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• Research Projects for Senior Design Classes, Masters Thesis Projects, Industrial Design & Other Researchers
• Yamaha Possible Coverup of Propeller Guard Documents Exposed
• “In Ocean City, Propeller Accidents Chop Up Vacations” headline changed by media
• “Preventing Outboards from Flipping into Boats” updated
• “Shine On” Week Celebrated at Jeb Stuart High School
• $23 million Circle of Death propeller accident verdict upheld
• 10 ejected from boat in Lake Gage IN Circle of Death accident VIDEO
• 12 year-old New York boy killed by boat propeller during sailing lesson
• 2012 Public BARD Released – Our lists updated
• 2017 Bassmaster Classic Houston Map
• 2018 Bassmaster Classic won by Jordan Lee, Yamaha, & Ranger
• 2019 USCG Reauthorization bill: mandatory kill switch wear?
• 3 Children tubing struck by boat propeller Norris Lake TN 8 June 2018
• 3PO Navigator Propeller Guard Invented by Guy Taylor Receives U.S. Patent
• 5 year old stops boat in Circle of Death: Cowichan Bay / Vancouver Island Canada
• A Busy Day of Propeller Safety News: January 31, 2013
• A New Way Of Mitigating Losses Resulting From Hazards or Disasters
• Aaron Tepfer, 10, Cedarhurst New York boy, killed by Boat Propeller
• ABYC Consolidated Boat Warnings: a review
• ABYC Consolidated Boat Warnings: ANSI Z535.4 & ALL CAPS
• ABYC Consolidated Boat Warnings: History of their development
• ABYC Releases Consolidated Boat Warning Labels
• Adrian Todd v. Marine Power International Pty Ltd T/as Mercury Marine Australia Propeller Case Settled
• Aiden McKitrick, age 3, stuck by Pontoon boat propeller on Lake Ray Hubbard
• Analysis of NMMA Public Comments on USCG-2011-0497 Proposed Propeller Strike Rule / Regulation
• Analyzing Boat Acceleration & Boat Coast Down Data
• Angelopoulos v. Volvo Penta, Grady-White et. al.
• Angelopoulos v. Volvo Penta, Grady-White, et al: in Pre Trial Conference
• Animal Presence Detection Systems for Highways
• Are Propeller Guard Technologies Being Suppressed by the Boating Industry, Along With Other Propeller Safety Devices?
• Arm Chopped Off by boat propeller: Carter Viss
• Australian Military Fined for Not Using Propeller Guards
• Backup Cameras Required on New Cars by NHTSA
• BARD database search strategies for boat builders paper
• BARD Reported Accidents by Outboard and Sterndrive Manufacturer Used to Estimate Legacy Drive Population Market Shares
• BARD Training Materials: an Index
• BARD Training Support Materials
• BARD Training Videos for boat builders & others
• BARD: Boat Manufacturer Post Sale Safety Monitoring chart
• Barhanovich case settled
• Barhanovich case update 6 April 2018
• Barhanovich case: Archer & Bean blame Suzuki & Bob’s Machine Shop
• Barhanovich case: Suzuki released, Bean appeals
• Barhanovich vs. C.F. Bean & Archer Western Contractors
• Bass angler ejected: Table Rock
• Bass Boat Operators Ejected list updated 24 Sept 2014
• Bass Boat Operators Ejected Overboard Underway in Open Water: A List
• Bass boat outboard motors should be fail-safe impact tested
• Bass Boat Outboard Motors Struck Submerged Object, Flipped into Boat: a List
• Bass Tournament industry to be covered by PropellerSafety.com
• Bassmaster Classic 2016 Grand Lake / Wolf Creek boat ramp facilities preview
• BBC Boat Kill Cord Investigative Report
• BBC to Broadcast Boat Kill Cord Video Monday 30 September 2013
• Bean & Archer respond to Barhanovich objection to Suzuki
• Bean appeal in Barhanovich case heard by U.S. Court of Appeals for 5th Circuit
• Bean partially wins appeal in Barhanovich case in U.S Court of Appeals
• Bean Pled Guilty in Barhanovich Criminal Case
• Beautiful but Gone: Texas Boating Safety Video
• Bell vs. MasterCraft Boat Company Trial: Propeller Accident Victims Awarded $30 Million
• Benefits of Reducing Boating Accidents: USCG requests comments on report
• Blunt Trauma & Biomechanics of Boat Propeller & Propeller Guard Strikes: Part 1
• Blunt Trauma & Biomechanics of Boat Propeller & Propeller Guard Strikes: Part 2
• Boat and Propeller Strike Tests Model Turtles But Not People
• Boat Builder / Boatbuilder Product Safety Program
• Boat Builders Offering Propeller Guards Part 1 (A-M)
