CPSC NEISS · code 4016

Beach Chairs Or Folding Chairs

Beach Chairs Or Folding Chairs: danger rank #313 of 838 is not ER-volume rank #234 of 838 (8,032 estimated ER visits a year; declining by about 10% over the last five years).

Floors, Walls & Ceilings CPSC NEISS through 2024

Danger score versus ER volume

Danger score versus ER volume

According to CPSC NEISS 2005-2024, Beach Chairs Or Folding Chairs ranks #313 of 838 by danger score (37/100) at ER-volume #234 of 838 (8,032/yr). They are not the same ranking.

#313
danger rank of 838
#234
ER-volume rank of 838
37/100
danger score
8,032/yr
estimated ER visits (avg)

Danger score combines injury volume, hospitalization, fatality, and five-year trend. ER volume is the average annual NEISS estimate alone. Rank 1 is highest on each list.

Where this category's danger score sits nationally

Danger score (37/100) across 838 scored CPSC product categories

37 Around the middle lower than 37% of 838 product categories

scored CPSC product categories, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more product categories. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source CPSC NEISS, PlainSafety danger-score model · 2024

Composite verdict

Composite Safety Score: 62/100

One verdict blending 4 independently-sourced dimensions from two separate CPSC systems, each benchmarked against all 838 scored product categories by percentile rather than raw value, so no single huge-volume category can dominate the scale.

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Dimension Value National percentile Weight applied Source
Injury severity (hospitalization + fatality blend) 6 49th 35% CPSC NEISS 20-year severity index
Annual ER injury volume 8,032 67th 30% CPSC NEISS estimated annual ER-treated injuries
5-year injury trend -10% 50th 15% CPSC NEISS 5-year % change in ER-treated injuries
Consumer incident reports 117 84th 20% CPSC SaferProducts.gov public incident report count

Methodology: each dimension is ranked against the full population's p10/p25/p50/p75/p90 breakpoints and interpolated to a 0-100 percentile; the composite is the weighted average of available percentiles. See methodology for the full benchmark table.

Where 160,649 estimated ER injuries land on the body

Body-part shares from the same CPSC NEISS injury_types extract for product code 4016. Segments sum to 160,649 - a body-map mix, not a danger score or ER-volume rank.

Two danger lenses

Same-group peer scores and this product's dial

The bars compare PlainSafety danger scores inside the Floors, Walls & Ceilings group (same CPSC NEISS extract). The dial is this product's score alone on the Low/Moderate/High bands. Do not read a peer bar as an ER-visit count.

Floors, Walls & Ceilings danger scores

1. Beds Or Bedframes, Other …55/1002. Chairs, Other Or Not Spec…51/1003. Ladders, Other Or Not Spe…49/1004. Bedding, Not Specified49/1005. Tables (excl. Baby Chang…47/1006. Stools, Other Or Not Spec…44/1007. Scales, Not Elec. Or Batt…44/1008. Beach Chairs Or Folding C…37/100
Higher score = higher composite danger in this group. Peer set is other scored products sharing the same CPSC group.
0/100100/10037/100
PlainSafety danger score · Beach Chairs Or Folding Chairs

Source: CPSC NEISS danger-score model As of 2024

How this 37/100 score is built

The score is computed from four CPSC-derived factors for beach chairs or folding chairs - no opinion, no editorializing:

  • Injury volume 8,032 ER visits/yr Above median volume
  • Severity (hospitalization rate) 5.2% Below median admission rate
  • Fatality rate 0.05% Above-typical fatality rate
  • 5-year trend-10%

Band labels compare this category against the corpus of 838 scored CPSC product categories, see the full methodology for the exact weighting of each factor.

What the CPSC Data Shows

Across the 20-year NEISS window from 2005 to 2024, injury counts for beach chairs or folding chairs are declining by about 10% over the last five years, with the busiest year on record being 2024 (10,039 estimated ER visits) and the quietest 2021 (6,628 estimated visits). The single most common ER diagnosis is laceration to the finger, accounting for approximately 15,230 visits across the 20-year NEISS window, followed by internal injury to the head (13,630 cases). The 0-4 age group absorbs the largest share of injuries, about 32,255 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 5.2% of ER visits involving this product end in hospital admission or transfer, and a small fraction (0.05%) result in fatality.

