CPSC NEISS · code 1555

High Chairs

High Chairs: danger rank #213 of 838 is not ER-volume rank #201 of 838 (10,860 estimated ER visits a year; rising by about 10% over the last five years).

Nursery & Baby Products CPSC NEISS through 2024

Danger score versus ER volume

Danger score versus ER volume

According to CPSC NEISS 2005-2024, High Chairs ranks #213 of 838 by danger score (39/100) at ER-volume #201 of 838 (10,860/yr). They are not the same ranking.

#213
danger rank of 838
#201
ER-volume rank of 838
39/100
danger score
10,860/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: 64/100

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.

D
Dimension Value National percentile Weight applied Source
Injury severity (hospitalization + fatality blend) 4 31st 35% CPSC NEISS 20-year severity index
Annual ER injury volume 10,860 75th 30% CPSC NEISS estimated annual ER-treated injuries
5-year injury trend +10% 77th 15% CPSC NEISS 5-year % change in ER-treated injuries
Consumer incident reports 248 96th 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 217,252 estimated ER injuries land on the body

Body-part shares from the same CPSC NEISS injury_types extract for product code 1555. Segments sum to 217,252 - 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 Nursery & Baby Products 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.

Nursery & Baby Products danger scores

1. Bassinets Or Cradles47/1002. Baby Bathtub Seats Or Rin…41/1003. Baby Baths Or Bathinettes41/1004. Cribs, Nonportable Or Not…40/1005. High Chairs39/1006. Portable Baby Swings (for…38/1007. Portable Cribs38/1008. Diapers38/100
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 · High Chairs

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 high chairs - no opinion, no editorializing:

  • Injury volume 10,860 ER visits/yr High volume
  • Severity (hospitalization rate) 3.6% Below median admission rate
  • Fatality rate 0.00% No recorded fatalities
  • 5-year trend+10%

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 high chairs are rising by about 10% over the last five years, with the busiest year on record being 2024 (15,905 estimated ER visits) and the quietest 2005 (6,693 estimated visits). The single most common ER diagnosis is internal injury to the head, accounting for approximately 93,432 visits across the 20-year NEISS window, followed by contusions, abr. to the face (17,620 cases). The 0-4 age group absorbs the largest share of injuries, about 202,523 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 3.6% of ER visits involving this product end in hospital admission or transfer.

Beyond the hospital-sampled NEISS projections, this page also aggregates 248 consumer incident reports filed directly on SaferProducts.gov, plus 20 anonymized ER narratives - together forming a layered picture of how high chairs 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)

5K10K15K20K 20052008201120142017202020232024 16K
Estimated annual emergency-room visits for High Chairs, 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
0-4 107,025 95,498 202,523
5-14 1,253 2,806 4,059
15-24 255 1,590 1,845
25-34 628 2,532 3,160
35-44 314 1,524 1,838
45-54 140 801 941
55-64 177 974 1,151
65-74 308 474 782
75+ 16 886 902

Most Common Injuries

Body Part Diagnosis Est. Injuries
Head Internal Injury 93,432
Face Contusions, Abr. 17,620
Head Contusions, Abr. 13,595
Face Laceration 11,926
Mouth Laceration 7,639
Head Laceration 4,856
Head Concussion 4,850
Not Stated/unk Other 4,247
Head Fracture 3,678
Face Hematoma 3,436
Head Hematoma 3,219
Elbow Dislocation 2,916
Lower Arm Fracture 2,415
Shoulder Fracture 2,261
Foot Contusions, Abr. 1,813

Severity Breakdown

Treated/examined And Released 94.4% (204,992)
Treated And Admitted/hospitalized 2.0% (4,252)
Treated And Transferred 1.7% (3,771)
Left Without Being Seen 1.6% (3,484)
Held For Observation 0.3% (753)

ER Visit Narratives

Real anonymized emergency room reports from the CPSC NEISS database.

Age 209 · Female · Head · Contusions, Abr. · 2024

9MOF FELL OUT OF HIGH CHAIR HIT FOREHEAD. DX: CONTUSION OF HEAD, CONTUSION FOREHEAD.

Age 223 · Female · Face · Contusions, Abr. · 2024

23 MOF FELL OUT OF HIGH CHAIR ONTO FLOOR DX; FOREHEAD CONTUSION

Age 218 · Female · Face · Foreign Body · 2024

18MOF WAS AT HOME SITTING IN HER HIGHCHAIR & EATING FOOD & TOOK A PC OF THANKSGIVING CACTUS & STUCK IT UP HER LEFT NARE, PARENTS NOTICED A SMALL PORTION STICKING OUT AND REMOVED, PARENTS SAY PT ACTING NORMAL DX FOREIGN BODY IN NOSE