• Boat Builders Offering Propeller Guards Part 2 (N-Z)
• Boat Design Defects: NBC4 Investigation “Small Craft Advisory”
• Boat Engine Kill Switch System for Integrating With RFID Tags or RF Reflectors invention
• Boat Intelligent Warning System Invention
• Boat Kill Switch Keys: Its Past Time for a Standard
• Boat Kill Switch Wear Rate Estimated from U.S. Coast Guard BARD Data
• Boat kill-switch article in Miami New Times by Trevor Bach
• Boat or Boat Motor Struck Submerged Dredge Pipe: Exemplar Boat Accidents
• Boat Propeller Accident Statistics / BARD Database: Historical Calls for Improving Completeness, Accuracy, and Ease of Use
• Boat Propeller Injuries: Medical Case Studies paper
• Boat Propellers Are Like Prescription Drugs
• Boat Propulsion Impact Relief System: University of Cincinnati thesis
• Boater Beware: A Cautionary Tale of Survival: Kill Switches: Simmons
• Boating Industry & Others Portray Unsafe Boating Practices in Ads
• Boating Industry Continues to Claim Propeller Guards Were Never Offered by Boat Builders: We Show Otherwise
• Boating Industry Needs Legal Defense Against Emerging Propeller Safety Devices / Technologies
• Boating Industry Provides Misleading Propeller Accident Statistics
• Boating Industy Has a Double Standard When it Comes to Testing Propeller Guards
• Boating Safety in Press Release Images : Open Bow Wakesurfing Boat
• Bob’s Machine Shop / RSM International out of Barhanovich case
• Boeing Patents System for Reducing Viscous Drag
• Boni B. Blalack passed away 27 February 2015
• Boni Buehler – 1953 Boat Propeller Accident
• Brochtrup Wins Mercury Propeller Case Appeal
• Broussard bass boat kill switch ejection video
• BRP, Bass Pro, Yamaha, Land’N’Sea, Mercury & Brunswick donate to Hurricane Harvey relief efforts
• Bruce Porter, killed by dive catamaran propeller off New Zealand
• Brunswick / Mercury Marine Moving Propeller Alert patent issued
• Brunswick Calls For Rehearing of Brochtrup Propeller Case Appeal
• Brunswick follows our lead, files patent for neural network Virtual Propeller Guard
• Brunswick follows our lead, patents active trim cylinder US Patent 9,290,252
• Brunswick launches BoatClass on water training
• Brunswick Misled Two Federal Courts on Frequency of Propeller Accidents
• Brunswick Neural Network Person Detection patent issued
• Brunswick Patent Application prevents groundings
• Brunswick wireless lanyard patent application
• Call for Student Propeller Safety Project Sponsors
• Casey Schulman Was Not the First: Catamaran Dive, Snorkel, & Party Boat Propeller Accidents
• Casey Schulman, University of Virginia “Semester at Sea” Student, Killed by Propeller in Domica
• Casey Schulman: Andrew Armour Charged in Her Death by Propeller
• Casey Schulman’s Family Seeks Justice in Dominica
• Cash Fox, age 7, killed by boat propeller in Florida
• Challenges of Identifying Similar Boat Accidents of Types Not Classified by USCG’s BARD
• Charlie Hutton & Kali Gorzell : it’s been 3 years
• Charlie Hutton Corner’s Inquest Calls for Promoting Propeller Safety & Awareness
• Charlie Hutton, Boy Killed by Boat Propeller Near Isle of Wight Needles
• Charlie Hutton’s Brothers Raise Funds for RNLI
• Chris Lane runs The Leash at Bassmaster Classic 2016 Grove Oklahoma
• Christopher “Chris” Stanley: Indirect Boat Propeller Accident?
• Cian Williams – 2012 Boat Propeller Accident in Wales
• Cioban v. Silverthorn: houseboat propeller case decided
• Cioban v. Silverthorn: part 2: Our Comments
• Cioban-Leontiy v. Silverthorn – houseboat case: part 1
• Circle of Death Video: ReelJedi
• Circle of Death Warning
• Clippard vs. Yamaha outboard flipped in propeller case settled
• Coast Guard contractor finds flats boats unsafe : Kali Gorzell
• Coast Guard to require use of kill switch lanyards
• Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) in Modeling & Testing of Propeller Guards
• Contrapel Water Jet
• Cushioned Propeller Guard – Senior Design Project
• DAN Europe Renews Propeller Injury Prevention Safety Campaign
• David Cass of Minneapolis dies of pontoon boat propeller injuries
• David Schulman representative of the Estate of Casey Schulman v. Semester at Sea, et al.
