How dangerous are Nursery & Baby Products products?

Products in the Nursery & Baby Products category have an average danger score of 33 out of 100, with approximately 109,904 estimated ER visits per year according to CPSC NEISS data.

How many products are tracked in Nursery & Baby Products?

PlainSafety tracks 49 individual products in the Nursery & Baby Products category, each with danger scores, injury trends, and ER visit estimates from CPSC NEISS data spanning 2005-2024.

Where does the Nursery & Baby Products 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

Nursery & Baby Products

This category tracks 49 consumer products in the CPSC NEISS injury database, together accounting for roughly 109,904 emergency-room visits a year - the 19th-highest of 26 tracked categories by ER volume.

49
products tracked: 109,904
ER visits / year: 33
avg danger score: 6.0%
avg hospitalization rate

What the CPSC data shows

Bassinets Or Cradles is the most dangerous product in Nursery & Baby Products, scoring 47/100 with about 1,204 ER visits a year.

0
high-risk products (score 60+): 4
moderate-risk (40–59): 13,800/yr
Baby Strollers (most ER visits): 14↑ / 19↓
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 Nursery & Baby Products

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

Top products in Nursery & Baby Products by annual ER visits

The Nursery & Baby Products safety profile

Average danger score across the 43 scored products, and how they split across the danger tiers.

Average danger score

High risk (60+): 0 Moderate (40–59): 4 Low (<40): 39

Every product in Nursery & Baby Products, by danger score

Score	Product	Injuries/yr	Trend	Hosp. %
47	Bassinets Or Cradles	1,204	+75%	7.7%
41	Baby Baths Or Bathinettes	213	+52%	16.9%
41	Baby Bathtub Seats Or Rings (not Toys)	122	+61%	15.3%
40	Cribs, Nonportable Or Not Specified	13,483	-	4.1%
39	High Chairs	10,860	+10%	3.6%
38	Baby Changing Tables	4,334	+17%	5.0%
38	Baby Gates Or Barriers	11,161	-5%	4.2%
38	Baby Bottles Or Nipples	2,162	+4%	5.7%
38	Diapers	2,987	+15%	7.3%
38	Portable Cribs	174	-9%	8.4%
38	Portable Baby Swings (for Home Use)	2,569	-12%	5.5%
37	Playpens	3,007	-4%	4.0%
37	Car Seats (for Infants Or Children)	12,670	-23%	4.5%
37	Baby Strollers	13,800	-18%	3.4%
37	Baby Bouncer Seats (excl. Jumpers)	3,188	-4%	6.5%
36	Baby Carriers (bicycle-mounted)	101	+162%	3.5%
36	Baby Mattresses Or Pads	256	+41%	7.5%
36	Baby Carriers, Not Specified	1,350	-22%	8.3%
35	Baby Walkers Or Jumpers	3,669	-3%	4.3%
35	Cribs, Not Specified	8,040	-79%	3.4%
35	Baby Slings And Wraps	269	+529%	5.2%
34	Bottle Warmers	104	-2%	18.2%
34	Other Soft Baby Carriers	97	+156%	8.3%
33	Baby Rattles	109	+370%	0.5%
33	Attached Highchair	1,988	-7%	2.4%
31	Pacifiers Or Teething Rings	931	-13%	2.6%
31	Potty Chairs Or Training Seats	420	+30%	1.4%
31	Nonportable Cribs	6,485	-95%	3.3%
31	Other Baby Carriers	613	-29%	8.5%
31	Safety Pins	907	-44%	9.1%
29	Baby Carriages	401	-28%	4.5%
29	Night-lights	402	-31%	5.3%
28	Baby Harnesses	84	+49%	0.0%
28	Infant & Toddler Play Ctrs, Excl Jumpers,bouncers&exercisers	389	-10%	3.3%
28	Framed Baby Carriers (carried On Back)	39	+4520%	0.0%
26	Baby Exercisers	215	-36%	3.3%
26	Diaper Fasteners	83	-93%	18.9%
25	Baby Scales	46	-100%	23.9%
25	Baby Carriers Or Slings (backpacks)	709	-100%	8.2%
22	Diaper Pails	76	-25%	0.0%
19	Crib Mobiles Or Crib Gyms	71	-62%	0.0%
18	Sterilizers (home Use)	23	-	0.0%
17	Shoelace Fasteners (for Infants)	93	-100%	0.7%

What this means in Nursery & Baby Products

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

Pay closest attention to Bassinets Or Cradles - 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