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CPSC NEISS Data 2005–2024

Ice Cream Makers

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 274

Down 53% over 5 years

The verdict

Ice Cream Makers carry a danger score of 20/100 (low risk), driven by roughly 80 ER-treated injuries a year that are declining by about 53% over the last five years.

20/100
danger score (low risk)
80
ER visits per year (avg)
0.0%
end in hospital admission
5-14
most-injured age group

Every figure is rendered from the CPSC NEISS record for product code 274 - last data year 2024.

PlainSafety danger score

0/100100/10020/100
PlainSafety danger score

Source: CPSC NEISS danger-score model As of 2024

How this 20/100 score is built

The score is computed from four CPSC-derived factors for ice cream makers - no opinion, no editorializing:

  • Injury volume80 ER visits/yr
  • Severity (hospitalization rate)0.0%
  • Fatality rate0.00%
  • 5-year trend-53%

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

What the CPSC Data Shows

Ice Cream Makers (CPSC product code 274, in the Kitchen Cooking Appliances category) generate an estimated 80 emergency-room visits every year in the United States, adding up to roughly 1,364 ER-treated injuries across the 20-year span from 2005 to 2024. PlainSafety derives a danger score of 20/100 for this category (low risk), combining raw injury volume, demographic reach, severity of outcome, and multi-year trend. The five-year trajectory shows that injury counts are declining by about 53% over the last five years, with the busiest year on record being 2010 (217 estimated ER visits) and the quietest 2021 (5 estimated visits).

The single most common ER diagnosis for ice cream makers is laceration to the finger, accounting for approximately 477 visits across the 20-year NEISS window, followed by laceration to the face (240 cases). The 5-14 age group absorbs the largest share of injuries, about 301 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 0.0% of ER visits involving this product end in hospital admission or transfer.

Beyond the hospital-sampled NEISS projections, this page also aggregates 17 consumer incident reports filed directly on SaferProducts.gov, plus 20 anonymized ER narratives - together forming a layered picture of how ice cream makers 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.

80
Injuries / Year
0.0%
Hospitalization Rate
0.00%
Fatality Rate

Annual Injury Estimates (2005–2024)

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Estimated annual emergency-room visits for Ice Cream Makers, 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 72 109 181
5-14 262 39 301
15-24 113 168 281
25-34 89 71 160
35-44 107 16 123
45-54 68 79 147
55-64 49 40 89
65-74 64 17 81
75+ 0 1 1

Most Common Injuries

Body Part Diagnosis Est. Injuries
Finger Laceration 477
Face Laceration 240
Hand Laceration 150
Head Contusions, Abr. 79
Head Concussion 77
Finger Contusions, Abr. 71
Finger Strain, Sprain 70
Foot Fracture 40
Finger Crushing 22
All Parts Body Poisoning 18
Face Contusions, Abr. 17
Foot Contusions, Abr. 16
Mouth Laceration 16
Upper Arm Other 16
Eyeball Other 15

Severity Breakdown

Treated/examined And Released 98.7% (1,345)
Left Without Being Seen 1.3% (18)

ER Visit Narratives

Real anonymized emergency room reports from the CPSC NEISS database.

Age 10 · Female · All Parts Body · Electric Shock · 2024

10YOF CLIMBED OUT OF A POOL WET AND GRABBED AN ELECTRICAL CORD TO AN ICE CREAM MACHINE AND WAS ELECTROCUTED DX: ELECTROCUTION *

Age 2 · Female · Lower Arm · Contusions, Abr. · 2024

2YOF WITH A LOWER ARM CONTUSION. PATIENTS RIGHT ARM WRAPPED AROUND THE ICECREAM MIXER HEAD AND ACCIDENTALLY TURNED THE MIXTURE ON WITH HER SHOULDER. MOM REPORTS THAT HER RIGHT ARM WAS TANGLED IN THE MIXER WHILE IT WAS RUNNING.