• Denique Peace, 16, struck by propeller December 2014: a followup
• Dennehey: Another Catamaran propeller accident
• Deondra Scott v. Allen, Orzolek, and Chaparral Boats
• Deputy Devin Hodges killed by boat propeller during training exercises on Lake Hartwell in SC
• Design Chart for Preventing Outboard Motors From Entering Boats
• Design Chart for Preventing Outboard Motors From Entering Boats updated
• Design Chart to prevent outboard motors from flipping into boats – UPDATED Feb 2021
• Design Chart to prevent outboards from flipping into boats – UPDATED
• Designing a Log Strike Test Stand to Verify Durability of Outboard Motor Prototypes
• Detecting People Near Boats More Reliably Using Optical Image Stabilization: An Invention
• Developing a Consumer Guide for the Selection of Propeller Guards and Other Propeller Safety Devices
• Diver Struck by Propeller Caught on Underwater Video
• DJ Laz Boat Propeller Kills Ernesto Hernandez
• DJ Laz is Back!
• DJ Laz pleads No Contest
• DJ Laz Will Not be Criminally Charged
• DJ Laz’s Facebook & Twitter accounts have been deleted / closed down
• Does the Risk-Utility Test Exception for Simple Tools Apply to Boat Propellers?
• Donald G. Balius, Sr. : Obituary of a Propeller Guard Pioneer
• Drew Barefield, 12, struck by boat propeller on Choctawhatchee Bay
• Ejected from bass boat: kill switch saves them on VIDEO
• Emily Fedorko, 16, killed by boat propeller while tubing: Connecticut
• Entrapped by a Boat Propeller
• Estate of David Paul McFarlin and Jamie Laass vs. Brunswick Corporation (Mercury Marine and Lund Company) and Others
• Estimating the Total Number of Propeller Accidents: A Senior Design Project
• Exposed Propellers Are a Financial Hazard per Afloat Editorial
• Farewell to Charlie Strang
• Fell Marine to show MOB+ wireless kill switch at Bassmaster Classic
• Fell Marine wins Sea Tow National Boating Industry Safety Award
• First Responders postage stamp: 2018
• FLIR files patent for submerged object avoidance system
• FLIR receives Virtual Propeller Guard Patent
• Florida Propeller Accidents Missing From U.S. Coast Guard 2010 Boating Accident Report Database (BARD)
• Foot Throttles: Boat Propeller Safety Devices
• Ford Mustang to be raffled in Dylan Darland fundraiser: boy struck by boat propeller
• Full access to BARD is CRITICAL for monitoring product safety after sale
• Fund Raising for Dylan Darland: off-road racers raise the bar
• Fundraisers for People Struck by Boat Propellers
• Gabby DeSouza died
• Get Connected NSBC kill switch campaign image of a hand
• Google searches for “Kill Cord” spike in UK following the Milligan accident
• Gowrie Group Insurance Recommends Use of Propeller Guards
• Gruesome Propeller Murder of Rico Dardis now in UK Court
• Guard Technologies Category Launched
• Hawaii bill calls for mandatory propeller guards near shore
• Hawaii boat propeller accident rekindles call for propeller guards
• Hawaii prop guard bill amended to be effective in 2088
• History of Boat Propeller Safety Issues & the Propeller Safety Movement
• History of Lanyard Kill Switches for Recreational Boats: Inventions, Regulations, Accidents, and Trials
• Houseboat Propeller Fatality on Shuswap: Andrea Jacura
• How to Post Sale Monitor Boating Product Accidents / Risks / Performance
• Hydrodynamics of Propeller Accidents – Part 1 the History
• Hydrodynamics of Propeller Accidents Part 2 – Right Whale Collision Research
• Implantable Non-Unique RFID Tag / RFID Chip / RF Reflector Used to Detect Human Presence and/or Human Proximity and/or Human Location invention
• Improve Visibility of Water Skiers, Wake Boarders, & Tubes: Senior Design Project
• John Mc Garrigle v. Mercury Marine Propeller Case Settled
• Jonathon / Jonathan McClure drowns in bass boat accident on Claremore Lake
• Jordan McKelvey vs. State Dock Marina Rentals, et al. (including Sunstar Houseboats)
