Bedspreads, Throws Or Comforters
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 667
Down 17% over 5 years
The verdict
Bedspreads, Throws Or Comforters carry a danger score of 40/100 (moderate risk), driven by roughly 2,485 ER-treated injuries a year that are declining by about 17% over the last five years.
- 40/100
- danger score (moderate risk)
- 2,485
- ER visits per year (avg)
- 13.1%
- end in hospital admission
- 75+
- most-injured age group
Every figure is rendered from the CPSC NEISS record for product code 667 - last data year 2024.
PlainSafety danger score
How this 40/100 score is built
The score is computed from four CPSC-derived factors for bedspreads, throws or comforters - no opinion, no editorializing:
- Injury volume2,485 ER visits/yr
- Severity (hospitalization rate)13.1%
- Fatality rate0.32%
- 5-year trend-17%
See the full methodology for the exact weighting of each factor.
What the CPSC Data Shows
Bedspreads, Throws Or Comforters (CPSC product code 667, in the Home Furnishings & Fixtures category) generate an estimated 2,485 emergency-room visits every year in the United States, adding up to roughly 49,702 ER-treated injuries across the 20-year span from 2005 to 2024. PlainSafety derives a danger score of 40/100 for this category (moderate risk), combining raw injury volume, demographic reach, severity of outcome, and multi-year trend. The five-year trajectory shows that injury counts are declining by about 17% over the last five years, with the busiest year on record being 2018 (3,587 estimated ER visits) and the quietest 2006 (1,703 estimated visits).
The single most common ER diagnosis for bedspreads, throws or comforters is internal injury to the head, accounting for approximately 3,598 visits across the 20-year NEISS window, followed by fracture to the lower trunk (3,248 cases). The 75+ age group absorbs the largest share of injuries, about 18,968 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 13.1% of ER visits involving this product end in hospital admission or transfer, and a small fraction (0.32%) result in fatality.
Beyond the hospital-sampled NEISS projections, this page also aggregates 30 consumer incident reports filed directly on SaferProducts.gov, plus 20 anonymized ER narratives - together forming a layered picture of how bedspreads, throws or comforters 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 | 661 | 1,135 | |
| 5-14 | 413 | 679 | |
| 15-24 | 625 | 1,296 | |
| 25-34 | 573 | 1,679 | |
| 35-44 | 766 | 2,266 | |
| 45-54 | 1,106 | 4,143 | |
| 55-64 | 1,545 | 5,434 | |
| 65-74 | 2,079 | 6,337 | |
| 75+ | 3,029 | 15,939 |
Most Common Injuries
| Body Part | Diagnosis | Est. Injuries |
|---|---|---|
| Head | Internal Injury | |
| Lower Trunk | Fracture | |
| Lower Trunk | Other | |
| Lower Trunk | Strain, Sprain | |
| Knee | Contusions, Abr. | |
| Head | Laceration | |
| Upper Arm | Fracture | |
| Face | Laceration | |
| Finger | Laceration | |
| Upper Trunk | Contusions, Abr. | |
| Face | Contusions, Abr. | |
| Shoulder | Strain, Sprain | |
| Lower Trunk | Contusions, Abr. | |
| Upper Trunk | Derma/conjunct | |
| Lower Arm | Fracture |
Severity Breakdown
ER Visit Narratives
Real anonymized emergency room reports from the CPSC NEISS database.
65YOF WITH FALL AT HOME, HURT HER LEFT FOOT. PT. TRIPPED OVER A COMFORTER WHILE TAKING IT TO PUT IN THE WASHER.DX: CLOSED NONDISPLACED FX. FIFTH METATARSAL.
77YOM TRIPPED OVER THE QUIT ON HIS BED FALLING DOWN LANDING ON HIS RIGHT KNEE PRIMARILY AND THEN ALSO THE LEFT KNEE. HE DID BUMP HIS HESD ON THE DOOR. SINCE THEN HE HAS BEEN HAVING A LOT OF RIGHT KNEE PAIN AND SWELLING. EXAM: RIGHT : SWELLING PRESENT, TENDERNESS PRESENT, LEFT KNEE: TENDERNESS PRESENT. . DX: INJURY KNEE INITIAL RIGHT
24YOF WALKED IN TO ED COMPLAINING OF LEFT EYE PAIN, TEARING, REDNESS, PHOTOPHOBIA, AND BLURRINESS AFTER HITTING SELF IN THE EYE WITH A COMFORTER 2 DAYS AGO. DX:ABRASION OF RIGHT CORNEA.
