This study from the CDC found that annually about 4.5 out of 10,000 participants in paintball required emergency room treatment. Greater than 60% of injuries were due to pellet wounds, of which most were to the eye. Over 95% of injured persons treated and released from the ER (i.e. did not require hospital admission.


Injuries from paintball game related activities in the United States, 1997–2001

J M Conn, J L Annest, J Gilchrist and G W Ryan

National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

Inj Prev 2004;10:139-143

http://ip.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/abstract/10/3/139