Floor Furnaces (built Into Floor)
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.
Kitchen Small Appliances & Housewares · CPSC Code 384
Down 88% over 5 years
The verdict
Floor Furnaces (built Into Floor) carry a danger score of 21/100 (low risk), driven by roughly 164 ER-treated injuries a year that are declining by about 88% over the last five years.
- 21/100
- danger score (low risk)
- 164
- ER visits per year (avg)
- 3.8%
- end in hospital admission
- 0-4
- most-injured age group
Every figure is rendered from the CPSC NEISS record for product code 384 - last data year 2020.
PlainSafety danger score
How this 21/100 score is built
The score is computed from four CPSC-derived factors for floor furnaces (built into floor) - no opinion, no editorializing:
- Injury volume164 ER visits/yr
- Severity (hospitalization rate)3.8%
- Fatality rate0.00%
- 5-year trend-88%
See the full methodology for the exact weighting of each factor.
What the CPSC Data Shows
Floor Furnaces (built Into Floor) (CPSC product code 384, in the Kitchen Small Appliances & Housewares category) generate an estimated 164 emergency-room visits every year in the United States, adding up to roughly 2,622 ER-treated injuries across the 16-year span from 2005 to 2020. PlainSafety derives a danger score of 21/100 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 declining by about 88% over the last five years, with the busiest year on record being 2007 (402 estimated ER visits) and the quietest 2013 (61 estimated visits).
The single most common ER diagnosis for floor furnaces (built into floor) is burns, thermal to the foot, accounting for approximately 844 visits across the 20-year NEISS window, followed by burns, thermal to the hand (318 cases). The 0-4 age group absorbs the largest share of injuries, about 1,063 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 3.8% 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 floor furnaces (built into floor) 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 2020-12-31. For regulatory context, consult CPSC recall notices and the SaferProducts.gov public database linked below.
Annual Injury Estimates (2005–2020)
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 | 508 | 555 | |
| 5-14 | 147 | 193 | |
| 15-24 | 15 | 110 | |
| 25-34 | 82 | 15 | |
| 35-44 | 0 | 312 | |
| 45-54 | 0 | 49 | |
| 55-64 | 143 | 72 | |
| 65-74 | 141 | 78 | |
| 75+ | 81 | 120 |
Most Common Injuries
| Body Part | Diagnosis | Est. Injuries |
|---|---|---|
| Foot | Burns, Thermal | |
| Hand | Burns, Thermal | |
| Head | Contusions, Abr. | |
| Lower Trunk | Other | |
| Head | Laceration | |
| Toe | Fracture | |
| Shoulder | Contusions, Abr. | |
| Knee | Laceration | |
| Foot | Dislocation | |
| Head | Hematoma | |
| Finger | Laceration | |
| Face | Contusions, Abr. | |
| Face | Laceration | |
| Finger | Fracture | |
| Knee | Dislocation |
Severity Breakdown
ER Visit Narratives
Real anonymized emergency room reports from the CPSC NEISS database.
68 YOF INJURED ABDOMEN,FELL,2 DAYS AGO, FLAT ON MY BUTT ON THAT FURNANCE,AT HOME. DX-BLUNT TRAUMA ABDOMAN
2 YOF WALKING OUTSIDE FELL HIT CHIN ON A PIPE DX CHIN LACERATION
13MOF WAS AT HOME WHEN SHE STEPPED ON A FLOOR FURNACE GRATE W/ HER L FOOT THAT WAS HOT. DX: PARTIAL THICKNESS THERMAL BURN W/ LINEAR BLISTERING ON SOLE OF L FOOT
81YOM TRIPPED ON FLOOR FURNACE & FELL THRU HOLE IN FLOOR, DX: LISFRAN'S D'LOC, LEFT & MULTI ABR
10 MOM TOUCHED A FLOOR FURNACE. DX: SECOND DEGREE BURN OF PALM OF LT HAND
6YOF WHO WAS RUNNING THROUGH THE HOUSE AND TRIPPED OVER A LARGE FURNACE GRATE IN THE FLOOR. HAS SWELLING OF HER RIGHT ANKLE. NO OSSEOUS INJURY NOTED ON X-RAY. CX: RIGHT FOOT PAIN.
2 YOF WALKED ON FLOOR FURNACE WITH HER BARE FEET. DX: SECOND DEGREE BURNS OF BILATERAL FEET
74YOM-PT WAS AT HOME IN CRAWL SPACE AND HIT HEAD ON A METAL FURNACE REGISTER ABRASION TO LEFT SIDE OF HEAD NO BLEEDING DX: HEAD ABRASION
R HAND BURN/6YOWF ACCIDENTALLY PUT HER R GLOVED HAND AGAINST ANELECTRICAL SPACE HEATER WHILE VISITING HER GRANDFATHER'S PLACE.
15 MOM COMES IN AFTER BURNING SOLES OF FEET ON FLOOR FURNACE. DX: SECOND DEGREE BURNS TO RT AND LT PLANTAR ASPECT OF FEET
44 YOF SUSTAINED A RT KNEE LAC AFTER TRIPPING ON HER CARPET AND LANDINGON A FURNACE GRATE IN THE FLOOR, CUTTING HER KNEE
88YOF FELL FROM A STANDING POSITION AND HIT HER HEAD ON A FURNACE. HEADCONTUSION#
Product Recalls
Search for active and past recalls related to floor furnaces (built into floor) on the CPSC website.
Frequently Asked Questions
How dangerous are floor furnaces (built into floor)?
Based on 20 years of CPSC data, floor furnaces (built into floor) have a danger score of 21/100 (low risk). An estimated 164 ER-treated injuries occur annually in the U.S. related to this product category.
What are the most common injuries from floor furnaces (built into floor)?
The most common injury is burns, thermal to the foot, accounting for approximately 844 injuries over 20 years.
Are injuries from floor furnaces (built into floor) increasing or decreasing?
Down 88% over 5 years.
Who is most at risk for floor furnaces (built into floor) injuries?
The 0-4 age group accounts for the most injuries, with approximately 1,063 cases recorded over 20 years. Females are more frequently injured in this age group.
What happens when someone is injured by floor furnaces (built into floor)?
Of all ER visits involving floor furnaces (built into floor), approximately 3.8% result in hospital admission. The majority of patients (96.2%) are treated and released from the emergency department.
How can I report a safety problem with floor furnaces (built into floor)?
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 21/100 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 0-4 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.
