| Paintball injuries can generally be divided into two | | | | Because of this enforcement the majority of injuries |
| groups, serious injuries and minor injuries. The minor | | | | tend to happen on private paintball fields where people |
| injuries include things such as bruising, cuts and | | | | will generally not be as strict when it comes to |
| scrapes. Where as the more serious injuries include | | | | enforcing safety rules. |
| eye and face damage. Thankfully the serious injuries in | | | | The next biggest factor that will stop you getting a |
| paintball are easily avoidable and in this article we will | | | | serious injury is the purchase of a good mask. Most |
| outline how to avoid serious injury playing paintball. | | | | good paintball centres will issue paintball masks that will |
| The most serious injury that can be sustained while | | | | cover the whole of the head. Some players insist on |
| playing paintball is blindness. This would be caused by | | | | just wearing face protection or glasses, this leaves |
| getting hit in the eye with a paintball at high speed. This | | | | exposed sensitive area's like the nose, and also the |
| scenario is easily avoidable by wearing a paintball | | | | temples at the side of the head, which will cause |
| mask that covers the eye's and face. The accidents | | | | serious injury if they are struck by a paintball. |
| will generally happen when people take off their masks | | | | So in conclusion the most effective step to avoiding |
| during a game, or if people have no face protection | | | | serious injuries when you are paintballing is to find a |
| initially and get hit in the face by a high speed paintball. | | | | professional paintball centre near you and play there, |
| If you play at a professional paintball centre then it is | | | | as they tend to have much better safety records |
| mandatory for everyone to wear paintball masks that | | | | compared to private paintball fields. |
| cover the whole face to prevent getting hit in the face. | | | | |