Product category
Laundry & Household Appliances
This category tracks 27 consumer products in the CPSC NEISS injury database, together accounting for roughly 60,432 emergency-room visits a year - the 20th-highest of 26 tracked categories by ER volume.
- 27
- products tracked
- 60,432
- ER visits / year
- 32
- avg danger score
- 7.0%
- avg hospitalization rate
What the CPSC data shows
Propane, Lp Or Butane Gas Tanks Or Fittings is the most dangerous product in Laundry & Household Appliances, scoring 49/100 with about 3,343 ER visits a year.
- 0
- high-risk products (score 60+)
- 2
- moderate-risk (40–59)
- 18,819/yr
- Vacuum Cleaners (most ER visits)
- 4↑ / 16↓
- 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 Laundry & Household Appliances
Estimated average annual ER visits for the highest-volume products in this category.
The Laundry & Household Appliances safety profile
Average danger score across the 22 scored products, and how they split across the danger tiers.
Average danger score
Every product in Laundry & Household Appliances, by danger score
What this means in Laundry & Household 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 Propane, Lp Or Butane Gas Tanks Or Fittings - 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.
