Gasoline
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.
Home Workshop Tools & Equipment · CPSC Code 910
Stable over 5 years
The verdict
Gasoline carry a danger score of 47/100 (moderate risk), driven by roughly 12,683 ER-treated injuries a year that are roughly flat over the last five years.
- 47/100
- danger score (moderate risk)
- 12,683
- ER visits per year (avg)
- 22.3%
- end in hospital admission
- 15-24
- most-injured age group
Every figure is rendered from the CPSC NEISS record for product code 910 - last data year 2024.
PlainSafety danger score
How this 47/100 score is built
The score is computed from four CPSC-derived factors for gasoline - no opinion, no editorializing:
- Injury volume12,683 ER visits/yr
- Severity (hospitalization rate)22.3%
- Fatality rate0.02%
- 5-year trend-10%
See the full methodology for the exact weighting of each factor.
What the CPSC Data Shows
Gasoline (CPSC product code 910, in the Home Workshop Tools & Equipment category) generate an estimated 12,683 emergency-room visits every year in the United States, adding up to roughly 253,661 ER-treated injuries across the 20-year span from 2005 to 2024. PlainSafety derives a danger score of 47/100 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 2016 (16,256 estimated ER visits) and the quietest 2022 (9,919 estimated visits).
The single most common ER diagnosis for gasoline is burns, thermal to the face, accounting for approximately 48,650 visits across the 20-year NEISS window, followed by burns, thermal to the lower leg (27,893 cases). The 15-24 age group absorbs the largest share of injuries, about 47,136 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 22.3% of ER visits involving this product end in hospital admission or transfer, and a small fraction (0.02%) 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 gasoline 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 | 8,527 | 3,349 | |
| 5-14 | 16,854 | 4,758 | |
| 15-24 | 40,602 | 6,534 | |
| 25-34 | 37,544 | 9,474 | |
| 35-44 | 29,573 | 8,455 | |
| 45-54 | 28,510 | 6,906 | |
| 55-64 | 21,461 | 4,943 | |
| 65-74 | 11,755 | 3,420 | |
| 75+ | 8,377 | 2,527 |
Most Common Injuries
| Body Part | Diagnosis | Est. Injuries |
|---|---|---|
| Face | Burns, Thermal | |
| Lower Leg | Burns, Thermal | |
| All Parts Body | Poisoning | |
| Hand | Burns, Thermal | |
| Lower Arm | Burns, Thermal | |
| Eyeball | Derma/conjunct | |
| Upper Trunk | Burns, Thermal | |
| Eyeball | Burn, Chemical | |
| Eyeball | Other | |
| 25-50% Of Body | Burns, Thermal | |
| Ear | Other | |
| Lower Trunk | Burns, Thermal | |
| All Parts Body | Anoxia | |
| Face | Burn, Chemical | |
| Upper Arm | Burns, Thermal |
Severity Breakdown
ER Visit Narratives
Real anonymized emergency room reports from the CPSC NEISS database.
46YOM PUT GASOLINE ON A FIRE AT HOME, THE FIRE EXPLODED BACK ON HIM.NO FD ATTEND DX: MULTIPLE THIRD DEGREE BURNS ABDOMEN AND HAND.
22YOM WAS POURING GASOLINE ON A FIRE AND BURNED HIS FACE, CHEST AND ABDOMEN, UNKNOWN FIRE DEPARTMENT INVOLVEMENT DX: BURN
31 YOM C/O INJ TO HANDS/FACE FROM BURN WHEN HE WAS HANDLING GASOLINE WHILE SMOKING A CIGARETTE IT LIT ON FIRE AT HOME NO FD DX THERMAL BURN HAND, FINGERS, CHEEKS AND FOREHEAD
80YOM WAS BURING TREES ON HIS PROPERTY, HE PUT GASOLINE ON THE GROUND IN A CIRCLE AND TRIED TO START THE FIRE BUT IT DID NOT CATCH, HE PUT MORE GASOLINE AND THE FIRE CAUGHT IN HS RIHT HAND AND WAS BURNED FROM THE FLAMES APPROX FIVE DAYS AGO, NO FIRE DEPARTMENT NEEDED DX: LEFT HAND BURN
44YOF REPORTS BEING A RESTRAINED DRIVER INVOLVED IN MVA. PATIENT WAS FOUND SLUMPED OVER THE WHEEL FOAMING AT THE MOUTH. PATIENT STATES SHE GOT GAS FROM THE GAS STATION AND WHILE DRIVING THE FUMES WERE GIVING HER A CHOKING FEELING. DX MVA, CHEMICAL PNEUMONITIS, ADMIT
53YOF WAS PUMPING GAS WHEN SHE LET GO OF THE PUMP AND SOME GAS WENT INTO HER EYES DX: CHEMICAL EXPOSURE OF EYE
60YOF WAS INTOXICATED BAC 279 POURING GAS ONTO FIRE. NOT STATED IF FIRE DEPT CALLED DX:PARTIAL THICKNESS BURNS BOTH HANDS, FACE, KNEE, ACUTE ALCOHOL INTOXICATION
59YOM PATIENT WAS PUTTING GASOLINE ONTO A FIRE AND IT SPLASHED ON HIS LEG, BURNS TO HIS LEG, FIRE DEPARTMENT ATTENDANCE IS NOT RECORD DX: RIGHT LEG BURN, SECOND DEGREE
48YOM WAS POURING GASOLINE ON A BONFIRE AND CAUGHT HIS SHIRT ON FIRE NS IF FD ON SCENE DX THERMAL BURN FACE CHEST FOREARMS
51 YOM GAS GOT ON HAND WHILE WORKING ON TRUCK AT HOME, HEAT FROM POWER DRILL SET GASOLING ON FIRE, FD UNKNOWN DX PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN BACK OF HAND
28YOF PRESENTS TO THE ED AFTER THE PATIENT WAS PUMPING GASOLINE AND ACCIDENTLY GOT SOME IN HER RIGHT EYE COMPLAINING OF IRRITATION. DX: EYE INJURY, CHEMICAL EXPOSURE
39YOM PRESENTS TO THE ED AFTER THE PATIENT POURED GASOLINE ALL OVER HIMSELF, LIT HIMSELF ON FIRE TO PROVE A POINT. PATIENT DENIES SI, HI, NOT HEARING VOICES AND IS DIFFICULT TO GET INFORMATION FROM.+ETOH BAC UNK STATES ELEVATED FD CAME,GAVE PATIENT FENTANYL 1ML DX: SUPERFICIAL PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN OF HAND, SUPERFICIAL PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN OF EAR, SUPERFICIAL PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN OF FACE
Product Recalls
Search for active and past recalls related to gasoline on the CPSC website.
Frequently Asked Questions
How dangerous are gasoline?
Based on 20 years of CPSC data, gasoline have a danger score of 47/100 (moderate risk). An estimated 12,683 ER-treated injuries occur annually in the U.S. related to this product category.
What are the most common injuries from gasoline?
The most common injury is burns, thermal to the face, accounting for approximately 48,650 injuries over 20 years.
Are injuries from gasoline increasing or decreasing?
Stable over 5 years.
Who is most at risk for gasoline injuries?
The 15-24 age group accounts for the most injuries, with approximately 47,136 cases recorded over 20 years. Males are more frequently injured in this age group.
What happens when someone is injured by gasoline?
Of all ER visits involving gasoline, approximately 22.3% result in hospital admission. The majority of patients (77.7%) are treated and released from the emergency department.
How can I report a safety problem with gasoline?
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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What this means for you
Treat the 47/100 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 15-24 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.