83YOF WAS CHANGING HER BEDSPREAD WITH HER HUSBAND WHEN SHE HAD HER WALKER NEXT TO HER AND SHE LET IT GO AND TURNED AND SHE BECAME UNBALANCED AND FELL STRIKING THE GROUND DX: LEFT HIP PAIN
79YOF FROM THE ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY TRIPPED OVER HER BEDSPREAD AND FELL TO THE HARD FLOOR STRIKING HEAD PATIENT IS ANTICOAGULATED ON *** DX: CLOSED HEAD INJURY; TRAUMATIC HEMATOMA OF FOREHEAD
83YOF, C/O FALL,FOOT CAUGHT ON BEDSPREAD, TRIPPED FELL TO FLOOR, FOUND HER IN FLOOR, HEMATOMA FOREHEAD & SWELLING RIGHT WRIST/ARM DX: SKIN AVULSION RIGHT FOREARM, RIGHT DISTAL RADIUS FRACTURE, CLOSED HEAD INJURY, RIGHT KNEE CONTUSION
58 YOF PULLED COMFORTER OUT OF WASHING MACHINE, HURT NECK AND SHOULDER. DX CERVICAL RADICULOPATHY, SHOULDER PAIN
46YOF C/O FACIAL LACERATION S/P PT STATES SHE WAS WALKING TO HER BED WHEN HER BLANKET GOT TANGLED AROUND HER FEET AND SHE TRIPPED FALLING OFF HER BED INTO A TRAY. THE TRAY HIT HER FOREHEAD. DX: LACERATION OF FACE
92YOF TO ER WHO SAYS SUFFERED FALL IN HER BASEMENT 5 DAYS AGO WHEN SHE TRIPPED ON A QUILT & HIT HER HEAD ON CEMENT, PT HAS BRUISING TO LEFT CHEEK , PT IS ON *** DX FALL
88 YOF BENT OVER TO PUT AWAY A QUILT, FELL IN FLOOR AT ASSISTED LIVING. DX SCALP LACERATION
77 YOF AT HOME REPORTS SHE GOT TWISTED IN HER COMFORTER THAT WAS HANGING OVER THE BED AND FELL STRIKING HER HEAD ON WOODEN FURNITURE DX HEAD INJURY, SCALP LAC
81 YOM WAS RETURNING FROM THE BATHROOM IN THE DARK WHEN HE TRIPPED ON A BED COVER AND FELL STRIKING POSTERIOR LATERAL CHEST WALL. DX: RIB FRACTURES
Consumer Incident Reports
Reports filed by consumers on SaferProducts.gov.
In late August I bought an item through Amazon (Another Vintage World Map Duvet Cover). This duvet cover was for my daughter, and we put it on her bed without laundering. Yesterday and the day before (September 19-20), shortly after touching this duvet cover, I had serious allergic reactions, and the second time a trip to the emergency room. My throat swelled so much that for the rest of the day I had difficulty swallowing. I documented the second incident and can provide a photo of the swelling where I had touched my lip (of course you can't see the swelling that partially closed my throat), and the emergency room report upon request. I am deeply concerned that these duvet covers are going out to other people, including children, who may be even more sensitive than I am, resulting in serious illness or even death. I reported this to Amazon and they refunded my purchase price, but Society6 has not responded to my emails and they are still offering the item for purchase. Their website shows them to be a place for artists to sell their products, and the specific artist listed as the maker of this duvet is "beaulac-MJDesigns". I Googled the name and it is [REDACTED]. Her website is in French so she may be in France or Canada. There is no way for me to be 100% certain that the duvet cover is what caused the reaction because the doctor told me to never touch it again and I am definitely not going to! But both times the swelling began moments after I touched the fabric and then touched the part of my face that swelled up. We have nothing else new in the home, and I am seldom on my daughter's bed so it is easy to backtrack. The doctor said that the plastic it was shipped in may have been coated with a pesticide which was transferred to the fabric (we discarded the packaging as soon as it arrived), or it may be something in the fabric itself. I have had a sensitivity to pesticides on fruit in the past, so this would make sense. I plan to have my daughter put gloves o
We purchased Supernatural Join the Hunt: microfiber full/queen comforter and sheets. They turn out to be highly flammable. How can you offer, for sale, flammable bedding in this day and age? Regardless of age????
String on bedspread has twice come off enough for a child to get a head stuck and choke. This is a replacement of another bedspread where same thing happened. Alerted company and they have done nothing.
