| Country | State | River | Section | Date | Injury | Victim | |
| WV | Gauley | 7 (Upper). Summersville Dam to Mason Branch | 1989-10-00 | Near Drowning (11 more) | Steve Groetzinger | Read More | |
| SC | Chattooga | Section 4 - Route 76 Bridge to Tugaloo Lake Boat Ramp | 1989-08-00 | Near Drowning (11 more) | Doug Wellman | Read More | |
| IN | Wildcat Creek | Along Eisenhower Rd. | 1989-10-01 | Head (12 more) | 4 men | Read More | |
| NC | Watauga | Sect III | 1989-07-04 | Near Drowning (11 more) | Five Paddlers | Read More | |
| CA | Tuolumne | Clavey Falls | 1989-06-27 | Spinal Injury (12 more) | Rich Montgomery | Read More | |
| AR | Cossatot | Cossatot Falls | 1989-05-19 | Near Drowning (11 more) | Larry Denton | Read More | |
| AL | Black Water Creek | Jasper, AL | 1989-10-01 | Fatal (12 more) | John Drain | Read More | |
| IN | Sugar Creek | Shades State Park | 1989-05-03 | Fatal (12 more) | Debra M. Skinner | Read More | |
| NJ | Musconetcong River | Dam at Riegelsville | 1989-05-29 | Fatal (11 more) | Louis Gelato | Read More | |
| AZ | Albuquerque River | 1989-07-24 | Fatal (11 more) | unknown Skateboarder | Read More | ||
| NJ | Delaware | Lambertville Wing Dam | 1989-05-21 | Fatal (11 more) | Rich Eschelman | Read More | |
| NJ | Pequannock | Newfoundland (Rte 513) to Alt Rt 511, Pompton Lakes | 1989-05-17 | Fatal (11 more) | Ken Kajiwara | Read More | |
| NJ | Raritan, S. Branch | Town of High Bridge to confluence with North Branch of the Raritan | 1989-06-17 | Other (12 more) | Gary Kugler | Read More | |
| WV | Meadow | Lower | 1989-09-22 | Fatal (12 more) | Whitney Shields | Read More | |
| WV | Meadow | Lower | 1989-09-12 | Fatal (12 more) | John Dolbare | Read More | |
| GA | Chatooga | Section IV | 1989-08-27 | Fatal (12 more) | Unknown Man | Read More | |
| TN | Tellico | 4. Ranger Station to Tellico Plains | 1989-07-29 | Fatal (12 more) | Keven Huff | Read More | |
| NC | Tuckasegee | Cherokee to Bryson City | 1989-07-09 | Fatal (12 more) | Roger Stallings | Read More | |
| ME | Machias | Big Machias Lake to Aroostook River | 1989-06-15 | Fatal (12 more) | Sherry Lee Gilbert | Read More | |
| AZ | Colorado | Grand Canyon | 1989-06-14 | Fatal (12 more) | Martin Hunsucker | Read More | |
| VT | West | Ball Mountain Dam to Jamaica State Park (Salmon Hole) | 1989-05-06 | Fatal (12 more) | Mimi Lebeu | Read More | |
| WV | Cheat | Canyon | 1989-04-22 | Fatal (12 more) | Michael Lowendic | Read More | |
| CA | Russian | Pieta Creek to 101 Bridge | 1989-03-29 | Fatal (12 more) | John Degeorge | Read More | |
| WV | Blackwater | Lower | 1989-03-25 | Fatal (12 more) | Charlie Deaton | Read More |