How dangerous are Building Materials & Home Structures products?

Products in the Building Materials & Home Structures category have an average danger score of 40 out of 100, with approximately 4.3M estimated ER visits per year according to CPSC NEISS data.

How many products are tracked in Building Materials & Home Structures?

PlainSafety tracks 60 individual products in the Building Materials & Home Structures category, each with danger scores, injury trends, and ER visit estimates from CPSC NEISS data spanning 2005-2024.

Where does the Building Materials & Home Structures safety data come from?

All data comes from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) NEISS database, which projects national injury estimates from a probability sample of approximately 100 hospital emergency departments.

Product category

Building Materials & Home Structures

This category tracks 60 consumer products in the CPSC NEISS injury database, together accounting for roughly 4.3M emergency-room visits a year - the single highest-volume of 26 tracked product categories.

60
products tracked: 4.3M
ER visits / year: 40
avg danger score: 8.7%
avg hospitalization rate

What the CPSC data shows

General Home Or Room Involvement In Fires is the most dangerous product in Building Materials & Home Structures, scoring 71/100 with about 14,776 ER visits a year.

1
high-risk products (score 60+): 24
moderate-risk (40–59): 1.6M/yr
Floors Or Flooring Materials (most ER visits): 6↑ / 22↓
worsening / improving (5-yr)

All figures come from the CPSC NEISS dataset (2005–2024); products are sorted by danger score so the highest-risk items surface first.

Where injuries concentrate in Building Materials & Home Structures

Estimated average annual ER visits for the highest-volume products in this category.

Top products in Building Materials & Home Structures by annual ER visits

The Building Materials & Home Structures safety profile

Average danger score across the 42 scored products, and how they split across the danger tiers.

Average danger score

High risk (60+): 1 Moderate (40–59): 24 Low (<40): 17

Every product in Building Materials & Home Structures, by danger score

Score	Product	Injuries/yr	Trend	Hosp. %
71	General Home Or Room Involvement In Fires	14,776	+23%	25.1%
59	Floors Or Flooring Materials	1.6M	-6%	21.7%
51	Stairs Or Steps	1.2M	-14%	9.3%
47	Porches, Balconies, Open-side Floors Or Floor Openings	143,200	-17%	10.8%
46	Scaffolding	5,034	+18%	17.6%
46	Ceilings And Walls (interior Part Of Completed Structure)	348,591	-13%	6.5%
45	Counters Or Countertops	60,665	+7%	8.4%
45	Doors, Other Or Not Specified	287,631	-19%	5.1%
44	Fences Or Fence Posts	110,339	-9%	6.7%
44	Windows And Window Glass, Other Than Storm Windows	102,381	-20%	8.2%
44	Tree Stands (hunting)	5,124	-20%	22.2%
43	Ramps Or Landings	18,806	+5%	10.2%
43	Door Sills Or Frames	63,213	-7%	7.2%
43	Elevators Or Other Lifts (excl. Escalators, Hoists, Jacks,	11,624	-7%	12.6%
42	Handrails, Railings Or Banisters	49,934	-14%	7.2%
42	House Repair Or Construction Materials,nec	32,060	+5%	4.8%
42	Window Or Door Security Barriers	430	+36%	11.1%
42	Moving Walks	184	+130%	10.4%
41	Nails, Screws, Carpet Tacks Or Thumbtacks	119,861	-27%	3.2%
41	Cabinet Or Door Hardware	21,313	+1%	5.8%
41	Window Screens	1,309	-19%	18.2%
41	Poles	44,822	-6%	4.0%
40	Gutters, Drainpipes, Downspouts Or Run-off Pipes	8,087	-28%	12.4%
40	Artificial Turf	1,041	+84%	6.6%
40	Tool Sheds Or Greenhouse Structures	7,849	-6%	8.3%
39	Escalators	11,285	-13%	8.0%
39	Glass Doors Or Doors With Glass Panels	27,357	-26%	4.8%
38	Window Sills Or Frames	17,053	-9%	3.2%
38	Garage Doors (excl. Automatic Garage Doors Or Openers)	15,362	-18%	4.5%
38	Carbon Monoxide Poisoning (when Source Is Unknown	7,498	-32%	7.7%
37	Gas Fumes Or Gas Vapors Of Unknown Origin	1,934	-9%	8.9%
36	Outdoor Awnings Or Shutters	3,079	-29%	9.8%
34	Mobile Homes	3,224	-100%	13.5%
33	Thermal Or Sound Insulation Materials	2,417	-12%	2.7%
33	Clotheslines Or Clothes Drying Racks	1,695	-38%	8.9%
32	Cisterns, Cesspools Or Septic Tanks	494	-13%	7.4%
32	Wood Paneling And Particleboard	1,621	-1%	1.6%
30	Pull-down Or Folding Stairs	1,158	-54%	7.1%
29	Storm Windows	1,151	-39%	2.1%
29	Wallpaper	570	-28%	4.7%
27	Plastic Panels For Doors Or Windows	102	+12%	2.5%
27	Plastic Products, Not Elsewhere Classified	2,399	-	3.3%

What this means in Building Materials & Home Structures

Use the danger score to triage, then open a product page for the full age, body-part, and severity breakdown.

Pay closest attention to General Home Or Room Involvement In Fires - the highest-scoring product in this category. See the data
Compare this category against the full danger rankings to see where it sits nationally. All rankings
Cross-check specific models against open CPSC recalls before you buy or keep one. CPSC recalls

NEISS injury estimates are nationally weighted projections from a sample of ER visits, they show relative risk between products, not exact counts.

Source: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS), 2005–2024.

Source: CPSC SaferProducts.gov consumer incident reports and CPSC recall announcements.

Disclaimer: This information is provided for general informational purposes only and does not constitute professional, medical, or safety advice. Data is sourced from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); PlainSafety is an independent project and is not affiliated with the CPSC. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, scored, and verified.

Compiled by PlainSafety Editorial, Consumer Product Safety Editorial Team · May 15, 2026