Product category
Transportation & Substances
This category tracks 16 consumer products in the CPSC NEISS injury database, together accounting for roughly 127,014 emergency-room visits a year - the 17th-highest of 26 tracked categories by ER volume.
- 16
- products tracked
- 127,014
- ER visits / year
- 37
- avg danger score
- 9.4%
- avg hospitalization rate
CPSC NEISS escalation ladder
Category extract #17/33 Transportation & Substances
Transportation & Substances · 16 scored · 127,014 ER/yr · avg 37/100
- MEM #17
- NEISS 127,014
- BAND 37
- RANK 46
- AVG 9.4%
- HOSP 0
- MEM 16
- NEISS Kitchen Small …
ER-volume peers
Photo peer: Kitchen Small Appliances & Housewares (125,180/yr)
According to PlainSafety's CPSC NEISS corpus ranking, Transportation & Substances ranks #17 of 33 tracked product categories by summed average annual ER visits. How we place categories →
Danger score versus ER volume
Danger score versus ER volume
According to CPSC NEISS, Tablet Or Capsule Drugs leads this category's danger score at 46/100 (30,253/yr) while Hot Water leads estimated ER volume at 42,798/yr (danger score 44/100). They are not the same ranking.
- 46/100
- Tablet Or Capsule Drugs danger score #1 of 16
- 42,798/yr
- Hot Water ER volume #1 of 16
- 30,253/yr
- Tablet Or Capsule Drugs ER volume (not #1)
- 44/100
- Hot Water danger score (not #1)
Ranks compare the 16 scored products in Transportation & Substances from the same CPSC NEISS extract. Danger score is not ER-visit volume.
Transportation & Substances 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)
127,014 17th of 26 higher than 9 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 Transportation & Substances
Estimated average annual ER visits for the highest-volume products in this category.
The Transportation & Substances safety profile
Average danger score across the 16 scored products, and how they split across the danger tiers.
Every product in Transportation & Substances, by danger score
Compare beyond volume rank
Nationwide peers by summed ER volume & peak danger score
Two PlainSafety-derived comparison paths for Transportation & Substances: other NEISS product categories nearest on summed estimated annual ER visits (127,014/yr) and highest member danger score (46/100). 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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