How many products are tracked in Home Communication & Entertainment?

PlainSafety tracks 65 scored products in the Home Communication & Entertainment category, each with danger scores, injury trends, and ER visit estimates from CPSC NEISS data spanning 2005-2024.

Where does the Home Communication & Entertainment 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

Home Communication & Entertainment

This category tracks 65 consumer products in the CPSC NEISS injury database, together accounting for roughly 393,933 emergency-room visits a year - the 10th-highest of 26 tracked categories by ER volume.

65
products tracked: 393,933
ER visits / year: 33
avg danger score: 4.7%
avg hospitalization rate

CPSC NEISS escalation ladder

Category extract #10/33 Home Communication & Entertainment

Home Communication & Entertainment · 65 scored · 393,933 ER/yr · avg 33/100

ER #10
PEAK 393,933
HIGH 33
PHOTO 44
DISP 4.7%
SHARE 0
ER 65
PEAK Home Medical &…

ER-volume peers

Photo peer: Home Medical & Assistance Devices (369,575/yr)

Nearest product categories by summed estimated annual ER visits

According to PlainSafety's CPSC NEISS corpus ranking, Home Communication & Entertainment ranks #10 of 33 tracked product categories by summed average annual ER visits. How we place categories →

Danger score versus ER volume

According to CPSC NEISS, Tools, Not Specified leads this category's danger score at 44/100 (27,922/yr) while Knives With Replaceable Blades leads estimated ER volume at 48,104/yr (danger score 39/100). They are not the same ranking.

44/100
Tools, Not Specified danger score #1 of 65: 48,104/yr
Knives With Replaceable Blades ER volume #1 of 65: 27,922/yr
Tools, Not Specified ER volume (not #1): 39/100
Knives With Replaceable Blades danger score (not #1)

Ranks compare the 65 scored products in Home Communication & Entertainment from the same CPSC NEISS extract. Danger score is not ER-visit volume.

Home Communication & Entertainment 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)

393,933 10th of 26 higher than 16 of 26 categories

Product categories, banded by estimated average annual ER visits

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more categories. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source CPSC NEISS · 2026-08-31

Where injuries concentrate in Home Communication & Entertainment

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

Top products in Home Communication & Entertainment by annual ER visits

The Home Communication & Entertainment safety profile

Average danger score across the 65 scored products, and how they split across the danger tiers.

