In order to gain access to the PMN mines the victim had to climb over a pile of VS 1.6 (scatterable anti-tank mines). When he jumped down from the tank mines, he landed on three PMNs. This was inferred because three craters were found afterwards. It is thought extremely unlikely that PMNs would sympathetically detonate, so the victim’s colleagues thought it most likely that he landed with some of his weight on all three
An experienced ex-pat deminer was working on manual clearance of PTMIBA-III AT mines. The mines were...
The document stated that the victim had been recently trained by the group he was working with. He w...
At the anti-tank mine where the accident occurred, one anti-personnel mine was visible, one had deto...
A deminer [the victim in a later accident on the same day] began clearance and located a PMN. He inf...
The investigators determined that the victim was marking the cleared area up to a mine he had uncove...
The investigators determined that the victim had investigated a reading in the squatting position wi...
The investigators determined that Victim No.1 was investigating a pile of spoil deposited by the bac...
Signed by an expatriate specialist and dated 5th September 1998, the report stated that demining had...
The investigators determined that the room being worked in had been cleared by the back-hoe but it h...
Victim No,1 was working with Victim No.2 to his right when he saw a bush with a pile of PMN-2 mines ...
The investigators determined that the victim was working in an area with barbed wire obstacles (that...
The investigators determined that the victim did not centralise the reading point from his detector ...
The accident area was undulating and steep with dry earth and rock. The team had found many PMNs i...
On the day of the accident the demining group\u27s ex-pat country Manager went in to investigate the...
To save time, breach lanes were reduced in width to 50cms. A Ghurkha deminer, walking in the ‘reduce...
An experienced ex-pat deminer was working on manual clearance of PTMIBA-III AT mines. The mines were...
The document stated that the victim had been recently trained by the group he was working with. He w...
At the anti-tank mine where the accident occurred, one anti-personnel mine was visible, one had deto...
A deminer [the victim in a later accident on the same day] began clearance and located a PMN. He inf...
The investigators determined that the victim was marking the cleared area up to a mine he had uncove...
The investigators determined that the victim had investigated a reading in the squatting position wi...
The investigators determined that Victim No.1 was investigating a pile of spoil deposited by the bac...
Signed by an expatriate specialist and dated 5th September 1998, the report stated that demining had...
The investigators determined that the room being worked in had been cleared by the back-hoe but it h...
Victim No,1 was working with Victim No.2 to his right when he saw a bush with a pile of PMN-2 mines ...
The investigators determined that the victim was working in an area with barbed wire obstacles (that...
The investigators determined that the victim did not centralise the reading point from his detector ...
The accident area was undulating and steep with dry earth and rock. The team had found many PMNs i...
On the day of the accident the demining group\u27s ex-pat country Manager went in to investigate the...
To save time, breach lanes were reduced in width to 50cms. A Ghurkha deminer, walking in the ‘reduce...
An experienced ex-pat deminer was working on manual clearance of PTMIBA-III AT mines. The mines were...
The document stated that the victim had been recently trained by the group he was working with. He w...
At the anti-tank mine where the accident occurred, one anti-personnel mine was visible, one had deto...