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Originally posted by Rog
Jim:
Curious, any chance you have the statistics from that report?
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Hi Rog,
Because research firms make money from their statistical reports, it's hard to get the most up to date numbers without paying for them.
However, in 1996, The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a report that studied injuries in children playing baseball.
The report cites 162,100 players being treated in hospital emergency rooms for baseball-related injuries in 1995. Of those, 75% were in children 10-14. Of children 10 and under, the most common injuries reported were to the head and neck area.
8% of the total injuries reported to children 10-14 were due to sliding, or 13,000 sliding injuries. 8,200 of those were caused on a slide into a base, and only 6,600 were related to base contact (preventable by break-away bases).
The numbers seem to be there to support prohibiting head-first slides in divisions where children around 10-years-old play. I guess I don't understand how other organizations can turn a blind eye toward that.