Nonelectric Blankets
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.
Floors, Walls & Ceilings · CPSC Code 4008
Down 41% over 5 years
The verdict
Nonelectric Blankets carry a danger score of 37/100 (low risk), driven by roughly 4,039 ER-treated injuries a year that are declining by about 41% over the last five years.
- 37/100
- danger score (low risk)
- 4,039
- ER visits per year (avg)
- 10.2%
- end in hospital admission
- 0-4
- most-injured age group
Every figure is rendered from the CPSC NEISS record for product code 4008 - last data year 2024.
PlainSafety danger score
How this 37/100 score is built
The score is computed from four CPSC-derived factors for nonelectric blankets - no opinion, no editorializing:
- Injury volume4,039 ER visits/yr
- Severity (hospitalization rate)10.2%
- Fatality rate0.14%
- 5-year trend-41%
See the full methodology for the exact weighting of each factor.
What the CPSC Data Shows
Nonelectric Blankets (CPSC product code 4008, in the Floors, Walls & Ceilings category) generate an estimated 4,039 emergency-room visits every year in the United States, adding up to roughly 80,772 ER-treated injuries across the 20-year span from 2005 to 2024. PlainSafety derives a danger score of 37/100 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 41% over the last five years, with the busiest year on record being 2017 (8,856 estimated ER visits) and the quietest 2005 (1,438 estimated visits).
The single most common ER diagnosis for nonelectric blankets is internal injury to the head, accounting for approximately 9,247 visits across the 20-year NEISS window, followed by laceration to the face (5,635 cases). The 0-4 age group absorbs the largest share of injuries, about 22,311 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 10.2% of ER visits involving this product end in hospital admission or transfer, and a small fraction (0.14%) result in fatality.
Beyond the hospital-sampled NEISS projections, this page also aggregates 94 consumer incident reports filed directly on SaferProducts.gov, plus 20 anonymized ER narratives - together forming a layered picture of how nonelectric blankets 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 | 12,981 | 9,330 | |
| 5-14 | 4,841 | 4,405 | |
| 15-24 | 1,214 | 3,320 | |
| 25-34 | 1,598 | 3,573 | |
| 35-44 | 1,264 | 3,246 | |
| 45-54 | 1,754 | 3,770 | |
| 55-64 | 1,412 | 4,835 | |
| 65-74 | 1,785 | 4,968 | |
| 75+ | 4,671 | 11,803 |
Most Common Injuries
| Body Part | Diagnosis | Est. Injuries |
|---|---|---|
| Head | Internal Injury | |
| Face | Laceration | |
| Lower Trunk | Fracture | |
| Face | Contusions, Abr. | |
| Lower Trunk | Other | |
| Head | Laceration | |
| Ankle | Strain, Sprain | |
| Lower Trunk | Strain, Sprain | |
| Not Stated/unk | Other | |
| Shoulder | Fracture | |
| Mouth | Laceration | |
| Head | Contusions, Abr. | |
| Lower Trunk | Contusions, Abr. | |
| Upper Arm | Fracture | |
| Shoulder | Strain, Sprain |
Severity Breakdown
ER Visit Narratives
Real anonymized emergency room reports from the CPSC NEISS database.
