CPSC NEISS · code 4014

Furniture, Not Specified

Furniture, Not Specified: danger rank #105 of 838 is not ER-volume rank #29 of 838 (102,389 estimated ER visits a year; declining by about 28% over the last five years).

Floors, Walls & Ceilings CPSC NEISS through 2024

Danger score versus ER volume

Danger score versus ER volume

According to CPSC NEISS 2005-2024, Furniture, Not Specified ranks #105 of 838 by danger score (42/100) at ER-volume #29 of 838 (102,389/yr). They are not the same ranking.

#105
danger rank of 838
#29
ER-volume rank of 838
42/100
danger score
102,389/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 (42/100) across 838 scored CPSC product categories

42 Higher than most more dangerous than 84% 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: 57/100

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 41st 35% CPSC NEISS 20-year severity index
Annual ER injury volume 102,389 100th 30% CPSC NEISS estimated annual ER-treated injuries
5-year injury trend -28% 24th 15% CPSC NEISS 5-year % change in ER-treated injuries
Consumer incident reports 9 46th 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 2.0M estimated ER injuries land on the body

Body-part shares from the same CPSC NEISS injury_types extract for product code 4014. Segments sum to 2.0M - 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 Floors, Walls & Ceilings 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.

Floors, Walls & Ceilings danger scores

1. Beds Or Bedframes, Other …55/1002. Chairs, Other Or Not Spec…51/1003. Ladders, Other Or Not Spe…49/1004. Bedding, Not Specified49/1005. Tables (excl. Baby Chang…47/1006. Stools, Other Or Not Spec…44/1007. Scales, Not Elec. Or Batt…44/1008. Furniture, Not Specified42/100
Higher score = higher composite danger in this group. Peer set is other scored products sharing the same CPSC group.
0/100100/10042/100
PlainSafety danger score · Furniture, Not Specified

Source: CPSC NEISS danger-score model As of 2024

How this 42/100 score is built

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

  • Injury volume 102,389 ER visits/yr Very high volume
  • Severity (hospitalization rate) 4.6% Below median admission rate
  • Fatality rate 0.03% Above-typical fatality rate
  • 5-year trend-28%

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 furniture, not specified are declining by about 28% over the last five years, with the busiest year on record being 2010 (124,886 estimated ER visits) and the quietest 2020 (69,548 estimated visits). The single most common ER diagnosis is strain, sprain to the lower trunk, accounting for approximately 405,933 visits across the 20-year NEISS window, followed by other to the lower trunk (212,189 cases). The 25-34 age group absorbs the largest share of injuries, about 413,032 cases over the NEISS window, and males appear slightly more often than the opposite sex in that cohort. Severity outcomes from the NEISS disposition field show that 4.6% of ER visits involving this product end in hospital admission or transfer, and a small fraction (0.03%) result in fatality.

Beyond the hospital-sampled NEISS projections, this page also aggregates 9 consumer incident reports filed directly on SaferProducts.gov, plus 20 anonymized ER narratives - together forming a layered picture of how furniture, 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)

60K80K100K120K140K 20052008201120142017202020232024 84K
Estimated annual emergency-room visits for Furniture, 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 77,114 45,294 122,408
5-14 43,983 34,256 78,297
15-24 112,310 97,261 209,747
25-34 219,640 193,392 413,032
35-44 202,386 189,419 391,805
45-54 163,923 158,912 322,835
55-64 99,420 108,060 207,480
65-74 59,093 73,941 133,050
75+ 62,102 106,974 169,076

Most Common Injuries

Body Part Diagnosis Est. Injuries
Lower Trunk Strain, Sprain 405,933
Lower Trunk Other 212,189
Upper Trunk Other 91,077
Shoulder Strain, Sprain 87,821
Upper Trunk Strain, Sprain 82,921
Head Internal Injury 76,396
Face Laceration 76,116
Toe Fracture 61,006
Head Laceration 45,837
Neck Strain, Sprain 38,947
Shoulder Other 38,518
Toe Contusions, Abr. 34,182
Lower Trunk Nerve Damage 33,263
Knee Strain, Sprain 30,358
Foot Contusions, Abr. 29,385

Severity Breakdown

Treated/examined And Released 94.2% (1.9M)
Treated And Admitted/hospitalized 3.7% (76,008)
Left Without Being Seen 1.3% (26,230)
Held For Observation 0.4% (8,455)
Treated And Transferred 0.4% (8,301)
Fatality Incl. Doa, Died In Er 0.0% (542)
Unknown, Not Stated 0.0% (231)

ER Visit Narratives

Real anonymized emergency room reports from the CPSC NEISS database.

