If your 5500 uses the same tang mounted safety as the 500, it's probably broken.
They come from the factory made of plastic, and when they break, they can do so in the safety on position.
If so, just replace with a metal one from the usual mail order houses.
The broken part just unscrews from the top, just be careful not to lose the detent ball and spring underneath it.
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