EE was walking back across the RR Tracks from checking car doors on the train, when they stepped down off the ballast to the road their right leg gave out.
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Showing all 4Employee was ascending the steps of 10 wheeler when slipped and tried to catch self. This caused a strain to EE's left shoulder.
Employee was preparing rail car for loading after a light mist. When climbing into the gondola using the ladder on the end of the car his right foot slipped off a rung causing him to fall, landing on his feet on the ground below. In the fall his right hand struck a ladder rung on the way down breaking one bone in the back of his hand leading to his ring finger.
Injured was improperly riding a rail car in transit when the train came to a stop. He fell from the top of the car to the knuckle below, fracturing the small bone from his wrist to his little finger on his right hand.