The report stated that at “12:50 on 15 April 2000, [the victim] detonated a mine whilst conducting clearance in the Cordon Sanitaire Minefield”. When the casualty was recovered from the minefield and tended by the paramedic, it was found that he was conscious and had sustained only minor injuries.” The victim arrived at the site medical unit at 13:05 and the field doctor arrived “immediately afterwards”. The victim sustained superficial burns to his left “arm and forearm. A minor contusion also developed on his left wrist.” [Apparently, he was not taken to a hospital.
The accident occurred at 11:15 in an area that was undulating and steep with dry earth and rock. The...
There were no witnesses to the actual explosion, however [the Victim] was walking back to the end of...
When the deminer came alongside the first mine, he located another, and called the victim again. The...
The victim had been investigating a detector reading (at around 11:00) with his prodder when a mine ...
At 10:50 on 11 Aug 2000, [the victim – name withheld by group manager] detonated a mine whilst condu...
The victim was working as a deminer in a lane where “mechanical demining” had taken place. He detona...
The victim was working normally and got a reading from his detector which the investigators believe ...
The victim was carrying out a normal excavation drill at 10:45 when a mine, suspected R2M2…function...
The victim initiated a mine at 13:10 while he was prodding to investigate a detector reading. His vi...
The victim was continuing the breach begun by the earlier victim. He worked a further ten metres and...
The investigators decided that the victim was working with a detector beside a stream when he got a ...
On 22 April 2000, the Deminer was conducting clearance activities in the CS [Cordon Sanitaire] along...
The accident occurred in a defensive ring of mines laid during 1987. The ring formed part of the pro...
Both reports agreed that the victim had located a signal with a Vallon detector and was investigatin...
The victim was the one of a two-man team and was supposed to be controlling his partner who was in...
The accident occurred at 11:15 in an area that was undulating and steep with dry earth and rock. The...
There were no witnesses to the actual explosion, however [the Victim] was walking back to the end of...
When the deminer came alongside the first mine, he located another, and called the victim again. The...
The victim had been investigating a detector reading (at around 11:00) with his prodder when a mine ...
At 10:50 on 11 Aug 2000, [the victim – name withheld by group manager] detonated a mine whilst condu...
The victim was working as a deminer in a lane where “mechanical demining” had taken place. He detona...
The victim was working normally and got a reading from his detector which the investigators believe ...
The victim was carrying out a normal excavation drill at 10:45 when a mine, suspected R2M2…function...
The victim initiated a mine at 13:10 while he was prodding to investigate a detector reading. His vi...
The victim was continuing the breach begun by the earlier victim. He worked a further ten metres and...
The investigators decided that the victim was working with a detector beside a stream when he got a ...
On 22 April 2000, the Deminer was conducting clearance activities in the CS [Cordon Sanitaire] along...
The accident occurred in a defensive ring of mines laid during 1987. The ring formed part of the pro...
Both reports agreed that the victim had located a signal with a Vallon detector and was investigatin...
The victim was the one of a two-man team and was supposed to be controlling his partner who was in...
The accident occurred at 11:15 in an area that was undulating and steep with dry earth and rock. The...
There were no witnesses to the actual explosion, however [the Victim] was walking back to the end of...
When the deminer came alongside the first mine, he located another, and called the victim again. The...