Age 85 · Female · Hand · Laceration · 2024

85YOF COMES TO THE ER AFTER A FALL. SHE IS ON ***. SHE REPORTS SHE TRIPPED AND FELL THIS AFTERNOON. SHE STATES WHEN SHE FELL, HER HAND GOT CUT ON AN ICE CREAM MACHINE AND SHE HIT THE RIGHT KNEE ON THE GROUND. EXAM NOTES LACERATION LEFT HAND AND RIGHT NEED SWELLING, TENDERNESS AND ECCHYMOSIS. DX: PAIN KNEE RIGHT; LACERATION HAND WITHOUT FOREIGN BODY INITIAL LEFT

Age 3 · Male · Finger · Laceration · 2023

3 YOM CAUGHT FINGER IN THE GRATE OF AN INDUSTRIAL ICE CREAM MAKER.DX: LACERATION OF FINGER

Age 12 · Female · Foot · Other · 2021

12YOF WAS AT HOME YESTERDAY WHEN A HARD ICE CREAM MAKER FELL ONTO HER R FOOT. DX: R FOOT PAIN

Age 2 · Male · Finger · Laceration · 2020

2YOM GOT HIS HAND STUCK BETWEEN TWO ICE CREAM CASES WHILE SEATED IN HIS STROLLER. HIS MOTHER MOVED THE STROLLER AND SAW A LARGE AMOUNT OF BLOOD. DX: LACERATION OF RIGHT INDEX FINGER

Age 8 · Male · Face · Laceration · 2019

8YOM PLAYING W/SNOWBALL MAKER, HIT ON LT LOBE W/PLASTIC OBJECT DX: LAC FACE#

Age 31 · Male · All Parts Body · Poisoning · 2019

31YOM, WAS @ SELF SERVE ICE CREAM PARLOR, POURED SOME ICE CREAM INTO A CUP WHICH TASTED WEIRED&DRANK A 1PINT OF IT, LATER THE STORE CLERK TOLD HIM IT WAS CLEANING SOLUTION THAT WAS IN THE ICE CREAM MACHINE WHICH CONTAINS OF : TRIAZINERIONE DIHYDRATE 6% AND SODIUM DICHLORO S, C/O ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT DX: INGESTION OF CORROSIVE CHEMICAL

Age 62 · Male · Finger · Laceration · 2018

62YOM INJ POINTER FINGER, AT CHURCH GOT FINGER CAUGHT IN ICE CREAM MAKER DX-LAC LT INDEX FINGER W/O FB W/DAMAGE TO NAIL

Age 5 · Male · Finger · Laceration · 2018

5YOM WAS PLAYING W/ ICE CREAM MAKER WHEN HE INJURED HIS 2ND, 3RD, & 4TH DIGITS OF RIGHT HAND DX: FINGER LACERATIONS & HEMATOMAS

Age 17 · Female · Head · Concussion · 2017

17 YOF CONCUSSION, AT SWIM PRACTICE WHEN SHE BUMPED HEADS WITH ANOTHERSWIMMER

Age 72 · Female · Face · Contusions, Abr. · 2017

72 YO F CONTUSION FACE-TRIPPED & FELL OVER ICE CREAM MAKER

Consumer Incident Reports

Reports filed by consumers on SaferProducts.gov.

9/3/2024 · Incident, No Injury · SharkNinja Operating LLC · New Jersey

Ninja Creami Ice Cream, Gelato & Sorbet Maker. Model NC301. After running the machine to make ice cream, shards of plastic from the container were found on the and in ice cream. The machine made an unusual noise and the plastic container had worn marks. All instructions were followed and an adult was using the product. Contacted Ninja and was told the product was out of warranty, the incident was recorded and Ninja offered to sell us new containers or a replacement base for a cost.

8/8/2023 · Incident, No Injury · SharkNinja Operating LLC · Texas

Ninja Creami machine owned for 2 weeks smokes then sparks. The metal mixing part dislodges and punctured the plastic bowl container. If I hadn’t been watching and unplugged the machine it would have caught fire. Not an isolated incidence. Read reviews on their website.

