RedactedNarrative: ON JULY 3, 2021 AT APPROXIMATELY 1000 HRS, VESSEL 1 OPERATED BY OPERATOR HIT A SURF WAVE IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN NEAR ATLANTIC BEACH, NC CAUSING OPERATOR TO GET EJECTED.  OPERATOR WAS TRYING TO OPERATE VESSEL 1 BACK TO THE SHORE TO SWITCH OUT OPERATORS.  OPERATOR HIT A WAVE THAT CAUSED HIM TO GET BOUNCED OFF VESSEL 1 AND GO AIRBORNE THEN COME BACK DOWN AND HIT VESSEL 1 WITH HIS BODY.  OPERATOR HAD A BROKEN FEMUR, CUTS TO FACE, BRUISING TO HIS RIGHT LEG, AND A CUT TO HIS RIGHT ELBOW.  OPERATOR WAS TRANSPORTED TO CARTERET HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS THEN AIRLIFTED TO GREENVILLE, NC FOR TRAUMA VICTIMS.  OPERATOR WAS THE ONLY PERSON ONBOARD AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT AND WAS TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE WAY OF THE WAVE, BUT HIT THE WAVE WRONG CAUSING HIM TO GET THROWN OFF VESSEL 1.
  
  
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