Beyond the hospital-sampled NEISS projections, this page also aggregates 117 consumer incident reports filed directly on SaferProducts.gov, plus 20 anonymized ER narratives - together forming a layered picture of how beach chairs or folding chairs 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)

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Estimated annual emergency-room visits for Beach Chairs Or Folding Chairs, CPSC NEISS

Source: CPSC NEISS national injury estimates As of 2024

Source: CPSC NEISS national estimates Injuries represent ER-treated cases only

Who Gets Injured?

Age Group Male Female Total
0-4 17,115 15,140 32,255
5-14 9,266 8,817 18,083
15-24 4,077 4,917 8,994
25-34 3,897 5,635 9,532
35-44 5,284 8,206 13,490
45-54 5,184 10,942 16,126
55-64 6,478 11,409 17,887
65-74 8,156 11,185 19,341
75+ 10,218 14,718 24,936

Most Common Injuries

Body Part Diagnosis Est. Injuries
Finger Laceration 15,230
Head Internal Injury 13,630
Finger Fracture 8,736
Face Laceration 6,947
Finger Contusions, Abr. 5,709
Lower Trunk Strain, Sprain 4,737
Lower Trunk Other 4,549
Lower Trunk Contusions, Abr. 4,189
Upper Trunk Contusions, Abr. 3,382
Face Contusions, Abr. 3,311
Upper Trunk Fracture 3,273
Head Laceration 3,218
Lower Trunk Fracture 3,019
Lower Leg Laceration 2,916
Finger Amputation 2,890

Severity Breakdown

Treated/examined And Released 93.3% (149,965)
Treated And Admitted/hospitalized 4.3% (6,885)
Treated And Transferred 0.9% (1,516)
Left Without Being Seen 0.9% (1,502)
Held For Observation 0.4% (700)
Fatality Incl. Doa, Died In Er 0.1% (81)

ER Visit Narratives

Real anonymized emergency room reports from the CPSC NEISS database.

Age 82 · Female · Finger · Laceration · 2024

82YOF STS FINGER CAUGHT IN A FOLDING CHAIR YESTERDAY, SUSTAINED A PINCHED BLOOD BLISTER, THEN WHILE DANCING FINGER WAS SQUEEZED AND IT BROKE OPEN, HAS PERSISTENT BLEEDING+FINGER LACERATION DX L 5TH FINGER LACERATION

Age 50 · Female · Knee · Other · 2024

50YOF COMES TO THE ER WITH COMPLAINTS OF KNEE PAIN. SHE STATES SHE WAS GETTING INTO LOUNGE CHAIR, ON A CRUISE SHIP, AND THE CHAIR WAS LOWER THAN EXPECTED. SHE TWISTED HER RIGHT KNEE AND FELL PART OF THE WAY INTO THE CHAIR . X-RAYS DONE ON THE SHIP WERE NEGATIVE BUT SHE CONTINUES TO HAVE PAIN. DX: PAIN KNEE RIGHT

Age 74 · Female · Lower Arm · Fracture · 2024

74YOF WAS AT BEACH WHEN A HEAVY GUST OF WIND GRABBED A BEACH CHAIR AND FLUNG IT AGAINST HER RIGHT ARM DX:FRACTURED RIGHT RADIUS

Age 210 · Male · Finger · Laceration · 2024

10MOM HAS A SMALL LEFT 5TH FINGERTIP LACERATION AND SUBUNGUAL HEMATOMA AFTER A FOLDING CHAIR CLASPED ON FINGER DX: FINGER LACERATION, SUBUNGUAL HEMATOMA OF FINGER

Age 79 · Female · Head · Laceration · 2024

79 YOF AFTER A FALL. PATIENT STATES THAT SHE WAS SITTING IN A FOLDING CHAIR, LEANED FORWARD WHEN THE CHAIR FELL OVER. SHE HIT THE RIGHT SIDE OF HER HEAD ON A SHARP OBJECT AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION. DX SCALP LAC, FALL

Age 218 · Female · Head · Internal Injury · 2024

18MOF WENT TO SIT IN A FOLDING CHAIR IN A PUBLIC PLACE AND IT COLLAPSED SHE FELL BACKWARDS STRIKING HEAD ON THE GROUND DX: CLOSED HEAD INJURY

