Mission of the Propeller Guard Information Center
Make boating safer by:
- Increasing awareness of propeller injuries and their severity
- Increasing awareness of existing propeller injury avoidance devices
- Providing online, free access to a repository of information surrounding all aspects of propeller injuries
- Being a catalyst for continuous improvement of existing propeller injury avoidance devices
- Scouting for and monitoring emerging technologies that might be useful in reducing propeller injuries
- Assisting propeller safety device inventors and manufacturers
- Encouraging the utilization of new technologies in future propeller injury avoidance solutions
- Encouraging the collection of more accurate propeller injury statistics
- Encouraging the collection of more detailed information surrounding propeller injury accidents
- Monitoring media reports citing U.S. Coast Guard propeller accident statistics to make sure they include all USCG BARD reported motor/propeller strikes and not just USCG BARD Event 1 accidents (see our statistics page) so the public is not misled.
- Promoting academic, scientific and technical research in this field
- Disseminating information to manufacturers of propeller injury avoidance devices
- Networking with other Propeller Safety advocates (including device manufacturers) and encouraging them to network with one another on common issues
- Encouraging manufacturers of marine drives and boats to reduce propeller injury risks
- Utilizing the skills and connections of other propeller safety advocates when possible, allowing us to spend more time doing what we do best and them to do the same
- Responding to USCG, NASBLA and other proposed propeller safety initiatives with detailed information to encourage and allow more fact based decisions
- Fact checking relevant reports being circulated in the boating industry
- Utilizing the Internet, blogs, social media,, and other tools to get news of breaking events or opportunities out fast.
