How dangerous are Kitchen Small Appliances & Housewares products?

Products in the Kitchen Small Appliances & Housewares category have an average danger score of 34 out of 100, with approximately 125,180 estimated ER visits per year according to CPSC NEISS data.

How many products are tracked in Kitchen Small Appliances & Housewares?

PlainSafety tracks 42 individual products in the Kitchen Small Appliances & Housewares category, each with danger scores, injury trends, and ER visit estimates from CPSC NEISS data spanning 2005-2024.

Where does the Kitchen Small Appliances & Housewares 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 Small Appliances & Housewares

This category tracks 42 consumer products in the CPSC NEISS injury database, together accounting for roughly 125,180 emergency-room visits a year - the 18th-highest of 26 tracked categories by ER volume.

42
products tracked: 125,180
ER visits / year: 34
avg danger score: 9.6%
avg hospitalization rate

What the CPSC data shows

Coal Furnaces is the most dangerous product in Kitchen Small Appliances & Housewares, scoring 48/100 with about 80 ER visits a year.

0
high-risk products (score 60+): 8
moderate-risk (40–59): 28,604/yr
Pipes (excluding Smoking Pipes) (most ER visits): 6↑ / 23↓
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 Small Appliances & Housewares

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

Top products in Kitchen Small Appliances & Housewares by annual ER visits

The Kitchen Small Appliances & Housewares safety profile

Average danger score across the 36 scored products, and how they split across the danger tiers.

Average danger score

High risk (60+): 0 Moderate (40–59): 8 Low (<40): 28

Every product in Kitchen Small Appliances & Housewares, by danger score

Score	Product	Injuries/yr	Trend	Hosp. %
48	Coal Furnaces	80	0%	50.0%
47	Thermostats (for Heating Or Cooling Systems)	452	+95%	22.6%
42	Portable Gas Or Lp Heaters	572	-8%	26.2%
42	Heaters Or Heating Systems, Other Or Not Specified	8,711	-12%	11.4%
42	Outdoor Patio Heaters Or Firepits (manufactured)	4,030	+43%	11.1%
41	Electric Heaters, Not Elsewhere Classified	1,242	-6%	10.6%
40	Pipes (excluding Smoking Pipes)	28,604	-5%	3.6%
40	Radiators (excluding Vehicle Radiators)	8,981	-14%	9.3%
39	Fireplaces, Not Specified	11,075	+0%	6.0%
39	Fans	17,940	-10%	5.3%
39	Air Conditioners	14,864	-13%	6.2%
38	Portable Electric Heaters	1,368	-12%	11.7%
38	Gas Or Lp Heaters, Other Or Not Specified	1,171	-37%	20.5%
37	Heat Pumps	339	+74%	7.6%
37	Brick, Stone Or Masonry Chimneys	377	+99%	1.9%
36	Humidifiers	628	+49%	6.7%
35	Furnaces, Other Or Not Specified	2,859	-21%	7.4%
35	Coal Or Wood-burning Stoves	5,273	-36%	7.7%
35	Ductwork For Heating Or Cooling Systems	7,008	-28%	4.3%
34	Air Purifiers	136	+79%	5.1%
33	Wood Burning Fireplaces, Factory Built	215	-50%	16.9%
33	Built-in Fireplaces	2,775	-27%	4.9%
33	Kerosene Or Oil Heaters	841	-45%	11.8%
32	Boilers	1,010	-15%	5.2%
32	Gas Furnaces	883	-46%	10.0%
32	Oil Furnaces	412	-3%	9.6%
32	Gas-burning Fireplaces, Factory Built	390	-42%	13.3%
31	Chimneys, Not Specified	651	-10%	5.1%
30	Electric Baseboard Heaters	1,049	-44%	5.6%
27	Vaporizers	219	-34%	5.8%
26	Dehumidifiers	234	-43%	4.1%
26	Electric Fireplaces, Factory Built	166	-30%	4.2%
24	Heat Tapes, Electric	64	-55%	10.9%
23	Metal Chimneys, Stovepipes Or Flues	365	-71%	0.8%
21	Floor Furnaces (built Into Floor)	164	-88%	3.8%
11	Electric Furnaces	32	-100%	0.0%

What this means in Kitchen Small Appliances & Housewares

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

Pay closest attention to Coal Furnaces - 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