When played correctly, paintball is extremely safe. Please pay close attention to these rules, which have been designed for your protection.

Player Safety

The single most important piece of equipment is your goggles. Paintballs travel up to 200 miles an hour! This makes for impacts, which feel like a hard thump or being popped with a towel. The shots may leave a welt on your body, and they WILL permanently remove an UNPROTECTED eye! Anytime you are on or near the playing field, you must have your goggles on.

In the event that your goggles come off during a game, you will immediately cover your eyes with your hands, drop to the ground and shout "CEASE-FIRE! MY GOGGLES ARE OFF!" Everyone is to stop shooting, placing his or her marker on the ground and remain in place. The nearest referee will come to assist you in putting your goggles back on. The referee will shout, "GAME ON!" To restart the game when it is safe.

Just because you are eliminated from a game does NOT mean that you can remove your goggles! You must not take off your goggles until you are off the playing field area and in a safe area where barrel plugs are required.

Another important piece of equipment you have is your barrel cover. This safety device will supplement the markers safety switch. At any time when you are not actually playing, or shooting at the target range, he must have the barrel cover in your marker. You must put on your goggles prior to walking out of a safe area. Safe areas all were player's are required to have barrel covers on their markers at all times. The referee on the playing field will tell you when you can remove your barrel plug. When you are eliminated from a game you should raise your marker above your head and yell “I'm Out!” which signals the other players that you are out.

You will then immediately proceed toward the neutral zone, and then put your barrel cover on your marker. DO NOT LEAVE THE PLAYING FIELD WITHOUT YOUR BARREL COVER ON YOUR MARKER; and DO NOT REMOVE YOUR GOGGLES UNTIL YOU ARE WELL AWAY FROM THE PLAYING FIELD IN A SAFE AREA!

Marker Handling Safety

  1. Treat every marker as if it were loaded.
  2. Number look down the barrel of a paintball marker.
  3. Keep your finger off the trigger until ready to shoot.
  4. Never point the marker at anything you don't wish to shoot.
  5. Keep the marker on "safe" until ready to shoot.
  6. Keep the barrel blocking device in/on the markers muzzle when not shooting.
  7. Always remove paintballs nausea and propellant source before disassembly.
  8. After removing propellant source, point marker in safe direction and discharge until marker is degassed.
  9. Store the marker unloaded and degassed in a secure place.
  10. Follow warnings listed on propellant source for handling and storage.
  11. Do not shoot at fragile objects such as windows.
  12. Every person within range most where eye, face and ear protection designed specifically to stop paintballs and meet ASTM. standard F1776.
  13. Always measure your markers velocity before playing paintball and never shoot at velocities in excess of 91.44 m (300 ft./s).