CPSC NEISS · code 3249

Grills, Not Specified

Grills, Not Specified: danger rank #213 of 838 is not ER-volume rank #194 of 838 (11,155 estimated ER visits a year; roughly flat over the last five years).

Sports Protective Equipment & Gear CPSC NEISS through 2024

Danger score versus ER volume

Danger score versus ER volume

According to CPSC NEISS 2005-2024, Grills, Not Specified ranks #213 of 838 by danger score (39/100) at ER-volume #194 of 838 (11,155/yr). They are not the same ranking.

#213
danger rank of 838
#194
ER-volume rank of 838
39/100
danger score
11,155/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 (39/100) across 838 scored CPSC product categories

39 Around the middle lower than 25% 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: 63/100

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) 6 49th 35% CPSC NEISS 20-year severity index
Annual ER injury volume 11,155 75th 30% CPSC NEISS estimated annual ER-treated injuries
5-year injury trend -4% 60th 15% CPSC NEISS 5-year % change in ER-treated injuries
Consumer incident reports 46 72nd 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 223,104 estimated ER injuries land on the body

Body-part shares from the same CPSC NEISS injury_types extract for product code 3249. Segments sum to 223,104 - 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 Sports Protective Equipment & Gear 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.

Sports Protective Equipment & Gear danger scores

1. All Terrain Vehicles (# O…54/1002. Mopeds Or Power-assisted …54/1003. Exercise (activity Or App…48/1004. Snow Skiing (activity, Ap…47/1005. All Terrain Vehicles (fou…46/1006. Exercise Equipment45/1007. Tennis (activity, Apparel…44/1008. Grills, Not Specified39/100
Higher score = higher composite danger in this group. Peer set is other scored products sharing the same CPSC group.
0/100100/10039/100
PlainSafety danger score · Grills, Not Specified

Source: CPSC NEISS danger-score model As of 2024

How this 39/100 score is built

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

  • Injury volume 11,155 ER visits/yr High volume
  • Severity (hospitalization rate) 5.7% Above median admission rate
  • Fatality rate 0.00% No recorded fatalities
  • 5-year trend-4%

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 grills, not specified are roughly flat over the last five years, with the busiest year on record being 2010 (14,232 estimated ER visits) and the quietest 2005 (8,844 estimated visits). The single most common ER diagnosis is burns, thermal to the hand, accounting for approximately 30,838 visits across the 20-year NEISS window, followed by burns, thermal to the lower arm (16,361 cases). The 25-34 age group absorbs the largest share of injuries, about 34,595 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 5.7% of ER visits involving this product end in hospital admission or transfer.

Beyond the hospital-sampled NEISS projections, this page also aggregates 46 consumer incident reports filed directly on SaferProducts.gov, plus 20 anonymized ER narratives - together forming a layered picture of how grills, 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)

8K10K12K14K16K 20052008201120142017202020232024 12K
Estimated annual emergency-room visits for Grills, 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 22,023 11,382 33,405
5-14 13,868 5,105 18,973
15-24 17,301 7,054 24,355
25-34 23,681 10,914 34,595
35-44 21,167 12,023 33,190
45-54 20,237 11,055 31,292
55-64 15,894 7,538 23,432
65-74 8,997 4,931 13,928
75+ 6,213 3,706 9,919

Most Common Injuries

Body Part Diagnosis Est. Injuries
Hand Burns, Thermal 30,838
Lower Arm Burns, Thermal 16,361
Finger Laceration 13,349
Face Burns, Thermal 12,115
Finger Burns, Thermal 8,093
Face Laceration 7,639
Head Internal Injury 6,082
Lower Trunk Strain, Sprain 5,568
Hand Laceration 5,455
Lower Leg Burns, Thermal 4,268
Lower Trunk Other 4,130
Head Laceration 4,104
All Parts Body Anoxia 3,262
Lower Leg Laceration 3,059
Lower Arm Laceration 3,002

Severity Breakdown

Treated/examined And Released 92.3% (205,989)
Treated And Admitted/hospitalized 4.0% (8,918)
Treated And Transferred 1.6% (3,681)
Left Without Being Seen 1.6% (3,544)
Held For Observation 0.4% (956)
Unknown, Not Stated 0.0% (16)

ER Visit Narratives

Real anonymized emergency room reports from the CPSC NEISS database.

