CPSC NEISS · code 1610

Massage Devices Or Vibrators

Massage Devices Or Vibrators: danger rank #7 of 838 is not ER-volume rank #317 of 838 (4,048 estimated ER visits a year; rising by about 88% over the last five years).

Personal Care & Safety Products CPSC NEISS through 2024

Danger score versus ER volume

Danger score versus ER volume

According to CPSC NEISS 2005-2024, Massage Devices Or Vibrators ranks #7 of 838 by danger score (52/100) at ER-volume #317 of 838 (4,048/yr). They are not the same ranking.

#7
danger rank of 838
#317
ER-volume rank of 838
52/100
danger score
4,048/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 (52/100) across 838 scored CPSC product categories

52 Higher than most more dangerous than 99% 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: 82/100

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) 24 95th 35% CPSC NEISS 20-year severity index
Annual ER injury volume 4,048 56th 30% CPSC NEISS estimated annual ER-treated injuries
5-year injury trend +88% 100th 15% CPSC NEISS 5-year % change in ER-treated injuries
Consumer incident reports 106 83rd 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 80,969 estimated ER injuries land on the body

Body-part shares from the same CPSC NEISS injury_types extract for product code 1610. Segments sum to 80,969 - 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 Personal Care & Safety 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.

Personal Care & Safety Products danger scores

1. Massage Devices Or Vibrat…52/1002. Day Wear48/1003. Coins46/1004. Footwear46/1005. Fuel Multi-purpose Lighte…45/1006. Lighters, Not Specified45/1007. Nightwear45/1008. Clothing, Not Specified44/100
Higher score = higher composite danger in this group. Peer set is other scored products sharing the same CPSC group.
0/100100/10052/100
PlainSafety danger score · Massage Devices Or Vibrators

Source: CPSC NEISS danger-score model As of 2024

How this 52/100 score is built

The score is computed from four CPSC-derived factors for massage devices or vibrators - no opinion, no editorializing:

  • Injury volume 4,048 ER visits/yr Above median volume
  • Severity (hospitalization rate) 23.7% Very high admission rate
  • Fatality rate 0.04% Above-typical fatality rate
  • 5-year trend+88%

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 massage devices or vibrators are rising by about 88% over the last five years, with the busiest year on record being 2023 (8,905 estimated ER visits) and the quietest 2007 (1,439 estimated visits). The single most common ER diagnosis is foreign body to the lower trunk, accounting for approximately 38,398 visits across the 20-year NEISS window, followed by foreign body to the pubic region (14,475 cases). The 25-34 age group absorbs the largest share of injuries, about 18,825 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 23.7% of ER visits involving this product end in hospital admission or transfer, and a small fraction (0.04%) result in fatality.

Beyond the hospital-sampled NEISS projections, this page also aggregates 106 consumer incident reports filed directly on SaferProducts.gov, plus 20 anonymized ER narratives - together forming a layered picture of how massage devices or vibrators 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)

02K4K6K8K10K 20052008201120142017202020232024 8K
Estimated annual emergency-room visits for Massage Devices Or Vibrators, 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
0-4 895 421 1,316
5-14 1,061 749 1,810
15-24 5,555 7,960 13,515
25-34 7,782 11,043 18,825
35-44 7,099 5,828 13,000
45-54 8,912 4,601 13,513
55-64 8,609 2,339 10,948
65-74 4,138 1,468 5,606
75+ 1,648 797 2,445

Most Common Injuries

Body Part Diagnosis Est. Injuries
Lower Trunk Foreign Body 38,398
Pubic Region Foreign Body 14,475
Pubic Region Other 4,748
Lower Trunk Other 3,600
Pubic Region Contusions, Abr. 1,665
Upper Trunk Other 1,238
Neck Other 1,140
Pubic Region Laceration 1,079
Neck Strain, Sprain 809
Lower Trunk Internal Injury 801
Pubic Region Hemorrhage 632
Upper Trunk Contusions, Abr. 601
Lower Trunk Hemorrhage 578
Lower Leg Other 573
Head Internal Injury 505

Severity Breakdown

Treated/examined And Released 74.5% (60,292)
Treated And Admitted/hospitalized 18.7% (15,140)
Treated And Transferred 3.1% (2,495)
Left Without Being Seen 2.3% (1,882)
Held For Observation 1.4% (1,095)
Fatality Incl. Doa, Died In Er 0.1% (65)

ER Visit Narratives

Real anonymized emergency room reports from the CPSC NEISS database.

