RedactedNarrative: Subject stated that he was in Bayou Fordoche and he was operating his tiller outboard at approximately 5 mph while wearing his life jacket. As his vessel was negotiating a turn along near the right bank, he hit a submerged stump with his motor which caused the tiller handle to be pulled from his hands and power to be applied to throttle as he was ejected over the starboard gunwale. Subject stated the outboard motor did not kill and the vessel made clockwise circles hitting him on three different occasions. The vessel finally came to a stop when the motor became stuck in the mud at the water's edge and the subject was able to climb aboard vessel. He noticed severe pain near his right ankle. Subject stated that the skeg of the engine cut his lower right leg and caused extreme blood loss. Subject tied his shirt over his wound and headed back toward boat launch. Near Bayou Bijeau, subject was able to flag down nearby boaters for assistance. One of the boaters was able to drive the subject's vessel to Cypress cove landing on Henderson Bay where he was transported to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Lafayette by Acadian Ambulance helicopter. 
  outboard engine was equipped with a kill lanyard. However Operator's kill lanyard was not properly attached to his person at the time of the incident. If the kill lanyard was attached properly to Operator's person, upon ejection over the starboard gunwale, the engine would have powered down and been rendered unable to cause further injury. Operator was charged with violating LA R.S. 34:851.24 - Fail to comply with tiller outboard engine cutoff class A and 1. Citation #  
  On October 6, 2014, I met with Operator at his residence. He stated that doctors performed two surgeries on his right lower leg. These surgeries were to install plates on his right tibia and to reconnect tendons that attach to four of his toes.