Average danger score

High risk (60+): 0 Moderate (40–59): 8 Low (<40): 57

Every product in Home Communication & Entertainment, by danger score

Score	Product	Injuries/yr	Trend	Hosp. %
44	Tools, Not Specified	27,922	+25%	6.2%
43	Batteries	14,299	+15%	10.1%
43	Bench Or Table Saws	33,856	-2%	8.9%
42	Torches, Not Specified	607	+122%	11.5%
41	Battery Chargers/adapters	1,667	+108%	4.5%
40	Power Saws, Other Or Not Specified	13,078	-6%	7.4%
40	Rope Or String	10,628	-5%	7.5%
40	Saws, Not Specified	15,435	+19%	3.3%
39	Sprayers, Not Elsewhere Classified	6,730	-2%	9.0%
39	Wire, Not Specified	9,242	+4%	5.8%
39	Knives With Replaceable Blades	48,104	-6%	0.8%
39	Portable Circular Power Saws	11,861	-23%	9.1%
38	Workshop Grinders, Buffers Or Polishers, N.s.	20,784	-1%	1.9%
38	Vises Or Workshop Clamps	929	-8%	2.2%
37	Painting Equip., Powered (sprayers, Rollers, Brushes)	2,519	+2%	8.9%
37	Nail Guns Or Stud Drivers	9,856	-13%	5.3%
37	Drills, Not Specified	10,930	+8%	1.7%
37	Hammers	28,180	-28%	1.8%
37	Power Lathes	456	+74%	4.6%
36	Power Workshop Grinders, Buffers Or Polishers	8,401	-15%	3.1%
36	Welding Equipment	13,312	-16%	2.0%
36	Power Drills Or Accessories, Not Specified	4,530	+6%	2.5%
36	Hoists, Lifts, Jacks Or Jack Stands	13,883	-57%	6.5%
35	Manual Workshop Grinders, Buffers Or Polishers	807	+68%	1.1%
35	Other Manual Workshop Tools	7,359	-21%	2.4%
35	Pliers, Wire Cutters Or Wrenches	11,372	-21%	1.9%
35	Toolboxes Or Tool Kits	7,512	-20%	3.5%
35	Screwdrivers	7,078	-22%	3.2%
35	Air Compressors (separate)	2,521	-10%	6.0%
34	Chains, Not Elsewhere Classified	3,726	-35%	5.9%
34	Band Saws	2,852	-17%	4.2%
34	Workshop Compounds Or Chemicals	473	+49%	3.9%
34	Hand Saws	3,523	-5%	2.2%
34	Other Portable Or Stationary Power Tools	3,030	-14%	4.5%
34	Power Routers	1,657	+6%	4.4%
33	Stretch Cords Or Stretch Straps	3,099	-31%	4.6%
33	Cutting Torches	939	-45%	12.7%
33	Awls, Chisels Or Planes	4,144	-18%	1.5%
33	Manual Filing Or Sanding Tools	2,132	-8%	2.3%
33	Portable Power Drills And Accessories	2,774	-18%	2.2%
33	Workshop Furnishings	1,816	-28%	6.5%
33	Automotive Tools Or Accessories	2,711	-33%	3.9%
32	Radial Arm Saws	341	-20%	12.1%
32	Heavy-duty Workshop Staplers	2,699	-27%	3.5%
32	Internal Combustion Engines (nonvehicular)	349	+0%	7.6%
32	Power Sanders	1,417	-6%	2.8%
31	Trouble Lights Or Extension Work Lights	99	+30%	12.2%
31	Electric Motors (separate)	444	+22%	2.4%
30	Power Jointers	430	-20%	5.9%
29	Drain Snakes	435	-48%	8.3%
29	Glue Guns	1,067	-33%	0.9%
29	Sabre Saws	894	-26%	2.4%
28	Jigsaws	627	-23%	1.4%
28	Stationary Power Drills And Accessories	718	-38%	3.1%
27	Levels	109	+10%	3.6%
27	Power Workshop Grinders, Buffers, Polishers, N.s.	3,355	-	2.0%
27	Soldering Equipment, Not Specified	376	-24%	1.9%
26	Hacksaws	689	-47%	0.8%
26	Portable Power Workshop Grinders, Buffers, Polishers	2,607	-	0.0%
25	Electric Soldering Equipment	69	-31%	7.7%
24	Nonelectric Soldering Equipment	48	-88%	20.0%
23	Electrical Testing Equipment	78	-34%	6.3%
22	Manual Drills	192	-58%	0.0%
18	Stationary Power Workshop Grinders, Buffers, Polishers	88	-	0.0%
18	Power Shapers	68	-53%	0.0%

Compare beyond volume rank

Nationwide peers by summed ER volume & peak danger score

Two PlainSafety-derived comparison paths for Home Communication & Entertainment: other NEISS product categories nearest on summed estimated annual ER visits (393,933/yr) and highest member danger score (44/100). 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

Tools, Not Specified · danger lead - score 44/100 inside Home Communication & Entertainment.
Knives With Replaceable Blades · ER-volume lead - 48,104 estimated visits/year.
Nonelectric Soldering Equipment · hospitalization lead - 20.0% of ER visits admitted.
Torches, Not Specified · worsening 5-year trend - +122% over five years.
Containers & Packaging · volume peer above - #9 by summed ER volume vs this category’s #10.
Home Medical & Assistance Devices · volume peer below - #11 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 Home Communication & Entertainment 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