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Ddasaccident700, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident700, Hd-Aid
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As it was a difficult task for the clearance, and required extra attention and care of command group and deminers themselves, thus the carelessness of deminer was the main contributing factor to this accident. The consequence of this accident is a slight injury to the finger of deminer which indicates that he was fully dressed with PPE.
Ddasaccident694, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident694, Hd-Aid
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Carelessness of deminer and poor supervision in terms of not conducted QC, caused the accident, and happened.
Ddasaccident691, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident691, Hd-Aid
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The negligence of deminer in terms of not adhering to set procedure for excavation and the failure of command group in order to control the deminer and stop him from wrong practice is the contributing factors for this accident
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Ddasaccident609, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident609, Hd-Aid
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The accident has occurred because of error made by the involved deminer as he used chisel directly on the detected signal instead of [Demining group] standard excavating tool (scraper). Chisel is used for excavating of safe margin of the reading points, meaning 15 cm behind the start point of signal.
Ddasaccident672, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident672, Hd-Aid
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The accident has occurred because of error made by the involved deminer as he wanted to remove a piece of wire and a steel bar without taking the precautionary measures into consideration. He should not have removed them by hand but either pulling practice or using machine should have been practiced.
Ddasaccident600, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident600, Hd-Aid
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The primary cause of this accident is listed as a Field Control Inadequacy because the Victim was working in a way that was unsafe and his error was not corrected. The secondary cause is listed as “Unavoidable” because there is not enough detail available to determine what really happened and it may be that the deminer was working as instructed when the accident occurred. If this is the case, the Field Managers bear considerable responsibility for not having learned from a similar accident involving this demining group only a few weeks previously. The repetition of the deminer working well outside …
Ddasaccident695, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident695, Hd-Aid
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The primary and secondary cause of this accident are listed as a Unavoidable because the deminer suffered no apparent injuries, and accidental initiations can occur when excavating mines even when all precautions are taken. Dust in the eyes is common after a blast because dust is drawn into the low-pressure area behind the expanding blast wave. “Grid” in the eyes causes greater concern because it may have been ejecta from the blast, implying that the visor was not worn correctly but it is presumed that the Victim had no injuries because the investigators accepted that this was so.
Ddasaccident662, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident662, Hd-Aid
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While I was checking on deminers I saw the deminer [Name removed] working on his group on 12 o’clock mine I asked him what’s the problem? He said he was looking for a missing mine and he can’t find it, I went to help him and when I dig twice using the heavy rake a mine was blasted in my face, I sat on the ground and the deminer, team leader and the team section came and took me to the medic team on the ambulance stretcher out of the field.
Ddasaccident663, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident663, Hd-Aid
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The primary cause of this accident is listed as a Field Control Inadequacy because the investigators found that the Victim was working with a shovel in breach of SOPs and his error was not corrected. The secondary cause is listed as a Management Control Inadequacy because it is the management’s responsibility to ensure that the field supervisors control the deminers appropriately.
Ddasaccident614, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident614, Hd-Aid
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It is the conclusion of the investigation team that the involved deminer did not properly mark the signal with the reading marker. Also he was carelessly excavating the reading point, and this caused the mine to be exploded.
Ddasaccident598, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident598, Hd-Aid
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It is the conclusion of investigation team that the involved deminer was excavation a signal in an area where the ground surface was hard with dense vegetation, and considering the crater created as a result of the explosion it seems that the deminer was excavating the signal about 30 cm on right side of the working lane where he was not in a stable position for excavating the signal by scraper; the excavation of this lane required to be done in next clearance lane.
Ddasaccident689, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident689, Hd-Aid
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While he was prodding in the Mine Field suddenly a stone slipped down.
Ddasaccident564, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident564, Hd-Aid
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According to the deminer statement: He starts his work. At 6.45 AM. After short break for 15 minutes from 7.30 to 7.45 he restart his work and found an AP mine approximately at 7.55 AM .The mine was RSP by the team Leader and he restart his work after few minutes his detector indicate a signal and after pin pointing the signal he use the prodder and start excavating the ground with his shovel. While he was excavating his visor fall down and simultaneously he activate the buried mine with his shovel. (
Ddasaccident548, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident548, Hd-Aid
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The deminer was investigating the signal and excavating by sitting/squatting position and his prodder/bayonet detonated the PMN mine. The evidence on site shows that the excavation of the signal started from the first mark, and not 30cm back from the indication. The bayonet directly touched the mine causing a detonation. This indicates he was not conducting operations with the correct procedure.