Add to ORKGTo save time, breach lanes were reduced in width to 50cms. A Ghurkha deminer, walking in the ‘reduced width” lane activated a PMN (either a Chinese Type 58 copy of the PMN or an Iraqi copy). It seems that the TNT in the mine had cracked up causing a partial detonation
At the anti-tank mine where the accident occurred, one anti-personnel mine was visible, one had deto...
On 18th Apr 2002 one of our deminers activated a small AP mine while he was excavating the ground. T...
A [Demining group] Manual Team One, deminer hit a No.10 AP mine from the top that resulted in a mine...
An experienced ex-pat deminer was working on manual clearance of PTMIBA-III AT mines. The mines were...
The driver of a recovery truck was sent to recover broken-down plant equipment in a minefield. Lack ...
An ex-pat deminer was checking the edge of “iron bomb of 16 inch Naval shell crater” in a minefield ...
In order to gain access to the PMN mines the victim had to climb over a pile of VS 1.6 (scatterable ...
A deminer [the victim in a later accident on the same day] began clearance and located a PMN. He inf...
On the day of the accident a [1st commercial demining group] Deminer was conducting manual clearance...
Initial reports state that [the victim of the first accident] was working in his lane when he initia...
The demining team uncovered three Type 72a mines and called the supervisor to deal with them. The vi...
The victim was continuing the breach begun by the earlier victim. He worked a further ten metres and...
At 09h15, the team arrived to Koshare 1. At 11h15, the Team Leader moves [the Victim] to the new wor...
The demining team had been working at the site since February. The Victim was working in a breaching...
The investigators determined that the victim returned to his breaching lane after the short break an...
At the anti-tank mine where the accident occurred, one anti-personnel mine was visible, one had deto...
On 18th Apr 2002 one of our deminers activated a small AP mine while he was excavating the ground. T...
A [Demining group] Manual Team One, deminer hit a No.10 AP mine from the top that resulted in a mine...
An experienced ex-pat deminer was working on manual clearance of PTMIBA-III AT mines. The mines were...
The driver of a recovery truck was sent to recover broken-down plant equipment in a minefield. Lack ...
An ex-pat deminer was checking the edge of “iron bomb of 16 inch Naval shell crater” in a minefield ...
In order to gain access to the PMN mines the victim had to climb over a pile of VS 1.6 (scatterable ...
A deminer [the victim in a later accident on the same day] began clearance and located a PMN. He inf...
On the day of the accident a [1st commercial demining group] Deminer was conducting manual clearance...
Initial reports state that [the victim of the first accident] was working in his lane when he initia...
The demining team uncovered three Type 72a mines and called the supervisor to deal with them. The vi...
The victim was continuing the breach begun by the earlier victim. He worked a further ten metres and...
At 09h15, the team arrived to Koshare 1. At 11h15, the Team Leader moves [the Victim] to the new wor...
The demining team had been working at the site since February. The Victim was working in a breaching...
The investigators determined that the victim returned to his breaching lane after the short break an...
At the anti-tank mine where the accident occurred, one anti-personnel mine was visible, one had deto...
On 18th Apr 2002 one of our deminers activated a small AP mine while he was excavating the ground. T...
A [Demining group] Manual Team One, deminer hit a No.10 AP mine from the top that resulted in a mine...