CPSC NEISS · code 1141

Containers, Not Specified

Containers, Not Specified: danger rank #84 of 838 is not ER-volume rank #20 of 838 (133,027 estimated ER visits a year; declining by about 14% over the last five years).

Containers & Packaging CPSC NEISS through 2024

Danger score versus ER volume

Danger score versus ER volume

According to CPSC NEISS 2005-2024, Containers, Not Specified ranks #84 of 838 by danger score (43/100) at ER-volume #20 of 838 (133,027/yr). They are not the same ranking.

#84
danger rank of 838
#20
ER-volume rank of 838
43/100
danger score
133,027/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 (43/100) across 838 scored CPSC product categories

43 Higher than most more dangerous than 88% 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: 66/100

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) 5 38th 35% CPSC NEISS 20-year severity index
Annual ER injury volume 133,027 100th 30% CPSC NEISS estimated annual ER-treated injuries
5-year injury trend -14% 45th 15% CPSC NEISS 5-year % change in ER-treated injuries
Consumer incident reports 95 81st 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 2.7M estimated ER injuries land on the body

Body-part shares from the same CPSC NEISS injury_types extract for product code 1141. Segments sum to 2.7M - 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 Containers & Packaging 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.

Containers & Packaging danger scores

1. Bottles Or Jars, Not Spec…45/1002. Containers, Not Specified43/1003. Paper Products42/1004. Bags, Not Elsewhere Class…41/1005. Nonglass Bottles Or Jars41/1006. Other Containers41/1007. Other Specified Plastic P…40/1008. Plastic Bags40/100
Higher score = higher composite danger in this group. Peer set is other scored products sharing the same CPSC group.
0/100100/10043/100
PlainSafety danger score · Containers, Not Specified

Source: CPSC NEISS danger-score model As of 2024

How this 43/100 score is built

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

  • Injury volume 133,027 ER visits/yr Very high volume
  • Severity (hospitalization rate) 4.4% Below median admission rate
  • Fatality rate 0.01% Low fatality rate
  • 5-year trend-14%

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 containers, not specified are declining by about 14% over the last five years, with the busiest year on record being 2017 (154,938 estimated ER visits) and the quietest 2005 (109,825 estimated visits). The single most common ER diagnosis is strain, sprain to the lower trunk, accounting for approximately 396,299 visits across the 20-year NEISS window, followed by other to the lower trunk (250,991 cases). The 25-34 age group absorbs the largest share of injuries, about 473,405 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 4.4% of ER visits involving this product end in hospital admission or transfer, and a small fraction (0.01%) result in fatality.

Beyond the hospital-sampled NEISS projections, this page also aggregates 95 consumer incident reports filed directly on SaferProducts.gov, plus 20 anonymized ER narratives - together forming a layered picture of how containers, 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)

100K110K120K130K140K150K160K 20052008201120142017202020232024 142K
Estimated annual emergency-room visits for Containers, Not Specified, 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 54,109 41,806 95,915
5-14 65,226 46,963 112,189
15-24 155,015 153,256 308,357
25-34 230,446 242,913 473,405
35-44 210,162 246,742 456,947
45-54 189,718 248,312 438,092
55-64 140,088 192,666 332,832
65-74 88,628 138,823 227,451
75+ 73,858 141,494 215,352

Most Common Injuries

Body Part Diagnosis Est. Injuries
Lower Trunk Strain, Sprain 396,299
Lower Trunk Other 250,991
Finger Laceration 154,771
Upper Trunk Other 135,910
Shoulder Strain, Sprain 102,393
Upper Trunk Strain, Sprain 90,386
Head Internal Injury 80,616
Hand Laceration 72,775
Shoulder Other 58,245
Lower Trunk Nerve Damage 47,251
Neck Strain, Sprain 46,623
Foot Contusions, Abr. 43,663
Wrist Strain, Sprain 42,654
Face Laceration 38,289
Ankle Strain, Sprain 38,244

Severity Breakdown

Treated/examined And Released 93.7% (2.5M)
Treated And Admitted/hospitalized 3.8% (102,017)
Left Without Being Seen 1.5% (38,733)
Treated And Transferred 0.5% (14,570)
Held For Observation 0.4% (11,270)
Fatality Incl. Doa, Died In Er 0.0% (380)
Unknown, Not Stated 0.0% (31)

ER Visit Narratives

Real anonymized emergency room reports from the CPSC NEISS database.

