Nightwear
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.
Personal Care & Safety Products · CPSC Code 1644
Stable over 5 years
The verdict
Nightwear carry a danger score of 45/100 (moderate risk), driven by roughly 5,708 ER-treated injuries a year that are roughly flat over the last five years.
- 45/100
- danger score (moderate risk)
- 5,708
- ER visits per year (avg)
- 19.8%
- end in hospital admission
- 75+
- most-injured age group
Every figure is rendered from the CPSC NEISS record for product code 1644 - last data year 2024.
PlainSafety danger score
How this 45/100 score is built
The score is computed from four CPSC-derived factors for nightwear - no opinion, no editorializing:
- Injury volume5,708 ER visits/yr
- Severity (hospitalization rate)19.8%
- Fatality rate0.02%
- 5-year trend+5%
See the full methodology for the exact weighting of each factor.
What the CPSC Data Shows
Nightwear (CPSC product code 1644, in the Personal Care & Safety Products category) generate an estimated 5,708 emergency-room visits every year in the United States, adding up to roughly 114,157 ER-treated injuries across the 20-year span from 2005 to 2024. PlainSafety derives a danger score of 45/100 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 2023 (7,534 estimated ER visits) and the quietest 2005 (3,041 estimated visits).
The single most common ER diagnosis for nightwear is internal injury to the head, accounting for approximately 11,782 visits across the 20-year NEISS window, followed by fracture to the lower trunk (9,443 cases). The 75+ age group absorbs the largest share of injuries, about 48,655 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 19.8% 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 85 consumer incident reports filed directly on SaferProducts.gov, plus 20 anonymized ER narratives - together forming a layered picture of how nightwear 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 | 7,465 | 7,768 | |
| 5-14 | 2,997 | 3,359 | |
| 15-24 | 150 | 2,063 | |
| 25-34 | 1,092 | 3,461 | |
| 35-44 | 958 | 3,999 | |
| 45-54 | 1,007 | 5,734 | |
| 55-64 | 1,177 | 8,136 | |
| 65-74 | 2,293 | 13,835 | |
| 75+ | 9,233 | 39,422 |
Most Common Injuries
| Body Part | Diagnosis | Est. Injuries |
|---|---|---|
| Head | Internal Injury | |
| Lower Trunk | Fracture | |
| Face | Laceration | |
| Head | Laceration | |
| Lower Trunk | Other | |
| Upper Trunk | Fracture | |
| Elbow | Dislocation | |
| Lower Trunk | Contusions, Abr. | |
| Face | Contusions, Abr. | |
| Upper Arm | Fracture | |
| Wrist | Fracture | |
| Head | Contusions, Abr. | |
| Upper Trunk | Other | |
| Upper Trunk | Contusions, Abr. | |
| Lower Trunk | Strain, Sprain |
Severity Breakdown
ER Visit Narratives
Real anonymized emergency room reports from the CPSC NEISS database.
86YOF FELL A COUPLE WEEKS AGO WHEN SHE BENT OVER TO PICK SOMETHING OFF THE FLOOR AND THEN STEPPED ON HER ROBE AND FELL HEAD FIRST. DENIES LOC BUT REPORTS WHE HAS BEEN HAVING AN OCCASIONAL HEADACHE AND INTERMITTENT DIZZINESS SINCE THAT TIME. DX: PNEUMONIA
14 MOM PRESENTS WITH SCALP CONTUSION S/P SLIP AND FALL ON THE FLOOR AT HOME WHILE WEARING PAJAMAS. DX: SCALP CONTUSION
72YOF WAS USING THE BATHROOM DURING THE NIGHT. BENT OVER TO PICK HER PANTS UP OFF THE FLOOR AND FELL. SHE FELL BACKWARD STRIKING THE BACK OF HER HEAD ON A CABINET AND THE TILE FLOOR. NO LOC. DX: SCALP LACERATION, REPEATED FALLS
90YOF WAS PUTTING HER ROBE ON 2 DAYS AGO AND LOST HER BALANCE FALLING BACKWARDS HITTING HER HEAD ON THE SIDE OF THE BED AND FLOOR. NO LOC. COMPLAINS OF HEAD PAIN AND RIGHT HIP PAIN. DX: CONTUSION RIGHT BACK, CONTUSION RIGHT HIP
52YOM WAS PUTTING ON PAJAMAS AND FELL HITTING THE DRESSER W LOWER BACK DX CLOSED COMPRESSON FX L1 VERTEBRA
78YOF C/O RIGHT SHOULDER PAIN. DENIES ANY FALL. SHE WAS TRYING TO PUT HER PAJAMAS ON WHEN SHE STARTED FEELING THIS PAIN. SCANS SHOW DISLOCATION. DX: DISLOCATION OF RIGHT SHOULDER JOINT, SHOULDER DISLOCATION
77YOM TO ER AFTER FALL AT HOME, PT WAS PUTTIN PAJAMAS ON & FELL ON RIGHT SIDE, PT THIMKS HIT HEAD, HAS HEADACHE, & RIGHT ELBOW PAIN, PAIN TO RIGHT ELBOW, PT IS ON *** & ***, NO BLEEDING OR BRUISING DX FALL, INJURY OF HEAD, ANTICOAGULATED
69YOF PATIENT WAS GETTING A CUP OF WATER WHEN SHE TRIPPED ON HER ROBE AND THE FLOORING, SHE LANDED ON HER KNEES AND HIT HER HEAD. SHE HAS A LARGE HEMATOMA TO HER FOREHEAD. DX: FALL, PATELLA FRACTURE
32YOF C/O LEFT SOULDER PAIN S/P PT STATES SHE WAS PUTTING ON HER NIGHT GOWN WHEN SHE FELT A PULLING SENSATION IN HER SHOULDER AND SIGNIFICANT PAIN RADIATING FROM HER NECK DOWN HER UPPER ARM TODAY. DX: LEFT SHOULDER PAIN
65 YOF. HIP PAIN AFTER SLIPPING & FALLING WHILE PUTTING ON HER PAJAMAS. DX: INABILITY TO AMBULATE DUE TO HIP
94YOM PT TRIPPED ON PAJAMA PANTS & FELL, HIT HEAD ON DRESSER DX: LAC OF HEAD, ACCIDENT DUE TO MECHANICAL FALL WITHOUT INJURY
5YOM WITH NECK PAIN PUTTING ON PAJAMAS DX: NECK PAIN
Consumer Incident Reports
Reports filed by consumers on SaferProducts.gov.
