Door Sills Or Frames
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.
Building Materials & Home Structures · CPSC Code 1878
Stable over 5 years
The verdict
Door Sills Or Frames carry a danger score of 43/100 (moderate risk), driven by roughly 63,213 ER-treated injuries a year that are roughly flat over the last five years.
- 43/100
- danger score (moderate risk)
- 63,213
- ER visits per year (avg)
- 7.2%
- end in hospital admission
- 75+
- most-injured age group
Every figure is rendered from the CPSC NEISS record for product code 1878 - last data year 2024.
PlainSafety danger score
How this 43/100 score is built
The score is computed from four CPSC-derived factors for door sills or frames - no opinion, no editorializing:
- Injury volume63,213 ER visits/yr
- Severity (hospitalization rate)7.2%
- Fatality rate0.01%
- 5-year trend-7%
See the full methodology for the exact weighting of each factor.
What the CPSC Data Shows
Door Sills Or Frames (CPSC product code 1878, in the Building Materials & Home Structures category) generate an estimated 63,213 emergency-room visits every year in the United States, adding up to roughly 1.3M ER-treated injuries across the 20-year span from 2005 to 2024. PlainSafety derives a danger score of 43/100 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 (79,238 estimated ER visits) and the quietest 2005 (44,321 estimated visits).
The single most common ER diagnosis for door sills or frames is internal injury to the head, accounting for approximately 180,034 visits across the 20-year NEISS window, followed by laceration to the face (105,279 cases). The 75+ age group absorbs the largest share of injuries, about 279,416 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 7.2% 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 0 consumer incident reports filed directly on SaferProducts.gov, plus 20 anonymized ER narratives - together forming a layered picture of how door sills or frames 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 | 101,396 | 65,591 | |
| 5-14 | 81,313 | 63,894 | |
| 15-24 | 59,106 | 56,615 | |
| 25-34 | 45,577 | 62,051 | |
| 35-44 | 42,824 | 58,481 | |
| 45-54 | 41,382 | 62,730 | |
| 55-64 | 37,877 | 73,592 | |
| 65-74 | 43,954 | 88,241 | |
| 75+ | 89,749 | 189,667 |
Most Common Injuries
| Body Part | Diagnosis | Est. Injuries |
|---|---|---|
| Head | Internal Injury | |
| Face | Laceration | |
| Head | Laceration | |
| Toe | Fracture | |
| Face | Contusions, Abr. | |
| Hand | Contusions, Abr. | |
| Head | Contusions, Abr. | |
| Head | Concussion | |
| Finger | Laceration | |
| Finger | Fracture | |
| Lower Trunk | Fracture | |
| Shoulder | Contusions, Abr. | |
| Finger | Contusions, Abr. | |
| Elbow | Contusions, Abr. | |
| Hand | Fracture |
Severity Breakdown
ER Visit Narratives
Real anonymized emergency room reports from the CPSC NEISS database.
79YOF COMPLAINS OF RIGHT SHOULDER AND UPPER ARM PAIN AFTER A FALL. SHE CAUGHT HER FOOT ON THE DOOR THRESHOLD AND FELL BACK AGAINST THE DOOR. DX: SHOULDER INJURY
22YOM WAS AT RESTAURANT AND GOT NAUSOUS AND WAS RUNNING TO BATHROOM TO VOMIT AND FELL STRIKING FACE ON DOORFRAME DX:LAC TO FACE
83YOM WAS WALKING THROUGH THE BACK DOOR FRAME OF HIS HOUSE WHEN HE TRIPPED OVER THE TWO STEPS GOING DOWN TO HIS GARAGE FLOOR AND HAD A FALL TO THE FLOOR STRIKING HIS HEAD DX: FRACTURED FACE; HEADACHE
13YOM PATIENT WAS RUNNING AROUND THE HOUSE WHEN HE HIT HIS KNEE ON THE DOOR JAM DX: ACUTE PAIN OF LEFT KNEE
55YOM HIT DOOR JAM W TOE THAT IS SWOLLEN AND PAINFULL . DX CONTUSION OF 5TH TOE
71YOM C/O EYEBROW LACERATION S/P PT STATES WHILE GOING TO THE BATHROOM AT HOME THIS MORNING HE GRABBED A HOLD OF THE DOOR FRAME WHEN FALLING FACE FIRST INJURYING HIS RIGHT EYEBROW. DX: EYEBROW LACERATION
4YOF WAS RUNNING AND FELL STRIKING HEAD ON A DOOR FRAME DX: LACERATION FOREHEAD
49YOF C/O CONTUSION TO RIGHT SHOULDER AND PAIN IN RIGHT ELBOW AND WRIST S/P PT STATES SHE WAS BRINGING HER CLOTHES BACK HOME FROM THE LAUNDROMAT WHEN SHE TRIPPED OVER THE LIP OF THE DOOR FRAME (AT HOME) AND FELL FORWARD HITTING HER RIGHT SHOULDER INTO THE OVEN. DX: CONTUSION TO RIGHT SHOULDER AND PAIN IN RIGHT ELBOW AND WRIST
89YOF,TRYING TO GET UP KNEE GAVE OUT AN HIT FACE ON DOOR JAM,SWELLING,GROUND LEVEL FALL AT HOME,DX:LAC FACE
12 YOM TRIPPED AND FELL INTO DOOR FRAME GOT SPLINTER DX FB FINGER SKIN
87YOF HAD A SLIP AND FALL TRIPPING OVER HER DOOR THRESHOLD AS SHE WAS CARRYING GROCERIES STRIKING HER HEAD DX: CLOSED HEAD INJURY, LACERATION FOREHEAD
21YOF HIT HER LEFT HAND ON A DOOR FRAME DX: LACERATION HAND
Product Recalls
Search for active and past recalls related to door sills or frames on the CPSC website.
Frequently Asked Questions
How dangerous are door sills or frames?
Based on 20 years of CPSC data, door sills or frames have a danger score of 43/100 (moderate risk). An estimated 63,213 ER-treated injuries occur annually in the U.S. related to this product category.
What are the most common injuries from door sills or frames?
The most common injury is internal injury to the head, accounting for approximately 180,034 injuries over 20 years.
Are injuries from door sills or frames increasing or decreasing?
Stable over 5 years.
Who is most at risk for door sills or frames injuries?
The 75+ age group accounts for the most injuries, with approximately 279,416 cases recorded over 20 years. Females are more frequently injured in this age group.
What happens when someone is injured by door sills or frames?
Of all ER visits involving door sills or frames, approximately 7.2% result in hospital admission. The majority of patients (92.8%) are treated and released from the emergency department.
How can I report a safety problem with door sills or frames?
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 43/100 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.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, scored, and verified.