Age 59 · Male · Pubic Region · Other · 2024

59YOM WAS MOVING SOME CHRISTMAS PACKAGES AND BOXES AND DEVELOPED TESTICLE PAIN AND SWELLING DX: TESTICULAR PAIN, TESTICLE SWELLING, AND HYDROCELE

Age 49 · Male · Lower Trunk · Other · 2024

49YOM PRESENTS WITH RIGHT LOW BACK PAIN STATES HIS BACK STARTED HURTING WHEN HE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A HEAVY BOX AND STARTED FEELING SPASMING PAIN IN HIS BACK, RADIATES INTO HIS UPPER LEGS BILATERALLY. DX: NONE (LEFT WITHOUT BEING DISCHARGED)

Age 77 · Male · Lower Leg · Other · 2024

77 YOM C/O LOWER LEG INJURY S/P TRIPPED OVER BOXES AND FELL DOWN STEPS AND THEN TO THE FLOOR AT HOME AND COULD NOT GET BACK UP. DX: LOWER LEG INJURY

Age 85 · Female · Lower Arm · Fracture · 2024

85YOF HAD A TRIP AND FALL OVER BOX AT HOME DX:FRACTURED RADIUS

Age 53 · Female · Upper Trunk · Other · 2024

53YOF C/O PAIN TO RIGHT SIDE OF HER BACK SINCE 12/23. WAS CARRYING HEAVY TOTES WHEN PAIN STARTED. LEFT BEFORE EVALUATION. DX: UNKNOWN

Age 21 · Female · Hand · Burn, Scald · 2024

21YOF WAS LIFTING A CONTAINER WITH HOT OIL WHEN PT SPILLED OIL ON HAND, DX BURN TO HAND

Age 53 · Female · Upper Trunk · Fracture · 2024

53YOF, C/O THORACIC FRACTURE, MOVING BOXES X 1 MONTH AGO FROM STORAGE UNIT, C/O MID BACK PAIN, URGENT CARE SENT HER DUE TO XRAY REPORT DX: T11 COMPRESSION FRACUTRE W/ RETROPULSION

Age 60 · Male · Not Stated/unk · Other · 2024

60YOM PRESENTS FOR FALL. REPORTS HE TRIPPED OVER A WIRE AND BOX AND FELL ON HIS LEFT HIP AND SIDE. ENDORSES LEFT HIP PAIN. DENIES HEAD TRAUMA. DX: FALL, MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN

Age 42 · Female · Lower Trunk · Strain, Sprain · 2024

42YOF WAS LIFTING HEAVY BOX AND DEVELOPED PAIN DOWN LOWER BACK DX:LUMBAR STRAIN

Age 38 · Male · Lower Trunk · Other · 2024

38 YOM WITH LEFT LOW BACK PAIN RADIATING TO THE LEFT HIP SINCE PUTTING A HEAVY BOX IN HIS TRUNK YESTERDAY AND FEELING A PULLING SENSATION. DX LOW BACK/SI PAIN - MYOFASCIAL

Age 36 · Male · Upper Trunk · Strain, Sprain · 2024

36YOM WHERE IS LIFTING HEAVY BOXES AND DEVELOP PAIN IN CHEST DX CHEST WALL STRAIN

Age 53 · Female · Lower Trunk · Other · 2024

53YOF TO ER FOR CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN THAT SHE EXACERBATED WHEN SHE PICKED UP A CASE OF WATER TODAY DX ACUTE EXACERBATION OF CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN

Consumer Incident Reports

Reports filed by consumers on SaferProducts.gov.

9/6/2018 · Injury, Emergency Department Treatment Received · Zak Designs, Inc. · Unspecified

Each of my children has a character water bottle sold from Walmart for &0.98. My 5 year old daughter was drinking out of hers while we were in the car on the highway on Sunday and was able to stick her tongue through the lid hole but was then unable to get it back out. Her tongue swelled up and we had to go to the emergency room to get it off.

9/29/2021 · Incident, No Injury · Tampico Beverages Inc · Massachusetts

The consumer indicates that he went to pick up the gallon of juice and dropped it because the handle has no ridges and moves 360 degrees. The consumer believes the handle should be not be moveable. The consumer contacted the Manufacturer and explained the situation; the representative he spoke indicated that they would look into the matter, and also sent the consumer some free coupons for the product. The consumer plans on keeping his unit for at least the next thirty days.

9/24/2012 · Injury, Emergency Department Treatment Received · Home Care Labs · California

The consumer says when opening up the container, the instructions were printed with three diagrams. He was following the instructions. He placed his index finger inside to lift, but it would not break the seal. He said it would not release. He pulled the tab as hard as he could with both index fingers. The seal broke and his hand lifted upward. He says there were two sharp, plastic prongs that were not shown in the diagram. Both index fingers went across the prongs and he punctured his fingers. He says it is where the top finger joint is. He went to the hospital for urgent care treatment where he received a prescription for antibiotics. The consumer says he could not use his hands for almost two months. He could not bend his fingers. He contacted the manufacturer about four months ago. The insurance company for the manufacturer finally emailed him back stating that the instructions on the package are complete and should be followed.