Age 85 · Male · Mouth · Laceration · 2024

85YOM WAS WALKING OUTSIDE AT HOME WHEN HE TRIPPED OVER A CAT AND FELL, HE PUT HIS HANDS OUT TO CATCH HIMSELF AND HIS UPPER LIP CONTACTED THE EDGE OF A PIECE OF WOODEN FURNITURE DX: UPPER LIP LACERATION

Age 55 · Male · Neck · Strain, Sprain · 2024

55YOM WAS MOVING FURNITURE BY HIMSELF AND FELT POP IN NECK DX:STRAINED NECK

Age 49 · Female · Upper Trunk · Other · 2024

49 YOF COUGH, CONGESTION, CHEST TIGHTNESS AND SHORTNESS OF BREATH WORSENING SINCE LAST NIGHT. STATES SHE FELT A LITTLE BIT BAD YESTERDAY BUT SHE HAD BEEN MOVING AROUND A LOT OF FURNITURE. STATES SHE THOUGHT HER BODY ACHES WERE FROM MOVING EVERYTHING AROUND. DX ACUTE BRONCHOSPASM, COVID19

Age 78 · Male · Lower Trunk · Fracture · 2024

78YOM WAS MOVING FURNITURE YESTERDAY AND FELL ONTO BUTTOCKS DX LUMBAR COMPRESSION FRACTURE

Age 54 · Female · Upper Trunk · Other · 2024

54 YOF C/O CHEST PAIN HAD STARTED AFTER SHE HAD A LOT OF FURNITURE INCLUDING HER TELEVISION WEIGHING UP TO 45 POUNDS AROUND HER HOME ON FRIDAY 12/29. DX ACUTE COSTOCHONDRITIS

Age 88 · Male · Face · Laceration · 2024

88YOM C/O FALL. WAS WALKING INTO HIS APARTMENT AND ACCIDENTALLY RAN INTO A PIECE OF FURNITURE WITH HIS WALKER CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL. LACERATION TO HIS LEFT EYEBROW. DX: FALL, CONTUSION OF LEFT PERIOCULAR REGION

Age 96 · Male · Head · Internal Injury · 2024

96YOM HAD A FALL STRIKING BACK OF HEAD ON PIECE OF UNSPECIFIED FURNITURE DX:CLOSED HEAD INJURY HEMATOMA SCALP

Age 84 · Female · Upper Trunk · Other · 2024

84YOF TO ER HX AFIB ON *** (NO INR DONE IN ER) AFTER FALL IN HER HOME, PT TRIPPED ON FURNITURE, FELL ON BILAT KNEES, & LEFT SIDE, NO LOC OR HEAD INJURY, LEFT SIDE RIB PAIN WAS DX W/ COVID 2 WEEKS AGO DX FALL, ACUTE PAIN LEFT KNEE, SEPSIS, UTI W/ HEMATURIA

Age 85 · Female · Head · Hematoma · 2024

85YOF PRESENTS HEMATOMA ON SCALP S/P PT STATES SHE WAS TRYING TO HOLD ONTO HER WALKER AND A PIECE OF FURNITURE TO PUT ON HER SLIPPER WHEN SHE FELL BACKWARD ON HER BUTT AND HIT THE BACK OF HER HEAD ON THE BED FRAME. DX: SCALP HEMATOMA

