- Target:
- Honey Creek resort
- Region:
- United States of America
Paintball Good Safety Record
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 JAN. 2001)
Sports Injuries Report
SPORT Yearly injuries per 1000 Participants
Water Skiing 260.84
Lacrosse 223.79
Wrestling 36.46
Rugby 31.21
Football 30.17
Baseball 28.42
Hockey 21.92
Basketball 19.76
Soccer 12.59
Boxing 11.34
Bicycle Riding 11.71
Gymnastics 10.49
Volleyball 4.03
Ice Skating 3.83
Snowmobiling 3.52
Snow Skiing 2.99
Racquetball 2.77
Tennis 2.77
Handball 1.92
Fishing 1.43
Swimming 1.34
Golf 1.22
Archery 0.85
Boating 0.75
Bowling 0.47
Paintball 0.24
Other injuries
LOCATION Yearly injuries per 1000 Persons
Home 93
Work Place 66
Moving Vehicles 22
Street 19
Borrowed from: http://www.paint-ball.org/paintball_statistics.htm
We are trying to get paintball fields put in at honey creek state resort, which is located by Rathbun lake in Southern Iowa.
Paintball is a safe, family-friendly sport. By making fields, we think it would bring more publicity to the area.
You can further help this campaign by sponsoring it
The Honey creek resort- paintball fields petition to Honey Creek resort was written by Daniel and is in the category Sports at GoPetition.