• Judge rejects Jones Act defense in Duck Boat Case
• Kaden Frederick (boy age 9) killed by pontoon boat propeller in Maryland
• Kaelynne Driscoll, 8, struck by boat propeller on Skaneateles Lake in NY
• Kali Gorzell : Texas Girl Killed in Aransas Pass Boat Propeller Accident
• Kali Gorzell & Charlie Hutton: Its Been a Year
• Kali’s Law signed by Texas Governor: boat kill switch law
• Kali’s Law: Misleading Fatality Statistics
• Katlyn Oliver, 4, killed by houseboat propeller on Lake Belton in Texas
• Kaw Lake Boating Accident – Tyler Wolley Missing and James Goodman Struck by Propeller
• Keaton Howard, 5 year-old boy killed on Lake Powell by boat propeller
• Kenneth W. Fisher Will be Allowed to Testify for Plaintiffs in McGarrigle v. Mercury Marine
• Kevin Rivera-Cornejo killed by rental houseboat propeller on Shasta Lake
• Kickup bracket with jack plate patent application
• Kill Switch / Engine Cut-Off Switch Proposed Rulemaking Comments Sought by USCG
• Kill Switch Public Service Announcement : Hunter Bland of U.F. bass fishing team
• Kill Switch regulation Coast Guard News Release
• Kim Hong Soek riding banana boat killed by boat propeller: Indonesia
• Kirsty MacColl Death by Boat Propeller
• Laass vs. Storm Lake, et al. (Mercury Marine and Lund Company) Settled
• Large Outboard Motor flipped into boat list updated
• Lawrence E. “Larry” Thibault Obituary
• Legal Aspects of Social Media & Boat Propeller Accidents: DJ Laz example
• Licensing Propeller Safety Technologies That Are Part of Industry Standards / Regulations: Similar Case Heads to Court
• LifeCord – smart kill switch lanyard
• Listman trial 16 November Session 2c
• Listman trial 17 November Session 1a
• Listman trial 17 November Session 1b
• Listman trial 17 November Session 2
• Listman trial 18 November Session 1c
• Listman trial 18 November Session 1d
• Listman vs OMC trial 1 November Session 1A – Plaintiff Opening Statements
• Listman vs OMC trial 18 November Session 1a – Judge’s Instructions to the Jury
• Listman vs OMC trial Verdict announced
• Listman vs. OMC Propeller Accident Trial
• Listman vs. OMC trial 1 November Session 1c
• Listman vs. OMC Trial 14 November Session 1
• Listman vs. OMC trial 14 November Session 2
• Listman vs. OMC trial 16 November Session 1
• Listman vs. OMC trial 16 November Session 2a
• Listman vs. OMC trial 16 November Session 2b
• Listman vs. OMC trial 18 November Session 1b2 – Plaintiff Closing Aurguments part 2
• Listman vs. OMC trial November 18 Session 1b1 Plaintiff Closing Arguments part 1
• Listman vs. OMC trial November 18 Session 1b3 – Plaintiff Closing Arguments part 3
• Litigation Testing Continues in Testing of Propeller Guards by Mercury Marine / Brunswick
• Log strike impact mapping / charting invention
• Log Strike Test System designed by student in Sweden: Fredrik Helgesson
• Log Strike Testing – 1950’s Mercury Video
• Log Strike Testing Part 1: Log Strikes and Log Strike Systems
• Log Strike Testing Part 2: A History of Log Strike Testing at Mercury Marine / Dry-land Impact Testing
• Madaline Cole, UK Woman Killed by Boat Propeller in Malaysia
• Madi Abeid: Young Girl Writes Profound Article on Propeller Guard Issues
• MagBlade MaxThrust & SlipStream Propellers Brings Safety to Boat Propellers
• MagBlade Safety Propeller awarded U.S. Patent
• MAIB Issues Kill Cord Warning After UK Milligan Accident
• MAIB report released on Milligan accident in the UK
• Malta Doctors Call for Propeller Safety Public Legislation & Boat Design
• Mandatory installation of kill switches
• Marc Craddock vs. The Golden Rule
• Marion Irving de Cruz passed from this life 18 May 2016: Emilo’s Mom
• Marion Irving deCruz (SPIN) recognized by U.S. Coast Guard
• Mark Barhanovich – Jones Act suit by C.F. Bean & Bean Meridian
• Mark Barhanovich Boat Propeller Accident at Deer Island Near Biloxi, MS: Dredge Pipe Strike?
