Product category
Footwear
This category tracks 1 consumer products in the CPSC NEISS injury database, together accounting for roughly 1,166 emergency-room visits a year - the 23th-highest of 26 tracked categories by ER volume.
- 1
- products tracked
- 1,166
- ER visits / year
- 29
- avg danger score
- 1.5%
- avg hospitalization rate
CPSC NEISS escalation ladder
Category extract #23/33 Footwear
Footwear · 1 scored · 1,166 ER/yr · avg 29/100
- PHOTO #23
- PHOTO 1,166
- PHOTO 29
- PHOTO 29
- PHOTO 1.5%
- PHOTO 0
- PHOTO 1
- PHOTO Fireworks & Ex…
ER-volume peers
Photo peer: Fireworks & Explosives (771/yr)
According to PlainSafety's CPSC NEISS corpus ranking, Footwear ranks #23 of 33 tracked product categories by summed average annual ER visits. How we place categories →
Danger score versus ER volume
What the CPSC data shows
School Equipment is the most dangerous product in Footwear, scoring 29/100 with about 1,166 ER visits a year.
- 0
- high-risk products (score 60+)
- 0
- moderate-risk (40–59)
- 1,166/yr
- School Equipment (most ER visits)
- 0↑ / 1↓
- 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.
Footwear 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)
1,166 23rd of 26 higher than 3 of 26 categories
Product categories, banded by estimated average annual ER visits
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Source CPSC NEISS · 2026-08-31
Every product in Footwear, by danger score
| Score | Product |
|---|---|
| 29 | School Equipment |
Compare beyond volume rank
Nationwide peers by summed ER volume & peak danger score
Two PlainSafety-derived comparison paths for Footwear: other NEISS product categories nearest on summed estimated annual ER visits (1,166/yr) and highest member danger score (29/100). 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.
Similar peak danger score
Nearest categories by the highest PlainSafety danger score among member products.
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.
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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.