Operator was traveling north in Bayou Little Caillou and drifted to far to the starboard bank. Operator was looking down at something in the bottom of the vessel and looked up to see that he was on a collision course with a barge that was moored on the eastern bank. Operator tried to make a hard turn to port. The vessel being a fiberglass flat bottom vessel began to slide and it collided with the barge. The operator sustained injuries. He was wearing his PFD and ignition cut off switch. Alcohol is not suspected in this case.
Chauvin                       