CPSC NEISS · code 4056

Cabinets, Racks, Room Dividers And Shelves, Nec

Cabinets, Racks, Room Dividers And Shelves, Nec: danger rank #63 of 838 is not ER-volume rank #18 of 838 (149,827 estimated ER visits a year; declining by about 12% 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, Cabinets, Racks, Room Dividers And Shelves, Nec ranks #63 of 838 by danger score (44/100) at ER-volume #18 of 838 (149,827/yr). They are not the same ranking.

#63
danger rank of 838
#18
ER-volume rank of 838
44/100
danger score
149,827/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 (44/100) across 838 scored CPSC product categories

44 Higher than most more dangerous than 90% 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: 74/100

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 51st 35% CPSC NEISS 20-year severity index
Annual ER injury volume 149,827 100th 30% CPSC NEISS estimated annual ER-treated injuries
5-year injury trend -12% 48th 15% CPSC NEISS 5-year % change in ER-treated injuries
Consumer incident reports 211 93rd 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 3.0M estimated ER injuries land on the body

Body-part shares from the same CPSC NEISS injury_types extract for product code 4056. Segments sum to 3.0M - 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. Cabinets, Racks, Room Div…44/1007. Stools, Other Or Not Spec…44/1008. Scales, Not Elec. Or Batt…44/100
Higher score = higher composite danger in this group. Peer set is other scored products sharing the same CPSC group.
0/100100/10044/100
PlainSafety danger score · Cabinets, Racks, Room Dividers And Shelves, Nec

Source: CPSC NEISS danger-score model As of 2024

How this 44/100 score is built

The score is computed from four CPSC-derived factors for cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves, nec - no opinion, no editorializing:

  • Injury volume 149,827 ER visits/yr Very high volume
  • Severity (hospitalization rate) 5.7% Above median admission rate
  • Fatality rate 0.02% Low fatality rate
  • 5-year trend-12%

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 cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves, nec are declining by about 12% over the last five years, with the busiest year on record being 2024 (166,683 estimated ER visits) and the quietest 2020 (129,128 estimated visits). The single most common ER diagnosis is internal injury to the head, accounting for approximately 452,736 visits across the 20-year NEISS window, followed by laceration to the face (342,537 cases). The 0-4 age group absorbs the largest share of injuries, about 514,726 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 5.7% of ER visits involving this product end in hospital admission or transfer, and a small fraction (0.02%) result in fatality.

Beyond the hospital-sampled NEISS projections, this page also aggregates 211 consumer incident reports filed directly on SaferProducts.gov, plus 20 anonymized ER narratives - together forming a layered picture of how cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves, nec 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)

120K130K140K150K160K170K 20052008201120142017202020232024 167K
Estimated annual emergency-room visits for Cabinets, Racks, Room Dividers And Shelves, Nec, 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
0-4 316,110 198,616 514,726
5-14 190,062 141,001 331,063
15-24 124,283 139,964 264,346
25-34 139,043 176,876 316,082
35-44 127,460 173,952 301,412
45-54 118,418 178,513 296,946
55-64 107,005 172,168 279,188
65-74 94,283 164,852 259,135
75+ 140,014 293,617 433,631

Most Common Injuries

Body Part Diagnosis Est. Injuries
Head Internal Injury 452,736
Face Laceration 342,537
Head Laceration 300,476
Head Contusions, Abr. 108,774
Face Contusions, Abr. 92,633
Finger Laceration 89,995
Head Concussion 81,734
Foot Contusions, Abr. 58,728
Hand Laceration 52,884
Lower Trunk Strain, Sprain 50,757
Upper Trunk Contusions, Abr. 47,974
Mouth Laceration 46,517
Lower Trunk Other 42,419
Lower Arm Laceration 41,046
Hand Contusions, Abr. 39,848

Severity Breakdown

Treated/examined And Released 92.6% (2.8M)
Treated And Admitted/hospitalized 4.9% (147,123)
Left Without Being Seen 1.2% (35,834)
Treated And Transferred 0.7% (22,129)
Held For Observation 0.5% (15,239)
Fatality Incl. Doa, Died In Er 0.0% (522)
Unknown, Not Stated 0.0% (75)

ER Visit Narratives

Real anonymized emergency room reports from the CPSC NEISS database.

