RedactedNarrative: On the afternoon of 6/23/2018, at approximately 1340 hrs. CST, Operator was driving his boat to Barren River State Park Marina to get some fuel.  There were a total of six people on the boat at the time of the accident.  Three others and two small children were all passengers sitting in the boat when the accident happened.  Victim and Subject1 work at the State Park Marina and they had approached the edge of the dock near the gas pumps waiting for Operator to pull his boat up to the dock so they could tie his boat up and put fuel in it.
  
  As Operator was making his approach toward the dock he put his throttle into the neutral position and was coasting toward the dock.  Operator was needing to slow his boat down a little so he shifted the boat into reverse and moved the throttle back and down to give it some power.  When the throttle was engaged in the reverse gear the boat went forward instead of going in reverse.  When the boat went forward it hit the dock.  After the boat hit the dock Operator moved the throttle into the reverse gear again and gave it some gas to move away from the dock but the boat went forward again hitting the dock and running up on top of it as well.  Subject1 and Victim were trying to stop the boat as it was coming up on the dock but they were not able to .  
  
  As the boat came onto the dock it barely missed the gas pumps and the winch that are mounted on the dock.  The boat missed Subject1 but while Victim was trying to get out of the way the boat struck him and knocked him into the winch that is mounted between the gas pumps and injured his leg.  The boat then turned to the right and fell off the dock back into the water.  Victim's right leg had hit the winch when he was falling and other employees ran over to help him.  Operator was able to get his boat stopped and he then threw a rope to some employees that were standing on the dock and they were able to pull him to the dock and get his boat tied up.
  
  The boat Operator was driving was a 24ft Chaparrel open bow runabout.  It had been having some work done to it at Birge Marine and Service in Scottsville before the accident.  According to Operator, when he was approaching the dock to get fuel his shift cable malfunctioned and it had the boat locked in forward and it was unable to be put into reverse.  He advised as he was moving the throttle to give the motor power in the reverse gear and it was actually giving power to the forward gear making the boat jump up onto the dock before falling back into the water.
  
  Victim was taken by his parents to the Scottsville Medical Center to be checked out by a doctor just as a precaution.  Victim suffered some bruising on his upper right leg.  The boat Operator was driving suffered some damage as a result of hitting the dock on the bottom and also near the front tow hook.  The dock had several boards chipped and splintered and the rubber bumper of the dock was torn in several places.  There are pictures and a video of the accident attached to this report.
  
  The boat that Operator was driving was taken off the water and dropped off at Barren River Boat Shop on hwy 31E. The mechanic at Barren River Boat Shop called me after he looked the boat over and found that the inner shift cable had come loose inside the box it was mounted in.  I was unable to see it for myself.  The mechanic verified that the boat was unable to be shifted into reverse and also stated that they were lucky to be able to get it into neutral.
  
  The estimates for the damage on the vessel came from Kentucky Boating Accident Report Damage and Value Estimation Guide attached to our reports.  The estimate for the dock damage came from prices of wood and rubber and estimated work time to replace them.  There are witness statements, pictures and a video of the accident attached with this report.
  
  