Age 53 · Male · Lower Leg · Burns, Thermal · 2024

53 YOM REPORTS HE BACKED INTO *** GRILL, BURNING HIS BILAT CALVES. DX: BURN, CELLULITIS

Age 58 · Male · Finger · Foreign Body · 2024

58YOM C/O RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER PAIN AFTER CLEANING GRILL A COUPLE DAYS AGO. STATES SHE WAS USING A METAL BRUSH TO CLEAN THE GRILL AND NOT SURE IF ITS UNDER THE SKIN. DX: FOREIGN BODY IN SKIN, FINGER PAIN

Age 49 · Male · Lower Trunk · Nerve Damage · 2024

49YOM PRESENTS WITH RIGHT POSTERIOR BUTTOCKS AND HIP PAIN THAT RADIATES DOWN THE BACK OF HIS LEG AND THIGH AFTER MOVING A HEAVY GRILL YESTERDAY. HE HAS OCCASSIONAL NUMBNESS AND TINGLING ON THE OUTSIDE OF HIS LEG. DX: LUMBAGO WITH SCIATICA RIGHT SIDE.

Age 70 · Male · Face · Burns, Thermal · 2024

70 YOM WAS BARBECUING WHEN HE POURED LIGHTER FLUID ON FLAME AND SUSTAINED BURN INJURIES TO FACE. DX: PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN OF FACE, PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN BACK OF HAND.

Age 72 · Male · Foot · Burns, Thermal · 2024

72YOM FROM HOME WAS COOKING ON THE GRILL WHEN HE DROPPED HOT ORANGE MARMALADE ONTO HIS LEFT FOOT DX: PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN OF LEFT FOOT

Age 30 · Female · Lower Arm · Contusions, Abr. · 2024

30YOF PRESENTS AFTER A GRILL LID FELL DOWN ONTO HER FOREARM AND NOW SHE HAS PAIN SWELLING AND BRUISING IN THAT AREA, TAKES *** DX: RIGHT FOREARM CONTUSION

Age 34 · Female · Lower Trunk · Burns, Thermal · 2024

34YOF FROM HOME STATES THAT SHE LEANED UP AGAINST A GRILL AND SUSTAINED A BURN ON LOWER ABDOMEN DX: THERMAL BURN TO LOWER ABDOMEN

Age 65 · Male · Finger · Laceration · 2024

65YOM STATES THAT HE WAS CLEANING UP JUNK THIS MORNING WHEN HE ACCIDENTALLY CUT HIS LEFT FIFTH FINGER ON A METAL GRILL WAS WEARING GLOVES AT THE TIME DX: LACERATION OF LEFT FIFTH FINGER

Age 18 · Female · Lower Arm · Burns, Thermal · 2024

18YOF PRESENTS TO THE ED AFTER THE PATIENT FEL INTO A GRILL AND NOW HAS A BURN ON THE RIGHT FOREARM AND ELBOW COMPLAINING OF PAIN. DX: BURN OF UPPER LIMB, SUPERFICIAL BURN

Age 2 · Male · Face · Laceration · 2024

2YOM RAN IN TO THE CORNER OF A BBQ GRILL AT HOME STRIKING HIS FACE DX: LACERATION FACE

Age 56 · Male · Lower Trunk · Strain, Sprain · 2024

56YOM WITH FLANK PAIN WHILE COOKING ON GRILL WORSENED BY HEAVY LIFTING DX: LOW BACK STRAIN

Age 2 · Male · Hand · Burns, Thermal · 2024

2YOM HX AUTISTIC SPECTRUM DISORDER PRESENTS WITH LEFT HAND BURN AFTER PT PLACED HAND OVER GRILL WHILE AT *** BBQ RESTAURANT. DX: PARTIAL THICKNESS BURNS OF MULTIPLE DIGITS OF LEFT HAND INCLUDING PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN OF THUMB

Consumer Incident Reports

Reports filed by consumers on SaferProducts.gov.

9/6/2013 · Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention Received · Weber-Stephen Products LLC · Maine

I purchased a Webber Outdoor Grill and severely burned my hand when grabbing the handle to lift the cover while cooking.

9/27/2012 · Incident, No Injury · The Coleman Company, Inc. · Nevada

A few nights prior, I had used my Coleman Roadtrip grill to cook some burgers. Tuesday, I turned on the grill to preheat for a couple of steaks. After a few minutes of preheat on high temp, I opened the grill to discover the aluminum grill grate had melted. From reading other reports on the internet, it appears that grease fires can reach temps above aluminum's melting point. The potential of molten metal in a cooking environment is a serious safety concern.

