ON OR AROUND 11:00 AM ON JUNE 2, 2010 OPERATOR WAS ATTEMPTING TO LOAD VESSEL ONE AT THE 8 1/2 MARINA BOAT RAMP.  AFTER DRIVING VESSEL ONE ONTO THE TRAILER OPERATOR REALIZED THAT HIS TRAILER WAS NOT DEEP ENOUGH IN THE WATER.  HE GOT OUT OF VESSEL ONE TO BACK THE TRAILER DEEPER, NOT REALIZING HE HAD LEFT IT IN REVERSE.  WHEN HE BACKED THE TRAILER FURTHER IN THE WATER VESSEL ONE BACKED OFF THE TRAILER AND INTO THE CANAL.  OPERATOR DOVE INTO THE WATER, SWAM OUT AND GOT A HOLD OF THE PORT SIDE OF VESSEL ONE.  WHILE STILL IN THE WATER AND HOLDING ON TO THE SIDE HE MOVED DOWN TO THE STRERN.  HE THEN ATTEMPTED TO PUSH OFF AND SWIM AROUND TO THE STARBOARD SIDE. VESSEL ONE BACKED INTO HIM CUTTING BOTH HIS LEGS JUST BELOW THE KNEES.
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