Operator # 1 stated:  "I was at idle speedbird watching when I became caught on a downed tree in the water. As I was trying to get free, a
branch stuck into my leg." 
 
 
Operator #1 was operating vessel #1 on Cedar Swamp Creek.  While traveling South at idle speed,  vessel #1 became caught on a partially submerged Tree. The tree was laying perpendicular to the creek and only partially exposed on the surface.  Operator #1 tried to free the vessel  and was impaled by a branch of the tree in the process.  The branch,  approximately 3" in lenth and 5/8" in diameter Broke off in operator #1's right leg in the area of his calf muscle.
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