Containers With Key Openers
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 1116
Stable over 5 years
The verdict
Containers With Key Openers carry a danger score of 27/100 (low risk), driven by roughly 110 ER-treated injuries a year that are roughly flat over the last five years.
- 27/100
- danger score (low risk)
- 110
- ER visits per year (avg)
- 4.3%
- end in hospital admission
- 65-74
- most-injured age group
Every figure is rendered from the CPSC NEISS record for product code 1116 - last data year 2024.
PlainSafety danger score
How this 27/100 score is built
The score is computed from four CPSC-derived factors for containers with key openers - no opinion, no editorializing:
- Injury volume110 ER visits/yr
- Severity (hospitalization rate)4.3%
- Fatality rate0.00%
- 5-year trend+4%
See the full methodology for the exact weighting of each factor.
What the CPSC Data Shows
Containers With Key Openers (CPSC product code 1116, in the Containers & Packaging category) generate an estimated 110 emergency-room visits every year in the United States, adding up to roughly 1,538 ER-treated injuries across the 20-year span from 2005 to 2024. PlainSafety derives a danger score of 27/100 for this category (low 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 2009 (311 estimated ER visits) and the quietest 2014 (6 estimated visits).
The single most common ER diagnosis for containers with key openers is laceration to the finger, accounting for approximately 610 visits across the 20-year NEISS window, followed by laceration to the hand (361 cases). The 65-74 age group absorbs the largest share of injuries, about 370 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 4.3% of ER visits involving this product end in hospital admission or transfer.
Beyond the hospital-sampled NEISS projections, this page also aggregates 0 consumer incident reports filed directly on SaferProducts.gov, plus 20 anonymized ER narratives - together forming a layered picture of how containers with key openers 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 | 120 | 25 | |
| 5-14 | 261 | 0 | |
| 15-24 | 148 | 82 | |
| 45-54 | 290 | 0 | |
| 55-64 | 28 | 71 | |
| 65-74 | 161 | 209 | |
| 75+ | 74 | 70 |
Most Common Injuries
| Body Part | Diagnosis | Est. Injuries |
|---|---|---|
| Finger | Laceration | |
| Hand | Laceration | |
| Face | Laceration | |
| Head | Laceration | |
| Wrist | Laceration | |
| Upper Arm | Hemorrhage | |
| All Parts Body | Poisoning | |
| Upper Trunk | Strain, Sprain | |
| Knee | Other | |
| Face | Foreign Body | |
| Ear | Foreign Body | |
| Eyeball | Contusions, Abr. | |
| Foot | Laceration | |
| Toe | Contusions, Abr. | |
| Toe | Dislocation |
Severity Breakdown
ER Visit Narratives
Real anonymized emergency room reports from the CPSC NEISS database.
74YOF CUT HAND OPEN ON A CAN. LACERATION BETWEEN THUMB AND INDEX FINGER. DX: HAND LACERATION
69YOF WITH HAND LACERATION FROM CAN OF CAT FOOD, OCCURRED YESTERDAY. DX: HAND LACERATION
74YOM WAS PICKING UP A CASE OF 24 CANS OF SODA AND FELT PAIN IN UPPER BACK DX: THORACIC STRAIN
55YOM SLIPPED AND FALL ON WATER HOLDING A LARGE CONTAINER AND CAUSED HIS RIGHT KNEE TO HYPERFLEX. DX: ACUTE PAIN OF RT KNEE
9YOM- MOM WAS GETTING FORMULA READY FOR PT WHEN PT REACHED OUT TO THE CAN CUTTING FINGER ONTO LID OF CAN. LACERATION TO THUMBDX: LEFT THUMB LACERATION.
8 Y O W M CUT FINGER OPENING A CAN OF SARDINES AT HOME FINGER LAC
49YOM FOUND DOWN IN A POOL OF BLOOD NEXT TO EMPTY BEER CANS. BYSTANDERS CALLED ***. UNCLEAR HOW LONG PT WAS DOWN. PT IS NOTED TO HAVE A LACERATION OVER LEFT EYEBROW. PT DOES NOT COOPERATE. MUMBLES INCOHERENT SENTENCES. DX: ACUTE INTOXICATION (BAL449) DX: FACIAL LACERATION
LAC.LT.3RD.FINGER.60YOF.WHILE OPENING VEGETABLES CAN WITH KEY OPENERS CUT FINGER AT HOME
LAC.RT.WRIST.49YOM.WHILE OPENING CAN (LIT) CUT WRIST
14YR M STEPPED ON BOX;DX TOE DISLOCATION
14MO M FELL ON PLASTIC CRATE;DX EYEBROW LACERATION
9YR M CUT FINGER ON BROKEN PLASTIC BIN;DX FINGER LACERATION
Product Recalls
Search for active and past recalls related to containers with key openers on the CPSC website.
Frequently Asked Questions
How dangerous are containers with key openers?
Based on 20 years of CPSC data, containers with key openers have a danger score of 27/100 (low risk). An estimated 110 ER-treated injuries occur annually in the U.S. related to this product category.
What are the most common injuries from containers with key openers?
The most common injury is laceration to the finger, accounting for approximately 610 injuries over 20 years.
Are injuries from containers with key openers increasing or decreasing?
Stable over 5 years.
Who is most at risk for containers with key openers injuries?
The 65-74 age group accounts for the most injuries, with approximately 370 cases recorded over 20 years. Females are more frequently injured in this age group.
What happens when someone is injured by containers with key openers?
Of all ER visits involving containers with key openers, approximately 4.3% result in hospital admission. The majority of patients (95.7%) are treated and released from the emergency department.
How can I report a safety problem with containers with key openers?
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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Safety Guides
What this means for you
Treat the 27/100 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 65-74 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.
