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Curious about the safety of playing paintball?
One of the biggest concerns of players and parents of young players is safety, or at least it should be.
Safety is key in paintball. If you do not have the proper safety equipment and gear, you risk the chance of injuring someone else or getting injured yourself.
Please click on some of the safety information links below.
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Paintball Good Safety Record
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NEISS - The National Injury Information Clearinghouse of the U. S. Consumer Product Safety Commission in Washington D. C. has provided injury estimates through use of the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System.
In the number of estimated injuries per 1,000 participants,
paintball had the LEAST NUMBER OF INJURIES of all the listed sports.
The number of injuries for paintball is less by far than bowling, tennis, archery,
basketball, and many other sports.
The government report warns: "CAUTION. NEISS data and estimates
are based on injuries treated in hospital emergency rooms that patients say are
related to products. Therefore it is incorrect, when using NEISS data, to say the
injuries were caused by the product." That means that the paintball total injuries include all types of injuries, and would include sprained ankles, cuts, heat exhaustion, etc., on and off the playing field, at organized play sites or otherwise,
as well as any eye injuries. The estimated figures are calculated using data from
a sample of hospitals in the U. S. and its territories. (APG NOV. 2003)
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| US SPORT |
Yearly injuries per 1000 Participants
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| Boxing |
5.2 |
| Football-Tackle |
3.8 |
| Snowboarding |
3.8 |
| Ice Hockey |
3.7 |
| Snow Skiing |
3.0 |
| Soccer |
2.4 |
| Softball |
2.2 |
| Basketball |
1.9 |
| Football-Touch |
1.9 |
| Surfing |
1.8 |
| Cheerleading |
1.7 |
| Water Skiing |
1.6 |
| Racquetball |
1.5 |
| Martial Arts |
1.5 |
| Wresting |
1.4 |
| Baseball |
1.4 |
| Volleyball |
1.3 |
| Mountain Biking |
1.2 |
| Tennis |
1.1 |
| Ice Skating |
1.1 |
| Horseback Riding |
1.0 |
| Skateboarding |
0.8 |
| Hunting |
0.8 |
| Bicycling-BMX |
0.8 |
| Running |
0.6 |
| Paintball |
0.2 |
SOURCE: AMERICAN SPORTS DATE, INC. |
Other injuries
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| LOCATION |
Yearly injuries per 1000 Persons |
| Home |
93 |
| Work Place |
66 |
| Moving Vehicles |
22 |
| Street |
19 |
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