9/22/2019 · Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention Received · The Coleman Company, Inc. · Arizona

After grilling my dinner - I was unable to turn off the grill. The knob to do so just kept spinning around and around no matter which direction I turned it. This is extremely dangerous and frightening - an open flame with no way to turn it off.

9/2/2019 · Incident, No Injury · TRAEGER PELLET GRILLS LLC · California

Traeger Scout grill catches on fire even on smoke. This is the second time after complete clean and restart.

9/15/2019 · Incident, No Injury · Grand Home Holdings Inc. and Barbeques Galore · Arizona

Recently purchased Barbeque Galore Turbo Grill. After using product a handful of times I noticed the flame setting positions on the knobs including the “OFF” position rub off completely rendering them useless for flame level control or ensuring the knob is in “OFF” position. With no position markings it is difficult to know proper setting for things like igniting the flame or knowing if knob is truly in “off” position. It’s as though the markings are stenciled on with little more than [REDACTED]

8/3/2021 · No Incident, No Injury · Weber-Stephen Products LLC · Illinois

I bought a Weber Spirit 320 gas grill around 2009. Almost immediately a green mold showed up on the stainless cooking grill and the flavor bars. It took Weber almost a year to replace them. THe mold immediately returned on the replacement parts. Meanwhile the aluminum box warped out of shape, and the stainless steel inside the lid started crumbling to scale, often falling on the food being cooked. The grease catcher tray on the bottom rusted off, so now it falls down into the grill base. The bottom has rusted through, and the legs are rusted and failing. We just rebuilt our deck, and are afraid to use this product on our new $25,000 deck. I have a 30 and 40 year old Weber when they were still made in USA that are both in better and safer condition than this piece of junk.

8/23/2022 · Incident, No Injury · Char-Broil, LLC · Georgia

The consumer has purchased 2 identical items from a physical retailer and an online retailer and the both presented the exact same problem. Extension hose 2’ long (UPC: LPNME10319448) and a male/female end regulator (UPC: 047362846679) The extension hose would not connect correctly to the regulator. One thread goes in, but will not screw in any further. He returned that product back to the dealer for a refund. He then ordered the same identical products from Amazon and they had the same exact problem. The consumer said both products had the same UPC’s even though they were purchased from different retailors at different times. He plans to return these items to the retailor, while his has the opportunity. He saw various comments online referencing the same problem. Therefore, this does not appear to be an isolated issue. It also puts consumer’s in the position of using an unsecure gas connection.

8/20/2019 · Incident, No Injury · A&J Manufacturing, LLC · Canada

I had just assembled the Akorn Kamado smoker/grill by Char Griller and wanted to move it. Before lifting the handle, I saw the warning label by the handle that indicates not to move the kamado grill if the latch is not attached. I thought I had secured the latch but I did not. I then proceeded to lift the handle and move the kamado/grill. The kamado/grill immediately tipped over spilling out the cast iron grill which hit my leg and landed on my foot. Luckily I had just put the kamado together but if I had used the kamado, then it would have been filled with hot coals and the cast iron grill would also be hot.

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Nationwide peers by danger score, ER volume & hospitalization

Three PlainSafety-derived comparison paths for Grills, Not Specified: cross-group products nearest on danger score (39/100), estimated annual ER visits (11,155/yr), and hospitalization share (5.7%). 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, Grills, Not Specified ranks #213 of 838 scored CPSC product categories by PlainSafety danger score and #194 of 838 by 20-year estimated ER injury volume.

Frequently Asked Questions

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

Among 838 scored CPSC product categories, grills, not specified ranks #213 by PlainSafety danger score (39/100) and #194 by 20-year estimated ER injury volume (11,155/yr). The two rankings come from the same NEISS extract and are not the same order.

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

The most common injury is burns, thermal to the hand, accounting for approximately 30,838 injuries over 20 years.

Are injuries from grills, not specified increasing or decreasing?

Stable over 5 years.

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

The 25-34 age group accounts for the most injuries, with approximately 34,595 cases recorded over 20 years. Males are more frequently injured in this age group.

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

Of all ER visits involving grills, not specified, approximately 5.7% result in hospital admission. The majority of patients (94.3%) are treated and released from the emergency department.

How can I report a safety problem with grills, 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 Grills, 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.