RedactedNarrative: Operator showed up at his residence in East Machias with injuries sustained by a boating incident.  He received severe facial and head injuries from the propeller.  He was transported to the Down East Community Hospital Emergency Room.  He was transferred by Life Flight to Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor for immediate Reconstructive surgery.  I received information on how the operator reported to the staff how it happened.  The operators wife also shared his description of what happened.  
  
  The Operator was attempting to tow a tree away from his boat landing and during the process the rope broke and he was thrown from his boat and struck by the propeller.  He swam about 200 yards to shore and walked to his camp where he tried to call his wife for help. Unable to reach her he drove his truck back to his residence about 7 miles.  His wife drove him to the hospital.  His injuries were lacerations to his neck, jaw, forehead from the propeller.  His jaw bone was broken and a piece of his skull penetrated the brain cavity.  He stayed conscious the entire time up until the medical staff put him on a respirator.  Doctors also indicated he has heart problems and has a pace maker.  He was not wearing a PFD but was able to swim to shore.   
  
  I went to the scene and was able to see a blood trail from where the operator walked back to his camp to call and then into the driveway where his truck must have been parked.  I also observed where he had been cutting the log in front of his camp.  The witness who brought his boat back to shore saw the log with the rope attached and found the boat on shore a short distance from his camp.  I was able to piece it back together with the evidence at the scene and from statements given at hospital.  The operator / victim will be unable to describe the sequence of events for some time due to several surgical procedures.  I viewed pictures from the injury and the wounds were consistent with a propeller injury.