Which Containers, Tableware & Packaging product leads danger score versus ER volume?

Waste Containers, Trash Baskets Or Refuse Bins leads this category's danger score at 45/100 while Knives, Not Elsewhere Classified leads estimated ER volume at 336,545 visits a year. Category average danger score is 35/100.

How many products are tracked in Containers, Tableware & Packaging?

PlainSafety tracks 40 scored products in the Containers, Tableware & Packaging category, each with danger scores, injury trends, and ER visit estimates from CPSC NEISS data spanning 2005-2024.

Where does the Containers, Tableware & Packaging 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

Containers, Tableware & Packaging

This category tracks 40 consumer products in the CPSC NEISS injury database, together accounting for roughly 728,438 emergency-room visits a year - the 7th-highest of 26 tracked categories by ER volume.

40
products tracked: 728,438
ER visits / year: 35
avg danger score: 4.8%
avg hospitalization rate

CPSC NEISS escalation ladder

Category extract NEISS/containers-tableware-and-packaging Containers, Tableware & Packaging

Containers, Tableware & Packaging · 40 scored · 728,438 ER/yr · avg 35/100

NEISS 728,438
NEISS 728,438
NEISS 35
NEISS 45
NEISS 4.8%
NEISS 0
NEISS 40
NEISS Personal Care & Safety Products

ER-volume peers

Photo peer: Personal Care & Safety Products (724,702/yr)

Nearest product categories by summed estimated annual ER visits

Figures are rendered from the CPSC NEISS extract for Containers, Tableware & Packaging; nationally weighted ER projections, not exact counts. How we place categories →

Danger score versus ER volume

According to CPSC NEISS, Waste Containers, Trash Baskets Or Refuse Bins leads this category's danger score at 45/100 (46,276/yr) while Knives, Not Elsewhere Classified leads estimated ER volume at 336,545/yr (danger score 44/100). They are not the same ranking.

45/100
Waste Containers, Trash Baskets Or Refuse Bins danger score #1 of 40: 336,545/yr
Knives, Not Elsewhere Classified ER volume #1 of 40: 46,276/yr
Waste Containers, Trash Baskets Or Refuse Bins ER volume (not #1): 44/100
Knives, Not Elsewhere Classified danger score (not #1)

Ranks compare the 40 scored products in Containers, Tableware & Packaging from the same CPSC NEISS extract. Danger score is not ER-visit volume.

Containers, Tableware & Packaging vs all categories by estimated annual ER visits

Where this category's summed average annual ER volume sits among every tracked product category (exposure rank, not a danger score)

728,438 7th of 26 higher than 19 of 26 categories

Product categories, banded by estimated average annual ER visits

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Source CPSC NEISS · 2026-08-31

Where injuries concentrate in Containers, Tableware & Packaging

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

Top products in Containers, Tableware & Packaging by annual ER visits

The Containers, Tableware & Packaging safety profile

Average danger score across the 40 scored products, and how they split across the danger tiers.

