How dangerous are Lawn & Garden Equipment products?

Products in the Lawn & Garden Equipment category have an average danger score of 35 out of 100, with approximately 311,508 estimated ER visits per year according to CPSC NEISS data.

How many products are tracked in Lawn & Garden Equipment?

PlainSafety tracks 48 individual products in the Lawn & Garden Equipment category, each with danger scores, injury trends, and ER visit estimates from CPSC NEISS data spanning 2005-2024.

Where does the Lawn & Garden 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

Lawn & Garden Equipment

This category tracks 48 consumer products in the CPSC NEISS injury database, together accounting for roughly 311,508 emergency-room visits a year - the 12th-highest of 26 tracked categories by ER volume.

48
products tracked: 311,508
ER visits / year: 35
avg danger score: 7.0%
avg hospitalization rate

What the CPSC data shows

Lawn Mowers, Not Specified is the most dangerous product in Lawn & Garden Equipment, scoring 47/100 with about 44,445 ER visits a year.

0
high-risk products (score 60+): 11
moderate-risk (40–59): 44,445/yr
Lawn Mowers, Not Specified (most ER visits): 5↑ / 22↓
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 Lawn & Garden Equipment

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

Top products in Lawn & Garden Equipment by annual ER visits

The Lawn & Garden Equipment safety profile

Average danger score across the 41 scored products, and how they split across the danger tiers.

Average danger score

High risk (60+): 0 Moderate (40–59): 11 Low (<40): 30

Every product in Lawn & Garden Equipment, by danger score

Score	Product	Injuries/yr	Trend	Hosp. %
47	Lawn Mowers, Not Specified	44,445	-10%	9.9%
44	Snow Throwers, Blowers	5,714	-28%	12.2%
44	Manual Snow Or Ice Removal Tools	24,997	-43%	8.7%
44	Riding Power Lawn Mowers	14,504	-6%	13.3%
43	Decorative Yard Equipment, Excl Water Features	14,348	+0%	13.2%
42	Garden Hoses, Nozzles Or Sprinklers	15,625	-5%	9.8%
41	Power Lawn Mowers, Not Specified	16,215	-19%	9.7%
41	Chain Saws	27,648	-2%	5.9%
41	Greenhouse Or Gardening Supplies (excl Hoses, Sprayers, Etc	17,716	+2%	7.3%
41	Pruning Or Trimming Equipment, Not Specified	21,939	-23%	7.4%
40	Other Unpowered Garden Tools	25,175	-22%	5.5%
39	Leaf Blowers	3,281	+24%	7.6%
38	Rotary Power Lawn Mowers	4,887	-60%	12.4%
38	Log Splitters	7,909	-10%	6.0%
38	Lawn Trimmers Or Edgers, Powered (excl. Brushcutters)	12,753	-13%	4.2%
37	Hatchets Or Axes	11,876	-7%	2.5%
37	Manual Hedge Trimmers	1,459	+57%	2.9%
37	Decorative Water Features, Incl Man-made Ponds & Fountains	2,088	-27%	7.5%
36	Manual Push Mowers (unpowered)	1,693	-27%	9.8%
36	Decorative Yard Equipment	13,930	-	6.6%
36	Wheelbarrows Or Lawn Carts	4,439	-15%	5.6%
36	Power Hedge Trimmers	5,370	+8%	1.3%
36	Outdoor Electric Lighting Equipment	782	+25%	9.1%
35	Manual Pruning Or Trimming Equipment, Not Specified	1,312	+17%	6.1%
34	Garden Tractors	1,541	-46%	9.0%
34	Power Leaf Mulchers And Grinders	1,157	-8%	8.1%
34	Power Pruning Or Trimming Equipment, Not Specified	1,427	-26%	9.3%
34	Pumps, Not Elsewhere Classified	986	-11%	8.7%
33	Animal Traps	1,391	+3%	3.5%
32	Power Tillers Or Cultivators	1,757	-26%	4.2%
32	Manual Lawn Trimmers Or Edgers	311	+9%	6.7%
31	Other Power Pruning Or Trimming Equipment	334	+14%	4.2%
30	Seed And Fertilizer Spreaders	147	-17%	11.1%
30	Other Manual Pruning Or Trimming Equipment	1,102	-24%	3.2%
29	Other Power Garden Tools	364	-25%	5.6%
28	Brushcutters, Powered	309	-39%	6.5%
27	Grass And Leaf Catchers (attachments For Lawn Mowers)	136	-10%	5.4%
27	Plant Foods Or Fertilizers For Potted Plants	133	-31%	6.7%
26	Garden Sprayers	166	-45%	6.6%
25	Insect Traps, Powered	81	+4%	0.6%
19	Lawn Vacuums	61	-56%	1.6%

What this means in Lawn & Garden 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 Lawn Mowers, Not Specified - 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