• Mark Barhanovich: C.F. Bean Limitation of Liability Case Update 9 May 2013
• Mark Raubenheimer struck by boat propeller on MSC Cruise
• Master Deputy Devin Hodges Funeral is Today (6 June 2017) entrapped on propeller
• Matthew Meinert killed by boat propeller in Denton Creek, Texas, 2 year old Oliver survived
• McGarrigle v. Mercury Marine propeller case / lanyard kill switch case
• Media Coverage of our BARD Training Materials
• Media still misleads boaters on Kali’s Law impact on fatalities
• Medical Care Advances Influence Trends in BARD Fatalities
• MerCruiser adds Bravo Four S forward facing drive
• Mercury 250 Pro XS Outboard Powers 2016 Bassmaster Classic Winner
• Mercury Marine / Dick Snyder 1989 Propeller Guard
• Mercury Marine 1st Mate virtual lanyard
• Mercury Marine Aluminum Alloy patents & propeller safety
• Mercury Marine announces technology partnership with Fell Marine
• Mercury Marine donates boats & motors to Hurricane Harvey relief efforts
• Mercury Marine Moving Propeller (MP) Alert System
• Mercury Marine returns to Lake X
• Mercury Marine Tells Court the McGarrigil Accident is the First One Involving Mercury Tiller Steered Outboards
• Mercury Marine updates MP Alert (Moving Propeller Alert)
• Mercury Marine’s & OMC’s Propeller Guard Development $
• Mercury patented outboard motor tether in 1969
• Mercury patents log strike monitoring system
• Mermaid Samantha Maywell of Weeki Wachee Springs Struck by Boat Propeller
• Meyer v. Carnival: Amilcar Cascais / Carnival Deposition
• Meyer v. Carnival: Captain Lawrence O’Neil deposition
• Meyer v. Carnival: Ed Wieten / Passenger Deposition
• Meyer v. Carnival: Is Carnival in or out?
• Meyer v. Carnival: Jack Cardillo / Passenger Deposition
• Meyer v. Carnival: Jeffrey Navotny / Passenger Deposition
• Meyer v. Carnival: Lera Toato Mathurin deposition / Cox
• Meyer v. Carnival: Michael Meyer deposition (injured party)
• Meyer v. Carnival: Randall Jaques Affidavit / Tour Inspector
• Meyer v. Carnival: Scott Tannebaum / physician review
• Meyer v. Carnival: Siobhan Beaubrun Cox deposition part 2
• Meyer v. Carnival: Siobhan Beaubrun / Cox depositon part 1
• Meyer v. Carnival: Siobhan O’Grady / Passenger Deposition
• Michael Hinton v. Outboard Marine Corporation (OMC) propeller accident trial
• Michael Meyer 2011 Cruise Ship Shore Excursion Propeller Accident
• Michael Meyer v. Carnival Cruise Lines, et al.
• Michigan Boating Industries Association Shocked by Misguided USCG Ad Campaign
• Miles Wohlford dies from propeller injuries on Okanagan Lake in Canada
• Milligan Charitable Bike Ride Raising Funds for RNLI
• Milligan UK boating accident inquest
• Milliganesque Accident Avoided at Greenport Harbor, Long Island NY
• Mitigating Boat Propeller Injuries & Fatalities Chart
• MN Good Samaritans save boaters in 2 separate Circle of Death Accidents
• MOB + Wireless Cut-Off Switch from Fell Marine
• Modeling Boat Motor Log Strikes – A Senior Design Project
• Modeling the Risk of a Propeller Striking a Person or a Submerged Object: a Senior Design Project
• Molly Moses – 2009 Boat Propeller Accident
• Moral Responsibility to Monitor Products Post Sale: Boating Industry
• Moreno vs. Ross Island Sand & Gravel trial: jury decision
• Moving Propeller Alert System – Self Contained, Economical Version – Senior Design Project
• Mrs. Barhanovich says No to Bean & Archer plan to blame Suzuki
• Musical Tributes to Propeller Accident Victims
• NBSAC 95 on outboard motors breaking off and flipping into boats
• NBSAC public comment on recent propeller accidents
• New Category – Outboard Motor Broke Off & Flipped Into Boat
• New Category Created to Cover Propeller Safety Causes
• New Category Created to Cover Propeller Victim Memorials
• New South Wales (NSW) proposes mandatory wearing of kill switch lanyards
• New Zealand Diving Charter Fined in death of Bruce Porter
• Nicholas Milligan Boat Propeller Accident at Padstow UK: Two Dead 5 May 2013
• Nichols Marine Tournament Series Championship Grand Lake September 2015