9/2/2022 · No Incident, No Injury · MCNEIL CONSUMER PRODUCTS · Colorado

I discovered today Tylenol makes powder packets both for children (160mg) and adults (500mg). However, the packets look nearly identical. It would be so easy for a parent to grab the wrong packet and dose their child incorrectly. This is why infant tylenol was changed to be the same concentration as children's tylenol, because parents were not aware of the difference and dosing incorrectly. Consider this a near miss, if no parent has made this mistake yet.

9/19/2025 · Injury, First Aid Received by Non-Medical Professional · THE NEW ANTHOS, LLC · Indiana

The TIDL lidocaine spray I bought from Amazon does not have a child lock feature. My 3 year old niece twisted it and sprayed it all over the place. This is so uncool and so unsafe.

9/19/2011 · Injury, Emergency Department Treatment Received · MEDCO HEALTH SOLUTIONS INC · Virginia

This incident regards a medication container design defect that sent my two year old daughter to the emergency room. In November 2010, I discovered my daughter, who was two-years old at the time, with my pill bottle. She had opened my pill bottle and had spilled them all over the floor. She also had a pill in her mouth. I removed the pill from her mouth and called poison control. They asked the name of the medication, and I told them 112mcg of lovothyroxine. They asked if she swallowed any, and I said I did not know. They told me to bring her to the emergency room. I rushed her to the hospital and they examined her and gave her a charcoal solution to drink. I brought the pills to show the doctor. We were there for about 3-4 hours and then returned home. The pill container was from [redacted], a drugs-through-the-mail program via my insurance company. I had Anthem BCBS health insurance at the time. I did not take any action regarding this incident, but I have been transferring my pills to another, more secure bottle. I understand that elderly customers have a hard time opening child-proof pill bottles, so they make them easier to open. But to make them so easy to open that a two-year old girl can do it? And, my daughter is a relatively small girl. It is not only one bottle, but all their bottles are desiged the same - all have a design defect. I changed jobs since then and now have health insurance through GEHA. They use Medco for drugs-through-the-mail program. Unfortunately, they have the same pill bottles as [redacted]! Now, I have to continue to transfer my pills because the pill bottles are not child-proof. I was finally fed up with transferring my pills, because it is not the proper thing to do. I do not want to have my pills in a different container with the wrong drug description and dates, etc... I called Medco about three weeks ago to explain what happened and filed a complaint with customer service about the pill bottles. The

9/18/2014 · Injury, First Aid Received by Non-Medical Professional · Toy's R Us · New York

I bought the tm! Storage Set from toys r us in douglaston New York on December 2013 for my 7 year old daughter as a Christmas present ...several times because of the sharp cut out edges around the storage bin we, me, my daughter and her grandma have gotten hurt on our fingers... Once it was so bad that I got cut between my skin and nail. Today, September 18, I went to return it today and was declined a return since it was past their 90 day return policy. I called the 1800 toys r us number to lodge in the issue and was told someone will contact me in 4-5 business days for a resolution.

9/15/2020 · No Incident, No Injury · MEDIQUE PRODUCTS · Illinois

Advised that two products that we have been sent have been recalled since they are not in tamper-proof packaging. Medique-Decorel Forte Plus Lot on Box 05601 Lot on Packets 6068 Exp. 08-2021 Medique-I-Prin Lot on Box 4422 Lot on Packets 6181 Exp. 10-2021

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Product Recalls

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Nationwide peers by danger score, ER volume & hospitalization

Three PlainSafety-derived comparison paths for Containers, Not Specified: cross-group products nearest on danger score (43/100), estimated annual ER visits (133,027/yr), and hospitalization share (4.4%). 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, Containers, Not Specified ranks #84 of 838 scored CPSC product categories by PlainSafety danger score and #20 of 838 by 20-year estimated ER injury volume.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where does containers, not specified rank on danger score versus ER volume?

Among 838 scored CPSC product categories, containers, not specified ranks #84 by PlainSafety danger score (43/100) and #20 by 20-year estimated ER injury volume (133,027/yr). The two rankings come from the same NEISS extract and are not the same order.

What are the most common injuries from containers, not specified?

The most common injury is strain, sprain to the lower trunk, accounting for approximately 396,299 injuries over 20 years.

Are injuries from containers, not specified increasing or decreasing?

Down 14% over 5 years.

Who is most at risk for containers, not specified injuries?

The 25-34 age group accounts for the most injuries, with approximately 473,405 cases recorded over 20 years. Females are more frequently injured in this age group.

What happens when someone is injured by containers, not specified?

Of all ER visits involving containers, not specified, approximately 4.4% result in hospital admission. The majority of patients (95.6%) are treated and released from the emergency department.

How can I report a safety problem with containers, 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.

Data on Containers, Not Specified 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.