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CPSC NEISS Data 2005–2024

Gas Ranges Or Ovens

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 Cooking Appliances · CPSC Code 279

Up 17% over 5 years

The verdict

Gas Ranges Or Ovens carry a danger score of 41/100 (moderate risk), driven by roughly 2,875 ER-treated injuries a year that are rising by about 17% over the last five years.

41/100
danger score (moderate risk)
2,875
ER visits per year (avg)
13.8%
end in hospital admission
25-34
most-injured age group

Every figure is rendered from the CPSC NEISS record for product code 279 - last data year 2024.

PlainSafety danger score

0/100100/10041/100
PlainSafety danger score

Source: CPSC NEISS danger-score model As of 2024

How this 41/100 score is built

The score is computed from four CPSC-derived factors for gas ranges or ovens - no opinion, no editorializing:

  • Injury volume2,875 ER visits/yr
  • Severity (hospitalization rate)13.8%
  • Fatality rate0.00%
  • 5-year trend+17%

See the full methodology for the exact weighting of each factor.

What the CPSC Data Shows

Gas Ranges Or Ovens (CPSC product code 279, in the Kitchen Cooking Appliances category) generate an estimated 2,875 emergency-room visits every year in the United States, adding up to roughly 57,500 ER-treated injuries across the 20-year span from 2005 to 2024. PlainSafety derives a danger score of 41/100 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 rising by about 17% over the last five years, with the busiest year on record being 2024 (4,197 estimated ER visits) and the quietest 2012 (1,700 estimated visits).

The single most common ER diagnosis for gas ranges or ovens is anoxia to the all parts body, accounting for approximately 27,783 visits across the 20-year NEISS window, followed by burns, thermal to the face (8,349 cases). The 25-34 age group absorbs the largest share of injuries, about 8,864 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 13.8% of ER visits involving this product end in hospital admission or transfer.

Beyond the hospital-sampled NEISS projections, this page also aggregates 2,363 consumer incident reports filed directly on SaferProducts.gov, plus 20 anonymized ER narratives - together forming a layered picture of how gas ranges or ovens 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.

2,875
Injuries / Year
13.8%
Hospitalization Rate
0.00%
Fatality Rate

Annual Injury Estimates (2005–2024)

1K2K3K4K5K 20052008201120142017202020232024 4K
Estimated annual emergency-room visits for Gas Ranges Or Ovens, CPSC NEISS

Source: CPSC NEISS national injury estimates As of 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 3,522 3,192 6,714
5-14 2,783 3,337 6,120
15-24 2,876 5,852 8,728
25-34 2,949 5,915 8,864
35-44 2,118 4,451 6,569
45-54 2,687 3,870 6,557
55-64 2,483 3,437 5,920
65-74 1,765 2,600 4,365
75+ 763 2,890 3,653

Most Common Injuries

Body Part Diagnosis Est. Injuries
All Parts Body Anoxia 27,783
Face Burns, Thermal 8,349
All Parts Body Poisoning 4,408
Hand Burns, Thermal 3,803
Lower Arm Burns, Thermal 2,175
Upper Trunk Burns, Thermal 1,544
Finger Burns, Thermal 1,161
Finger Laceration 617
Not Stated/unk Other 536
Lower Leg Burns, Thermal 406
Head Internal Injury 372
Head Burns, Thermal 353
Upper Arm Burns, Thermal 351
Lower Trunk Burns, Thermal 292
All Parts Body Other 280

Severity Breakdown

Treated/examined And Released 82.0% (47,135)
Treated And Admitted/hospitalized 9.3% (5,361)
Treated And Transferred 4.6% (2,641)
Left Without Being Seen 2.6% (1,496)
Held For Observation 1.5% (867)

ER Visit Narratives

Real anonymized emergency room reports from the CPSC NEISS database.

