TABLE 13. Paintball eye injuries related to protective eyewear
| Author | Reported cases | Open globe | Eyewear use not stated | Eyewear not worn | Eyewear available but not worn or removed prior to injury | Industrial or other eyewear in place but failed | ASTM F1776 protector failure |
| Acheson (1989) 771 | 6 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| Anders (1994) 772 | 3 | 3 | |||||
| Dawidek (1989) 773 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Easterbrook (1985/8)303,774 | 44 | 2 | 43 | 1 | |||
| Farr (1998)775 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Fineman (2000)776 | 35 | 2 | 13 | 19 | 3 | ||
| Gazagne (1994)777 | 6 | 6 | |||||
| Hargrave (2000)778 | 4 | 4 | |||||
| Hansen (1994)779 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Karel (2002)780 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Kruger (1999)781 | 6 | 5 | 1 | ||||
| Mamalis (1990)782 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Martin (1987)783 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Mason (2002)784 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 (? ASTM) | |||
| Morgan (1989)785 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Pakoulas (1989)786 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Ryan (1986)787 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Schwartz (2000)788 | 141 | 16 | 52 | 63 | 19 | 7 | |
| Tardif (1986)789 | 13 | 1 | 13 | ||||
| Thach (1999)790 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | ||
| USEIR201 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 (poor fit over Kevlar helmet) | ||
| Verburg (1993)791 | 5 | 5 | |||||
| Wellington (1989)792 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Welsh (1989)793 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Wrenn (1991)794 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Zwaan (1996)795 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| TOTALS | 319 | 25 | 55 | 164 | 76 | 22 | 2 |