Age 77 · Male · Head · Laceration · 2024

77YOM TURNED A CORNER TOO QUICKLY AND HE ACCIDENTIALLY HIT HIS HEAD ON A SHELF AT HIS HOME. DX: HEAD LACERATION

Age 37 · Female · Head · Internal Injury · 2024

37YOF COMPLAINS OF CONTUSION AND HEADACHE AFTER HITTING HER HEAD ON A CABINET A FEW DAYS AGO. CONCERNED SHE MAY OF HAD A CONCUSSION. DX: FOREHEAD CONTUSION, CLOSED HEAD INJURY

Age 50 · Male · Head · Internal Injury · 2024

50 YOM BIBA S/P FALL WHILE WALKING IN HIS HOME YESTERDAY. HIT HIS HEAD AGAINST A BOOKSHELF AND WAS NOT ABLE TO GET UP HIMSELF. DX CVA

Age 27 · Female · Knee · Dislocation · 2024

27YOF HAD A CABINET DOOR OPEN UP INTO RIGHT KNEE DX:DISLOCATION KNEE

Age 85 · Male · Head · Internal Injury · 2024

85YOM HAD A SLIP AND FALL STRIKING BACK OF HIS HEAD ON SHELF AT REHAB CENTER DX:CLOSED HEAD INJURY ABRASION TO SCALP

Age 6 · Male · Head · Laceration · 2024

6YOM CHILD SLIPPED AND HIT THE BACK OF HIS HEAD ON A CABINET DX: LACERATION OF SCALP

Age 53 · Male · All Parts Body · Poisoning · 2024

53YOM,TRIPPED AN FELL ONTO CABINET AN INJURED RIB,DRINKING ALCOHOL,+ETOH BA N/A,DX:ETOH,FX RIB

Age 219 · Female · Mouth · Laceration · 2024

19MOF FELL AT DAYCARE STRIKING LIP ON BOOK SHELF DX: LIP LACERATION

Age 52 · Female · Head · Internal Injury · 2024

52 YOF STATES KITCHEN CABINETS FELL OFF THE WALL AND ONTO HER THIS MORNING, PUSHING HER INTO A WALL. DX: FOOT AND LEG CONTUSION, CHEST CONTUSION, NECK PAIN, CLOSED HEAD INJURY

Age 4 · Male · Face · Laceration · 2024

4YOM PRESENTS WITH FOREHEAD LACERATION S/P PT HIT HIS FOREHEAD ON THE CORNER OF THE ENTERTAINMENT CENTER. DX: FOREHEAD LACERATION

Age 63 · Male · Upper Trunk · Fracture · 2024

63YOM C/O FRACTURED RIBS AND CONTUSION TO RIBS S/P PT STATES HE HAD A MECHANICAL INJURY WHEN HITTING HIS LEFT SIDE INTO AN OPEN CABINET DOOR. DX: CONTUSION AND CLOSED FRACTURE TO RIBS

Age 6 · Male · Head · Laceration · 2024

6YOM, REPORTEDLY A FOSSIL ROCK FELL OFF A SHELF HITTING HIS HEAD, DX: LACERATION OF SCALP

Consumer Incident Reports

Reports filed by consumers on SaferProducts.gov.

9/9/2019 · Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention Received · Target · Georgia

The bookshelf was secured to the wall with the safety wall anchor that is supposed to protect my child and prevent tipover. It did not my child attempted to reach something on the third shelf and the entire bookshelf fell on top of her. Luckily a curtain holdback on an adjacent wall caught the bookshelf and stopped it from completely crushing my child. She is okay, she has bruising on her forehead and arm. Many items on the shelf and bedroom were ruined due to the collapse. The bottom line is, this product was supposed to be safe and we installed the safety anchor as instructed and it failed. The design flaw is the safety strap,which was still anchored to the wall but detached from the back of the bookcase. This could have been a much worse incident and I don't want this happening to someone else.

9/8/2025 · Injury, Seen by Medical Professional · Early Childhood Resources, LC · United States

two children hanging on the side of a free standing costume organizer and it flipped to the side and crushed both preschool children.

9/7/2021 · Incident, No Injury · CB2 · Illinois

The base of the bookcase collapsed in the middle of the night. This caused the bookcase to tip over with all the contents inside.