While dressing my daughter in her Just One You by Carter's pajama pants, I was pricked with something extremely sharp. I folded the front of my daughter's pajama bottoms to find the tip of a sewing needle with the thread still threaded through it, sewn into the seam of my daughter's pajamas.
Pajamas bunched up in the night and cut off circulation to toddlers arm.
Selling nightgowns not treated with flame retardant
2 piece sets of children's clothing are being sold as playwear by Banana Split Kids, a children's clothing manufacturer. They are cut and fit exactly like pajamas however. They are not being sold as a pajamas despite them fitting and looking like children's pajamas. I'm unsure that these are flame retardant as there is no tag specifying if they are flame retardant or not.
Found this product not to be in compliance of the flammability sleepwear regulation
Baby onesie has 2 little buttons on V-neck neck. When I try to put the onesie on my 3 mo old I noticed that one of the buttons was missing. I found it under his neck. The button was loose either for a fabric defect or because of regular washing. The button was small enough to be ingested and possibly cause obstruction of the airways
The childrens brand Silks (silksdesign.com) are is willingly and knowingly selling a lot viscose pajamas that do not pass fire resistance testing and are not snug fitting. They have the yellow tags and are marketed as sleepwear. Here are the links to a few. https://silksdesign.com/products/youth-jogger-set-in-insignia-blue https://silksdesign.com/products/girls-t-shirt-lounge-set-in-blue-checkered https://silksdesign.com/products/girls-button-up-set-in-halle https://silksdesign.com/products/girls-t-shirt-lounge-set-in-dance https://silksdesign.com/products/youth-jogger-set-in-baseball https://silksdesign.com/products/youth-jogger-set-in-football https://silksdesign.com/products/girls-t-shirt-lounge-set-in-cheer https://silksdesign.com/products/girls-lounge-set-in-bears https://silksdesign.com/products/girls-t-shirt-lounge-set-in-teal https://silksdesign.com/products/youth-jogger-set-in-teal
My daughter-in-law purchased an infant sleeper at BJ's Wholesale in Amherst, NY a month or so ago. The first time she used it, one of the snaps came apart and she found the pointed section in her daughter's mouth (baby aged 9 months). When she was showing me what happened, so I could return it to BJ's for her, as she is out of town for a month, another snap came apart into two sections again. I do not know how many may have been sold, but the specifics are: Baby Gear Footed Sleeper 6-9 mos RN #100364 SKU #56999 HB 1254153 Made in Bangladesh 121 03/15/2016 This is all the information on the tags and the item itself. I do not know how many may have been sold, but they may be a danger to babies, if they should swallow the parts of the snaps with the pointed, sharp ends on them, so we thought we should report it.
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Product Recalls
Search for active and past recalls related to nightwear on the CPSC website.
Frequently Asked Questions
How dangerous are nightwear?
Based on 20 years of CPSC data, nightwear have a danger score of 45/100 (moderate risk). An estimated 5,708 ER-treated injuries occur annually in the U.S. related to this product category.
What are the most common injuries from nightwear?
The most common injury is internal injury to the head, accounting for approximately 11,782 injuries over 20 years.
Are injuries from nightwear increasing or decreasing?
Stable over 5 years.
Who is most at risk for nightwear injuries?
The 75+ age group accounts for the most injuries, with approximately 48,655 cases recorded over 20 years. Females are more frequently injured in this age group.
What happens when someone is injured by nightwear?
Of all ER visits involving nightwear, approximately 19.8% result in hospital admission. The majority of patients (80.3%) are treated and released from the emergency department.
How can I report a safety problem with nightwear?
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 45/100 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 75+ 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.
