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Ddasaccident453, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident453, Hd-Aid
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Based the [Demining Group] OPS Officer verbal report the injured Deminer was during the prodding /excavation at Task No 1182 located in Lataband village of Talucian district to initiating the Anti Personal AP mine when the prodder touched with a sensitive part of this old buried AP mine and blow up, as per the explanations of OPS Officer the deminer was well [protected] with PPE that is cause he has not received a serious injury. [The deminer may lose a hand.]
Ddasaccident498, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident498, Hd-Aid
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On 03 July 2006 the team as usual started operation at 06:00 am. Deminer[the Victim] a deminer of section 1, party 1 also started to work as other members of the team at that day. At the outset of operation while the deminer was working on a located signal a PMN-2 exploded in the result the deminer was seriously wounded.
Ddasaccident555, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident555, Hd-Aid
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During demining operations, a mine was involuntarily detonated in a mine line in the vicinity of Alpha 4 and Alpha 6 at approximately 7.28am. One deminer was involved and sustained injuries: the deminer was immediately taken to Camp Lacey US military hospital.
Ddasaccident551, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident551, Hd-Aid
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On 24 May 2006, at 1045 hrs a PMN-02 detonated on [the Victim] deminer of MDG-18 while he was excavating a located signal. The located signal was a dispositioned PMN--2 mine. The deminer received multiple minor injuries on his face and also soils and smoke entered the eyes of the injured deminer. All steps of medical first aid were applied on the victim by the team medic. His eyes were washed by saline serum in the site as the soils and the dusts were removed from his eyes by the team medic then he was shifted to the Bagram Air …
Ddasaccident492, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident492, Hd-Aid
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Based the [International demining NGO] OPS Officer verbal report the injured Deminer was during the prodding /excavation at Task No 1144 in Khoja Kamal e Wali area to initiating the unexploded Garnet when the prodder touched with a sensitive part of this buried fuse and blow up, as per the explanations of OPS Officer he was recognized the initiation of fuse for explosion when take a special sound for its readiness so Deminer started to gotten away when the garnet exploded and the fragments beached to his body specially in his hand , shoulder and leg.
Ddasaccident526, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident526, Hd-Aid
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Date and country. [Name removed] - Blinded in both eyes, amputation of hand. PMN mine explosion, the day before the accident during the QA process the QA team found a indication (30 cm) over the tape separating the cleared area from the uncleared area. This was to be left for the next days work. The deminer decided to check this with his detector, finding the indication, he then proceeded to prod in the kneeling position. This action triggered the detonation, He was not wearing any PPE.
Ddasaccident454, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident454, Hd-Aid
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At first time this area had been surveyed by [Survey group] on 06 April 1997. The survey team had divided this area to four minefields (MF# 353, 387, 392, and 395). The minefields of this area were cleared by [Mine Dog group] at the same year. After clearance of these tasks by [Mine dogs], in this area about 9 accidents on local people have been occurred of which two accidents has been recorded, investigated by AMAC, Kabul investigation team and reported to UNMACA of 05 April 2006. One accident occurred on 12-12-2005 at 11:00 am, as a result an Eight …
Ddasaccident455, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident455, Hd-Aid
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At first time this area had been surveyed by [Survey group] Sur-09 on 06 April 1997. The survey team had divided this area to four minefields (MF# 353, 387, 392, and 395). The minefields of this area were cleared by [Mine Dog group] at the same year. After clearance of these tasks by [Mine Dog group], in this area about 9 accidents on local people have been occurred of which two accidents has been recorded, investigated by AMAC, Kabul investigation team and reported to UNMACA of 05 April 2006. One accident occurred on 12-12-2005 at 11:00 am, as a result …
Ddasaccident707, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident707, Hd-Aid
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Nobody saw the accident and the team leader and section commander both claimed to have performed supervision of the lane (at least once for every working period by the SC).