8/7/2024 · Incident, No Injury · SharkNinja Operating LLC · Arizona

Ninja Creami - I utilized the Creami the way I always have without issue, but this time found shredded plastic in my ice cream. I cleaned the blade and the lid, then re-spun. This resulted in more plastic. I tried a different pint and had plastic in it after the initial spin and the re-spin. After washing out both pint containers, I discovered the blade had been slicing into the containers, resulting in plastic in my ice cream. I called Ninja Customer Service where a woman ultimately informed me that this is a known issue and that they have made improvements to the newer model. She then informed me that there was nothing she could do to help me other than help me purchase a new Creami. Considering this is a known issue, and that we have a Ninja coffee maker that leaks water each use, I will not be purchasing another Creami, nor other Ninja product. I asked why this model (NC300) had not been recalled if they know this is an issue and she hung up on me. I then [REDACTED] plastic in Ninja Creami and discovered this is indeed a known issue and there are a lot of forums complaining about it.

8/20/2022 · Incident, No Injury · SharkNinja Operating LLC · Virginia

Piece of plastic broke off from lid and was later found in the blended drink

7/8/2023 · Incident, No Injury · SharkNinja Operating LLC · Illinois

Ninja Creami I used the Creami on ice cream mode and then respin 2 times to cream a protein shake with PB powder & pudding powder that was frozen. I found plastic shards in my ice cream as I was eating it. Upon inspection, I found plastic shards wrapped around the blade as well. I rinsed the plastic pint container that came with the Creami and there were indented ridges from the blade. I noticed these ridges on a different container as well from a previous batch. I called Ninja the next day to report this and they suggested to use the machine again but that the batches need to thaw up to 2 hours before creaming. It does not say this anywhere on the machine nor is there a warning that plastic could end up in your dessert.

7/29/2012 · Incident, No Injury · HEALTHY FOODS, LLC · New Jersey

The secone time I used the Yonanna machine small pieces of the blade assembly would up in my desert.

6/8/2015 · Incident, No Injury · Nostalgia Products Group, LLC · Colorado

Product is a Nostalgia Electrics "Retro Series" electric ice cream maker. With this product, the lid/motor assembly screws onto the base counter clockwise. The machine also churns counter clockwise. While trying to churn my first batch of ice cream I heard the lid separate from the machine and begin to spin on top of the machine. By the time I ran into the kitchen to turn it off, the machine had spun enough to pull the cord into the bowl assembly and reeled the cord into itself like a fishing reel. Once it reeled enough cord inside itself, the machine pulled itself a couple feet across my counter and fell into my kitchen sink. Had my children been doing dishes as the time this electrical appliance walked itself into my kitchen sink, the unthinkable would have happened. All they had to do was have the lid/motor assembly locked onto the base in the opposite direction of the machine rotation, this would never have happened. In my opinion, this machine needs to be pulled from shelves before someone gets seriously hurt or electrocuted. Part number is ICM150RETRORED UPC code is 0826677217912

6/14/2012 · Incident, No Injury · Sunbeam Products, Inc. d/b/a Jarden Consumer Solutions · Ohio

The very first time we used our ice cream maker, model 8550-X, it never stopped like it was supposed to. When we opened it up, there were metal shavings on top of the ice cream. The dasher shaft and the motor socket that drives it were both rounded off at the corners, so that the motor was spinning free and the dasher wasn't turning in the canister. We used it the first and only time 6-12-2012, but we received it as a gift in 2002.

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Product Recalls

Search for active and past recalls related to ice cream makers on the CPSC website.

Frequently Asked Questions

How dangerous are ice cream makers?

Based on 20 years of CPSC data, ice cream makers have a danger score of 20/100 (low risk). An estimated 80 ER-treated injuries occur annually in the U.S. related to this product category.

What are the most common injuries from ice cream makers?

The most common injury is laceration to the finger, accounting for approximately 477 injuries over 20 years.

Are injuries from ice cream makers increasing or decreasing?

Down 53% over 5 years.

Who is most at risk for ice cream makers injuries?

The 5-14 age group accounts for the most injuries, with approximately 301 cases recorded over 20 years. Males are more frequently injured in this age group.

What happens when someone is injured by ice cream makers?

Of all ER visits involving ice cream makers, approximately 0.0% result in hospital admission. The majority of patients (100.0%) are treated and released from the emergency department.

How can I report a safety problem with ice cream makers?

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 20/100 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 5-14 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.