RedactedNarrative: VESSEL 1 AND VESSEL 2 WERE TRAVELING UPSTREAM WHEN VESSEL ONE STRUCK A WAVE CAUSING OPERATOR ONE TO BE EJECTED INTO THE PATH OF VESSEL TWO. VESSEL ONE AND VESSEL TWO WERE OPERATING SO CLOSE TOGETHER, VESSEL TWO DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO PERFORM AN EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID OPERATOR ONE. OPERATOR ONE STRUCK THE STARBOARD SIDE BOW, SUSTAINING INJURIES TO HIS HEAD AND SHOULDERS.