Product category
Swimming, Water & Beach Equipment
This category tracks 36 consumer products in the CPSC NEISS injury database, together accounting for roughly 1.3M emergency-room visits a year - the 4th-highest of 26 tracked categories by ER volume.
- 36
- products tracked
- 1.3M
- ER visits / year
- 37
- avg danger score
- 5.6%
- avg hospitalization rate
CPSC NEISS escalation ladder
Category extract NEISS/swimming-water-and-beach-equipment Swimming, Water & Beach Equipment
Swimming, Water & Beach Equipment · 36 scored · 1.3M ER/yr · avg 37/100
- NEISS 1.3M
- BAND 1.3M
- RANK 37
- AVG 51
- HOSP 5.6%
- MEM 0
- NEISS 36
- BAND Sports Protect…
ER-volume peers
Photo peer: Sports Protective Equipment & Gear (1.3M/yr)
Figures are rendered from the CPSC NEISS extract for Swimming, Water & Beach Equipment; nationally weighted ER projections, not exact counts. How we place categories →
Danger score versus ER volume
Danger score versus ER volume
According to CPSC NEISS, Utility Vehicles leads this category's danger score at 51/100 (4,515/yr) while Bicycles And Accessories, (excl.mountain Or All-terrain) leads estimated ER volume at 466,870/yr (danger score 49/100). They are not the same ranking.
- 51/100
- Utility Vehicles danger score #1 of 36
- 466,870/yr
- Bicycles And Accessories, (excl.mountain Or All-terrain) ER volume #1 of 36
- 4,515/yr
- Utility Vehicles ER volume (not #1)
- 49/100
- Bicycles And Accessories, (excl.mountain Or All-terrain) danger score (not #1)
Ranks compare the 36 scored products in Swimming, Water & Beach Equipment from the same CPSC NEISS extract. Danger score is not ER-visit volume.
Swimming, Water & Beach 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)
1,289,777 4th of 26 higher than 22 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 Swimming, Water & Beach Equipment
Estimated average annual ER visits for the highest-volume products in this category.
The Swimming, Water & Beach Equipment safety profile
Average danger score across the 36 scored products, and how they split across the danger tiers.
Every product in Swimming, Water & Beach Equipment, by danger score
Compare beyond volume rank
Nationwide peers by summed ER volume & peak danger score
Two PlainSafety-derived comparison paths for Swimming, Water & Beach Equipment: other NEISS product categories nearest on summed estimated annual ER visits (1.3M/yr) and highest member danger score (51/100). Volume rank above/below stays on the adjacent-category ladder.
Similar summed ER volume
Nearest categories by total estimated annual ER visits across all member products.
Similar peak danger score
Nearest categories by the highest PlainSafety danger score among member products.
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.
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