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Employee closing bottom railcar doors. Closure requires employee to place 5 foot, 1 inch diameter steel bar in door hardware and using body leverage pull the door closed. During closure of a door the bar slipped from the hardware, resulting in the employee falling backwards to grade, landing on her left hip. Employee suffered severe contusion to her left hip area.

EE USING 6' LONG BAR TO UNLOCK AND OPEN RAILROAD CARS AGGREGATE MATERIAL. EE PLACED STEEL BAR IN DOORS LOCK TO OPEN DOOR. EE DID NOT IMMEDIATELY OPEN DOOR, BUT INSTEAD WALKED BACKWARDS WITH THE BACKING TRAIN. EE HAD HIS RIGHT HAND POSITIONED OVER THE FLAT END OF THE BAR. THE EE'S RIGHT HAND BECAME WEDGED BETWEEN THE STEEL BARS AND AN ADJACENT STEEL COLUMN.

EMPLOYEE UNLOADING BARROW AGGREGATE FROM TRAIN CARS. TRAIN CAR DUMP DOORS BEING LODGED BY EMPLOYEE USING A STEEL BAR. EMPLOYEE KNOCKING THE DOOR'S LATCH DOWN BY STRIKING IT WITH THE STEEL BAR. WHILE STRIKING THE DOOR'S LATCH ON ONE CAR DOOR THE BAR SLIPPED, CAUSING THE EE'S LEFT HAND TO STRIKE A RAISED METAL EDGE ON THE TRAIN CAR. EE'S FINGER PINCHED BETWEEN THE STEEL BAR & TRAIN