This study aimed to analyze injuries during elementary school physical education classes that resulted in injury compensation, clarify trends in injury occurrence, and provide guidance for developing measures for prevention. The analysis specifically targeted injuries in which the type of physical activity was reported as “other” or left blank. A total of 82 cases relevant to the study's objectives were extracted from the 274 cases listed in the “School Injury Case Search Database” published on the Japan Sport Council website.

Results indicated that each 16 injuries occurred during the main activities of “chasing games” and “baseball-type games” respectively. In chasing games, half of injuries (8 cases) involved collisions between students' head or face regions. Moreover, injuries resulting from collisions with others occurred twice as frequently indoors as they did outdoors. In baseball-type games, the batter threw their bat or racket after they hit the ball, resulting in 10 injuries where it hit other students' head or face regions. Notably, similar injuries - “collisions with others” in chasing games and “objects hitting others” in baseball-type games - have continued to occur for more than a decade. To prevent similar injuries in the future, every teacher must acquire accurate knowledge about injury prevention and ensure students' safety.