• Nixon Sandbar Video vs. “Don’t Wreck Your Summer”
• NMMA & PGIC Public Comments on USCG-2011-0497 Proposed Rule as Wordles
• Non-Unique RFID Fob / RF Reflector Used to Detect Human Presence and/or Human Proximity and/or Human Location invention
• NSW Australia Investigation Finds Military RIB Needed a Propeller Guard
• NYT article on MLF Bass Pro Tour
• On The Escape of Tigers: Haddon & Bass Boat Propeller Safety
• Open Letter to Fell Marine / Mob + wireless lanyard / kill switch
• OSCAR detects floating debris: avoid log strikes
• Ott Defoe, Mercury, & Nitro win Bassmaster Classic 2019
• Our 501st post
• Our Earlier Propeller Safety Inventions
• Our List of Outboard Motors Flipping Into Boats Was Updated 18 November 2013
• Our List of Outboard Motors Flipping Into Boats Was Updated 2 June 2014
• Our List of Outboard Motors Flipping Into Boats Was Updated Today
• Our List of Pontoon Boat Over the Bow Accidents Updated 8 July 2014
• Outboard Motor Log Strike Mode by Speed and Resistance to Impact Chart
• Outboard Motor Struck Submerged Object And Flipped Into Boat: Exemplar Outboard Boat Accidents
• Padstow UK Speedboat / Boat Double Fatality Propeller Accident ? 5 May 2013
• Patrick Oliver dies from propeller wounds from trying to rescue his daughter Katlyn
• Pattaya Establishes Fund to Pay for Tourists Deaths & Injuries
• Pennsylvania changes wakesurfing laws to accommodate Volvo Penta FWD drive
• Perpetual Boat Propeller Safety Hazards & How to Mitigate Them
• Petition to Make Boat Kill Cord Use Mandatory in UK
• PGIC Goes Mobile
• PGIC Now Hosting SPIN
• Pontoon Boat Bow Riding / Bowriding / Over the Bow Propeller Accidents List
• Pontoon boat propeller accident cluster: 6 media reported accidents in 8 days
• Pontoon Boat propeller warning from Aiden Mckitrick’s mother
• Pontoon rental boat safety training bill signed in New Jersey
• Post Sale Duty to Monitor Product Risks / Accidents: Boating Industry
• Post Sale monitoring boats for safety hazards: Introduction to our coverage
• Powerboat & RIB Magazine distributes “Wear Your Kill Cord” warning sticker
• PowerTech! Safety Prop wins IBEX 2012 Innovation Award
• Preventing & Mitigating Injuries and Fatalities from Outboard Motors Flipping into Boats: Methods & Technologies Chart
• Preventing Outboard Motors From Flipping into Boats
• Preventing Outboards Flipping in Boats: Supplement 1
• Preventing Pontoon Boat “Over the Bow” Propeller Accidents
• Preventing Pontoon Boat Over the Bow Propeller Accidents by DESIGN
• Propeller Accident News Media Coverage Phase 1 (Breaking News Reports) Wordle
• Propeller Accident News Media Coverage Phase 2 (The Hospital Stay) Wordle
• Propeller Accident News Media Coverage Phase 3 (Released From Hospital Stay) Wordle
• Propeller Accidents Similar to the McGarrigle Accident: Mercury Said There Were None – Our Findings Indicate Otherwise
• Propeller case settles for $12 million
• Propeller Fatality Cap and Trade With a Tax On Over Cap Fatalities
• Propeller Fatality Tax, Cap and Trade Background Information
• Propeller Guard CFD: Oliver Lee Thesis
• Propeller Guard Designed for Courtroom Use – Senior Design Project
• Propeller Guard Drag Research Projects – Senior Design Projects
• Propeller Guard Information Center launches a Facebook presence
• Propeller Guard Information Center Launches PropellerSafety.com Today
• Propeller Guard law passes: Suffolk County New York
• Propeller Guard Paradox Defense Defeated by Uncle Milton’s Ant Farm
• Propeller Guard Test Procedure Released by U.S. Coast Guard
• Propeller Guard Test Protocol Draft: PGIC Public Comments
• Propeller Guard Test Protocol Rough Draft Released by ABYC / CED for Public Comment
• Propeller Guards Increase Cross Sectional Area And Thus Increase Risk of Injury?
• Propeller Guards Required by U.S. Masters Swimming Open Water Events
• Propeller Guards: ABYC Marine Law Symposium
• Propeller Injuries Up 65 Percent in USCG 2013 Statistics
• Propeller Safety & Propeller Guard News Prior to June 2011
• Propeller Safety History Repeats Itself, Repeats Itself ….
