Bottles Or Jars, Not Specified
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.
Containers & Packaging · CPSC Code 1135
Up 31% over 5 years
The verdict
Bottles Or Jars, Not Specified carry a danger score of 45/100 (moderate risk), driven by roughly 29,244 ER-treated injuries a year that are rising by about 31% over the last five years.
- 45/100
- danger score (moderate risk)
- 29,244
- ER visits per year (avg)
- 8.2%
- end in hospital admission
- 0-4
- most-injured age group
Every figure is rendered from the CPSC NEISS record for product code 1135 - last data year 2024.
PlainSafety danger score
How this 45/100 score is built
The score is computed from four CPSC-derived factors for bottles or jars, not specified - no opinion, no editorializing:
- Injury volume29,244 ER visits/yr
- Severity (hospitalization rate)8.2%
- Fatality rate0.06%
- 5-year trend+31%
See the full methodology for the exact weighting of each factor.
What the CPSC Data Shows
Bottles Or Jars, Not Specified (CPSC product code 1135, in the Containers & Packaging category) generate an estimated 29,244 emergency-room visits every year in the United States, adding up to roughly 584,885 ER-treated injuries across the 20-year span from 2005 to 2024. PlainSafety derives a danger score of 45/100 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 rising by about 31% over the last five years, with the busiest year on record being 2023 (38,945 estimated ER visits) and the quietest 2018 (22,925 estimated visits).
The single most common ER diagnosis for bottles or jars, not specified is poisoning to the all parts body, accounting for approximately 224,384 visits across the 20-year NEISS window, followed by laceration to the finger (33,515 cases). The 0-4 age group absorbs the largest share of injuries, about 212,342 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 8.2% of ER visits involving this product end in hospital admission or transfer, and a small fraction (0.06%) result in fatality.
Beyond the hospital-sampled NEISS projections, this page also aggregates 45 consumer incident reports filed directly on SaferProducts.gov, plus 20 anonymized ER narratives - together forming a layered picture of how bottles or jars, not specified 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 | 115,096 | 97,246 | |
| 5-14 | 30,878 | 22,008 | |
| 15-24 | 36,648 | 27,767 | |
| 25-34 | 25,605 | 28,444 | |
| 35-44 | 22,302 | 27,298 | |
| 45-54 | 21,073 | 29,054 | |
| 55-64 | 15,964 | 25,457 | |
| 65-74 | 9,401 | 20,442 | |
| 75+ | 9,219 | 20,816 |
Most Common Injuries
| Body Part | Diagnosis | Est. Injuries |
|---|---|---|
| All Parts Body | Poisoning | |
| Finger | Laceration | |
| Hand | Laceration | |
| Foot | Contusions, Abr. | |
| Face | Laceration | |
| Head | Internal Injury | |
| Internal | Ingestion | |
| Lower Trunk | Strain, Sprain | |
| Lower Trunk | Other | |
| Head | Laceration | |
| Foot | Laceration | |
| Toe | Contusions, Abr. | |
| Upper Trunk | Other | |
| Mouth | Laceration | |
| Ankle | Strain, Sprain |
Severity Breakdown
ER Visit Narratives
Real anonymized emergency room reports from the CPSC NEISS database.
12 YOM INJ RT THUMB FRIEND KICKED HAND WHILE PICKING UP A BOTTLE AT HOME DX FX RT THUMB ;
27YOF WAS HOLDING A 5 GALLON JUG AND WAS BENDING OVER FORWARD AND FELT PAIN IN HER LOWER TRUNK. DX: LOWER TRUNK STRAIN
19YOM WAS TRYING TO REACH FOR HIS WATER BOTTLE AND ACCINDENTALLY GOT BURNED FROM STEAM OF BOILING WATER, DX FOREARM BURN
38YOM C/O PAIN IN LEFT HIP AFTER LIFTING HEAVY WATER JUG. SEEMS LIKE MUSCLE SPASM. DX: DISCOMFORT OF LEFT HIP
55 YOM REPORTS THAT A FEW DAYS AGO HE WAS TRYING TO CLEAN OUT SOME BOTTLES, WHEN THE KNIFE HE WAS USING SLIPPED THROUGH THE BOTTLE AND CUT THE TIP OF HIS FINGER. DX: CELLULITIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER
31YOM WITH LAC TO FINGER FROM A BOTTLE DX: FINGER LAC
13YOF WITH A FULL WATER BOTTLE FALLING ON HER TOE DX: FRACTURED TOE
10YOF PRESENTS AFTER SWALLOWING A BOTTLE CAP OFF HER WATER BOTTLE. DX: FOREIGN BODY IN DIGESTIVE TRACT
21YOF, REACHING FOR BOTTLE OF WATER WHEN STATED HER CHEST HURT THEN SYNCOPIZED AND FELL, LWBS, NO DX
26YOF PRESENTED WITH AN EYE INJURY. THE PT WAS TRYING TO OPEN A BOTTLE WITH A PAIN OF TWEEZERS AND POKER HER EYE. SHE WENT TO URGENT CARE AND WAS SENT TO THE ED. DX: PUNCTURE WOUND OF EYE REGION, TRAUMATIC IRITIS
76YOM, ATTEMPTED TO PREVENT A GALLON JUG OF WATER FROM FALLING RESULTING IN JERKING MOTION WHICH TRIGGERD BACK PAIN, DX: CLOSED FRACTURE OF EIGHTTH THORACIC VERTEBRA
15YOF, WAS PICKING UP A WATER BOTTLE UNDER THE COUNTER AND WHEN SHE CAME UP SHE HIT THE BACK OF HEAD ON THE COUNTER, NO LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND CURRENTLY WITH HEADACHE, DX: CONCUSSION
Consumer Incident Reports
Reports filed by consumers on SaferProducts.gov.
