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Safety Stats

I came by these Statistics curtesy of Paul Mavor on the Australian Paintball site. Check it out. These Statistics were origionally supplied by the IPPA.

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INJURY STATISTICS AT HOME, AT WORK, AT PLAYC

SPORTS ACCIDENTS1

Yearly Injuries2 Per 1,000 Sport Participants

Archery 0.66 PAINTBALL GAMES 0.31 Baseball 27.67
Basketball 22.04 Bicycle Riding 11.30 Boating 0.92
Bowling 0.50 Boxing 11.34 Fishing 1.37
Football 27.50 Golf 1.13 Gymnastics 7.13
Hockey 12.46 Ice Skating 2.79 Racquetball 2.53
Rugby 23.14 Soccer 10.54 Snow Skiing 3.44
Snowmobiling 2.86 Swimming 1.30 Tennis 1.09
Volleyball 4.43 Water Skiing 1.90Wrestling 27.37
Handball 2.42Lacrosse 223.79

Running(NSC '87) Miles per week:

0-19 294
20-29384
30-39461.00

OTHER ACCIDENTS1

INJURIES2 PER 1,000 PERSONS PER YEAR

Home93
Street33
Moving Motor Vehicles26
Work Place61
  1. Source: National Safety Council 1988
  2. Injury is defined as one which results in some degree of permanent impairment, or renders the injured person unable to effectively perform his or her regular duties or activities for at least one full day beyond the date of the injury
  3. Source: Control Systems Inc. , administrator of paintball game accident insurance plan for air gun game operators.
Last Updated 7:36 pm, 6 Sep 2006