• Propeller Safety Thoughts Prior to June 2011
• Propeller Safety Warnings vs New Graphic Cigarette Warnings
• Propeller Safety Year in Review 2010
• Propeller Safety Year in Review 2011
• Propeller Safety Year in Review 2012
• Propeller Safety Year in Review 2013
• Propeller Safety Year in Review 2014
• Propeller Safety Year in Review 2015
• Propeller Safety Year in Review 2016
• Propeller Safety Year in Review 2017
• Propeller Safety Year in Review 2018
• Propeller Safety Year in Review 2019
• Propeller Safety Year in Review 2020
• Propeller Solutions Launches Nylon Coated Stainless Steel Propeller Guards
• Propeller Solutions Prop Deflector: August 2013 Update
• Propeller Warning Labels Seen at the 2012 Tulsa Boat Show
• Propeller Warning Labels Seen at the 2013 Tulsa Boat Show
• Propeller Warning Labels seen at the 2014 Tulsa Boat Show: Part 1
• Propeller Warning Labels seen at the 2014 Tulsa Boat Show: Part 2
• Propeller, It’s What’s for Dinner : A Propeller Safety Checkoff Program
• PropellerSafety.com updates “look” of website
• Randy Howell runs The Leash: video
• Rating Propeller Guards per USCG’s New Propeller Test Procedure: the Numbers
• Regulations proposed requiring propeller guards on boats used to instruct children: New York
• Regulations, Standards, Statements, and Developments Resulting in More Boat Builders Offering Propeller Guards
• Rental Boat Safety Instructional Materials
• Review of MAIB report on Milligan family propeller accident in UK
• Review of Public Comments on USCG-2011-0497 Proposed Propeller Strike & CO Poisoning Rule
• Rex Chambers accident: outboard motor flipped in: Wheeler Lake AL
• Rex Chambers passed 15 June 2019
• Rex Chambers speaks on The Leash: video
• RFID Boat Kill Switches (Engine Cut-Off Switches) – Five PGIC Invention Disclosures Posted August 29, 2011
• RFID Clothing Used to Detect Human Presence in Boat Kill Switch Applications invention
• RFID Life Jacket / PFD Used to Detect Human Presence in Boat Kill Switch Applications invention
• RingProp Intellectual Property for Sale by Edward Symmons
• RYA Kill Switch lanyard wear PSA 2019
• RYA Updates Position Statement on Propeller Guards
• Ryan Batchelder, 7 of FL, killed: boat propeller accident Lake Burton
• Ryan’s Law & Federal Preemption- part 1
• Ryan’s Law & Federal Preemption- part 2
• Ryan’s Law filed in State of New York
• Safety Hierarchy, Hierarchy of Controls & Haddon’s 10 Countermeasures & Warnings
• Safety is our number one priority????
• Samantha Maywell / Mermaid Samantha Chick-fil-A Fundraiser
• Sarah Roderick: Girl Killed in Lake Havasu Pontoon Boat Propeller Accident
• Sarasota Sailing Club Propeller Kills Boy: Ethan Isaacs
• Sarasota Youth Sailing: Ethan Isaacs accident UPDATE1
• Schulman v. Institute for Shipboard Education propeller case settled
• Sensor Based Detection of people near boat propellers: Patents
• Shark Attacks vs. Propeller Strikes: A Statistical Comparison
• Sharrow Propeller receives rave review from BoatTest
• Sharrow Propeller wins Innovation Award
• Shock Mounted, Forward Facing, Catchers Mask Propeller Guard Invention
• Size of the Recreational Boat Replacement Propeller Market
• Snorkeler Struck by Midnight Express boat propeller: Florida
• South Florida boat party scene & safety: Miami New Times
• Sri Shim killed by boat propeller in Hawaii, Trey Albrecht injured
• Stages of grief: boating industry resists proposed safety devices
• State of Maryland files against boat rental operation in propeller fatality
• Stephen Keller Boat Propeller Accident – Boat Propeller Fatality Statistics Under Reported – San Jose Mercury News Misinforms Readers
• Stop the Bleed
• Street Named for Terrell Horne III, USCG Propeller Strike Victim
• Study Advises Boat Manufacturers to Prevent Exposure to Propellers
• Suzuki patents outboard tether in Japan in 1992
• Swim Platform Seats: An Attractive Nuisance to Children, Youth, & Adults?