Age 78 · Female · Head · Internal Injury · 2024

78YOF WAS GETTING OUT OF A LAWN CHAIR WHEN SHE LOST HER BALANCE AND FELL DX: FRACTURED RIGHT HUMERUS, CLOSED HEAD INJURY

Age 88 · Female · Head · Internal Injury · 2024

88YOF WAS GETTING OUT OF A BEACH CHAIR AND FELL STRIKING HER HEAD DX: CLOSED HEAD INJURY FRACTURED THORACIC SPINE

Age 5 · Male · Elbow · Other · 2024

5YOM TO ER AFTER FALL OFF FOLDING CHAIR AT HOME 1 HR AGO, PT FELL ONTO RIGHT ELBOW , PT HAS RIGHT ELBOW PAIN DX PAIN RIGHT ELBOW

Age 36 · Male · Head · Internal Injury · 2024

36YOM C/O FINGER LACERATION AND PAIN TO RIGHT HAND S/P PT STATES TWO COMPLAINTS. ONE, HE PINCHED HIS FINGER IN A FOLDING STADIUM CHAIR CAUSING A LACERATION ON HIS FINGER. TWO, HE WAS WAS INVOLVED IN AN MVC LAST NIGHT WHERE HE WAS REARENDED AND HAS WORSENING RINGING IN HIS EARS. NO MENTION OF PT'S RESTRAINED IN CAR NOR AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. DX: HEAD INJURY, FINGER LACERATION AND TINNITUS

Age 76 · Female · Upper Trunk · Fracture · 2024

76YOF SAYS 10 DAYS GAGO WAS STANDING ON A FOLDING CHAIR IN HER BATHROOM & PUTTING UP A SHOWER CURTAIN & FELL ON HER BATHROOM SINK ON HER CHEST PT HAS CHEST PAIN ON RIGHT SIDE STILL FROM FALL, NO HEAD INJURY DX FALL, CLSD FRACTURE OF ONE RIB ON RIGHT SIDE

Age 63 · Female · Elbow · Contusions, Abr. · 2024

63YOF PRESENTED AFTER FALLING OUT OF A LAWN CHAIR, ONTO THE CONCRETE. THE PT WAS CONFUSED AND UNSURE WHAT LED TO HER FALLING OUT OF THE CHAIR. ABRASION NOTED TO THE ELBOW. DX: ACUTE PAIN OF RT SHOULDER, RT ELBOW PAIN, FALL FROM CHAIR.

Consumer Incident Reports

Reports filed by consumers on SaferProducts.gov.

9/7/2022 · No Incident, No Injury · The Home Depot · Michigan

Adirondack plastic molded chairs with cell phone and cup holder molded in frame from Home Depot are unsteady and legs bow out even on very light weight people. The chairs move and "settle" under every person that sits in the chair. At one point the back legs to a chair were completley flattened. There has not been an injury yet, but I do see this as a danger.

9/5/2023 · Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention Received · IKEA North America Services, LLC · California

IKEA GUNDE folding chair (https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/gunde-folding-chair-black-00217797/). Chair is lightweight and not stable. When person sitting leans forward (weight toward front of chair), the chair will either slip (when on hardwood or vinyl)and/or tip forward (carpet). Personal experience - Both adults and children have fallen multiple times using these chairs on multiple occasions. Many consumers have had the same issue per the reviews on the company website for this item.

9/5/2022 · Incident, No Injury · ShelterLogic, LLC · New York

My husband was sitting upright in a beach in a Rio Beach Big Kahuna Beach Chair ( https://rio.shelterlogic.com/rio-beach-big-kahuna-beach-chair ) when suddenly the back of the chair collapsed and he fell back to the ground. Upon inspection, one side of the back metal support of the chair had broken in half where it met the arm rest. Luckily the chair was on sand, but if he had been on a hard surface he would have been seriously injured. This was only our fourth use of the chair, and it was only used by my husband who is 60lbs under the advertised weight limit for the chair.

