RedactedNarrative: This is a single vessel incident. Vessel 1 came off a plane, victim slipped off bow of boat. Victim was struck by propeller causing injuries to head and arm.
  
  Accident
  	V-1 approached the slow speed zone on the bayside of Snake Creek. Operator brought the boat down from being on a plane. He then left the helm and went to the front of the boat in order to take a picture. The vessel was left in gear and at low forward idle. It had just recently rained and the deck of the vessel was wet. The front hatch or door of the pontoon boat was broken and/or missing. Operator slipped off the front of the vessel and fell into the water. V-1 had no operator at the helm when Operator fell into the water. He went under the boat and dove down. He was struck by the vessel propeller in the left side of the head and left arm. He was picked up by a Good Samaritan vessel and brought into USCG station Islamorada.
  
  Post-Accident
  	After Operator was struck by the propeller he was brought into USCG station Islamorada. He was then met and transported by Islamorada Fire Rescue. He was transported to Mariners Hospital for treatment. Head injury required 13 staples in order to reattach the skin back together. Cut above the eye was also glued together using surgical glue. Arm injury treated with bandages.  Both of these injuries are consistent with a moving vessel propeller.
  