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 …

Photo peer: Kitchen Small Appliances & Housewares (125,180/yr)

Home Structure…155,337Kitchen Cookin…135,000Transportati… (this)127,014Kitchen Small …125,180Nursery & Baby…109,904
Nearest product categories by summed estimated annual ER visits

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.

Hot Water43K/yrTablet Or Capsule Dr…30K/yrBbs Or Pellets11K/yrCigarettes, Cigars, …10K/yrAspirin Substitutes10K/yrLiquid Drugs5K/yrAntihistamines5K/yrCosmetics, Incl Faci…4K/yr
Top products in Transportation & Substances by annual ER visits

The Transportation & Substances safety profile

Average danger score across the 16 scored products, and how they split across the danger tiers.

0/100100/10037/100
Average danger score
High risk (60+): 0 Moderate (40–59): 5 Low (<40): 11

Every product in Transportation & Substances, by danger score

Score Product
46 Tablet Or Capsule Drugs
44 Hot Water
42 Other Drugs Or Medications
42 Drugs Or Medications, Not Specified
41 Cigarettes, Cigars, Pipes Or Tobacco
39 Alcohol (beverage)
38 Liquid Drugs
37 Aspirin Substitutes
37 Preparations Containing Iron Salts
36 Antihistamines
35 Bbs Or Pellets
35 Aspirin Or Aspirin Compounds
34 Cosmetics, Incl Facial & Eye Make-up, Deodorants, Etc.
33 Liniments Or Rubbing Compounds
31 Veterinary Medicines
19 Pesticides

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.

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.