U.S. consumer product safety data
Is it safe?
Look up 20 years of CPSC emergency-room injury data on 838 consumer product categories: ER counts, who gets hurt, multi-year trends, and recall history, in one searchable dossier per product.
Searchable safety dossiers for 838 consumer product categories built from 20 years of CPSC ER injury data and 9,692 recalls, with danger scores, trends and demographics.
- 838
- Products tracked
- ~310M
- ER visits 2005–2024
- 20
- Years of data
- 9,692
- Recalls tracked
The national picture
U.S. consumer products send roughly 15.5 million people to the emergency room every year, and the danger is concentrated in a handful of everyday categories.
- 838
- product categories with injury data
- ~15.5M
- ER visits per year (2005–2024 avg)
- Floors & stairs
- the two highest-volume categories
- 9,692
- CPSC recalls on file
Every figure is rendered live from the CPSC NEISS database — no AI summaries, no synthetic statistics.
Where the injuries concentrate
Average annual emergency-room visits by product group, across the 2005–2024 NEISS record.
Top product groups by average annual ER injuries
Most Dangerous Products
View all rankings →Worsening Trends
Full rankings →Products with the largest increase in injuries over the past 5 years.
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Recent Recalls
The recalled magnet games violate the mandatory standard for toys because they contain loose high-powered magnets that fit within CPSC's small parts cylinder, posing an ingestion hazard to children. When high-powered magnets are swallowed, the ingested magnets can attract each other, or other metal objects, and become lodged in the digestive system. This can result in perforations, twisting, and/or blockage of the intestines, blood poisoning and death.
The recalled helmets violate the mandatory safety standard for bicycle helmets because the helmets do not comply with the impact attenuation, positional stability, labeling and certification requirements. The helmets can fail to protect the user in the event of a crash, posing a serious risk of injury or death due to head injury.
The recalled dressers are unstable if they are not anchored to the wall, posing tip-over and entrapment hazards that can result in risks of serious injuries or death to children. The dressers violate the mandatory safety standard as required by the STURDY Act.
The rivets used to support the swing seat can fail, posing a fall hazard to children.
The recalled dressers are unstable if they are not anchored to the wall, posing tip-over and entrapment hazards that can result in risks of serious injuries or death to children. The dressers violate the mandatory standard as required by the STURDY Act.
The recalled children's pajama pants violate the mandatory standards for flammability of children's sleepwear, posing a burn hazard and risk of serious injury or death to children.
Safety Guides
In-depth resources on product safety, injury trends, and protecting your family.
Data sourced from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS), SaferProducts.gov consumer incident reports, and CPSC recall announcements. NEISS injury estimates are based on a nationally representative probability sample of U.S. hospital emergency departments. This site is for informational purposes only and is not affiliated with CPSC.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where does PlainSafety get its product injury data?
Data comes from the CPSC's National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS), which tracks emergency room visits related to consumer products, plus SaferProducts.gov consumer reports and recall data.
How many product categories does PlainSafety cover?
PlainSafety tracks injury data across 838 product categories, covering 7.3 million NEISS emergency room records from 2005 to 2024, plus about 66,000 SaferProducts.gov consumer reports and 9,692 CPSC recalls.
Is PlainSafety free?
Yes, PlainSafety is completely free. You can search product categories, view injury trends, and check recall history without any account or payment.
What is the NEISS database?
NEISS (National Electronic Injury Surveillance System) is a CPSC program that collects data from a probability sample of about 100 hospital emergency departments. The data is then used to estimate national injury totals for consumer product-related incidents.
Explore the data
Jump straight into the rankings, the methodology, or the product directory. Every page is rendered from the underlying CPSC database — no AI summaries, no synthetic statistics.
20 most dangerous consumer products
Products responsible for the most emergency-room visits in the United States, ranked by a danger score combining injury volume, severity, and trend.
DirectoryBrowse all 838 product categories
Searchable directory of every product category tracked in the CPSC NEISS injury database, organized by group and frequency of ER visits.
MethodologyHow we score and source the data
Full transparency on the four-factor danger score, the NEISS sampling design, and the upstream CPSC endpoints we mirror.
How to use this site
Check a product before you buy it — or before you trust one you already own.
- Search any product category to see its danger score, 20-year injury trend, and who gets hurt most. Browse the directory
- Start with the highest-risk categories if you have young children or older adults at home. Most dangerous
- Cross-check any product against open CPSC recalls before you assume it is safe. CPSC recalls
NEISS figures are national estimates from a probability sample of ER visits, not a count of every injury; they show relative risk between products, not your personal odds.