RedactedNarrative: Victim was being towed on a tube behind the boat that was being operated by Operator. Victim let go of the tube because the water was striking his groin in an irritating way. Victim was pulling himself up to the boat with the rope attached to the tube. Victim stated he believed the motor was off or in neutral because the boat was not moving. He was pulling himself to the swim ladder when he felt the propeller start to pull his shorts. 
  
  His shorts and the rope got tangled around the propeller that was still in motion resulting in his legs being cut by the propeller. Victim got his shorts untangled from the propeller and was transported to the boat ramp by the another vessel that was nearby when the accident occurred. 
  
  The vessel being operated by Operator was disabled due to damage sustained to the lower unit. Operator said that he did not think his spotter was doing his job. Operator stated that when Victim was pulling himself up to the boat with the rope attached to the tube he had placed the boat in neutral and that it was not moving. 
  
  Operator stated that he remembered having the throttle in the neutral position, and spoke to technicians at the boat shop about the propeller still having a free spin. Operator said he did not know the propeller was still spinning. Operator said that once Victim was free from the propeller they pulled Victim up on the boat and they transferred him to the other boat. Operator said that his boat was stranded until they removed pieces of Victim’s shorts from the prop. Operator said that once he got to shore he waited around for someone to talk to him. Victim was transported to the hospital by ambulance as soon as he arrived at the boat ramp. Operator said that the damages to his lower unit cost just under 2,000 dollars.
  