Age 58 · Male · Lower Trunk · Foreign Body · 2024

58YOM PRESENTS TODAY FOR FOREIGN BODY.PT WAS USING A PERSONAL VIBRATOR & IT GOT STUCK & HE CANNOT GET IT OUT. DX: RECTAL FOREIGN BODY

Age 24 · Male · Lower Trunk · Foreign Body · 2024

24YOM REPORTS INSERTING A 6.25 INCH RIGID VIBRATOR INTO HIS RECTUM EARLIER THIS EVENING HE REPORTS LEAVING THIS DEVICE IN PLACE AND IT WAS APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES PRIOR TO COMING TO THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT DX: FOREIGN BODY IN ANUS AND RECTUM

Age 44 · Female · Lower Trunk · Foreign Body · 2024

44YOF WITH RECTAL FOREIGN BODY. SHE HAD A SEX TOY WITH VIBRATION ABILITY THAT SHE WAS INSERTED INTO HER RECTUM NOW SHE IS UNABLE TO REMOVED. DX: RECTAL FOREIGN BODY

Age 23 · Female · Pubic Region · Laceration · 2024

23YOF BROUGHT IN BY EMS COMPLAINS OF RECTAL BLEEDING. STATES SHE WAS USING A DILDO IN HER RECTUM AND BLEEDING BEGAN. SOAKED 2 ABDOMINAL PADS EN ROUTE. PATIENT IS CONFUSED. ENDORSEES PAIN IN BACK. LACERATION REPAIR, 3 CM LACERATION TO INNER VAGINAL AREA. DX: INJURY OF VAGINA.

Age 33 · Male · Lower Trunk · Foreign Body · 2024

33YOM PATIENT REPORTS THAT HE PLACED A SEX TOY IN HIS RECTUM DX: FOREIGN BODY OF RECTUM

Age 70 · Male · Foot · Other · 2024

70YOM JUST GOT A BRAND NEW MECHANICAL FOOT MASSAGER FOR CHRISTMAS WHEN HE PUT HIS FOOT IN IT GOT TOO TIGHT FOR HIS FOOT NOW HAS RIGHT FOOT PAIN DX:FOOT PAIN

Age 69 · Male · Pubic Region · Foreign Body · 2024

69 YOM C/O PENILE SWELLING, UNABELE TO REMOVE COCK RING FROM PENIS DX PENILE FB

Age 25 · Female · Lower Trunk · Foreign Body · 2024

25YOF PATIENT PRESENTS FOR POSSIBLE RECTAL FOREIGN BODY. SHE REPORTS PLACING A SMALL VIBRATOR IN HER RECTUM, SHE DOES NOT REMEMBER REMOVING IT AND CANNOT FIND IT. DX: RECTAL FOREIGN BODY

Age 20 · Female · Lower Trunk · Foreign Body · 2024

20YOF PATIENT PRESENTS WITH AN ANAL PLUG STUCK IN HER RECTUM. DX: RECTAL FOREIGN BODY

Age 29 · Male · Lower Trunk · Hemorrhage · 2024

29 YOM PRESENTS WITH RECTAL AND LOWER PELVIS PAIN AND BLEEDING FROM HIS RECTUM AFTER SELF-ADMINISTERED DILDO USE IN THE RECTUM. DX: RECTUM INJURY, RECTAL BLEEDING

Age 22 · Male · Pubic Region · Other · 2024

22YOM TO ER FOR PAIN OVER RIGHT ASPECT OF PENILE SHAFT,PT HAD A PENILE RING ON 1 MONTH AGO & EVENTUALLY STARTED TO HAVE PAIN OVER THE SITE & HAD ENGORGED VEIN AT THAT AREA THAT OCCURS W/ ERRECTION, PT SEXUALLY ACTIVE W/ MALE PARTNER & REQUESTING STD TESTING DX PENILE PAIN, THROMBOSIS OF SUPERFICIAL VEIN OF PENIS

Age 52 · Male · Lower Trunk · Foreign Body · 2024

52YOM WITH RECTAL FOREIGN BODY AFTER INSERTING SEX TOY THERE DURING SEX DX: REACTAL FB

Consumer Incident Reports

Reports filed by consumers on SaferProducts.gov.

