Product category

Lawn & Garden Equipment

This category tracks 41 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.

41
products tracked
311,508
ER visits / year
35
avg danger score
7.0%
avg hospitalization rate

CPSC NEISS escalation ladder

Category extract #12/33 Lawn & Garden Equipment

Lawn & Garden Equipment · 41 scored · 311,508 ER/yr · avg 35/100

  • ER #12
  • PEAK 311,508
  • HIGH 35
  • PHOTO 47
  • DISP 7.0%
  • SHARE 0
  • ER 41
  • PEAK Toys & Childre…

Photo peer: Toys & Children's Recreation (306,560/yr)

Containers & P…432,912Home Communica…393,933Home Medical &…369,575Lawn & Garde… (this)311,508Toys & Childre…306,560
Nearest product categories by summed estimated annual ER visits

According to PlainSafety's CPSC NEISS corpus ranking, Lawn & Garden Equipment ranks #12 of 33 tracked product categories by summed average annual ER visits. How we place categories →

Danger score versus ER volume

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.

Lawn & Garden Equipment vs all categories by estimated annual ER visits

Where this category's summed average annual ER volume sits among every tracked product category (exposure rank, not a danger score)

311,508 12th of 26 higher than 14 of 26 categories

Product categories, banded by estimated average annual ER visits

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Source CPSC NEISS · 2026-08-31

Where injuries concentrate in Lawn & Garden Equipment

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

Lawn Mowers, Not Spe…44K/yrChain Saws28K/yrOther Unpowered Gard…25K/yrManual Snow Or Ice R…25K/yrPruning Or Trimming …22K/yrGreenhouse Or Garden…18K/yrPower Lawn Mowers, N…16K/yrGarden Hoses, Nozzle…16K/yr
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.

0/100100/10035/100
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
47 Lawn Mowers, Not Specified
44 Riding Power Lawn Mowers
44 Manual Snow Or Ice Removal Tools
44 Snow Throwers, Blowers
43 Decorative Yard Equipment, Excl Water Features
42 Garden Hoses, Nozzles Or Sprinklers
41 Pruning Or Trimming Equipment, Not Specified
41 Greenhouse Or Gardening Supplies (excl Hoses, Sprayers, Etc
41 Chain Saws
41 Power Lawn Mowers, Not Specified
40 Other Unpowered Garden Tools
39 Leaf Blowers
38 Lawn Trimmers Or Edgers, Powered (excl. Brushcutters)
38 Log Splitters
38 Rotary Power Lawn Mowers
37 Decorative Water Features, Incl Man-made Ponds & Fountains
37 Manual Hedge Trimmers
37 Hatchets Or Axes
36 Outdoor Electric Lighting Equipment
36 Power Hedge Trimmers
36 Wheelbarrows Or Lawn Carts
36 Decorative Yard Equipment
36 Manual Push Mowers (unpowered)
35 Manual Pruning Or Trimming Equipment, Not Specified
34 Pumps, Not Elsewhere Classified
34 Power Pruning Or Trimming Equipment, Not Specified
34 Power Leaf Mulchers And Grinders
34 Garden Tractors
33 Animal Traps
32 Manual Lawn Trimmers Or Edgers
32 Power Tillers Or Cultivators
31 Other Power Pruning Or Trimming Equipment
30 Other Manual Pruning Or Trimming Equipment
30 Seed And Fertilizer Spreaders
29 Other Power Garden Tools
28 Brushcutters, Powered
27 Plant Foods Or Fertilizers For Potted Plants
27 Grass And Leaf Catchers (attachments For Lawn Mowers)
26 Garden Sprayers
25 Insect Traps, Powered
19 Lawn Vacuums

Compare beyond volume rank

Nationwide peers by summed ER volume & peak danger score

Two PlainSafety-derived comparison paths for Lawn & Garden Equipment: other NEISS product categories nearest on summed estimated annual ER visits (311,508/yr) and highest member danger score (47/100). Volume rank above/below stays on the adjacent-category ladder.

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.

PlainSafety is rendered directly from U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission recall and incident records, no number is typed in by an editor. Category risk tallies count CPSC recalls and related product records in this category. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.