The most common zip lining injuries include broken bones, bruises, strains/sprains and concussions. Richard Yates Tao Lin Epub Download there. (For Spectrum Health Beat) Zip lining has become a popular way to experience a little adventure, but serious injuries can be an unintended consequence of that momentary thrill, researchers report. Remotedroid Desktop Server Download. “Though the rate of injuries while zip lining is relatively low, when injuries do occur they can be quite serious,” said study co-author Tracy Mehan, manager of translational research for the Center for Injury Research and Policy at the Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. “The high rate of hospitalization is consistent with what we see for adventure sports, and reflects the severity of the injuries associated with this activity,” Mehan said. An estimated 16,850 nonfatal zip line injuries were treated in U.S. Emergency departments between 1997 and 2012, and nearly 70 percent of those injuries occurred during the last four years of that span.