(CNN) -- Nonpowder firearms like BB and paintball guns aren't typically considered lethal weapons. But as the rate of eye injuries linked to these weapons surges, researchers say it's time to take ...

About 79 percent of those hospitalizations were due to BB or pellet guns and 19 percent were associated with paintball guns. "Eye injuries associated with sports and recreation are common but ...

The researchers looked at 20 patients with eye injuries due to paintball gun assaults during a two-year period from January 2020 to December 2021. At the time, a rash of paintball gun assaults had ...

NEW YORK – Eye injuries sustained during paint ball games can be severe, but most can be prevented by wearing the proper protective gear, a new study suggests. In a review of 36 patients seen at ...

A recent study in the American Journal of Ophthalmology revealed that serious eye injuries can be a consequence of playing paintball without protective gear. Researchers examined records from 36 ...

and blurry vision in his right eye after getting accidentally shot in the face with a paintball during a tournament. He sustained the injury while his eye protection was briefly removed.

A woman suffered a severe injury to her left eye late Friday after she was struck by a paintball fired from a car as she was walking in the Village of East Davenport. Davenport Police Major Jeff ...

A doctor at a stag party who suffered a permanent injury to his eye when he was struck by a paintball during a party activity ...

YUMA — A Yuma Wal-Mart and a toy distributor have been sued by the family of a San Luis, Mexico, boy whose eye was injured, allegedly when a paintball gun malfunctioned. The lawsuit seeks ...

"She was shot in the body I believe twice—on the face one time, which went and hit the eye," Murillo said. Paramedics rushed Vicky by ambulance to the hospital after the paintball pierced her eye.