RedactedNarrative: On September 12, 2021 at approximately 7: 15 pm the operator of Vessel #1 was operating her pontoon boat at West Branch State Park just northwest of Goose island to retrieve the floating rafts that had blown out of her vessel. 
  
  While retrieving those floats the operator did not realize that a docking line fallen into the water and when she started up the outboard motor and shifted into forward gear the engine shut off. 
  
  At that time the operator of vessel #1 noticed the docking line had wrapped around the propeller of her outboard motor. She leaned over the back of her vessel and was using a dock pole to unwrap the docking line from the propeller. 
  
  While doing this the operator leaned out the back and the back-deck storage compartment is made to flip open to access the fuel tanks and battery switch. That deck hinged backwards and sent the operator over the back of the boat. 
  
  The operator hit her forehead off the top of the outboard engine and fractured her right wrist. The operator was able to get herself back into the boat without falling into the water. Once she was back inside the boat she called "911" because she could not use her wrist and the docking line was still wrapped around the propeller. 
  
  The operator was transported to the University Hospital in Ravenna for treatment to her broken right wrist and laceration to her forehead. She had to get surgery on her wrist a few days after the incident occurred. There was no damage to the vessel, after unwrapping the docking line it started up and was operated back to the West Branch Marina where is has a seasonal slip on the water.
  