RedactedNarrative: SEVERAL PARTIES INTERVIEWED INCLUDING THE OPERATOR AND INJURED PARTY. ALL ACCOUNTS OF THE ACCIDENT ARE SIMILAR. FOUR MALES WERE ON A TUBE. THREE MALES WERE IN THE BOAT. THE ROPE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING ATTACHED TO THE PORT SIDE TRANSOM BY THE INJURED PASSENGER WHEN THE OPERATOR PLACED THE BOAT INTO FORWARD GEAR AND ACCELERATED IN AN EFFORT TO REMOVE SLACK FROM THE TOW LINE. 
  
  PASSENGER/INJURED LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL OUT THE REAR OF THE VESSEL STRIKING HIS FOOT ON THE PROPELLER. PASSENGER/INJURED WAS ASSISTED OUT OF THE WATER AND GIVEN FIRST AID. PASSENGER/INJURED WAS EVENTUALLY FLIGHTED TO CARE AND UNDERWENT SURGERY LATER THAT DAY ON HIS FOOT.