Similar to the recent [REDACTED]. I had a Cars 3 bottle by the maker Zak that also had the spout break off and looks [REDACTED]. I bought it in 2018 at Target. It looks like this, but with Cars 3 printing on it instead of [REDACTED]. [REDACTED]
My 3-year-old son has used both Contigo water bottles for over a year. His daycare sent home his water bottle because the spout is close to breaking off. We evaluated the other water bottles in our home and noticed that we had another one with the same issue. I feel that if we hadn't noticed this it could've broken off into my son's mouth and become a choking hazard. I'm not sure the date that the spouts actually cracked. I have photos of the spouts that cracked.
My 19 month old son uses Contigo Kids water bottles. The ones we have had issues with do NOT have the black base under the spout, they are colored and not included in the recent recall but absolutely should be! The spouts connected to the colored bases have come off on multiple bottles and have been thrown away because I refuse to give my child something that is unsafe (Never knew about reporting things like this otherwise I would have kept them)
I purchased Jus by Julie through Amazon around 7/6. It was shipped directly from Jus By Julie located in Brooklyn NY. They package and fill the bottles there. I drank 5 out of 6 bottles and last week took out the last bottle to dispose of . I left this bottle out for 10 minutes in an air conditioned room. It exploded and when I mean exploded not like shaking a soda car but like bomb. It shot out of the kitchen sink 4 feet to the floor. It sprayed my kitchen, living room and foyer. it has eaten into the paint and now have to get apartment repainted. It damaged additional items in our apartment. If someone was by this bottle when it exploded, they would of been seriously hurt. I reached out to Jus By Julie and they stated that if the bottle is expired, it can explode. I know for a fact that this product is not able to be sold in the USA due to this hazard. It was readily admitted to me that this could happen after i have complained. I have taken pictures of all the damage and it can still be seen in our walls due to the product ate in our the paint.
I poured hot water into Owala freesip twist. Opening opening the top the middle ring fell off pouring hot water over me causing 2nd degree burns on my right flank from hip to shoulder. Had to visit telehealth doc who referred to a urgent care center for treatment. I believe the mechanism securing the freesip cap to the bottom is inadequate for hot drinks.
Contigo brand 14 oz flip water bottles for toddlers and kids. Gizmo and Striker models. Cannot be pulled apart and washed and mold collects under the clear spout. Lots of parents reporting this on internet.
Product: 64oz bottle of Rooto professional drain cleaner, sulfuric acid-based Location: Shop-n-Save in Benzonia Michigan, parking lot Date: June 30th, roughly 2:30pm Narrative of Events: A bottle of drain cleaner was placed on the bottom shelf of a shopping cart, roughly 6 inches above the ground. After leaving the store, directly outside the door leading to the parking lot, the bottle of drain cleaner fell roughly 6 inches off the bottom shelf of the shopping cart. This minor fall compromised the integrity of the seal, the cap, and the plastic bag in which the bottle was contained, causing the acid to pour out of the bottle and all over the right foot of 5 year old [REDACTED]. I raced her back into the store to use the sink found at the bottle return and rinsed her foot immediately, and then with the help of store management I packed her foot in baking soda. While carrying her, the liquid dripped over my right leg. Both [REDACTED] and I suffered chemical burns, both of [REDACTED] shoes had melted, and a pair of my pants had melted. The events of this narrative can be confirmed by store management, store security cameras, witnesses to the events, as well as the included pictures of the injuries. Please let me first say that I am fully aware this product is hazardous and that special precautions must be taken in order to properly handle or use it. Ive been using drain cleaners for years, and am entirely aware of the caustic nature of concentrated acids. It is not the product, itself, with which I am concerned, but rather than packaging in which it is sold. Despite the perception of secure packaging, it only took a small bump to open not just the seal, but also the cap and even the bag in which the bottle was secured. That a 6 inch fall should result in total failure in the packaging of such a hazardous product is completely unacceptable. That there has been an apparent lack of quality testing in this packaging is not only dangerous to consumers, but als
On 7/22/2025, my 17-month-old child was able to open a prescription pill bottle labeled as child- resistant from Publix Pharmacy (Store #846 North Augusta, SC). The bottle contained [REDACTED] 30 mg capsules. The cap did not function as a proper child-resistant closure and was easily opened by my toddler without assistance. As a result, my child ingested an 2-2.5 capsules of medication, causing a life-threatening overdose. She required emergency treatment and was hospitalized for 2.5 days in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at the [REDACTED] Hospital of Savannah, GA. I believe the pill bottle provided by Publix Pharmacy was defective and failed to meet child-resistant safety standards required under the Poison Prevention Packaging Act.
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Product Recalls
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Frequently Asked Questions
How dangerous are bottles or jars, not specified?
Based on 20 years of CPSC data, bottles or jars, not specified have a danger score of 45/100 (moderate risk). An estimated 29,244 ER-treated injuries occur annually in the U.S. related to this product category.
What are the most common injuries from bottles or jars, not specified?
The most common injury is poisoning to the all parts body, accounting for approximately 224,384 injuries over 20 years.
Are injuries from bottles or jars, not specified increasing or decreasing?
Up 31% over 5 years.
Who is most at risk for bottles or jars, not specified injuries?
The 0-4 age group accounts for the most injuries, with approximately 212,342 cases recorded over 20 years. Males are more frequently injured in this age group.
What happens when someone is injured by bottles or jars, not specified?
Of all ER visits involving bottles or jars, not specified, approximately 8.2% result in hospital admission. The majority of patients (91.8%) are treated and released from the emergency department.
How can I report a safety problem with bottles or jars, not specified?
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 45/100 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.