Ddasaccident535, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident535, Hd-Aid
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On the 10th December 2005 deminer [the Victim] was carrying out clearance in Minefield 14 Bisqua using the raking method. Whilst raking the earth in the front of his lane a P-4 mine detonated.
Ddasaccident579, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident579, Hd-Aid
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The deminer was doing clearance around an accident site where an AP mine blew off the tire of a car on the 23rd November. The soil in the area is hard and there are lots of metal pieces in the ground. The mine was detonated by the deminer during excavation most likely due to incorrect procedures. The blast went through a gap between the visor and the vest and caused injuries to the deminers face. Also the thumb on his right hand received injuries. The leather gloves the deminer was wearing saved him from worse injuries.
Ddasaccident487, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident487, Hd-Aid
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Based the [International demining NGO] OPS Officer verbal report, the injured Deminer was during the prodding /excavation of sub surface check of Battle field in Qala e Zini area to initiating the unexploded Fuse when the prodder touched with a sensitive part of this buried fuse and blow up, so accident happened.
Ddasaccident522, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident522, Hd-Aid
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The primary cause of this accident is listed as “Unavoidable” because it is possible that the Victim was working properly in the way that he was trained, and that he was also using a long and blast resistant tool when the accident occurred.
Ddasaccident576, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident576, Hd-Aid
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…one professional deminer working for a private demining company… was …injured during submunition disposal … in 2005.. [in the city] Industrial zone, Niš… Niš, the third largest city in Serbia and one of the most heavily affected by the bombings, suffered almost daily strikes in the course of the 78-day-long air campaign.
Ddasaccident524, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident524, Hd-Aid
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Details of this accident have been withheld by the demining NGO that employed the Victim. A spreadsheet including the Victim’s name and very brief details of the accident was made available in 2007. Some details can be inferred from the information released. For example, the severe facial injury indicates that a visor was not worn by the Victim.
Ddasaccident546, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident546, Hd-Aid
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[Name removed] and myself were in the same location. 11:00 we started going to MCT teams and the smoke was coming out of demolition point, the team waited until 12:30 then as there was not apparently smoke in the demolition point the TL starting going to the demolition point for checking. And TL saw that both artillery were destroyed. In the nearest point a small amount of smoke was existing. He started to use fork shovel in the location and an explosion happened and a small fragment hit to the Right arm flesh of the TL. The sound and power …
Ddasaccident540, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident540, Hd-Aid
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Deminer [the Victim] used his rake in normal manner. He set off a P4 MK1 antipersonnel mine with his 2-tooth heavy rake. Heavy rake bended but remained in one piece in the blast. Deminer was in perfect health and didn’t get bruises nor other minor injuries.
Ddasaccident533, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident533, Hd-Aid
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At 09.10hrs on the 22nd of September 2004, deminer [the Victim] was carrying out manual clearance using the prodding method on the northern side of Minefield 0011 at Ina Guuxaa. Whilst excavating earth at the front of his lane, he inadvertently detonated what is suspected to have been a P-4 anti personnel mine.
Ddasaccident460, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident460, Hd-Aid
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In a non-marked lane, deminer [Victim No.1] tried to identify the source of a metal-detector signal by using a prodder and an excavation tool. He possibly used the prodder and the excavation tool simultaneously to achieve higher productivity. The star of the PROM-1 was above the ground surface. Therefore it is not likely that the mine was activated with a prodder. It is most likely that it was activated with inappropriate excavation tool. The examination of the area cleared in the days before the accident leads to the conclusion that vertical excavation had been performed, which is characteristic for non-demining …
Ddasaccident416, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident416, Hd-Aid
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There is no definite explanation for how the incident happened. According to deminer, he used his tools slowly and correctly letting the rake to come towards himself by its own weight while pulling. Visual appearance of the incident lane supports this claim. Deminer’s raking tracks are visible, 50 cm in length and symmetrical.
