Attached Highchair
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.
Nursery & Baby Products · CPSC Code 1556
Stable over 5 years
The verdict
Attached Highchair carry a danger score of 33/100 (low risk), driven by roughly 1,988 ER-treated injuries a year that are roughly flat over the last five years.
- 33/100
- danger score (low risk)
- 1,988
- ER visits per year (avg)
- 2.4%
- end in hospital admission
- 0-4
- most-injured age group
Every figure is rendered from the CPSC NEISS record for product code 1556 - last data year 2024.
PlainSafety danger score
How this 33/100 score is built
The score is computed from four CPSC-derived factors for attached highchair - no opinion, no editorializing:
- Injury volume1,988 ER visits/yr
- Severity (hospitalization rate)2.4%
- Fatality rate0.00%
- 5-year trend-7%
See the full methodology for the exact weighting of each factor.
What the CPSC Data Shows
Attached Highchair (CPSC product code 1556, in the Nursery & Baby Products category) generate an estimated 1,988 emergency-room visits every year in the United States, adding up to roughly 39,765 ER-treated injuries across the 20-year span from 2005 to 2024. PlainSafety derives a danger score of 33/100 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 roughly flat over the last five years, with the busiest year on record being 2013 (2,739 estimated ER visits) and the quietest 2005 (1,369 estimated visits).
The single most common ER diagnosis for attached highchair is internal injury to the head, accounting for approximately 16,126 visits across the 20-year NEISS window, followed by contusions, abr. to the face (3,576 cases). The 0-4 age group absorbs the largest share of injuries, about 37,182 cases over the NEISS window, and males appear slightly more often than the opposite sex in that cohort. Severity outcomes from the NEISS disposition field show that 2.4% of ER visits involving this product end in hospital admission or transfer.
Beyond the hospital-sampled NEISS projections, this page also aggregates 67 consumer incident reports filed directly on SaferProducts.gov, plus 20 anonymized ER narratives - together forming a layered picture of how attached highchair 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 | 19,169 | 18,013 | |
| 5-14 | 643 | 688 | |
| 15-24 | 83 | 16 | |
| 25-34 | 90 | 186 | |
| 35-44 | 76 | 210 | |
| 45-54 | 0 | 88 | |
| 55-64 | 0 | 99 | |
| 65-74 | 164 | 121 | |
| 75+ | 0 | 120 |
Most Common Injuries
| Body Part | Diagnosis | Est. Injuries |
|---|---|---|
| Head | Internal Injury | |
| Face | Contusions, Abr. | |
| Head | Contusions, Abr. | |
| Face | Laceration | |
| Head | Laceration | |
| Mouth | Laceration | |
| Head | Concussion | |
| Shoulder | Fracture | |
| Head | Hematoma | |
| Head | Fracture | |
| Mouth | Contusions, Abr. | |
| Lower Arm | Fracture | |
| Not Stated/unk | Other | |
| Mouth | Dental Injury | |
| Face | Hematoma |
Severity Breakdown
ER Visit Narratives
Real anonymized emergency room reports from the CPSC NEISS database.
9MOM WAS SITTING IN AN ATTACHED HIGH CHAIR AND PUSHED ITSELF OFF OF THE TABLE AND FELL TO THE FLOOR STRUCK HEAD DX: CLOSED HEAD INJURY
23MOF WAS SITTING IN A BOOSTER SEAT AT HOME THAT WAS ON A REGULAR30 MINS AGO NO LOC, CHAIR & CHAIR FELL BACKWARDS PT DID CRY FOR 10 MINS, PT DID HAVE 1 EMESIS THAT PT JUST ATE FOR BREAKFAST DX BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA
18MOM WAS AT A RESTAURANT WHEN HE SPILLED A BOWL OF HOT SOUP ONTO LEFT THIGH WHILE SITTING IN AN ATTACHED HIGH CHAIR DX: SCALD BURNED TO THIGH
12MOF PRESENTS TO THE ED S/P FALL IN BOOSTER CHAIR. WAS STRAPPED IN A BOOSTER CHAIR, TILTED BACKWARDS AS A UNIT WITH DAD NEARBY. +IMMEDIATELY CRIED. +HS, NO LOC. ED DX: FALL; CONCUSSION WITHOUT LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS,
7MOM WAS IN AN ATTACHABLE HIGH CHAIR ATTACHED TO THE COUNTER & THE HIGH CHAIR FELL ON THE FLOOR. DX: HEAD INJURY, HEMATOMA FACE
2YOF WAS IN A TODDLER SEAT THAT WAS STRAPPED TO A WOODEN COUNTER STOOL AND FELL BACKWARDS AND THE STOOL TIPPED OVER HIT HEAD ON FLOOR DX: CLOSED HEAD INJURY
18MOF FELL OFF AN ATTACHABLE HIGH CHAIR AFTER PUSHING OFF A TABLE DX: CLOSED HEAD INJURY
^5YOF WAS THE REAR-SEAT PASSENGER IN A BOOSTER SEAT IN A CAR, WAS NOT RESTRAINED, WHEN SHE FELL STRIKING FACE ON THE SIDE OF A SEAT DX: LACERATION OF FACE
6MOF FELL OUT OF A HIGH CHAIR ATTACHED TO A COUNTER TO TILE FLOOR AT HOME DX: CHI, FRACTURE OF VAULT OF SKULL, CONCUSSION *
4YOM WAS BEING STRAPPED INTO HIS BOOSTER CHAIR AT A RESTAURANT WHEN HE FELL ONTO THE CARPET FLOOR AND STRUCK HIS HEAD DX: CLOSED HEAD INJURY
22MOF FELL ABOUT 3FT FROM BOOSTER SEAT (STRAP ON BOOSTER SEAT NOT WORKING) ONTO THE TILED FLOOR. DX: CHI
2YM IN A BOOSTER SEAT IN A RESTAURANT AND CHAIR AND BOOSTER SEAT BOTH FELL TO FLOOR DX: LIP LACERATION
Consumer Incident Reports
Reports filed by consumers on SaferProducts.gov.
