With the warmer weather coming around for the mid to upper coastal regions, more and more people are getting back into gear and hitting the streets with their favorite sports and activities. Many of these include biking, roller skating, skateboarding, and many other assorted activities that require shooting down a hill on wheels. Each of these potentially lethal activities can be made a safer hobby simply by using a helmet. There are different types of helmets specified for each activity that makes them even more safe to the general public. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has recently released a new guide entitled “Which Helmet For Which Activity”, just in time for Brain Injury Awareness Month. The guide was made with the sole purpose of ensuring brain safety in sports, focusing around the use of helmets.
The Chairman at CPSC, Hal Stratton, stated that “thousands of consumers could reduce the risk of serious head injury or death by wearing a helmet. It’s important to wear the appropriate helmet for your sport.”
As an expression of the importance of helmets, CPSC released these estimated numbers of head injuries for various sport activities:
- 151, 024 – Bicycles
- 3,511 – In-line skating
- 15, 622 – Un-powered Scooters
- 18,743 – Skateboards
- 14,218 – Horseback Riding
- 8,540 – Snowboarding
If you or someone you know has been injured and requires lawful assistance, feel free to contact personal injury attorney Laurie Robbins in Atlanta, Georgia.
