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CPSC NEISS Data 2005–2024

Chairs, Other Or 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.

Floors, Walls & Ceilings · CPSC Code 4074

Stable over 5 years

The verdict

Chairs, Other Or Not Specified carry a danger score of 51/100 (moderate risk), driven by roughly 347,059 ER-treated injuries a year that are roughly flat over the last five years.

51/100
danger score (moderate risk)
347,059
ER visits per year (avg)
13.6%
end in hospital admission
75+
most-injured age group

Every figure is rendered from the CPSC NEISS record for product code 4074 - last data year 2024.

PlainSafety danger score

0/100100/10051/100
PlainSafety danger score

Source: CPSC NEISS danger-score model As of 2024

How this 51/100 score is built

The score is computed from four CPSC-derived factors for chairs, other or not specified - no opinion, no editorializing:

  • Injury volume347,059 ER visits/yr
  • Severity (hospitalization rate)13.6%
  • Fatality rate0.04%
  • 5-year trend-5%

See the full methodology for the exact weighting of each factor.

What the CPSC Data Shows

Chairs, Other Or Not Specified (CPSC product code 4074, in the Floors, Walls & Ceilings category) generate an estimated 347,059 emergency-room visits every year in the United States, adding up to roughly 6.9M ER-treated injuries across the 20-year span from 2005 to 2024. PlainSafety derives a danger score of 51/100 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 roughly flat over the last five years, with the busiest year on record being 2024 (435,879 estimated ER visits) and the quietest 2005 (280,891 estimated visits).

The single most common ER diagnosis for chairs, other or not specified is internal injury to the head, accounting for approximately 990,905 visits across the 20-year NEISS window, followed by laceration to the face (464,697 cases). The 75+ age group absorbs the largest share of injuries, about 1.9M 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 13.6% of ER visits involving this product end in hospital admission or transfer, and a small fraction (0.04%) result in fatality.

Beyond the hospital-sampled NEISS projections, this page also aggregates 561 consumer incident reports filed directly on SaferProducts.gov, plus 20 anonymized ER narratives - together forming a layered picture of how chairs, other or 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.

347,059
Injuries / Year
13.6%
Hospitalization Rate
0.04%
Fatality Rate

Annual Injury Estimates (2005–2024)

250K300K350K400K450K 20052008201120142017202020232024 436K
Estimated annual emergency-room visits for Chairs, Other Or Not Specified, CPSC NEISS

Source: CPSC NEISS national injury estimates As of 2024

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

Who Gets Injured?

Age Group Male Female Total
0-4 687,015 539,612 1.2M
5-14 385,081 320,103 705,266
15-24 150,936 195,475 346,466
25-34 136,640 206,709 343,449
35-44 153,275 231,768 385,235
45-54 206,342 319,731 526,143
55-64 262,551 407,455 670,249
65-74 307,348 490,796 798,222
75+ 640,252 1.3M 1.9M

Most Common Injuries

Body Part Diagnosis Est. Injuries
Head Internal Injury 990,905
Face Laceration 464,697
Head Laceration 294,988
Lower Trunk Other 288,808
Lower Trunk Fracture 261,202
Lower Trunk Contusions, Abr. 209,546
Head Contusions, Abr. 196,180
Face Contusions, Abr. 193,796
Lower Trunk Strain, Sprain 189,310
Upper Trunk Contusions, Abr. 176,451
Not Stated/unk Other 175,480
Upper Trunk Fracture 144,996
Mouth Laceration 141,454
Upper Trunk Other 133,789
Ankle Strain, Sprain 104,527

Severity Breakdown

Treated/examined And Released 84.1% (5.8M)
Treated And Admitted/hospitalized 12.5% (869,856)
Treated And Transferred 1.3% (89,450)
Left Without Being Seen 1.0% (70,321)
Held For Observation 1.0% (67,861)
Fatality Incl. Doa, Died In Er 0.0% (3,135)
Unknown, Not Stated 0.0% (76)

ER Visit Narratives

Real anonymized emergency room reports from the CPSC NEISS database.

Age 89 · Female · Lower Trunk · Strain, Sprain · 2024

89YOF AT HOME, FAMILY WAS HELPING HER GET OUT OF A CHAIR, SHE HAD LOW BACK PAIN.DX: LUMBAR STRAIN

Age 25 · Female · Toe · Contusions, Abr. · 2024

25YOF WAS AT HOME IN HER KITCHEN LAST NIGHT WHEN HER KITCHEN CHAIR FELL OVER AND LANDED ON HER RIGHT FOOT AND FIFTH TOE DX: RIGHT FIFTH TOE CONTUSION

Age 78 · Female · Ankle · Fracture · 2024

78YOF BROUGHT IN BY EMS FROM HOME POST FALL. STATES SHE STOOD TO TRANSFER FROM A CHAIR INTO A WHEELCHAIR AND SLIPPED AND FELL. SHE FELT AND HEARD A POP IN HER RIGHT ANKLE. DENIES HITTING HER HEAD. GIVEN MORPHINE BY EMS. DX: FALL, BIMALLEOLAR ANKLE FRACTURE, RIGHT; NONDISPLACED FRACTURE OF NECK OF LEFT TALUS