Age 35 · Male · Lower Trunk · Strain, Sprain · 2024

35 YOM C/O LOWER BACK PAIN AFTER MOVING FURNITURE ON TUESDAY, DX: LUMBAR STRAIN

Age 81 · Male · Head · Laceration · 2024

81YOM C/O LACERATION TO SCALP AND KNEE ABRASION S/P STATES HE FELL OUTSIDE ONTO THE CEMENT AND LATER FELL BACK AND HIT A SHARP PEICE OF FURNITURE WITH THE BACK OS HIS HEAD CAUSING A A LACERATION. PT IS ON PRESCRIBED ***. DX: LACERATION TO SCALP AND KNEE ABRASION

Age 49 · Male · Lower Trunk · Other · 2024

49YOM TO TO ER FOR LUMBAR SPIN PAIN AFTER MOVING FURNITURE AT HOME ON 1/1/24 DX LUMBAR SPINE PAIN

Consumer Incident Reports

Reports filed by consumers on SaferProducts.gov.

8/28/2018 · Injury, Seen by Medical Professional · Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc. · Kansas

Consumer reported that the bedroom set she purchased is off-gassing toxic chemicals which is causing health problems such as eye irritation, respiratory problems, throat burning, fainting etc. She stated that after opening the furniture the odor was extremely strong, she tried to ventilate the room but it has been 2 months and the smell has not dissipated. Consumer stated that the overwhelming odor has caused her to feel dizzy, faint like symptoms that she had closed the bedroom door and has to be sleeping on her sofa. She has received medical advice from her physician to not be around the product producing the chemical odor. The company was contacted and she feels that they had been taking too long to deal with the situation. She stated that she received a letter stated that she should provide her address however, since she had moved out of the state it was difficult to assist. The store that is about 2 hours informed her that they could not assist her. Currently due to come assess the furniture September 13th.

7/22/2024 · Injury, Seen by Medical Professional · Sorbus · Florida

Nursery/kids furniture I purchased from Amazon has lead paint. I saw several people tested online and mine has lead paint to. Lead is deadly for kids. This is marketed as kids/nursery furniture. This is unacceptable.

6/2/2011 · Incident, No Injury · BROWN JORDAN INTERNATIONAL (BJI INC) · Wisconsin

My husband, daughter, and I were standing on our deck next to our Whitley Oval Chaise lounge, purchased at Sam's Club and sold under the La-Z-Boy brand. There was a light breeze blowing, and we had the umbrella up for shade. Suddenly and without warning, the umbrella buckled and fell over, nearly striking us. The steel pole bent completely in half, and the top of the umbrella struck the ground in an instant. This is a heavy steel frame umbrella, and could easily have injured or even killed one of us had we been closer. I immediately contacted Sam's Club, La-Z-Boy, and BJI (the patio furniture subcontractor for La-Z-Boy), provided photos of the damage, and have not received a response. There is no visible wear or rust in the bent area - it appears to be strictly a poor design that placed too much stress on one point in the pole.

5/6/2024 · Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention Received · Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc. · Florida

The consumer purchased several pieces of furniture on different dates starting on December 31, 2023. Around January 15, 2024, she started getting sick whenever she walked into the room. Her eyes were stinging, and she became nauseous. When she left the room, she felt better. On April 11, 2024, the consumer home-tested about five of the pieces for formaldehyde. All of the five pieces tested for high limits of formaldehyde.

5/24/2018 · Incident, No Injury · SafeBaby & Child · Connecticut

The submitter is reporting the product as posing a choking hazard. Her 13 month old son has bit off pieces of the cushion and she is concerned he may choke. She indicated that he began biting the cushion a few months ago when he starting teething but he only left slight dents on the cushion. However, now he has bit off pieces of the cushion and she does not feel safe having it in her home. Thankfully her son did not choke on the pieces. The submitter does not plan to contact the firm. She believes similar products made by different companies are also unsafe. She believes the concept of the product is not safe for children and it poses harm instead of protecting them. The submitter believes she purchased the product from Amazon within the past year.