9/8/2021 · Injury, Seen by Medical Professional · Evolved Novelties · New York

a vibrator short circuited and electrocuted my wife

9/5/2011 · Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention Received · PROSPERA · Arkansas

Purchased the Prosepra Electronic Pulse Massager, P-1-N43B250-B000XHNBLO from amazon.com; when received and began using, the electrical impulses were so severe and high as to be sever and painful, causing muscles and limbs to spasm wildly. Could hardly turn off was in so much pain. I am appalled such a device is so easily available to the public. I have used home TENS units for years, and never had an experience like this. Hope to spare others, whether this was a defective model and they are all like this. It is more like a torture device.

9/26/2023 · Incident, No Injury · MASSIMO MOTOR SPORTS LLC · New Jersey

Electrical fire and unit was destroyed.

9/26/2019 · Incident, No Injury · HOMEDICS, INC. · Minnesota

Was using the handheld massager and it all of a sudden made an exploding noise with a puff of smoke and the cords were almost fully detached at the base of the handle. No injuries were sustained, there was a black charcoal smudge on the hand that was holding it. We have the model PA-MH-THP. I went on Google to see if it has happened to anyone else and became aware that the product has been recalled for this very reason.

9/24/2017 · Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention Received · HOMEDICS, INC. · California

While using my homedics dual percussion massager tonight I experienced sparks, smoke and flames coming from the base of the unit at the cord and the ball of flames hit me in the stomach and burned through my shirt and burned my stomach. I jumped up immediately and turned it off and unplugged it.

9/22/2018 · Injury, First Aid Received by Non-Medical Professional · HOMEDICS, INC. · Colorado

I was using a Homedic handheld massager HHP-375H on my leg, heard a pop, saw a red flash, felt my arm tingly and numb, saw soot all over my arm and saw I’d been burned. I do see now this product had been recalled last year, but I wasn’t aware of it.

9/20/2017 · Injury, Seen by Medical Professional · HOMEDICS, INC. · Missouri

On September 4, 2017, a child was using a HoMedics massager, Model No. HPP-375H, in the living room of his home. His mother was using the massager on him when she got up to leave to turn off a timer in the kitchen. As she was leaving the room, the cord of the massager suddenly started to spark and flame while it was positioned on top of the child. The massager burned the child, causing 2nd degree burns to the child’s abdomen. The massager was purchased from Bed, Bath, and Beyond with a debit card. The product had be recalled prior to the incident, but no effort was made by Bed, Bath, and Beyond to contact the consumer. Additionally, consumer followed Bed, Bath, and Beyond on Facebook and no notice of the massager recall was ever mentioned on the page.

9/13/2023 · No Incident, No Injury · Lifepro Fitness LLC · Washington

Handheld percussion massager lithium battery exploded and started on fire while charging. It was then carried outside where is smoldered and another explosion happened. Countertop left with scorch mark, burn spots on the hardwood floor from ash.

Showing 8 of 106 reports.

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Nationwide peers by danger score, ER volume & hospitalization

Three PlainSafety-derived comparison paths for Massage Devices Or Vibrators: cross-group products nearest on danger score (52/100), estimated annual ER visits (4,048/yr), and hospitalization share (23.7%). 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, Massage Devices Or Vibrators ranks #7 of 838 scored CPSC product categories by PlainSafety danger score and #317 of 838 by 20-year estimated ER injury volume.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where does massage devices or vibrators rank on danger score versus ER volume?

Among 838 scored CPSC product categories, massage devices or vibrators ranks #7 by PlainSafety danger score (52/100) and #317 by 20-year estimated ER injury volume (4,048/yr). The two rankings come from the same NEISS extract and are not the same order.

What are the most common injuries from massage devices or vibrators?

The most common injury is foreign body to the lower trunk, accounting for approximately 38,398 injuries over 20 years.

Are injuries from massage devices or vibrators increasing or decreasing?

Up 88% over 5 years.

Who is most at risk for massage devices or vibrators injuries?

The 25-34 age group accounts for the most injuries, with approximately 18,825 cases recorded over 20 years. Females are more frequently injured in this age group.

What happens when someone is injured by massage devices or vibrators?

Of all ER visits involving massage devices or vibrators, approximately 23.7% result in hospital admission. The majority of patients (76.3%) are treated and released from the emergency department.

How can I report a safety problem with massage devices or vibrators?

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 Massage Devices Or Vibrators 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.