Age 66 · Female · Lower Trunk · Other · 2024

66YOF PRESENTS WITH NECK, LEFT SHOULDER, SPINE AND RIGHT HIP PIAN. PATIENT STOOD ON A CHAIR AND FELL 12/25/2023, LANDING ON HER LEFT SIDE. HER DOCTORS OFFICE ADVISE SHE GO TO THE ED. PATIENT IS TO HAVE SPINAL SURGERY SOON. DX: FALL (LEFT WITHOUT BEING DISCHARGED)

Age 63 · Female · Toe · Other · 2024

63YOF PATIENT HAS BEEN HELPING HER DAUGHTER MOVE AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO BREAK DOWN A CHAIR THAT THEY WERE GOING TO THROW AWAY AND PART OF THE CHAIR CAME DOWN DIRECTLY ON HER LEFT GREAT TOE, TOE PAIN DX: LEFT GREAT TOE PAIN

Age 81 · Male · Upper Trunk · Fracture · 2024

81YOM WAS GETTING OUT OF HIS DESK CHAIR WHEN HE FELL STRIKING CHEST ON EDGE OF DESK DX:RIB FRACTURE

Age 89 · Female · Lower Trunk · Fracture · 2024

89YOF TO ER AFTER FALL AT *** NURSING HOME , NO HEAD INJURY OR LOC, PT FELL ON LEFT HIP, NO THINNERS DX FALL FROM CHAIR, CLSD NONDISPLACED FRACTURE OF LEFT HIP, FALL ,

Age 69 · Female · Knee · Other · 2024

69YOF TO ER HX OF CHRONIC RIGHT KNEE PAIN, PT CAME FROM NURSING HOME, PT SLID FROM HER CHAIR & LANDED ON HER BUTTOCKS ON FLOOR, NO INJURY, EXACERBATED CHRONIC KNEE PAIN DX HYPOXIA, FALL, CHRONIC PAIN RIGHT KNEE

Age 19 · Male · Ankle · Contusions, Abr. · 2024

19YOM STRUCK LEFT ANKLE ON A CHAIR DX: CONTUSION TO ANKLE

Age 81 · Female · Lower Trunk · Dislocation · 2024

81YOF SAT DOWN IN A CHAIR AND FELT A POP IN HER HIP 3 DAYS AGO. DX DISLOCATED ARTIFICAL HIP

Age 85 · Male · Upper Leg · Fracture · 2024

85YOM FELL FROM HIS CHAIR AT HOME TODAY AND LANDED ON HIP. DX RIGHT FEMUR FX

Age 34 · Male · Not Stated/unk · Other · 2024

34YOM, WAS SITTING ON A CHAIR WHEN ALL OF SUDDEN FELL OFF TO THE FLOOR, MOTHER HEARD A THUD AND FOUND HIM DOWN WITH SEIZURE LIKE ACTIVITY, PHYSICAL EXAM IN ER REVEALS NO TRAUMA, DX: LACTIC ACIDOSIS WITNESSED SEIZURE LIKE ACTIVITY, LAMA

Consumer Incident Reports

Reports filed by consumers on SaferProducts.gov.

9/8/2024 · Injury, First Aid Received by Non-Medical Professional · ROOMS TO GO · Florida

The inner metal plate of the chair frame broke off and pierced the upholstery, exposing sharp edges. This happened to two out of six chairs. In the other chair, one of the three mounts (that hold the chair to the base)broke off. This chair has become unsafe and unusable. Three chairs out of six were defective due to poor welding.

9/8/2015 · Injury, Seen by Medical Professional · Bailey's Furniture Outlet, Inc. · Alaska

We bought the California black chair and ottoman from Bailey's approximately 12/2013. I believe we paid around $1200 for the set. Approximately 6-9 months ago I noticed slight peeling around the chrome base which at the time I thought was less then desirable but was not overtly concerned. The chair/ottoman had primarily been in storage until we moved into our newly build home 3/2014, it was kept in heated storage and not overly exposed to the elements. We followed Bailey's cleaning directions, only dusting the base and using Baileys leather product on the chair/ottoman. Never did I realize that peeling chrome would become such a safety hazard until July 30th, 2015 went my 8 month old infant put a small piece of it in her mouth and started choking. Although she is fine and healthy today, this incidence required the response of paramedics and had I not been there could have been much more disastrous. Of course following the incidence I moved the furniture to storage and contacted Baileys in the days following. Today nearly 6 weeks later there response to this incident was that no one else had complained and they had ordered us a new chrome base but since they nor longer do business with the manufacturer that was the most they could do. I would never gamble with my child's life by putting the same chrome base back in my house. This situation could happen to anyone with young children. This complaint warrants further investigation, I believe on both the part of the BBB and the consumer product CPSC.