• Swimming Pool Grate Accident Results in Prosecution of Executive
• Terrell Horne USCG Killed by Boat Propeller While Interdicting Smugglers
• Texas Legislature Introduces Bill in Memory of Kali Gorzell
• The Drake Equation vs. the Probability of Being Struck by a Boat Propeller
• The Emperor Has No Boat – SUNY Propeller Guard Testing
• The Leash : tether prevents outboard motors from flipping into boats
• The Leash awarded 2nd U.S. Patent
• The Leash patent application was published by USPTO
• The Leash receives U.S. Patent
• The Leash: Bassmaster Tournament: ACA outboard flipped into boat accident
• The Media and Boat Propeller Safety
• The Truth About Kill Cords: Motor Boat & Yachting article
• Timothy Clippard of Missouri Killed on Kentucky Lake in Boat Accident
• Today Show covers Emily Fedorko accident & hazards of tubing
• Todd Iwamoto Killed in California Delta boat accident
• Tourists Being Struck and Killed by Boat Propellers in Diving / Snorkeling Areas
• Tribute to Rescuers, First Responders, Paramedics, Surgeons, and Others
• Tyler Murphy, Baseball Recruit, Struck by Boat Propeller on Tulloch Lake CA
• Typical Crass Comments Made Online to Propeller Accident News Reports and Trial Reports
• U.S. Coast Guard 2010 BARD Unreported Propeller Accidents: Carla Faul Pontoon Boat Propeller Accident in Florida
• U.S. Coast Guard 2010 Boating Accident Report Database (BARD) Left Out Many Propeller Accidents
• U.S. Coast Guard NBSAC97 meeting part 1
• U.S. Coast Guard NBSAC97 meeting part 2
• U.S. Coast Guard NBSAC97 meeting part 3
• U.S. Coast Guard NBSAC97 meeting part 4
• U.S. Coast Guard NBSAC97 meeting part 5
• UK Boat Kill Cord & Propeller Safety Interactive Timeline
• UK History of the Boat Kill Cord & Propeller Safety Movement
• UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) backs off prop guard statement
• UK Petition to Put Cages on Boat Propellers
• UK Princes Club Water Sports Park fined in death of Mari-Simon Cronje
• University of New South Wales (UNSW) Australia Fined in Boat Accident
• University of Virginia Severs Relationship with Semester at Sea
• Unprotected Propellers Can Maim and Kill: AFLOAT December 2014
• Unsafe Practices Portrayed in Yamaha Outboard / Boating Ads & Websites
• Update on Daniel Perez vs. Yamaha Motor ($39 million verdict in June 2011)
• Updated list of Dredge Pipe Strikes and Updated List of Houseboat Propeller Accidents
• Updated list of over the bow Pontoon Boat propeller accidents
• Updated list of over the bow Pontoon Boat propeller accidents 2021
• Updated List of Pontoon Boat Bow Riding / Over the Bow Propeller Accidents
• Updated Outboard Motor broke off & flipped into boat lists
• USCG 2010 Boating Accident Report Database (BARD) Has Been Castrated
• USCG BARD as a Tool for Boating Safety Continuous Improvement
• USCG Cadence Contest 2013 honors Terrell & Rachel Horne
• USCG Cutter Terrell Horne named for propeller victim
• USCG Kill Switch (Engine Cut-Off Switch) Proposed Rule USCG-2009-0206 Our Public Comments
• USCG Kopytko boat kill switch PSA
• USCG NBSAC 92: Our Public Comments
• USCG NBSAC97 Our Public Comment
• USCG Propeller Guard Test Procedure – an initial review
• USCG Propeller Safety Regulations Timeline / History
• USCG Recreational Vessel Propeller Strike Casualty Prevention Proposed Rule USCG-2011-0497 Our Public Comments
• USCG Releases Recreational Boating Statistics 2010
• USCG Releases Recreational Boating Statistics 2011
• USCG Releases Recreational Boating Statistics 2012
• USCG Releases Recreational Boating Statistics 2013
• USCG Releases Recreational Boating Statistics 2014
• USCG Releases Recreational Boating Statistics 2015
• USCG Releases Recreational Boating Statistics 2016
• USCG Releases Recreational Boating Statistics 2017
• USCG releases Recreational Boating Statistics 2018
• USCG releases Recreational Boating Statistics 2019
• USCG to Issue Debris Warning for San Francisco Bay 15 February 2017
• USCG’s “Estimating Benefits of Reducing Accidents” Our Public Comment
• Use of Wordles in Studying Propeller Safety
• Valdez v. DJ Laz / Lazero Mendez, et. al.
• Vermeer OPS: supplemental kill switch technology
• Vernon Fowlkes: 1973 fatal bass boat propeller accident
• Victor Sanchez, Seattle Mariners struck by boat propeller
• Virginia Beach Propeller Accident Impales Girl’s Leg – Alexis Angelopolous
• Virginia Tech drone impact tests: dejavu boat propeller guard tests
• Volvo Penta FWD Forward Drive: safer or not?
• Volvo Penta Patents Virtual Propeller Guard System
• Warnings for outboard motor can flip into boat
• We submitted 2 Public Comments to NBSAC95
• Why outboards break off bass boats paper
• William E. Coxe III vs. Yamaha Motor Corporation USA and Maverick Boat Company Propeller Case Settled
• William Feehan, 11 year-old boy, killed on Bull Shoals Lake by boat propeller
• Worst Boat Propeller Warning Ever: nausea category
• WSF / WSIA silent kill switch PSA
• Yachting Australia Issues Safety Notice Calling for Propeller Guards
• Yale and MIT Release Study of Human Sensing Methods
• Yamaha Motor UK Pro says “a propeller guard is essential to reduce the risk of injury”
• Yamaha Offers Propeller Guards on UK Pro Outboards
• Yamaha Removed All References to its New Propeller Guard From its Website
• Yanmar Builds Diesel Outboard to Accept Propeller Guard
• Yu Chen, Wakesurfer, killed by Univ Wisconsin Rescue boat propeller 21 May 2017

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