V1 WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND IN SOUTH HILLSBOROUGH BAY NEAR THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SPOIL ISLAND D3.  PORT SIDE BOW OF V1 STRUCK AN IMPROPERLY LIT DREDGE PIPE PROTRUDING APPROXIMATELY 3 FEET ABOVE THE SURFACE OF THE WATER.  V1 PASSENGER WAS EJECTED.  V1 OPERATOR'S FACE STRUCK THE CONSOLE OF THE VESSEL AND THEN FELL ON THE DECK ON THE PORT SIDE OF THE VESSEL., AN EMPLOYEE OF THE GREAT LAKES DREDGE AND DOCK COMPANY WAS CITED FOR AN UNLIT DREDGE PIPE.
TAMPA                         