9/7/2017 · Injury, Emergency Department Treatment Received · Titan Chair LLC · California

I ordered the Titan Osaki TP-8500 massage chair from Home Depot. It was delivered last Friday 9/1/2017. While using the chair yesterday evening the squeezing action of the airbags in my lower leg area was so intense that it was painful. I went to bed right after and when waking in the night, my right foot and ankle was very painful. In the morning it was even more painful. I was limping and couldn't walk without holding on to something for support. I went to work but after about 2 hours I couldn't walk or put any weight on my right foot. I was taken to the urgent care. I was given an air cast for my foot and ankle and crutches. I was told to follow up with my regular doctor. I am still in extreme pain and cannot bear any weight on my foot. I left a voicemail and sent an email to Tel: 888-848-2630, info@osakititan.com I received a return phone call from [REDACTED]. He said this has never happened before. He offered to send some device that would reduce the air pressure. I told him I would be returning the chair.

9/7/2012 · Injury, Emergency Department Treatment Received · Learning Curve Brands, Inc. · Texas

My 6 month old son was sitting in his bumbo in the middle of the table, dad stood up to was his hands and my son somehow flipped out of the bumbo and landed on the ceramic tile floor. We took him to the emergency room and he had a skull fracture. This was given to us as a hand me down, we had no idea it had been recalled! He was in the middle of the table, so it not only slid, but he also flipped out of it! Dad was right there, but it was so fast he couldnt catch him. we were horrified and trashed it as soon as we got home from the hospital!

9/5/2017 · Incident, No Injury · LF, LLC · Georgia

I have 8 allen+roth Safford Model #1106-2 patio chairs. 5 of them have broken bases. The last one broke on 9-4-17 while I was sitting in it and I fell on the concrete floor. Luckily I was not injured. I purchased the first four of these chairs in 2014. The chairs have a 5 year warranty. After 2 of the bases broke I contacted Lowes and was given a phone number to call to receive replacement bases. I finally got someone on the phone and was told that the manufacturer didn't have any bases in stock. and to call back 3 months later. By this time I had purchased another set of 4 chairs. When I called back I was told that the bases they were expecting did not come in. I called Lowes and they told me that I could return 4 broken chairs and get replacements chairs. I did this in early 2016. In June of 2017 had 3 more broken chairs and I then learned about the recall and was told by Lowes that I could call another phone number and order replacement bases. I called and was told to email them a photo of the broken chairs. I did this on June 1, 2017. I was told that I would receive the replacement bases in 8 to 10 weeks. It has now been 14 weeks an I still have no new bases.

9/5/2011 · Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention Received · Office Depot, Inc. · Colorado

Realspace PRO 9000 office chair sold by Office Depot. The back of the chair is attached using two bolts. Today (after 2 1/2 years of owning the chair), I leaned back in the chair, and the two bolts snapped in half. I fell back onto the back part of the chair (my head just missed a table behind me). I have a scrape on the bottom part of my back (about 2x2"), and a 1/4" deep wound near my right should blade (from the bottom part of the chair back -- where the screws attach). I also have bruising and soreness around my shoulder blade, and my lower back does not feel good (feels like I pulled a muscle, but will have to wait until morning to know for sure). I am 174 lbs, 5'9".. so I feel this chair (which was $350, and has a 10 year warranty) should not have failed in this way after only 2 1/2 years.

9/4/2017 · Injury, First Aid Received by Non-Medical Professional · Staples, Inc. · Vermont

I got and installed the replacement base for the Staples Hazen Mesh Office Chair. Metal shards on the new base sliced my toe when I put my foot under the base of the chair like I, and many others, often do. I turned over the chair and found a hyperdermic-like metal shard sticking out of the edge of the new base on three separate legs, and metal spikes all on the underside of the chair, especially by the wheels. When I tried to hammer the shards back to the base for safety, especially if my kids sit on the chair, metal shavings went everywhere. This recall fix is UNSAFE. Recall link: https://www.saferproducts.gov/CPSRMSPublic/Account/ResetPassword.aspx?pGUID=b2250ebc-bed0-47ca-8483-17e1943dab35.

9/4/2016 · Incident, No Injury · BROWN JORDAN INTERNATIONAL (BJI INC) · Florida

I have had both of the FALL River Swivel Rocker Dining chairs break off at where the legs attach.

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Product Recalls

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Frequently Asked Questions

How dangerous are chairs, other or not specified?

Based on 20 years of CPSC data, chairs, other or not specified have a danger score of 51/100 (moderate risk). An estimated 347,059 ER-treated injuries occur annually in the U.S. related to this product category.

What are the most common injuries from chairs, other or not specified?

The most common injury is internal injury to the head, accounting for approximately 990,905 injuries over 20 years.

Are injuries from chairs, other or not specified increasing or decreasing?

Stable over 5 years.

Who is most at risk for chairs, other or not specified injuries?

The 75+ age group accounts for the most injuries, with approximately 1.9M cases recorded over 20 years. Females are more frequently injured in this age group.

What happens when someone is injured by chairs, other or not specified?

Of all ER visits involving chairs, other or not specified, approximately 13.6% result in hospital admission. The majority of patients (86.4%) are treated and released from the emergency department.

How can I report a safety problem with chairs, other or 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.

Safety Guides

What this means for you

Treat the 51/100 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.