How dangerous are Home Workshop Tools & Equipment products?

Products in the Home Workshop Tools & Equipment category have an average danger score of 34 out of 100, with approximately 168,777 estimated ER visits per year according to CPSC NEISS data.

How many products are tracked in Home Workshop Tools & Equipment?

PlainSafety tracks 63 individual products in the Home Workshop Tools & Equipment category, each with danger scores, injury trends, and ER visit estimates from CPSC NEISS data spanning 2005-2024.

Where does the Home Workshop Tools & Equipment 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 Workshop Tools & Equipment

This category tracks 63 consumer products in the CPSC NEISS injury database, together accounting for roughly 168,777 emergency-room visits a year - the 14th-highest of 26 tracked categories by ER volume.

63
products tracked: 168,777
ER visits / year: 34
avg danger score: 7.9%
avg hospitalization rate

What the CPSC data shows

Gasoline is the most dangerous product in Home Workshop Tools & Equipment, scoring 47/100 with about 12,683 ER visits a year.

0
high-risk products (score 60+): 9
moderate-risk (40–59): 21,641/yr
Soaps (excl. Laundry Soaps Or Detergents) (most ER visits): 16↑ / 27↓
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 Home Workshop Tools & Equipment

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

Top products in Home Workshop Tools & Equipment by annual ER visits

The Home Workshop Tools & Equipment safety profile

Average danger score across the 62 scored products, and how they split across the danger tiers.

Average danger score

High risk (60+): 0 Moderate (40–59): 9 Low (<40): 53

Every product in Home Workshop Tools & Equipment, by danger score

Score	Product	Injuries/yr	Trend	Hosp. %
47	Gasoline	12,683	-10%	22.3%
45	Methyl Alcohol (solvent)	212	+73%	25.0%
43	Caustics	143	+125%	19.8%
42	Lye	287	+49%	21.8%
41	General Purpose Household Cleaners	14,660	+4%	6.7%
41	Paints, Varnishes Or Shellacs	15,133	-10%	9.4%
41	Gasoline Cans	1,671	-10%	19.2%
40	Chemicals, Not Elsewhere Classified	8,041	+31%	4.7%
40	Lighter Fluids	2,012	-4%	16.1%
39	Bleaches (noncosmetic)	19,510	-7%	4.3%
38	Drain Cleaners	2,002	+8%	10.2%
38	Diesel Fuels	500	+22%	16.0%
38	Fuel Storage Tanks	3,282	+1%	8.6%
37	Adhesives	7,964	+8%	1.9%
37	Fuel Oils, Not Specified	827	+9%	12.2%
37	Antifreeze	1,282	+12%	11.1%
37	Soaps (excl. Laundry Soaps Or Detergents)	21,641	-20%	1.6%
36	Swimming Pool Chemicals	4,214	-12%	5.4%
36	Pine Oil Cleaning And Disinfectant Preparations	1,218	+26%	6.8%
36	Laundry Soaps Or Detergents	17,950	-23%	1.8%
36	Toilet Bowl Products	1,670	+19%	6.0%
36	Automotive Chemicals	1,580	-12%	6.7%
36	Wallpaper Cleaners (chemical)	41	+1467%	16.7%
35	Paintbrushes Or Rollers, Manual	2,403	-5%	5.0%
35	Acids	1,338	-3%	7.7%
35	Kerosene	551	-41%	18.6%
35	Lamp Oils	447	-72%	22.6%
34	Paint Thinners Or Varnish Thinners	889	+2%	7.3%
34	Lubricants	1,796	-19%	6.4%
34	Charcoal	1,330	-17%	8.0%
34	Fuels For Chafing Dishes Or Fondue Pots	105	+86%	5.2%
34	Room Deodorizers Or Fresheners, Not Specified	717	-9%	3.8%
34	Detergents, Not Specified	2,115	+9%	1.6%
34	Automotive Waxes, Polishes Or Cleaners	691	-41%	9.7%
33	Floor Waxes	707	-30%	11.4%
33	Tapes (with Adhesive Surfaces)	2,225	-11%	2.6%
33	Dishwasher Detergents	963	+6%	3.5%
33	Rust Removers	112	-26%	19.9%
32	Caulking Or Spackling Compounds	661	+6%	3.8%
32	Ammonia, Household	1,827	-32%	5.5%
32	Oven Cleaners	1,151	-36%	7.1%
32	Abrasive Cleaners	1,016	-14%	5.4%
32	Paint Or Varnish Removers, Paintbrush Cleaners	560	-13%	7.8%
32	Liquid Room Deodorizers Or Fresheners	1,520	-30%	4.9%
31	Fabric Treatment Products	2,222	-28%	1.5%
31	Windshield Wiper Fluids	212	-29%	12.6%
31	Solid Room Deodorizers Or Fresheners	1,026	-27%	5.5%
30	Dishwashing Liquid	1,113	-19%	2.2%
30	School Laboratory Chemicals	364	+4%	3.8%
30	Solvents, Other Or Not Specified	196	+11%	5.6%
29	Furniture Polishes Or Waxes	317	-21%	5.5%
29	Photographic Chemicals	54	+280%	0.0%
29	Turpentine	155	+16%	2.6%
29	Polishes, Not Specified	58	+214%	0.0%
29	Wallpaper Steamers	60	+13%	12.5%
28	Dry Ice	155	+1%	3.1%
27	Spot Removers Or Cleaning Fluids	654	-45%	1.8%
26	Metal Polishes, Tarnish Removers Or Preventatives	105	-28%	5.1%
24	Shoe Polishes	103	-32%	2.5%
24	Dyes (noncosmetic)	187	-46%	2.4%
23	Rust Preventatives	86	+18%	0.0%
14	Other Polishes	63	-100%	0.0%

What this means in Home Workshop Tools & Equipment

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

Pay closest attention to Gasoline - 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