Security
Safety rules
Our elaborate safety rules called “Standard Operating Procedures(SOPs)”, are strict, documented and internationally recognized. They guarantee the highest degree of safety for our mine clearance personnel and for the population in the areas we clear.
A few examples of our guidelines:
• There are always two deminers working as a team at MgM. While one is covering the suspicious terrain with his detector and uncovering any signals, his team partner watches from a distance of at least 25 meters and corrects him if he deviates from our SOPs at any stage of the work. Every 30 minutes the team members reverse roles.
• At a pre-determined safety distance there is a fully equipped paramedic team and ambulance standing by for any medical emergency that may arise. Radio communication with active teams is constantly maintained.
Mine clearance can only start after MedEvac support to the nearest hospital has been arranged and is available on demand. If an accident occurs, we must be certain that an immediate evacuation of the victim/s to the hospital would be possible. If the traffic or road conditions do not allow this (and helicopters are not available) the operation must be stopped - in line with the safety procedures documented in our SOPs.
Despite the problems this may impose, MgM always abides by these self imposed restrictions. We do not endanger our staff more than necessary. For example, no MgM mine clearing operation will happen in an area that is surrounded by fighting because this would put our staff at unacceptable risk.
Up until today there has not been an accident during MgM mine clearance operations.