Age 210 · Female · Lower Arm · Fracture · 2024

10MOF FELL TO THE FLOOR OUT OF HER HIGH CHAIR DX: FRACTURE RIGHT RADIUS

Age 207 · Female · Head · Internal Injury · 2024

7MOF FELL OFF HER HIGH CHAIR ONTO THE FLOOR STRIKING HEAD DX: CLOSED HAD INJURY

Age 2 · Female · Shoulder · Fracture · 2024

2 YOF STOOD UP IN HER HIGHCHAIR AND ACCIDENTALLY FELL 3 FT. DX: FRACTURE PROXIMAL END OF RIGHT HUMERUS

Age 217 · Male · Head · Internal Injury · 2024

17MOM PATIENT WAS CLIMBING UP HIS HIGHCHAIR WHEN HE FELL AND HIT THE FRONT OF HIS HEAD. DX: FALL, HEAD INJURY

Age 210 · Female · Face · Hemorrhage · 2024

10MOF PRESENTS AFTER A FALL FROM HER HIGH CHAIR AND LANDING ON HER FACE. DX: FALL, EPISTAXIS

Age 222 · Male · Face · Other · 2024

22MOM FELL OUT OF A HIGH CHAIR STRIKING HIS FACE ON A WOODEN TABLE LEG DX: FACIAL INJURY

Age 206 · Female · Head · Internal Injury · 2024

6MOF FELL OUT OF A HIGH CHAIR ONTO HARDWOOD FLOOR AND HIT HER SCALP DX: FALL; CLOSED HEAD INJURY

Age 219 · Female · Mouth · Avulsion · 2024

19MOF- MOM REPORTS PT WAS HOLDING CRAYONS IN HER HAND WHEN SHE TRIPPED OVER THE LEG OF THE HIGHCHAIR FALLING FORWARD ONTO HARDWOOD FLOOR. PT HIT LOWER LIP PAIN, SWELLING & TEAR. DX: FRENULUM TEAR OF UPPER LIP.

Age 208 · Female · Mouth · Laceration · 2024

8 MOF FELL OUT OF A HIGHCHAIR AND FELL TO THE FLOOR. DX LIP LACERATION

Consumer Incident Reports

Reports filed by consumers on SaferProducts.gov.

9/9/2011 · Injury, First Aid Received by Non-Medical Professional · BABY TREND, INC · New York

Trend high chair By Baby Trend High Sahara Item BC01938 bought new at toyrs r us. We are foster parents. The strap pinches the child around belly when the child leans forward. Left large welt-like brush burn pinch marks. Child was attended the whole time, but did not cry.

9/5/2023 · Incident, No Injury · Learning Curve Brands, Inc. · United States

my kid fell of it

9/5/2023 · Incident, No Injury · Learning Curve Brands, Inc. · California

My infant daughter fell over the boon high chair

9/4/2015 · Injury, Emergency Department Treatment Received · Evenflo Company, Inc. · New York

This product is the evenflo Convertible High Chair model name is Marianna these high chairs were recalled in June of 2012, however under a different model number. My five month old [REDACTED] feel out of it yesterday September,3,2015 at approximately 1:30pm after I removed the tray to clean it. She was strapped in. A couple of seconds later she fell out onto the ceramic tiling in the kitchen with the inner black mesh the chair as as the cushion still on her arms. She was rushed to the hospital and has suffered from a contusion on her left eye. My safety concern is why we're recalled in 2012 just to be made again three years later ? It's a disgrace

9/4/2012 · Incident, No Injury · INGLESINA USA · North Carolina

My daughter was securely strapped into her 2012 Inglesina Fast Table High Chair and eating beside me at the table. She pushed up on the bottom bars with her feet, twisted her body sideways, and went head first over the side of the high chair. I caught her by her legs, so she suffered no injuries because she did not fall all the way to the floor. This chair needs a 5 point harness system, not just a waist belt in my opinion. It is unsafe for babies who are particularly active and thin, as mine is.

9/29/2023 · Injury, First Aid Received by Non-Medical Professional · Stokke LLC · California

My 10mo is strong but she should not be strong enough to push up and bust out of the entire Stokke Tripp Trapp high chair. We were having breakfast as usual. She's strapped in and eating off her tray. Then she straightened her legs and pushed up hard. The rail (portion that holds baby's lower half) came out of its fastener on the seat, then the backrest with attached harness came off and the entire thing was loose. Then she slid down and smacked her face on the table. I was quick enough to keep her from hitting the floor but she was bleeding from her mouth and screaming.

9/27/2016 · Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention Received · Safety 1st · Illinois

I started noticing a few weeks ago that the high chair tray was hard to latch. I placed my one year old in it for dinner one night. Thinking I took the extra steps to latch the tray on to the chair. She pushed the tray out with minimal force and fell to the ground. Luckily she only had a minor bruise on her leg and arm. Two weeks went by and we thought it was just a rare situation and today it happen again. Luckily she did not fall out and I caught the situation right away.

9/25/2022 · Incident, No Injury · Boon Inc. · Kansas

I have the Boon pedestal high chair and was notified of the recall. I do not want to chance it falling over and would like a refund. I have noted that the brake does not really work as well

Showing 8 of 248 reports.

Product Recalls

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Compare beyond Nursery & Baby Products

Nationwide peers by danger score, ER volume & hospitalization

Three PlainSafety-derived comparison paths for High Chairs: cross-group products nearest on danger score (39/100), estimated annual ER visits (10,860/yr), and hospitalization share (3.6%). 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, High Chairs ranks #213 of 838 scored CPSC product categories by PlainSafety danger score and #201 of 838 by 20-year estimated ER injury volume.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where does high chairs rank on danger score versus ER volume?

Among 838 scored CPSC product categories, high chairs ranks #213 by PlainSafety danger score (39/100) and #201 by 20-year estimated ER injury volume (10,860/yr). The two rankings come from the same NEISS extract and are not the same order.

What are the most common injuries from high chairs?

The most common injury is internal injury to the head, accounting for approximately 93,432 injuries over 20 years.

Are injuries from high chairs increasing or decreasing?

Up 10% over 5 years.

Who is most at risk for high chairs injuries?

The 0-4 age group accounts for the most injuries, with approximately 202,523 cases recorded over 20 years. Males are more frequently injured in this age group.

What happens when someone is injured by high chairs?

Of all ER visits involving high chairs, approximately 3.6% result in hospital admission. The majority of patients (96.4%) are treated and released from the emergency department.

How can I report a safety problem with high chairs?

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 High Chairs 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.