Age 21 · Male · Face · Burns, Thermal · 2024

21YOM C/O BURN. PATIENT WAS TRYING TO LIGHT A PILOT LIGHT ON A GAS STOVE. REPORTS EXPLOSION/FLAMES THAT SINGED HAIR AND FACE. NO FIRE DEPARTMENT INVOLVEMENT. MILD ERYTHEMA NOTED TO FACE. NO BLISTERS. 2.5 CM FIRST DEGREE BURN TO RIGHT CHEEK. DX: FLASHBURN TO FACE

Age 35 · Female · Face · Burns, Thermal · 2024

35YOF LIGHTING A GAS STOVE IN THE KITCHEN, IT FLASHED BACK AND BURNED HER FACE.NO FD ATTEND. DX: MULTIPLE THERMAL BURNS STO THE FOREHEAD, NOSE,.

Age 47 · Male · Upper Trunk · Burns, Thermal · 2024

47 YOM WAS COOKING ON A PROPANE STOVE IN HIS KITCHEN WHEN THERE WAS SOME SORT OF EXPLOSION AND THE PT WAS IGNITED. PT RAN OUT OF HIS HOUSE AND THE FLAMES WERE EXTINGUISHED BY NEIGHBORS. +FD. +BURNS CHEST, BACK, FACE, ABDOMEN, UPPER EXTREMITY, HAND. DX: BURN INVOLVING 30-39% OF BODY SURFACE WITH THIRD DEGREE BURN OF 10-19%.

Age 63 · Male · Upper Trunk · Burns, Thermal · 2024

63YOM HAD HIS GAS OVEN EXPLODE AT HOME NO DOCUMENTATION OF FIRE DEPT DX:THERMAL BURNS TO FACE, CHEST, FOREARMS, LOWER ABD

Age 9 · Male · All Parts Body · Anoxia · 2024

9YOM FOUND UNRESPONSIVE IN HOUSE FIRE, PER MOM, THEY HAD A STOVE EITHER REPAIRED OR REPLACED YESTERDAY, MOM THOUGHT SHE SMELLED GAS THIS AM, THEN THERE WAS EXPLOSION IN KITCHEN, PT WAS EXPOSED TO SMOKE FROM FIRE IN KITCHEN, CO LEVEL 22.5%, MAY HAVE BEEN GREATER THEN 40 INITIALLY DX ASSAULT BY SMOKE, FIRE AND FLAMES, SMOKE INHALATION, INDICATES F.D. ATTENDED

Age 3 · Male · All Parts Body · Anoxia · 2024

3 YOM EXPOSED TO NATURAL GAS AT HOME AFTER STOVE GOT TURNED ON WITH JUST THE GAS FLOWING, PT ACTING NORMALLY, DX; GAS EXPOSURE

Age 86 · Female · Face · Contusions, Abr. · 2024

86YOF WAS FOUND DOWN AT HOME. PT HAS BRUISING OVER MANDIBULAR ARCH . PT WAS NOTED TO HAVE THE STOVE LEFT ON AND *** SMELLED GAS IN THE APARTMENT. PT HAS SOB AND CHEST PAIN . CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN 1.1 . THERE WAS NO FIRE. DX: SYNCOPE AND COLLAPSE

Age 54 · Male · Upper Trunk · Burns, Thermal · 2024

54 YOM WAS COOKING ON A GAS STOVE WHEN HE POSSIBLY FELL ASLEEP OR PASSED OUT SUSTAINING FULL THICKNESS BURNS TO ENTIRE LEFT ARM AND CHEST, NO EVIDENCE OF A FIRE IN THE HOME, WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE WITH PINPOINT PUPILS, GIVEN *** WITH GOOD RESPONSE, UDS+ COCAINE. DX: LEFT UPPER EXTREMITY BURN WOUNDS

Age 64 · Male · Not Stated/unk · Other · 2024

64YOM PRESENTS AFTER BEING FOUND DOWN BY NEIGHBOR AFTER GAS SMELL NOTICED BY NEIGHBOR AND THEY FOUND PT ON GROUND WITH STOVE LEFT ON. PT HAS DONE THIS BEFORE IN A SUICIDE ATTEMPT AS PER LANDLORD OF BUILDING. NO INJ FROM FALL NOTED. UNKNOWN IF THIS INCIDENT WAS SUICIDE ATTEMPT. CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN LEVEL 1.0 DX; UNRESPONSIVE

