Product category

Containers & Packaging

This category tracks 29 consumer products in the CPSC NEISS injury database, together accounting for roughly 432,912 emergency-room visits a year - the 9th-highest of 26 tracked categories by ER volume.

29
products tracked
432,912
ER visits / year
37
avg danger score
4.8%
avg hospitalization rate

What the CPSC data shows

Bottles Or Jars, Not Specified is the most dangerous product in Containers & Packaging, scoring 45/100 with about 29,244 ER visits a year.

0
high-risk products (score 60+)
10
moderate-risk (40–59)
133,027/yr
Containers, Not Specified (most ER visits)
7↑ / 10↓
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 Containers & Packaging

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

Containers, Not Spec…133K/yrMetal Containers66K/yrBags, Not Elsewhere …44K/yrBottles Or Jars, Not…29K/yrPaper Products28K/yrCardboard Products18K/yrGlass Bottles Or Jar…16K/yrBuckets Or Pails14K/yr
Top products in Containers & Packaging by annual ER visits

The Containers & Packaging safety profile

Average danger score across the 28 scored products, and how they split across the danger tiers.

Average danger score

0/100100/10037/100
Average danger score
High risk (60+): 0 Moderate (40–59): 10 Low (<40): 18

Every product in Containers & Packaging, by danger score

Score Product
45 Bottles Or Jars, Not Specified
43 Containers, Not Specified
42 Paper Products
41 Other Containers
41 Nonglass Bottles Or Jars
41 Bags, Not Elsewhere Classified
40 Metal Containers
40 Cardboard Products
40 Plastic Bags
40 Other Specified Plastic Products
39 Buckets Or Pails
38 Aerosol Containers
38 Glass Bottles Or Jars, Not Specified
37 Glass Alcoholic Beverage Bottles
37 Plastic Containers (rigid Or Semi-rigid)
37 Wooden Containers
37 Plastic Wrapping Products
36 Self-contained Openers
35 Vacuum Containers
35 Pressurized Containers (nonaerosol)
34 Aluminum Foil Wrapping Products
33 Other Glass Bottles Or Jars
32 Canning Jars
31 Glass Soft Drink Bottles
30 Glass Tubing Or Test Tubes
29 Paper Bags
27 Containers With Key Openers
27 Plastic Products, Not Specified

What this means in Containers & Packaging

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

  • Pay closest attention to Bottles Or Jars, Not Specified - 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.