There hasn't been an incident as of yet, but my 22 month old uses the Safety 1st Sit Booster Seat http://www.walmart.com/ip/Safety-1st-Sit-Booster-Green/19400495 which states it is a 3 point harness but only has 2 contact points. On numerous occasions he has turned completely around in the chair almost falling out.
My two and a half year old daughter was buckled into her booster seat. She was able to stand up in it (the buckle came undone). She fell, was knocked unconscious and suffered a concussion.
My 17 month old son was sitting in the Eddie Bauer Pop-Up Travel Chair at the table. With his feet, he pushed back against the table and knocked his chair over backwards. The seat cushion of the travel chair came out of the base (it is only attached to the base in the back), so that when my son fell backwards, he was also flung up about 6 inches. Because of this, he hit his head hard on the hard tile floor and needed a trip to the ER. If the travel chair had a buckle attaching the seat cushion to the front of the base, this would not have happened.
I was given a high chair from Babies R US for my baby registry back in April. I just put the high chair together and I put my 4 month old in it and her finger got stuck in the clip. In the process I got my finger stuck as well. It has to do when you go to un clip it that it is almost impossible. Her finger didn't break or draw blood but she did scream for a good hour. She was in so much pain and her finger was all red near the nail. I tried to return this to the store but they said they needed a receipt. The person who bought it did not have it anymore. I told them what happened and they said they could not do anything about it.
"Safety 1st Sit! Booster" - my 19 month-old grandson was using this booster for only the 2nd time since we'd purchased the item (a few days before). The booster was secured to the chair using the straps provided and the baby was secured to the booster, also with the provided straps (one on each side of the waist and one between the legs). He was sitting with the table on his right so there was nothing in front of him. He wasn't struggling to get out of the seat, just sitting quietly and eating. Then suddenly, he was head-first on the floor with the booster seat straps still around him. The safety straps that were supposed to hold him had completely detached from the seat. Thankfully, he landed on soft carpet so he smashed his face and had a good-sized welt on his head, but nothing serious or permanent.
What happened that made you want to report? We narrowly escaped significant injury when my 12-month old daughter managed to climb out of her lobster high chair (the type that attaches to a table top) and onto our counter height kitchen table. Had I not been mere feet away grabbing something from the fridge when I noticed her nearly entirely on the kitchen table, she could have been significantly injured. I emailed the company and included pictures of the incident and my daughter in the high chair to see if they could help advise on the situation, but have not heard back in a couple of days. I mentioned the incident to a friend tonight and she responded that the exact same thing happened to them and she felt it was so risky and they discontinued using the product. With this apparently being a common issue, I think this warrants a closer inspection of the safety features of this product. What type of product(s) were being used? A Phil&Teds lobster highchair attached to a kitchen table. It was attached to a sturdy table top of a counter height kitchen table per the instructions that came with the product. Who was using the product(s)? My 12-month old daughter who currently weighs 17lbs and 5oz. How were the product(s) being used? According to the manual as best as I can tell. My daughter was in the high chair with the shoulder straps tightened to the best of my abilities. There is no chest clip and the shoulder straps are loosely attached to horizontal straps at the bottom. This means the lower attachment can freely slide some inches back and forth, making it impossible to tighten them enough to have a determined baby unable to wiggle their arms out of the shoulder straps. Since there is no hip strap either, this leaves the infant entirely unsecured in the seat. At the time of the incident, I had gotten up from the kitchen table to grab something from the fridge. Our fridge is only about 6 feet from the kitchen table. I grabbed a cupcake from the
Baby high chair with faulty buckles on the safety straps used to strap it to a chair. The buckles unsnap without the clips being depressed, just with the slightest pressure from pulling on the straps. We discovered it because they came undone as we tried to tighten the straps after buckling them.
The locking pin on the frame of the baby travel diner seat popped out on the first use and the spring beneath is sticking out creating a pricking injury hazard. The frame will now not lock creating a secondary hazard.
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Product Recalls
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Frequently Asked Questions
How dangerous are attached highchair?
Based on 20 years of CPSC data, attached highchair have a danger score of 33/100 (low risk). An estimated 1,988 ER-treated injuries occur annually in the U.S. related to this product category.
What are the most common injuries from attached highchair?
The most common injury is internal injury to the head, accounting for approximately 16,126 injuries over 20 years.
Are injuries from attached highchair increasing or decreasing?
Stable over 5 years.
Who is most at risk for attached highchair injuries?
The 0-4 age group accounts for the most injuries, with approximately 37,182 cases recorded over 20 years. Males are more frequently injured in this age group.
What happens when someone is injured by attached highchair?
Of all ER visits involving attached highchair, approximately 2.4% result in hospital admission. The majority of patients (97.6%) are treated and released from the emergency department.
How can I report a safety problem with attached highchair?
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 33/100 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.