35YOF PULLING ON A BLANKET AND LOST BALANCE CAUSING HER TO FALL OVER SOME PILLOWS LANDING ON LEFT WRIST.DX: SPRAIN LEFT WRIST
73YOF MAKING HER BED LAST NIGHT. PULLING A BLANKET AND FELT PAIN IN HER SHOULDER. DX: SHOULDER SPRAIN
17YOF PT SHAKING OUT A CLEAN BLANKET & FELT SOMETHING GO INTO LEFT EAR DX: ACUTE FOREIGN BODY TO LEFT EAR
22 YOF CAT BITE TRYING TO GET IT OUT FROM UNDER A CAR WITH A BLANKET. DX CAT BITE HAND
5MOM MOM WAS TRYING TO TAKE THE SLEEP SACK OFF OF HER CHILD AND FELT A POP IN RIGHT FOREARM DX: FRACTURED FOREARM
79YOF PT WATCHING TV, STOOD UP & FELL ON SOME SOFT BLANKETS; PT RECEIVED SHINGLES & COVID VACCINES YESTERDAY DX: WEAKNESS, PUMONARY EDEMA, HYPOXIA
48YOF PT FROM A GROUP HOME, WAS WRAPPED IN A BLANKET, TRIPPED ON IT & FELL; SMALL SCRATCH NOTED ON CHEEK DX: FALL, AUTISTIC DISORDER
44YOF, PRESENTING TO THE ED AFTER LYING DOWN ON A WOOL BLANKET IN BED AND AFTER A FEW MINUTES FEW MINUTES FELT UNCOMFORTABLE UPON ARRIVAL TO THE ED A BEDBUG WAS FOUND ON HER CLOTHING AND WAS TAKEN TO BE DECONTAMINATED DX: BEDBUG BITE
66YOF, FELL ASLEEP ON THE COUCH HAD A BLANKET PULLED UP UNDER HER BACK THEN WOKE UP WITH DISCOMFORT IN THE AREA DX: ACUTE LOW BACK PAIN AND SPECIFIED
77 YOF WAS CARRYING BLANKETS WHEN SHE TRIPPED AND FELL. DX: RIGHT HIP CONTUSION
66YOF PRESENTS WITH HAND SWELLING AND PAIN AFER BEING SCRATCHED BY HER CAT'S CLAW WHEN IT WAS STUCK IN A BLANKEY 2 DAYS PRIOR. DX: CAT BITE OF HAND, CELLULITIS OF HAND
69YOM, GETTING UP FROM SEATED POSITION WHEN HIS FEET GOT TANGLED IN A BLANKET AND FELL FORWARD CATCHING ARM ONTO OPENING DRAWER OF ENTERTAINMENT CENTER, DX: CLOSED FRACTURE OF SHAFT OF LEFT ULNA
Consumer Incident Reports
Reports filed by consumers on SaferProducts.gov.
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I purchased this 100% cotton blanket at Home Goods store in Edgewater Nj several months ago. THE ADDRESS FOR THE STORE WAS [REDACTED]---now this store has moved to a new location in Egewater Nj 07020....This one had a transparent bag with a zipper on its corners and the black labels of Lauren Ralph Lauren and it is made in India.... This blanket has a very bad odor. At the beginning I thought it was just because it needed to be washed due to the odor that sometimes brand new items have ,but the odor persists even after four washes with warm water and baking soda and tide detergents. It makes me nauseated and it is intoxicating to have to inhale its odors. I am keeping it for the sake of having it inspected from anyone that cares to remove this product out of our market. Please inspect all the other products that this Home goods sells ,because I have reported in the past their paper napkins that smell like amonia and other stuff. Please intervene to have safe items sold in the USA market and globally with a production and an expiration date on them.
I swaddled my 4.5 month old baby in the Miracle Blanket, which I had used til 8 months with my older child. I was very familiar with and adept at using the product. I checked him several hours later to find that he had slipped his arms below the level of the wrapping portion and hoisted it up, tightly, around his neck and the lower portion of his face.