9/5/2019 · Incident, No Injury · RIO BRANDS LLC · Delaware

This consumer purchased two fabric lawn chairs around the end of May or first part of June 2019. August 31st, 2019 Incident Date she was sitting in one of the chairs in her back yard on grass when the seat just gave way. She did not hit the grass/ground only because she caught herself with her arms. The weight limit for the chair is 250 pounds and the caller's weight is 170.pounds. She is not using the second chair and she has removed it from her back yard and placed both chairs in her basement. Not a webbed chair, it is a fabric chair. There are no injuries being reported She contacted the retailer's corporate headquarters August 31st, 2019 and their representative provided her with the manufacturer's contact phone number. She called the manufacturer's contact number, she left a message but she has not as of September 5th, 2019 received a return call.

9/4/2025 · Injury, Seen by Medical Professional · GCI Outdoor, Inc · Montana

We had a very chaotic incident last night when our dog, [REDACTED] got his paw stuck in the front opening at the bottom of the frame of our GCI rocker style lawn chair while I was rocked back. My first instinct was to get out of the chair which constricted that area further and pinched it even more, causing him to be stuck. He was yelping and crying like I have never heard.All three of us were trying to get his paw out. In pain and a panic, he bit my husband several times on both hands.

9/3/2022 · Injury, First Aid Received by Non-Medical Professional · Costco Wholesale · California

I've bought 5 or 6 of the gray foldable chairs from costco, and I have some complaints about them. First off, the backing fell off VERY EASILY in less than a year ON EACH CHAIR. And when it begins to detach, the backing where it attaches has VERY SHARP EDGES. My kids have gotten cut a number of times handling the backs of those chairs. Plus, even when the backing of the chair fully falls off, it leaves one or two VERY SHARP shreds of metal, to which people can ALSO get cut just by handling them. They need to recall these and make stronger products.

9/2/2022 · Injury, First Aid Received by Non-Medical Professional · ShelterLogic, LLC · Florida

I received a Tommy Bahama beach chair see below link. The arms that support the chair fell off and fell apart causing me to backwards and falling to the ground. This chair is dangerous https://www.tommybahama.com/en/Highboy-Chair-with-Shade/p/SH481147-220

9/19/2020 · Injury, Seen by Medical Professional · JAKKS Pacific, Inc. · Texas

Was walking and tripped over the toddler camping chair when it impalled my leg.

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Product Recalls

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Nationwide peers by danger score, ER volume & hospitalization

Three PlainSafety-derived comparison paths for Beach Chairs Or Folding Chairs: cross-group products nearest on danger score (37/100), estimated annual ER visits (8,032/yr), and hospitalization share (5.2%). Same-group neighbours stay in Related Products above.

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About this data

CPSC National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) 2005–2024 and SaferProducts.gov consumer incident reports form the basis of this page. Injury estimates are based on a nationally representative probability sample of U.S. hospital emergency departments.

According to PlainSafety's CPSC NEISS corpus ranking, Beach Chairs Or Folding Chairs ranks #313 of 838 scored CPSC product categories by PlainSafety danger score and #234 of 838 by 20-year estimated ER injury volume.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where does beach chairs or folding chairs rank on danger score versus ER volume?

Among 838 scored CPSC product categories, beach chairs or folding chairs ranks #313 by PlainSafety danger score (37/100) and #234 by 20-year estimated ER injury volume (8,032/yr). The two rankings come from the same NEISS extract and are not the same order.

What are the most common injuries from beach chairs or folding chairs?

The most common injury is laceration to the finger, accounting for approximately 15,230 injuries over 20 years.

Are injuries from beach chairs or folding chairs increasing or decreasing?

Down 10% over 5 years.

Who is most at risk for beach chairs or folding chairs injuries?

The 0-4 age group accounts for the most injuries, with approximately 32,255 cases recorded over 20 years. Males are more frequently injured in this age group.

What happens when someone is injured by beach chairs or folding chairs?

Of all ER visits involving beach chairs or folding chairs, approximately 5.2% result in hospital admission. The majority of patients (94.8%) are treated and released from the emergency department.

How can I report a safety problem with beach chairs or folding chairs?

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.

Data on Beach Chairs Or Folding Chairs is compiled directly from CPSC NEISS and SaferProducts.gov records, current through 2024. See our methodology for details.

Disclaimer: This page is for informational purposes only and is not affiliated with the CPSC.

PlainSafety is rendered directly from U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission recall and incident records, no number is typed in by an editor. Product recall timelines and hazard labels are drawn from CPSC recall records for this product. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.