I received a package from Zulily. I ordered a quilt bedspread, two pillows, and two pillow shams. The package was opened and put in my bedroom. I started getting bug bites immediately. I couldn't figure out what was bitting me. This went on for a couple of weeks before I saw the bed bugs. I contacted Zulily and was told to send photos of the bed with bugs, of the sheets with my blood from the bites, and bites on my body. I captured one of the bed bugs and put it in a crystal jar. There is a video/picture of this bug. I'm afraid my whole house is infected with these bugs. I would like for my house to be rid of the bugs. My house need to be tented and fumigated to get rid of the bed bugs. We will probably have to move out and rent another place. I did an Internet search and found other people who had the same bed bug problem from Zulily. One woman ordered a purse and it had bed bugs. Another person on [REDACTED] was a former employee and stated Zulily had a huge bed bug problem in their warehouses. Please help. Thanks so much.
The consumer stated that she purchased the comforter set about 5 weeks ago. The consumer took out the set to use on 05/24/15. The consumer changed her comforter. The consumer stated that the next day she woke up with extremely dry eyes. The consumer stated that her sinuses were also congested. The consumer stated that the symptoms were different from her usual allergy symptoms. These symptoms continued through the day & night. Later on in the day, the consumer took the shams to work on them. The consumer was going to turn the shams into curtains. After the consumer worked on them, she saw a label on the them that stated "Do not iron." The consumer stated that as the day progressed, she didn't feel any better. The consumer started feeling issues with her throat. She looked online for information on formaldehyde. The consumer came across information online about symptoms of formaldehyde. The consumer also read that fabrics can be treated with chemicals. Such fabric is usually wrinkle free and has a "Do not iron" sticker on it. After reading about the chemicals in fabric online, the consumer bagged up the 5-piece comforter set and took it outside her house. The consumer washed her sheets and took a shower before going to sleep. The next morning, the consumer woke up feeling better than the day before. After two days, the consumer stated that she feels normal again. The consumer has not contacted the retailer or the manf in regards to this issue. The consumer will try to hold onto the comforter set. The consumer still has it bagged by side of home.
I purchased a toddler bed set at Target in San Mateo California on April 30, 2011. I have the original receipt. The product is a Disney Pixar toddler bed set. Federal ID 102074. Registration # CA 41971CN. Other tag # are 00611 208677WT ; WXl-JGSU. This morning May, 13, 2011, while I was folding the comforter, I was pricked by a threaded needle that was embedded within the batting. The thread is similar in texture and color to the thread on the comforter. Could you please contact me about this issue. I can be reached at [REDACTED] [REDACTED]
This consumer is reporting his microfiber King sized comforter model# All Season received as a giveaway prize from Tropicano Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey June/July 2015. The caller's wife placed the comforter inside a buttoned duvet then placed it on their bed. April 6th, 2016 the caller's wife removed the comforter from inside the duvet then noticed that the inside of the duvet was filled with small micro fibers. The caller and his wife took the duvet outside and shook it then noticed that there was so much of the micro fiber inside the duvet from the comforter that it appeared to have snowed from the build up. The caller is reporting this incident as a breathing safety hazard due to the fact that he and his wife have been having breathing difficulty with cold symptoms from the beginning of the use of this comforter inside the duvet. Both the caller and his wife have been seen Dr. [REDACTED] for these symptoms. The caller has no information for the manufacturer and so has not contacted them but will once he is informed of their identity. Cayman Imports, LLC Made in China
This caller is reporting that the Hudson comforter manufactured by UGG and recalled with release# 18-080 caused her daughter to become very ill. She purchased one of these comforters as a Christmas gift for her 17 year old daughter from retailer. Her daughter did not wash the comforter before use but took it from the packaging after opening her gift and began using the comforter. She began progressively becoming ill, with coughing, fever, chills causing the need for her mother to take her to the doctors where she was diagnosed with pneumonia. She was not hospitalized but did have to return to the doctor for the painful shots of antibiotics & steroid combination. The caller is reporting this to have record with CPSC of her daughters illness
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Product Recalls
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Frequently Asked Questions
How dangerous are bedspreads, throws or comforters?
Based on 20 years of CPSC data, bedspreads, throws or comforters have a danger score of 40/100 (moderate risk). An estimated 2,485 ER-treated injuries occur annually in the U.S. related to this product category.
What are the most common injuries from bedspreads, throws or comforters?
The most common injury is internal injury to the head, accounting for approximately 3,598 injuries over 20 years.
Are injuries from bedspreads, throws or comforters increasing or decreasing?
Down 17% over 5 years.
Who is most at risk for bedspreads, throws or comforters injuries?
The 75+ age group accounts for the most injuries, with approximately 18,968 cases recorded over 20 years. Females are more frequently injured in this age group.
What happens when someone is injured by bedspreads, throws or comforters?
Of all ER visits involving bedspreads, throws or comforters, approximately 13.1% result in hospital admission. The majority of patients (86.9%) are treated and released from the emergency department.
How can I report a safety problem with bedspreads, throws or comforters?
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 40/100 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 75+ 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.