Artificial Flowers Or Plants
Twenty years of CPSC NEISS emergency-room records for this consumer product category, combined with demographic breakdowns, multi-year injury trends, and matching recall notices.
Home Furnishings & Fixtures · CPSC Code 653
Up 46% over 5 years
The verdict
Artificial Flowers Or Plants carry a danger score of 35/100 (low risk), driven by roughly 607 ER-treated injuries a year that are rising by about 46% over the last five years.
- 35/100
- danger score (low risk)
- 607
- ER visits per year (avg)
- 4.7%
- end in hospital admission
- 0-4
- most-injured age group
Every figure is rendered from the CPSC NEISS record for product code 653 - last data year 2024.
PlainSafety danger score
How this 35/100 score is built
The score is computed from four CPSC-derived factors for artificial flowers or plants - no opinion, no editorializing:
- Injury volume607 ER visits/yr
- Severity (hospitalization rate)4.7%
- Fatality rate0.00%
- 5-year trend+46%
See the full methodology for the exact weighting of each factor.
What the CPSC Data Shows
Artificial Flowers Or Plants (CPSC product code 653, in the Home Furnishings & Fixtures category) generate an estimated 607 emergency-room visits every year in the United States, adding up to roughly 12,143 ER-treated injuries across the 20-year span from 2005 to 2024. PlainSafety derives a danger score of 35/100 for this category (low risk), combining raw injury volume, demographic reach, severity of outcome, and multi-year trend. The five-year trajectory shows that injury counts are rising by about 46% over the last five years, with the busiest year on record being 2008 (1,026 estimated ER visits) and the quietest 2017 (168 estimated visits).
The single most common ER diagnosis for artificial flowers or plants is contusions, abr. to the eyeball, accounting for approximately 1,830 visits across the 20-year NEISS window, followed by laceration to the finger (1,018 cases). The 0-4 age group absorbs the largest share of injuries, about 2,870 cases over the NEISS window, and females appear slightly more often than the opposite sex in that cohort. Severity outcomes from the NEISS disposition field show that 4.7% of ER visits involving this product end in hospital admission or transfer.
Beyond the hospital-sampled NEISS projections, this page also aggregates 1 consumer incident report filed directly on SaferProducts.gov, plus 20 anonymized ER narratives - together forming a layered picture of how artificial flowers or plants fail in real households. Every figure on this page comes from CPSC-published data: NEISS projects national estimates from a probability sample of about 100 U.S. hospital emergency departments, while SaferProducts.gov collects voluntary reports from consumers, manufacturers, and clinicians. The danger score, trend indicators, and demographic breakdowns update automatically when CPSC releases a new yearly NEISS file, which is why this page is dated 2024-12-31. For regulatory context, consult CPSC recall notices and the SaferProducts.gov public database linked below.
Annual Injury Estimates (2005–2024)
Source: CPSC NEISS national estimates CPSC NEISS national estimates Injuries represent ER-treated cases only
Who Gets Injured?
| Age Group | Male | Female | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-4 | 1,279 | 1,591 | |
| 5-14 | 604 | 787 | |
| 15-24 | 212 | 488 | |
| 25-34 | 100 | 769 | |
| 35-44 | 315 | 838 | |
| 45-54 | 378 | 962 | |
| 55-64 | 164 | 1,037 | |
| 65-74 | 190 | 638 | |
| 75+ | 351 | 1,443 |
Most Common Injuries
| Body Part | Diagnosis | Est. Injuries |
|---|---|---|
| Eyeball | Contusions, Abr. | |
| Finger | Laceration | |
| Face | Foreign Body | |
| Internal | Ingestion | |
| Face | Laceration | |
| Ear | Foreign Body | |
| Head | Laceration | |
| Hand | Laceration | |
| Ear | Contusions, Abr. | |
| Head | Internal Injury | |
| Eyeball | Other | |
| Internal | Aspiration | |
| Face | Contusions, Abr. | |
| Eyeball | Laceration | |
| Lower Arm | Laceration |
Severity Breakdown
ER Visit Narratives
Real anonymized emergency room reports from the CPSC NEISS database.