Average danger score

High risk (60+): 0 Moderate (40–59): 8 Low (<40): 32

Every product in Containers, Tableware & Packaging, by danger score

Score	Product	Injuries/yr	Trend	Hosp. %
45	Waste Containers, Trash Baskets Or Refuse Bins	46,276	+6%	8.7%
44	Knives, Not Elsewhere Classified	336,545	-4%	1.2%
42	Drinking Glasses, Cups, And Mugs	71,312	+6%	2.5%
42	Cookware, Not Specified	24,791	-13%	9.8%
41	Manual Cleaning Equipment (excl. Buckets And Pails)	31,350	-13%	6.3%
41	Kitchen Gadgets, Not Elsewhere Classified	13,500	+29%	3.9%
41	Unpowered Coffee Makers Or Teapots small sample	325	+95%	11.4%
40	Tableware & Accessories (excluding Drinking Glass,cups,mugs)	81,969	-36%	4.8%
39	Candles, Candlesticks And Other Candle Holders	9,476	-3%	8.0%
39	Laundry Baskets	15,448	-18%	6.0%
39	Trays (excl. Food Warmers)	4,095	+11%	8.1%
38	Slicers And Choppers	20,882	+6%	0.3%
38	Scissors, Not Specified	13,060	+9%	1.8%
38	Flatware (excl. Knives)	5,917	-2%	6.5%
38	Pressure Cookers Or Canners	1,838	+14%	10.9%
37	Coffee Makers Or Teapots, Not Specified	2,817	-18%	10.0%
36	Other Cookware	1,997	+8%	6.5%
36	Metal Cookware (nonelectric)	5,114	-6%	4.9%
36	Drinking Straws	3,263	+6%	2.8%
36	Toothpicks Or Hors D'oeuvres Picks	7,283	-24%	5.5%
35	Doorstops	1,030	+0%	8.3%
35	Manual Scissors	11,091	-27%	1.5%
35	Tie Racks, Belt Racks Or Other Clothes Hangers	4,921	-26%	6.1%
34	Food Grinders small sample	827	+4%	6.6%
34	Kitchen Mixing Bowls, Canisters Or Similar Containers	2,429	+1%	2.7%
34	Ironing Boards Or Covers	1,256	-23%	9.2%
33	Appliances, Other And Not Specified	1,642	-17%	4.4%
33	Can Openers, Not Specified	1,867	+19%	0.2%
33	Food Skewers small sample	655	+24%	3.8%
32	Chafing Dishes Or Fondue Pots small sample	62	+146%	2.4%
32	Knife Sharpeners, Not Specified	2,157	-10%	0.8%
31	Nonmetal Cookware (nonelectric)	1,511	-16%	2.1%
29	Ice Picks small sample	279	-28%	6.7%
28	Thermometers (excluding Medical Thermometers) small sample	363	-20%	2.8%
27	Bread Making Machines small sample	84	+6%	5.2%
27	Potholders, Oven Mitts Or Hot Pads small sample	230	-11%	2.7%
27	Bottle Openers small sample	224	-28%	3.9%
25	Nonelectric Can Openers small sample	197	-21%	0.3%
22	Nonelectric Knife Sharpeners small sample	178	-55%	0.6%
22	Corkscrews small sample	177	-57%	0.0%

12 products are marked small sample: fewer than 1,000 estimated ER visits a year, so the danger score rests on few NEISS cases. They stay in this list but are left out of the national danger ranking.

Compare beyond volume rank

Nationwide peers by summed ER volume & peak danger score

Two PlainSafety-derived comparison paths for Containers, Tableware & Packaging: other NEISS product categories nearest on summed estimated annual ER visits (728,438/yr) and highest member danger score (45/100). Volume rank above/below stays on the adjacent-category ladder.

Similar summed ER volume

Nearest categories by total estimated annual ER visits across all member products.

4 peers

Similar peak danger score

Nearest categories by the highest PlainSafety danger score among member products.

4 peers

Read with this category

Waste Containers, Trash Baskets Or Refuse Bins · danger lead - score 45/100 inside Containers, Tableware & Packaging.
Knives, Not Elsewhere Classified · ER-volume lead - 336,545 estimated visits/year.
Unpowered Coffee Makers Or Teapots · hospitalization lead - 11.4% of ER visits admitted.
Chafing Dishes Or Fondue Pots · worsening 5-year trend - +146% over five years.
Home Furnishings & Fixtures · volume peer above - #6 by summed ER volume vs this category’s #7.
Personal Care & Safety Products · volume peer below - #8 by summed ER volume.
Most dangerous products ranking - national danger-score list with NEISS disposition cascade.
Most dangerous household products guide - editorial framing for how Containers, Tableware & Packaging sits in the household injury picture.

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.

PlainSafety is rendered directly from U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission recall and incident records, no number is typed in by an editor. Category risk tallies count CPSC recalls and related product records in this category. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.

Compiled by PlainSafety, Consumer Product Safety Editorial Process · August 31, 2026