Zipline Accidents

A 2015 study in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine examined zipline injuries in the U.S. between 1997 and 2012. According to the study, by 2012, the number of zipline injuries in the U.S. had increased from hundreds to over 3,600. The types of injuries noted to be serious typically were those with broken bones and hospitalization. Specifically, 77 percent of these injuries were due to falls; 13...