I would like to alert you of a very traumatic and troubling experience that we had with a Halo SleepSack Wearable Blanket. I awoke to find our 9 month old son [redacted] screaming in pain Saturday morning in his crib. I got out of bed to find the zipper of his Halo SleepSack stuck to his tooth. He was in the fetal position and he must have been attracted to the flapping zipper pull and he put it in his mouth. His lower front tooth quickly became "caught" in the eyelet of the zipper pull. The baby panicked and tried to kick the zipper off of his tooth, which only led to more problems. By the time that I entered the room, the zipper was completely stuck in his mouth. I could not tell exactly where it was stuck until it was too late. I tried to keep his feet and head together but his absolute panic out of fear and pain caused him to kick harder and disgorge his whole tooth...root and all. This was incredibly traumatic to everyone involved. My wife and I had to deal with a large amount of blood, a child that now has barely slept for the past two days due to the pain and the fear of the situation. I literally became physically sick after dealing with this event. I have experienced many traumatic injuries including help sew my finger tip back on, hit in the face with a baseball bat as well as being hit by two different cars while on my bike and I have never experienced this type of reaction before. It was awful and an experience that I hope that I, nor any other parent, will have to experience. I tried to put my son in another SleepSack last night and he refused to sleep in it (prior to putting it on, I have put tape over all of the zippers). He has worked himself into such a state that he is completely sweating. After staying up more than two hours past his bedtime, I finally took it off him and have been forced to give him medication to calm his anxiety. Once the SleepSack was off and the drugs took effect, he has now drifted to sleep out of pure ex
TILLYOU cotton sleep sack with snaps & zipper. Followed sizing instructions and purchased size small for my son. Neck hole is far too large, he could have easily slipped out of it or had it cover his face during sleep.
My son was swaddled in a halo sleep swaddle and the design of the swaddle allowed the fabric to cover his nose and mouth. He is the correct age to be swaddled. He was swaddled tightly, and he was within the correct weight and height limits.
The consumers infant grandson whom is six month young was playing with the flannel blanket that has a big plastic star that appears to be painted over in a silver color that is embroidered in the blanket. She noticed that silver particle from the blanket were all over the infants mouth and on his tongue toy . She immediately removed the blanket from the child and discontinued to allow him to play with it. On 04/21/2011 the consumer contacted the brand name listed on the blanket and spoke with [redacted] who advised her that the blanket was not manufactured by them and to contact Kids Line for further information on the material that was used for the product. The consumer contacted the firm on the same date and spoke with [redacted] and was advised that the product was manufactured in China and that she would attempt to get the information from them and give the consumer a call back in reference to it. The consumer received a call back from [redacted] and was advised that the chemical used on the star was polycarbonate . The consumer did some research and noticed that the chemical had lead in it. The consumer then contacted the brand name that is listed on the product once again via email and the consumer was advised that the company no longer did business with that company . The consumer contacted the firm once again and inquired what type of material was used in the blanket spoke with [redacted] from the firm who indicated that she would contact the retailer that she purchased the blanket from and have them removed from the shelves. They would contact the retailer and have them to remove the product from the shelves. The next date (exact date is unknown) and notice that there was only one product on the shelves so the consumer purchased it. She spoke with the manager from the retailer (name not provided) and advised that she had spoke with the firm and she was advised that the product would be removed from the shelves. The mana
Baby Deedee Sleep Nest Lite Baby Sleeping Bag, Mocha Heather, Medium (6-18 Months) This sleep sack has a set of snaps on the shoulders that are easily unattached by an 8 month old posing a chocking (with the snaps if they become loose) or suffocation with the blanket. I have found my baby a number of times with the sleepsack rolled all the way down while in his crib. This is supposed to be a safe product that eliminates de use of blankets to prevent exactly what is happening with it. I contacted the company and they were not helpful
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Product Recalls
Search for active and past recalls related to nonelectric blankets on the CPSC website.
Frequently Asked Questions
How dangerous are nonelectric blankets?
Based on 20 years of CPSC data, nonelectric blankets have a danger score of 37/100 (low risk). An estimated 4,039 ER-treated injuries occur annually in the U.S. related to this product category.
What are the most common injuries from nonelectric blankets?
The most common injury is internal injury to the head, accounting for approximately 9,247 injuries over 20 years.
Are injuries from nonelectric blankets increasing or decreasing?
Down 41% over 5 years.
Who is most at risk for nonelectric blankets injuries?
The 0-4 age group accounts for the most injuries, with approximately 22,311 cases recorded over 20 years. Males are more frequently injured in this age group.
What happens when someone is injured by nonelectric blankets?
Of all ER visits involving nonelectric blankets, approximately 10.2% result in hospital admission. The majority of patients (89.8%) are treated and released from the emergency department.
How can I report a safety problem with nonelectric blankets?
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 37/100 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 0-4 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.