66 YOF INJ LT NARE PUTTING AWAY SOME FAKE FLOWERS ACCIDENTALLY STEM WENT UP LT NARE AT HOME DX EPISTAXIS ;
55 YOF WITH LEFT EYE PAIN AFTER ACCIDENTALLY POKING HERSELF IN THE EYE WITH AN ARTIFICIAL FLOWER WHILE CLEANING IT. DX CORNEAL ABRASIONS
57YOF C/O LACERATION OF THE FINGER. ATTEMPTING TO CUT ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS WHEN THE SCISSORS SLIPPED AND SLICED HER FINGER. AVULSION OF THE SKIN OVER THE DISTAL PALMAR ASPECT OF LEFT 3RD DIGIT. DX; AVULSION OF SKIN OF FINGER
45YOM, C/O LACERATION, UNLOADING FAKE PALM TREE FROM TRUCK, IT SNAPPED BACK & HIT HIM IN FACE DX: FOREHEAD LACERATION
19YOF C/O BURN S/P PATIENT STATES SHE HAD PLASTIC FLOWERS THAT ACCIDENTALLY CAUGHT FIRE WITH A CANDLE. PATIENT PICKED UP THE FLOWERS WITH HER LEFT HAND TO PUT IN HER SINK. THERE WAS A SMALL AMOUNT OF HOT MELTED PLASTIC ON THE GROUND SHE ACCIDENTALLY STEPPED ON. NO MENTION OF FIRE DEPARTMENT INVOLVEMENT. DX: BURN OF RIGHT FOOT
21MOF CUT LEFT INDEX FINGER ON A FAKE FLOWER DX: LACERATION FINGER
64YOF BEND DOWN TO PICK UP A FAKE PLANT AND IT POKED HER IN THE LEFT EYE DX: CORNEAL ABRASION
77YOF TAKES *** AND PRESENTS AFTER SHE WAS CLEANING AN ARTIFICIAL PLANT AND FELL BACKWARD AND HIT BACK OF HEAD ON CONCRETE. DX: GROUND-LEVEL FALL, CEPHALOHEMATOMA, CONCUSSION
9YOM, SOMEBODY RAN INTO HIM AT THE SCHOOL AND FELL BACKWARDS STRIKING HEAD ONTO GROUND WHICH IS FAKE GRASS NO LOSS OF CONSCIOUS COMPLAINING OF HEAD PAIN NAUSEA AND DIZZINESS DX: INJURY OF HEAD
5YOF HAD GLASS STONE FROM FLOWER ARRANGEMENT IN MOUTH WHEN CHILD WAS PLAYING AND ACCIDENTALLY SWALLOWED ONE. DX: SWALLOWED FOREIGN BODY
3YOM STUCK A PIECE OF AN ARTIFICIAL PLANT IN HIS NOSE. DX: FB NOSE
31YOF PRESENTS AFTER HER SON ACCIDENTALLY HIT HER IN THE EYE WITH A PLASTIC FLOWER. DX: CORNEAL ABRASION
Consumer Incident Reports
Reports filed by consumers on SaferProducts.gov.
My family ordered a fake plant off of Amazon and placed it in a bedroom. I felt like it was giving me a heavy feeling in my lungs, like it was a little hard to breath, so I asked my fiance, who had purchased it, if she smelled anything off about the item. She said that it had an intense chemical smell when she opened the package but that the smell seemed to be coming from the packaging material and dissipated quickly upon throwing out the plastic wrapped around the item. I looked at the item description on Amazon, which only described it as made of "plastic," and contained very little other information. However, I also found a deleted page for the item on [REDACTED] website. I cold only see what the search engine has cached, but it appears to have a California Proposition 65 chemical warning, stating that the item contains chemicals known to cause cancer. I've removed the item from our bedroom and am using a HEPA air filter but am still having difficulty breathing. Here is the link to the item on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09BC3JQPR?
Product Recalls
Search for active and past recalls related to artificial flowers or plants on the CPSC website.
Frequently Asked Questions
How dangerous are artificial flowers or plants?
Based on 20 years of CPSC data, artificial flowers or plants have a danger score of 35/100 (low risk). An estimated 607 ER-treated injuries occur annually in the U.S. related to this product category.
What are the most common injuries from artificial flowers or plants?
The most common injury is contusions, abr. to the eyeball, accounting for approximately 1,830 injuries over 20 years.
Are injuries from artificial flowers or plants increasing or decreasing?
Up 46% over 5 years.
Who is most at risk for artificial flowers or plants injuries?
The 0-4 age group accounts for the most injuries, with approximately 2,870 cases recorded over 20 years. Females are more frequently injured in this age group.
What happens when someone is injured by artificial flowers or plants?
Of all ER visits involving artificial flowers or plants, approximately 4.7% result in hospital admission. The majority of patients (95.3%) are treated and released from the emergency department.
How can I report a safety problem with artificial flowers or plants?
You can file a consumer incident report at SaferProducts.gov, the official CPSC reporting portal. Reports help the CPSC identify emerging hazards and trigger investigations or recalls. You can also call the CPSC hotline at 1-800-638-2772.
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What this means for you
Treat the 35/100 score as relative risk between products, not your personal odds of injury.
- See where this category ranks against every other tracked product. Full rankings
- Injuries cluster in the 0-4 age group, take extra care if that describes your household.
- Check for active recalls on this product before you assume it is safe. CPSC recalls
NEISS estimates ER-treated injuries from a national probability sample of hospitals; they do not capture injuries treated elsewhere or not treated at all.
Data: CPSC National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) 2005–2024 and SaferProducts.gov consumer incident reports. Injury estimates are based on a nationally representative probability sample of U.S. hospital emergency departments. This page is for informational purposes only and is not affiliated with the CPSC.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, scored, and verified.