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WHILE CLOSING THE DOORS ON AN OPEN-TOP HOPPER RAILCAR HE STEPPED INTO AN ANIMAL HOLE CAUSING HIM TO TRIP, LOOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL. IN AN ATTEMPT TO BREAK HIS FALL CAUSED HIM TO SPRAIN HIS S HOULDER ON IMPACT.
WHILE PERFORMING HIS REGULAR DUTY OF INSPECTING RAIL CAR DOORS, EE USED AN UNORTHODOX AND UNSAFE PROCEDURE TO CONDUCT HIS TASK. HE STATED THAT WHILE WORKING IN THE DARK, HE HAD PLACED HIS FLAS H LIGHT IN HIS MOUTH TO HOLD IT WHILE HE INSPECTED THE CAR DOORS. HE THEN SAID HE SLIPPED AND FELL, CAUSING THE FLASHLIGHT TO HIT THE CAR, DAMAGING HIS TEETH AND INJURING HIS SHOULDER AS HE A
EE WAS DESCENDING FROM A 35 TON HAUL TRUCK; AS HE BEGAN TO TURN HIMSELF AROUND TO GO DOWN THE STEPS, HIS FEET SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDERNEATH HIM. HOLDING ONTO THE RAILING CAUSED HIS BODY TO SLAM INTO THE STEPS (WHERE THE INJURY OCCURRED) AT WHICH POINT HE LET GO OF THE HAND RAIL AND FELL TO THE GROUND.