standard excavating tool (scraper). The poor command and control is another contributing factor for this accident as he was not stopped by command group.
Ddasaccident791, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident791, Hd-Aid
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Task # 824 was one of the tasks surveyed by MCPA and then cleared by [Demining group] in period of around 10 months. The clearance operations started there on 12th December 2005 and completed on 17th November 2006. After completion of clearance operations and handing over of this task to local population, on 3rd of October 2008 a civilian mine accident happened to a 13 years old boy walking in the area busy in kite playing.
Ddasaccident674, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident674, Hd-Aid
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The primary cause of this accident is listed as a Field Control Inadequacy because the investigators determined that poor command and control was a cause. The secondary cause is listed as Other because there is too little detail in the summary to be able to assess what occurred.
Ddasaccident784, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident784, Hd-Aid
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The BOI team believes this detonation may have occurred as a result of the deminer having leant forward from a safe point and thrown a marking stone down onto the ground. His aim may have been off and he may have inadvertently thrown the stone onto a mine that had not previously been found in the lane. The mine has detonated, propelling the marking stone and other stones back at him with the marking stone striking him in the chest and the remaining stones having caused the injuries around the forehead and eyes. Unfortunately these injuries have resulted in his …
Ddasaccident656, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident656, Hd-Aid
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It is unusual for a severe foot injury to occur during excavation. The Victim must have been standing or squatting and, despite mention of a “trowel”, he may have been using the ubiquitous “pick”. The Inadequate equipment listed under Notes refers to the use of inappropriate tools, as identified by the investigators. If he was using a trowel, it is likely that he did not pinpoint the detector signal correctly and so began excavating on top of the mine, as has been reported with several other accidents in this theatre at this time.
Ddasaccident652, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident652, Hd-Aid
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The primary cause of this accident is listed as a Field Control Inadequacy because the investigators determined that the supervisor allowed the machine to work in bad weather and did not correct the driver’s error. The secondary cause is listed as Victim Inattention because it seems that the driver did not intend to reverse out of the cleared area. There may have been inadequate area marking in place.
Ddasaccident651, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident651, Hd-Aid
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It is the conclusion of the investigation team that the carelessness of involved team leader cased the accident. As he intentionally picked up the device and tampered it without taking precautionary measures in to consideration
Ddasaccident704, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident704, Hd-Aid
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It is the conclusion of the investigation team that the carelessness of involved deminer, use of wrong tool for excavation and poor supervision caused the accident happened.
Ddasaccident697, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident697, Hd-Aid
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It is the conclusion of investigation team that the carelessness of involved ATL, deviation from AMAS and [Demining group]’s SOP and use of dark visor during disarming operation on the fuse are the contributing factors to this accident. Additionally the rule of supervision is vital in preventing such accidents.
Ddasaccident688, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident688, Hd-Aid
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It is the conclusion of the investigation team that the carelessness of involved deminer, poor command and control and deviation from SOPs caused the accident happened.
Ddasaccident780, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident780, Hd-Aid
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On 22 August 2008 while de-miner [the Victim] was working in his clearance lane from up downward direction. He used scraper as a standard tool for excavation, but the area was hard and bushy. The de-miner hit the mine directly on its top during excavation and caused the explosion. However the deminer had worn his PPE but has got some injuries on his finger and arm of his right hand.
Ddasaccident665, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident665, Hd-Aid
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On 17 August 2010 [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 deminer 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.
Ddasaccident616, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident616, Hd-Aid
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The primary cause of this accident is listed as a Field Control inadequacy because the investigators found that there was poor supervision at the time of the accident. The secondary cause is listed as Other because there is not enough detail in the summary to determine what the deminer was doing, and what tool he was using.
Ddasaccident615, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident615, Hd-Aid
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It is the conclusion of the investigation team that the carelessness of involved deminer, poor supervision and denying of mechanical asset by government authority are the main factors for the accident happened. The rule of supervision is vital in such a difficult task and can prevent the accidents.
Ddasaccident611, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident611, Hd-Aid
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It is the conclusion of the investigation team that the involved deminer did not properly find the centre of the signal because of extra soil accumulated there, and thus started excavation directly from the top of the signal by force, which caused the accident happened.
