How dangerous are Kitchen Cooking Appliances products?

Products in the Kitchen Cooking Appliances category have an average danger score of 32 out of 100, with approximately 135,000 estimated ER visits per year according to CPSC NEISS data.

How many products are tracked in Kitchen Cooking Appliances?

PlainSafety tracks 53 individual products in the Kitchen Cooking Appliances category, each with danger scores, injury trends, and ER visit estimates from CPSC NEISS data spanning 2005-2024.

Where does the Kitchen Cooking Appliances 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

Kitchen Cooking Appliances

This category tracks 53 consumer products in the CPSC NEISS injury database, together accounting for roughly 135,000 emergency-room visits a year - the 16th-highest of 26 tracked categories by ER volume.

53
products tracked: 135,000
ER visits / year: 32
avg danger score: 5.1%
avg hospitalization rate

What the CPSC data shows

Refrigerators is the most dangerous product in Kitchen Cooking Appliances, scoring 43/100 with about 40,695 ER visits a year.

0
high-risk products (score 60+): 4
moderate-risk (40–59): 40,695/yr
Refrigerators (most ER visits): 12↑ / 14↓
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 Kitchen Cooking Appliances

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

Top products in Kitchen Cooking Appliances by annual ER visits

The Kitchen Cooking Appliances safety profile

Average danger score across the 39 scored products, and how they split across the danger tiers.

Average danger score

High risk (60+): 0 Moderate (40–59): 4 Low (<40): 35

Every product in Kitchen Cooking Appliances, by danger score

Score	Product	Injuries/yr	Trend	Hosp. %
43	Refrigerators	40,695	-3%	8.5%
42	Ranges Or Ovens, Not Specified	32,001	-14%	8.6%
41	Gas Ranges Or Ovens	2,875	+17%	13.8%
40	Microwave Ovens	10,470	+2%	7.9%
39	Dishwashers	9,949	-6%	6.4%
39	Electric Knife Sharpeners	84	+242%	14.6%
39	Other Ranges Or Ovens	573	+162%	5.5%
37	Freezers (separate From Refrigerators)	6,922	-8%	4.6%
36	Slow Cookers	2,242	-4%	7.3%
36	Electric Ranges Or Ovens (excl Counter-top Ovens)	3,283	-24%	6.4%
35	Electric Blenders	6,908	+1%	0.9%
34	Electric Frying Pans And Skillets	748	-10%	9.0%
34	Hot Plates	353	+32%	6.2%
34	Toasters	609	+20%	7.4%
34	Clothing Irons	6,578	-47%	4.9%
33	Electric Deep Fryers	850	-42%	12.3%
33	Electric Griddles	185	+72%	2.1%
32	Electric Can Openers	118	+84%	0.6%
32	Ice Makers (separate From Refrigerators)	565	-7%	7.2%
32	Electric Waffle Irons	128	+47%	5.3%
32	Garbage Disposers	693	+10%	3.2%
32	Trash Compactors	394	-10%	3.1%
31	Electric Coffee Makers Or Teapots	548	-29%	8.7%
31	Rotisseries	63	+242%	0.0%
31	Food Processors	3,121	-31%	0.6%
30	Electric Counter-top Ovens, Broilers Or Toaster Ovens	494	-6%	3.6%
30	Food Warmers	167	+14%	4.5%
30	Electric Mixers	988	-13%	1.7%
30	Clothes Steamers	174	+24%	4.6%
30	Electric Kettles Or Hot Pots	432	-24%	7.5%
27	Electric Or Battery-powered Knives	334	-17%	1.5%
27	Electric Scissors	97	+8%	4.7%
27	Ice Crushers	69	+45%	0.7%
27	Juicers	196	-25%	5.1%
26	Range Or Oven Accessories	774	-	0.0%
24	Electric Corn Poppers	90	-7%	0.0%
24	Faucet Water Heaters	85	-63%	8.5%
20	Ice Cream Makers	80	-53%	0.0%
14	Electric Immersion Water Heaters	65	-100%	0.0%

What this means in Kitchen Cooking Appliances

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

Pay closest attention to Refrigerators - 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