Ddasaccident425, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident425, Hd-Aid
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[Name excised] and [name excised] will be sending you a very detailed report in the next few days. After seeing the site and the deminer I am going to ask him to buy my lottery ticket in the future!!. He was extremely lucky. He detonated an M4 mine 200g HE less than arms length away. He sustained a broken thumb and lacerations of his first two fingers and his face was badly bruised due to the visor hitting him due to the blast effect.
Ddasaccident415, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident415, Hd-Aid
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Experienced deminer uses his rake slowly and in a correct manner according to SOP. Suddenly he sets off an antipersonnel mine with his heavy rake. Heavy rake breaks into two pieces in the blast. Deminer remains in perfect health and doesn’t have bruises nor other minor injuries.
Ddasaccident534, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident534, Hd-Aid
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The incident occurred whilst Deminer [the Victim] was carrying out clearance using the raking method in Lane 9, MF 14, Bisqua. The Investigation team came to the conclusion that the AP mine was disturbed previously by the roots of a tree which is situated approximately 1 meter away from the point of detonation.
Ddasaccident414, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident414, Hd-Aid
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Experienced deminer sets up an antipersonnel mine with his heavy rake. There are two one inch thick bush roots lying horizontally in depth of four centimetres, twenty five centimetres from each other. Antipersonnel mine was situated between the roots. Instead of prodding the spot between the roots, deminer continued raking with heavy rake.
Ddasaccident532, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident532, Hd-Aid
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On the 15th of August 2004 an accident occurred in MF011 in Guuxaa during clearance. [The Victim] was carrying out clearance using the rake method when he detonated a P-4 Anti Personnel Mine.
Ddasaccident431, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident431, Hd-Aid
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The incident is classed as a “Excavation incident” because the victim had hand and leg injury and a photograph shows an accident site that implies the victim was reaching down into a cavity, perhaps with one leg inside the cavity when the fuze was initiated by his activity. The report states that he “hit the detonator” but does not explain what with, so a hand-tool is presumed.
Ddasaccident457, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident457, Hd-Aid
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[The Victim] started the work in lane 1. He worked near a metal barrel half buried in the ground, 1.6 metres from the fence. Before the accident he cleared 2 m2. He wore his PPE and had the necessary tools. He had been removing the undergrowth and surface metal pieces ahead of the base stick. He had been searching with his metal detector and had used the prodder and a trowel. When he worked only with a prodder, he investigated the whole area ahead of the base stick where the vegetation had been removed. Just before the explosion he had …
Ddasaccident417, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident417, Hd-Aid
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The BOI could not establish conclusively why the accident took place, as no eyewitnesses saw the incident at the time of the explosion. However, it was obvious that the deminer had his visor up at the time of the explosion. Damage and blast marks to the inside of the visor could only have accrued if the visor was up at the time of the explosion. The deminer insisted that the visor was down at the time of the explosion but could give no explanation for why the accident had taken place. It is the opinion of the BOI that the …
Ddasaccident536, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident536, Hd-Aid
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Antipersonnel Mine model P4 mark 1 exploded during mine-clearance in minefield LK-257, Katkovalam. Explosion took place 1,5 meters in front of [Demining group] deminer while he was raking the uncleared lane with heavy rake. Deminer fell backwards to his bottom and lost his hearing and vision for few minutes. His visor (head protection) was hit by little stones and fell off. Fragmentation vest (body protection) took some punches too. After 15 minutes he recovered to mentally and physically normal state. He did not have any wounds, bruises nor pain anywhere in medic’s full body inspection. Nevertheless, he was evacuated against …
Ddasaccident442, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident442, Hd-Aid
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The lane followed a P4 AP blast mine strip where [the Victim] had found three mines the previous day. On the morning of the accident [the Victim] had worked one half hour shift from 07.30 hrs to 08.00hrs before having breakfast from 08.00 hrs to 08.30 hrs. [The Victim] then started his second half hour shift at 08.30hrs, with his half section BD3. The accident took place at 08.40hrs, ten minutes into [the Victim]’s second half hour shift. At the time of the accident [the Victim] was using a heavy rake on the first phase of the three phase raking …