4/22/2014 · Incident, No Injury · Najarian Furniture Company Inc. · Michigan

The caller is reporting all of her household furniture which was purchased in 2005. She didn't have any problems with the cherry wood and marble furniture until about the second week of April 2014 when the marble broke from the wood and fell to the ground. She contacted her retailer, was advised that there was no longer a warranty because it was for one year only. They did however send someone to inspect the furniture and found that marble was cracking in all 13 pieces of this furniture. Inspection: April 19, 2014 SVC#[REDACTED] Safety Issue with cracking marble noted. She is reporting this as a severe safety hazard because the marble is heavy, she has a small child and anywhere the furniture has been purchased there is a [likelihood] that it is cracking and could fall to the ground and injure a small child easily. There are no injuries being reported The caller has not contacted the manufacturer and has no idea how to contact them. To whom it may concern: The consumer’s name is [REDACTED]. Her husband [REDACTED] and she purchased their first home in December of 2004. They looked around to different stores and decided to purchase all of their furniture from Art Van. They went with a great quality wood and real marble because they were promised it would last. Their bedroom set and entertainment center were purchased on January 10th 2005 for the amount of $7428. They were very happy with their purchase and loved the furniture they picked. On April 13th, 2014 the consumer’s husband and she were watching TV in the evening and heard a very loud noise coming from upstairs which is where their master bedroom is located. When they got to the room they saw 5 large pieces of marble on the floor. The pieces were from their big dresser. They started looking at the marble edges of the rest of the furniture and the entire big dresser and night stand had cracked marble. They started looking at the marble on the bed which was also cracked. They went b

4/18/2011 · Injury, Seen by Medical Professional · Sears Holdings Management Corporation · Florida

My husband and I bought a new patio furniture set, 1 table and 6 chairs (4 regular and 2 swivel rockers) yesterday at the Kmart in Boca Raton, FL. We brought them home and started putting them together outside on our patio. I was sitting on the plastic the table was wrapped in and moving around amongst the packing material for the table and all chairs. I have allergies and asthma and within 2 hours of opening the box, I had a major asthma attack and hives all over my extremities where the plastic and packing pieces touched me. I was able to take care of it with my medical background, my nebulizer, and my medications without going to the ER this time. Please warn consumers that the table and chair set, the Jacquelyn Smith product, was made in China and their quality control is lacking. I’m not sure what chemicals are still in the materials, but I have reported this to K-Mart via the website. I intend to let the table and chairs product “air out” in the sunlight for a few weeks before “enjoying” the table and chairs.

2/22/2025 · Incident, No Injury · IZAR LLC · United States

I purchased CalMyotis: Baby Proofing Corner Protectors Guards - Furniture Edge Protector for Babies & Kids - Safety Guards & Cushions for Table, Desk, Crib, Fireplace, Corners & Edges | Clear, Safe | 18 Bumpers Pack on Amazon. At the bottom of the page it has a warning as a choking hazard. However, it is clearly advertised for babys and it even has baby in the title. We purchased it for baby proofing. It came off the edge of of of our furnitures (it comes with adhesive, but it can be removed or fall off). My baby started to choke and was unable to breathe when a side piece, that was used for baby proofing, came off and she put it in her mouth. My husband was there and removed it when he saw she wasnt breathing. She then vomited.

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Product Recalls

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Nationwide peers by danger score, ER volume & hospitalization

Three PlainSafety-derived comparison paths for Furniture, Not Specified: cross-group products nearest on danger score (42/100), estimated annual ER visits (102,389/yr), and hospitalization share (4.6%). 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, Furniture, Not Specified ranks #105 of 838 scored CPSC product categories by PlainSafety danger score and #29 of 838 by 20-year estimated ER injury volume.

Frequently Asked Questions

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

Among 838 scored CPSC product categories, furniture, not specified ranks #105 by PlainSafety danger score (42/100) and #29 by 20-year estimated ER injury volume (102,389/yr). The two rankings come from the same NEISS extract and are not the same order.

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

The most common injury is strain, sprain to the lower trunk, accounting for approximately 405,933 injuries over 20 years.

Are injuries from furniture, not specified increasing or decreasing?

Down 28% over 5 years.

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

The 25-34 age group accounts for the most injuries, with approximately 413,032 cases recorded over 20 years. Males are more frequently injured in this age group.

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

Of all ER visits involving furniture, not specified, approximately 4.6% result in hospital admission. The majority of patients (95.4%) are treated and released from the emergency department.

How can I report a safety problem with furniture, 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 Furniture, 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.