Age 205 · Female · All Parts Body · Anoxia · 2024

5MOF SLEPT WHILE GAS STOVE WAS LEFT ON DX: POSSIBLE EXPOSURE TO CARBON MONOXIDE

Age 35 · Female · All Parts Body · Anoxia · 2024

35YOF REPORTS GAS STOVE WAS LEFT ON WHILE SHE WAS ASLEEP, WOKE UP DIZZY CO DETECTOR DID NOT GO OFF DX: CONCERN FOR CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING

Age 28 · Female · Eyeball · Other · 2024

28YOF OPENED HER GAS OVEN AND FLAMES IGNITED INTO HER FACE NO FD ON SCENE DX: RIGHT EYEBALL PAIN

Consumer Incident Reports

Reports filed by consumers on SaferProducts.gov.

9/9/2021 · Incident, No Injury · WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION · Arizona

I have a Whirlpool gas oven range model WGG745S0FS. The knobs on my gas range dont need to be pushed in to be turned on. Just bumping them will turn them on. My husband warmed up chicken in the microwave (which is above it) and bumped the knob turning it on slightly not realizing it. He warmed up his chicken, went to the room for a couple hours and then went to sleep leaving the gas on all night. I got home to my whole house smelling of gas. It had been on for approximately 14hrs before I came home from being out of town and turned it off. My husband was still asleep at the time. It has always turned on easily but I always turn it off. I was not home and this was too much of a close call! We had painters over recently and they bumped the stove turning it on 4 times, 2 of which burned the plastic that was covering it.

9/9/2020 · Incident, No Injury · Sears Holdings Management Corporation · Washington

The simmer flame goes off on the dual ring burner while the gas is still being released. Since the simmer flame is small and under the cookware, I cannot see that the flame is no longer there and only notice the problem when the kitchen smells of gas. This gas range is a hazardous product and safety risk.

9/9/2019 · Incident, No Injury · Prizer-Painter Stove Works, Inc. · Maryland

Our BlueStar Stovetop Model RGTNB364GSS's griddle started to light itself and heat up when turned completely off this weekend. This is a gas stovetop and we heard the sound of gas turn on and the flame start-up. As this was the weekend and Bluestar was not open to call, we shut off the gas and electric to the stovetop so it would not turn on by itself while we slept. We turned the gas and electric back on to cook breakfast the next morning and the griddle immediately lit up again on its own. We checked the knob again to ensure it was completely off and shut off the gas and electric again. Today, Monday morning we called BlueStar customer service and were told it was probably a runaway thermostat and that it would need to be replaced. They said there was no way to turn off the thermostat, so when it malfunctioned this could happen. After a little discussion, they agreed to send a new thermostat to be installed. I am concerned that there is no way to turn off the thermostat. Unlike the range burners, which don't receive gas when the knob is turned off, the griddle's gas supply, is controlled by the thermostat, so that when it has an issue the griddle can not be turned off. It seems like when the knob is turned to off it should shut power to the thermostat, or there should be a switch to turn off the griddle/thermostat. This is a huge burn/fire risk and we are hoping this can be fixed.

9/9/2017 · Incident, No Injury · WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION · California

We bought the Whirlpool range Model # WEG730HODSO, Serial # R52427789, on 7/24/2015 from Hudson Appliance Center at 454 Pearson Rd Paradise Ca 95969. We had several issues with the the range. The hazard is the front right burner never really lit properly. Hudson sent a repair man to fix it several times. Around the end of December 2016, I noticed the smell of gas in the house. I checked the stove and the burner was emitting gas but was not making the clicking noise that it should. We have noticed that the knob turns to the place that emits gas by just wiping the front of the stove with a sponge. My husband couldn't smell the gas and just went to bed. I couldn't help but think that an entire night with gas filling the house could have been life threatening. Hudson sent a rep to investigate and told us that it met their requirements. To me it's clearly a safety hazard and should at least be investigated.