9/6/2017 · Incident, No Injury · WILLIAMS-SONOMA, INC. · Virginia

We recently purchased the Rockwell 6-drawer bookcase (item 780759) from the online Pottery Barn Teen store. The bookcase is metal and lovely but very problematic. The six double-sided drawers have a design flaw. Nothing prevents the drawers from stopping and therefore falling out. We were setting up our new bookcase tonight and my 12-year-old son added an item to one of the drawers, and it fell out and landed on his foot. He is fine and there was no damage. There weren't many items in the drawer yet. If a consumer uses these drawers for books, a child could get seriously injured. As noted, the unit and drawers are metal. With nothing stopping the drawers from falling out, it could easily and quickly become dangerous.

9/4/2019 · Incident, No Injury · RANGAIRE INC · Virginia

Bathroom Medicine Vanity Cabinet with 3 mirror doors. Made by Rangair Manufacturing Co LP Model number 755435 The mirrors on the doors are glued on. The center mirror fell off and cracked and shatter over the bathroom sink with a loud noise. If I was brushing my teeth, I would have sultaned serious lacerations.

9/3/2018 · Incident, No Injury · IKEA North America Services, LLC · New Jersey

We purchased several items from Ikea 4 years ago. We installed I double wide free standing pantry in the kitchen. Two weeks ago, this pantry...which weighed several hundred pounds...began to tilt over toward me. before I could react, the unit collapsed straight down upon itself, sparing me from certain injury. After two weeks of phone calls, Ikea's response is that it was installed incorrectly 4 years ago by their contractor and they do not care about the danger involved. I am incredulous that two weeks later, their customer service is more concerned about not honoring a warranty then coming here to investigate how the accident occurred. I also find it ironic that they are now saying the free standing unit should have been anchored to the wall, when it did not come with that option, nor did their installer think it was needed.

9/29/2015 · Incident, No Injury · IKEA North America Services, LLC · Colorado

IKEA Hemnes China Cabinet with drawers - The adjustable shelves are supported on pins. We never noticed it, but it appears that the shelves over time have wiggled off of the front pins. Just now, an entire shelf full of glassware (second shelf from the top) tipped forward, pushed open the glass doors, and crashed down and shattered all over the floor, just narrowly missing my toddler who had just closed a drawer. After this incident I looked at the other two adjustable shelves and they look nearly ready to do the same. We are so lucky to have only had broken wine glasses and dishes, but this could have caused SERIOUS injuries had she been standing right underneath. This is a very popular furniture line from IKEA and I hope nobody gets hurt by this! I will include pictures of the problem area if that could help. This likely applies to all of the other storage cabinets in the Hemnes collection.

9/28/2025 · Incident, No Injury · ACME FURNITURE INDUSTRY, INC. · Indiana

I purchased a heavy cabinet which was called a console table on Walmart.com and when I emptied the HEAVY box, the anti tip hardware was not in the baggie, yet the instructions were. I contacted Walmart and they told me that I have to repack the item exactly as it was and send it back. I'm almost 60 years old and can not repack this item due to the weight and how it was packed. It's like a puzzle.

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Product Recalls

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Nationwide peers by danger score, ER volume & hospitalization

Three PlainSafety-derived comparison paths for Cabinets, Racks, Room Dividers And Shelves, Nec: cross-group products nearest on danger score (44/100), estimated annual ER visits (149,827/yr), and hospitalization share (5.7%). 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, Cabinets, Racks, Room Dividers And Shelves, Nec ranks #63 of 838 scored CPSC product categories by PlainSafety danger score and #18 of 838 by 20-year estimated ER injury volume.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where does cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves, nec rank on danger score versus ER volume?

Among 838 scored CPSC product categories, cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves, nec ranks #63 by PlainSafety danger score (44/100) and #18 by 20-year estimated ER injury volume (149,827/yr). The two rankings come from the same NEISS extract and are not the same order.

What are the most common injuries from cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves, nec?

The most common injury is internal injury to the head, accounting for approximately 452,736 injuries over 20 years.

Are injuries from cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves, nec increasing or decreasing?

Down 12% over 5 years.

Who is most at risk for cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves, nec injuries?

The 0-4 age group accounts for the most injuries, with approximately 514,726 cases recorded over 20 years. Males are more frequently injured in this age group.

What happens when someone is injured by cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves, nec?

Of all ER visits involving cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves, nec, approximately 5.7% result in hospital admission. The majority of patients (94.3%) are treated and released from the emergency department.

How can I report a safety problem with cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves, nec?

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 Cabinets, Racks, Room Dividers And Shelves, Nec 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.