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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.
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.
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 …
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.
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.
Ddasaccident775, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident775, Hd-Aid
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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.
Ddasaccident510, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident510, Hd-Aid
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On 19th April-07 at 08:10 hrs while the Deminer was excavating the area by pickaxe suddenly an anti personal mine has hit by pickaxe and exploded caused the accident and Deminer got superficial injuries on his right arm and neck. During our observation from the accident point it was seemed that the Deminer was working with pickaxe not by bayonet/prodder, because the pickaxe handle was available in the accident point.
Ddasaccident485, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident485, Hd-Aid
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On 10 April 2007 at 1155 hrs while deminer [the Victim] with employ No. 4094 was working in his clearance lane after 3 m progress in the lane his trowel hit top of a PMN-02 anti personnel mine, as a result the mine exploded and the deminer sustained some injuries. Since the deminer was fully dressed with PPE and down visor, the deminer injuries are superficial. The victim right hand wrist and two fingers were injured.
Ddasaccident764, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident764, Hd-Aid
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On the morning of the 5th April 2007 the land owner, [Name removed], was cultivation her land, which is directly adjacent to her house. During this process she detonated an M 85 most likely either by touching or picking it up.
Ddasaccident774, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident774, Hd-Aid
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On 24 May 2007, in this area while the SITA construction company was levelling the roadside (road shoulder), the top of a TC-2.4 (Italian Antitank) mine has been appeared. The company’s representative reported that case to the AMAC and the AMAC sent the QMA to the area for further investigation. The mine found 80 Cm from the paved road in had 90 Cm depth. According to local reports, after mine plantation in this area, about 100 Cm extra soil has gradually aggregated over the original surface of the ground.
Ddasaccident511, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident511, Hd-Aid
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A mine has been discovered by the labourer of Mohammad Bin Rashid Housing Scheme in cleared task # 24/2413/036 of Salihan village, Panjwaee district, Kandahar province, while he was digging the ground for the foundation of building. A team of investigation was convened by AMAC Kandahar to find out the main causes of mentioned incident. The accident caused no casualty.
Ddasaccident446, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident446, Hd-Aid
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The deceased deminer detonated the PMN mine with an unidentified object. He was in a kneeling position with his right side facing towards the mine. The blast struck him on the chest and right hand side, causing a fatal wound to the right under arm (armpit). He suffered extensive bleeding from this wound and also from the mouth and nose at the time. He was evacuated by ambulance but died en route to the hospital.
Ddasaccident499, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident499, Hd-Aid
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On 11 Feb-2007 about 12:00 PM [National demining NGO] MDU-06 was working as a supporter with [National demining NGO] MCT-17, a PMN-2 missed mine accident occurred on MDU-06 machine in the cleared area, while the mentioned MDU was busy in preparation of minefield hazard area for MCT-17 breaching parties of section No-1. In the result backside right tire of Backhoe got damaged and no human casualty.
Ddasaccident449, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident449, Hd-Aid
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At 11:12hrs on Wednesday 7th February 2007 [Demining group] MCT-6, a deminer was involved in an accident at Islam Qala Kalat-e-Nayab Ghafor MF-0069 Kohsan district Herat province. The accident occurred while the deminer was excavating with shovel.
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.
Ddasaccident506, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident506, Hd-Aid
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During the establishment of the boundary lane [the Victim] stepped on a PNM - 2 anti personnel mine at approximately 10:50 am on the 22nd January 2007. The MDD handler sustained traumatic amputation to the lower right leg and sustained lacerations to his left knee and right hand.
Ddasaccident509, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident509, Hd-Aid
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The deminer was tasked to clear across the slope before clearing up the slope and it appears that he has carelessly moved into an unclear area before physically clearing it and has stepped on a PMN Mine. [The Victim suffered] Lower left leg amputation and injury to upper right arm and lower right leg.
Japan Supports The Extension Of Regional Initiative For Sustainable Economy (Rise) Programme, Undp
Japan Supports The Extension Of Regional Initiative For Sustainable Economy (Rise) Programme, Undp
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In continuation of its generous support to the Regional Initiative for Sustainable Economy Programme, known as RISE, the Government of Japan has agreed to extend the duration of the programme until June 2007. This USD 12.7-million programme is fully funded by the Government of Japan under the Peace Building Grant Aid scheme, and has been in operation in Balkh, Nangarhar and Kandahar provinces. The actual implementation of the RISE activities started in March 2006 initially for the period of one year, and was recently extended until June 2007. The Japanese contribution will enable the Afghan government and international stakeholders to …
Ddasaccident554, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident554, Hd-Aid
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According to [the Victim] deminer that he was searching (removing the soft soil) which backhoe has prepared with a small shovel and he pulled out the bush where barbed wire existed, while he pulled the bushes suddenly an accident occurred.
Ddasaccident444, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident444, Hd-Aid
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On 29 Oct 06 an accident involving a staff member of KEC (The Indian contractor currently engaged to refurbish the power-line) detonated a PMN2 AP whilst he was excavating at internal base of Tower No 60. Towers 60 and 62 are located in what was addressed as MF Code 01-0103-11-041 during the 1996 clearance. The [name removed] survey data of the time corroborates the information supplied by Mr [name removed] that some towers were considered clear and others were considered to be mined.
Ddasaccident503, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident503, Hd-Aid
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As a result of the explosion the deminer received minor injuries to his left hand and crush injuries to his left arm plus a single wound (1 to 1.5cm) to his left thigh where a foreign body penetrated the muscle. The [National demining agency] doctor indicated this object to be a small stone. These injuries indicate that his left hand was close to the point of detonation and he was facing sideways to allow the foreign object to pass under his protective vest. This is not consistent with proper use of the prodder but could be said to be consistent …
Ddasaccident502, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident502, Hd-Aid
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Task no.007 started by [National demining agency] Sur.T-10 on 24-Sep-06 and it is ongoing (92%) but unfortunately on 12-11-2006 at 11:00am demining accident happened on [Victim No.1] Surveyor of [National demining agency] Sur. Team no. 10, while he was busy on excavation in the boundary lane. Generally Land type of the contaminated area is Grazing in accordance with the LIS information the mentioned community is accounted as high impact, including three suspected hazard areas (SHAs). This is a self Propelled (weedy) land for a kind of Vegetable using for medicine that is exported from Afghanistan to India ... which is …
Ddasaccident486, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident486, Hd-Aid
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On 11.11.06 in the [International demining NGO] task No (1384) located in Bedak village of Gul Dam district of Kabul province suddenly a mine exploded in the lane of [the Victim] deminer who have the insurance No.3001 at 0730 hrs in the morning. At the same time the report of the accident was reported to the supervisor of the site and the Field doctor. Then the medics and the near by party started to help the injured person. After the completion of the First Aid at 0850 hrs in the morning they moved the injured person to the Emergency hospital …