Baseball Safety Fact Sheet
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Baseball Safety. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) wants you and your family to. be safe when playing baseball. ...
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Washington, DC 20207 Hotline: Helmet with Face Guard 1-800-638-2772 Baseball Safety The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) wants you and your family to be safe when playing baseball. CPSC announced that softer-than standard baseballs, safety releases bases, and batting helmets with face guards could significantly reduce the amount and severity of 58,000 (or almost 36 percent of ) baseball-related injuries to children each year. Baseball, softball, and teeball are among the most popular sports in the United States, with an estimated 6 million children ages 5 to 14 participating in organized leagues and 13 million children participating in non-league play. In 1995, hospital emergency rooms treated an estimated 162,100 children for baseball-related injuries. CPSC collected and analyzed data on baseball, softball, and teeball-related injuries to children to determine specifically how these children were injured and what safety equipment could prevent such injuries. CPSC found that baseball protective equipment currently on the market may prevent, reduce, or lessen the severity of more than 58,000 injuries occurring to children each year. Softer-than-standard balls may prevent, reduce, or lessen the severity of the 47,900 ball impact injuries to the head and neck. Fact Shee t Fact Shee t Publication # 329 Batting helmets with face guards may prevent, reduce, or lessen the severity of about 3,900 facial injuries occurring to batters in organized play. Soft Core Ball Safety release bases that leave no holes in the ground or parts of the base sticking up from the ground when the base is released may prevent, reduce, or lessen the severity of the 6,600 base- contact sliding injuries occurring in organized play. Release Base The U.S.Consumer Product Safety Commission protects the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death from 15,000 types of consumer products under the agencys jurisdiction. To repo ...
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