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EMPL WAS ATTEMPTING TO REPOSITION 55 GAL DRUM OF FORM OIL WHICH WAS SITTING ON RETAINING WALL. BARREL BECAME OFF CENTER & FELL FROM WALL BRUSHING LEFT KNEE OF EMPL.
EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING MANIFOLD EXHAUST SUYSTEM WRENCH SLIPPED ALLOWING RIGHT AHND TO COME IN CCONTACT WITH THE ALTERNATOR FANBELT-IT LACERATED KNUCKLE AT POINT OF IMPACT-1ST KNUCKLE FURTHEST FROM END OF FINGER.
REPAIR TO EQUIPMENT REQUIRED LIFTING OF METAL PLATE(APPROX 175 LBS)A T AWKWARD ANGLES-REPAIR TO EQUIPMENT REQUIRING REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION SEVERAL TIMES FOR PROPER ALIGNMENT OF PLATING MATER IAL.
DURING THE OPERATION OF THE WASH PLANT, LARGE STONES HAD BECOME LODGED IN THE GRIZZLY AND HAD TO BE REMOVED MANUALLY. WHILE DISLODGING THE MATERIAL, OPERATOR FELT PULLING SENSATION IN THE BACK OF HIS STOMACH.