RedactedNarrative: OPERATOR 1 WAS WORKING ON HIS OUTBOARD MOTOR (COWLING OFF) WITH THE THROTTLE BUNGEE CORDED LOCKED FORWARD.  
  
  OPERATOR 1 SUFFERED A HEAD INJURY FROM HITTING IT ON THE TOP OF THE OUTBOARD MOTOR WHILE THE FLYWHEEL WAS TURNING AT MAX RPM.  THE VESSEL THEN COLLIDED WITH A BANK, EJECTING OPERATOR 1 FROM THE VESSEL WHERE HE LANDED APPROXIMATELY 15 YARDS FROM WHERE THE VESSEL CAME TO REST.  VESSEL WAS NOT DAMAGED.