Assessment Of The Mine Action Centre For Afghanistan, Ted Paterson, Faiz Paktian, William Fryer
Assessment Of The Mine Action Centre For Afghanistan, Ted Paterson, Faiz Paktian, William Fryer
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The main purposes of this report are to (i) advise CIDA/ATF on what it should expect from the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) in terms of reporting on development results, and (ii) assess feasible timelines and approaches for the transfer of UN responsibilities for mine action in Afghanistan to national organs, capable of addressing the country's future problems stemming from explosives contamination. The specific objectives of the assessment relate to: 1. Donor coordination, particularly as this relates to the UNMAS/MACA exit strategy and the emergence of national ownership; 2. Nationalisation, particularly with respect to the transition to full national ownership; …
Ddasaccident768, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident768, Hd-Aid
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It is the conclusion of the investigation team that the mine was not missed from the clearance team but had been brought by someone and put there. One of the local residents named [Name removed] narrated that, he had placed a mine under a small stone, but has not been found there. The crater made by exploded mine was less than 5cm which shows that as it was put on the ground [surface].
Ddasaccident685, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident685, Hd-Aid
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The primary cause of this accident is listed as a Field Control Inadequacy because the Victim was working with his visor raised and using a pick and his error was not corrected. The secondary cause is listed as a Management Control Inadequacy because the demining group’s management is responsible for ensuring that field supervisors prevent deminers from breaching approved SOPs.
Ddasaccident679, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident679, Hd-Aid
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Deminers were using large loop detector during turning to the second lane/loop he may stepped on a stone which fall down on the UXO or might stepped directly on the UXO.
Ddasaccident680, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident680, Hd-Aid
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The primary cause of this accident is listed as Other because there is not enough information to draw any conclusion about the cause of the accident. The secondary cause is listed as a Management Control Inadequacy because the spreadsheet summary includes no details or injury or conclusions and is virtually useless, which is a UN MACCA responsibility.
Ddasaccident639, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident639, Hd-Aid
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The primary cause of this accident is listed as a Field Control Inadequacy because the Victim was working with his visor raised and using a pick and his error was not corrected. The secondary cause is listed as a Management Control Inadequacy because the demining group’s management is responsible for ensuring that field supervisors prevent deminers from breaching approved SOPs.
Ddasaccident630, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident630, Hd-Aid
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The primary cause of this accident is listed as a Field Control Inadequacy because the investigators found that there was inadequate field supervision at the time of the accident. The secondary case is listed as a Management Control Inadequacy because it is the senior management’s responsibility to ensure that there is adequate field supervision on site at all times.
Ddasaccident631, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident631, Hd-Aid
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On 1st July 2009 MU-16 of [Demining group] started clearance operation on mentioned task, On 08 July 2009 at 0919hrs while [the Victim] was investigating a signal in his clearance lane, he found two bullets. He re-checked the spot and found the same signal, this process repeated for three times. Finally he found a root stump in the excavation trench with a thickness of around 2.5 cm and started to remove it, because it was blocking further excavation there. However the deminer had proper tool in his toolkit to cut such obstacles, but he tried to out it with his …
Ddasaccident626, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident626, Hd-Aid
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The source of detonation was 23mm ammunition packed in a water thermos. The main cause of the accident appears to be poor packing of ammunition and the likelihood that some of the rounds transported had exposed retaining balls.
Ddasaccident603, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident603, Hd-Aid
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The primary cause of this accident is listed as a Field Control Inadequacy because the Victim was working with his visor raised (or not worn) and using a pick to investigate a metal-detector reading incautiously. The secondary cause is listed as Inadequate equipment because no alternative to a pick for starting a safe excavation in hard ground was made available.
Ddasaccident648, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident648, Hd-Aid
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A detonator blast caused the accident. The deminer has detected an active detonator in his clearance lane and has pressed it by his left hand fingers which subsequently the detonator exploded and the deminer fingers were seriously injured.
Ddasaccident627, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident627, Hd-Aid
Global CWD Repository
The primary cause of this accident is listed as Victim inattention because the investigators found that the Victim was careless. The secondary cause is listed as Unavoidable, because it is possible that the Victim inadvertently dropped a marking stone (rather than threw it deliberately at a mine) and minor accidents like that are unavoidable.