9/8/2025 · Incident, No Injury · WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION · California

I am reporting a serious safety hazard involving a Whirlpool gas cooktop, model WCG51US6DS00. The units grates are unstable and slip out of place. In one incident, a grate slipped and struck the control knobs, turning on a burner without my knowledge. This caused gas to fill my house, creating a severe risk of fire, explosion, or poisoning. The knobs are also loose and broken, compounding the danger.The grates on this unit are unstable and do not stay in place. One incident caused a grate to slip, strike the control knobs, and accidentally turn on a burner. This left gas flowing into the house undetected, creating a severe fire, explosion, and poisoning hazard. The knobs are also loose and broken, increasing the risk. Whirlpool customer support acknowledged the issue (ticket # [REDACTED]) but refused to provide a remedy beyond offering a 20% discount on a new appliance, which does not address the existing hazard. This product poses a serious risk and should be investigated for recall.

9/8/2023 · No Incident, No Injury · ELECTROLUX/WHITE CONSOLIDATED · California

stove knobs break. 4 times. over $50 each knob I had to replace. Found stove on once out of the 4- gas smell in house. serial number not included in recall Frigidaire Stainless-Steel 36-inch 5 Burner Gas Cooktop serial number not included in recall 1F01290726. knobs are unsafe

9/8/2022 · Injury, First Aid Received by Non-Medical Professional · WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION · New York

Exploding outer glass on oven door- Used oven to roast veggies at 425 F for 20 minutes and then removed items and turned off oven. About 30 minutes later, opened door to put baking pans back in for storage. Door was opened to about a 45 degree when it felt like the door handle pulled out of the door slightly and the glass shattered and projected out, forcefully, towards the floor. While on the floor, the glass continued to "pop" and fracture into smaller pieces which were being projected around the kitchen for about 20 minutes. I received several very small cuts on my hands, from where they were holding the oven handle, but had sneakers and pants on and avoided more serious injury. My two small dogs were lying on the floor a few feet away and were covered in glass shards during this incident. While cleaning up the glass, I noted, that, in addition to appropriate safety glass-sized "crumbles" there was a fine glass powder and a ton of tiny shards and slivers. While conducting a kitchen rescue mission of the dogs, tiny particles of glass got into the skin on my hands and are causing irritation. Oven and had previously been in good condition with no prior assassination attempts.

9/8/2022 · Incident, No Injury · ZLINE KITCHEN AND BATH LLC · Georgia

My family was woken up by Co2 detectors in the middle of the night. The fire department and gas company evacuated the house and cleared the gas - Showing at 242 PPM Co2 levels when fire department showed up. Gas company determined the gas range ZLINE RG-26 bought 12/2020 was determined the cause and deemed defective/dangerous. Zline is using their warranty as a reason not to give us our full money back. We are not interested in a replacement unit. We no longer trust the safety of this product and will not put our family's life in danger. This manufacturer is not doing the right thing by the customer and the public should know about it.

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Product Recalls

Search for active and past recalls related to gas ranges or ovens on the CPSC website.

Frequently Asked Questions

How dangerous are gas ranges or ovens?

Based on 20 years of CPSC data, gas ranges or ovens have a danger score of 41/100 (moderate risk). An estimated 2,875 ER-treated injuries occur annually in the U.S. related to this product category.

What are the most common injuries from gas ranges or ovens?

The most common injury is anoxia to the all parts body, accounting for approximately 27,783 injuries over 20 years.

Are injuries from gas ranges or ovens increasing or decreasing?

Up 17% over 5 years.

Who is most at risk for gas ranges or ovens injuries?

The 25-34 age group accounts for the most injuries, with approximately 8,864 cases recorded over 20 years. Females are more frequently injured in this age group.

What happens when someone is injured by gas ranges or ovens?

Of all ER visits involving gas ranges or ovens, approximately 13.8% result in hospital admission. The majority of patients (86.2%) are treated and released from the emergency department.

How can I report a safety problem with gas ranges or ovens?

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.

Safety Guides

What this means for you

Treat the 41/100 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 25-34 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.