Danger score versus ER volume
Danger score versus ER volume
According to CPSC NEISS 2005-2024, Nonglass Bottles Or Jars ranks #137 of 838 by danger score (41/100) at ER-volume #188 of 838 (11,589/yr). They are not the same ranking.
- #137
- danger rank of 838
- #188
- ER-volume rank of 838
- 41/100
- danger score
- 11,589/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 (41/100) across 838 scored CPSC product categories
41 Higher than most more dangerous than 79% of 838 product categories
scored CPSC product categories, bucketed by value
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Source CPSC NEISS, PlainSafety danger-score model · 2024
Composite verdict
Composite Safety Score: 72/100
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.
| Dimension | Value | National percentile | Weight applied | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Injury severity (hospitalization + fatality blend) | 8 | 67th | 35% | CPSC NEISS 20-year severity index |
| Annual ER injury volume | 11,589 | 76th | 30% | CPSC NEISS estimated annual ER-treated injuries |
| 5-year injury trend | +4% | 72nd | 15% | CPSC NEISS 5-year % change in ER-treated injuries |
| Consumer incident reports | 73 | 78th | 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 231,800 estimated ER injuries land on the body
Body-part shares from the same CPSC NEISS injury_types extract for product code 1127. Segments sum to 231,800 - 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 Containers & Packaging 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.
Containers & Packaging danger scores
How this 41/100 score is built
The score is computed from four CPSC-derived factors for nonglass bottles or jars - no opinion, no editorializing:
- Injury volume 11,589 ER visits/yr High volume
- Severity (hospitalization rate) 8.0% Above median admission rate
- Fatality rate 0.02% Low fatality rate
- 5-year trend+4%
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 nonglass bottles or jars are roughly flat over the last five years, with the busiest year on record being 2022 (15,997 estimated ER visits) and the quietest 2005 (6,027 estimated visits). The single most common ER diagnosis is poisoning to the all parts body, accounting for approximately 56,238 visits across the 20-year NEISS window, followed by ingestion to the internal (16,703 cases). The 0-4 age group absorbs the largest share of injuries, about 58,389 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 8.0% 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 73 consumer incident reports filed directly on SaferProducts.gov, plus 20 anonymized ER narratives - together forming a layered picture of how nonglass bottles or jars 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 Injuries represent ER-treated cases only
Who Gets Injured?
| Age Group | Male | Female | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-4 | 33,283 | 25,106 | |
| 5-14 | 23,913 | 16,477 | |
| 15-24 | 14,824 | 11,741 | |
| 25-34 | 8,634 | 12,780 | |
| 35-44 | 7,920 | 12,093 | |
| 45-54 | 7,845 | 12,154 | |
| 55-64 | 7,240 | 10,858 | |
| 65-74 | 5,292 | 10,146 | |
| 75+ | 4,260 | 7,200 |
Most Common Injuries
| Body Part | Diagnosis | Est. Injuries |
|---|---|---|
| All Parts Body | Poisoning | |
| Internal | Ingestion | |
| Finger | Laceration | |
| Face | Laceration | |
| Foot | Contusions, Abr. | |
| Head | Internal Injury | |
| Hand | Laceration | |
| Lower Trunk | Strain, Sprain | |
| Lower Trunk | Other | |
| Mouth | Laceration | |
| Eyeball | Contusions, Abr. | |
| Lower Trunk | Foreign Body | |
| Face | Contusions, Abr. | |
| Head | Laceration | |
| Eyeball | Other |
Severity Breakdown
ER Visit Narratives
Real anonymized emergency room reports from the CPSC NEISS database.
53YOF WITH RIGHT LEG LACERATION. STATES SHE BUMPED INTO A BROKEN PLASTIC STORAGE BIN ON THE CORNER AND IT DUG INTO THER LATERAL SHIN. DX; LACERATION OF LEG
18YOF LOST THE CAP TO TEH BLEACH BOTTLE, SO SHE POURED IN INTO A WATER BOTTLE, HER ROOMMATE THOUGHT IT WAS ATER AND PUT IT INTO THE REFRIGERATOR, WHEN SHE RETURNED SHE GABBED THE BOTTLE THINKING IT WAS WATER AND TOOK TWO SWOLLOWS OF THE BLEACH DX: ACCIDENTAL INGESTION OF BLEACH
14YOM C/O SMALL LAC OVER THE RT EYEBROW AFTER HE WAS ACCIDENTALLY HIT W/ A PLASTIC BOTTLE AT SCHOOL EARLY TODAY DX: FOREHEAD LACERATION, CONCUSSION
15 YOF ACCIDENTALLY SWALLOWED THE PLASTIC CAP TO A WATER BOTTLE APPROXIMATELY 2 HOURS PRIOR TO ARRIVAL. DX: SWALLOWED FOREIGN BODY
15YOM SWALLOWED A PLASTIC CAP FROM A PLASTIC BOTTLE DX: FOREIGN BODY INGESTION
2MOM PATIENT'S COUSIN THREW A LARGE LOTION BOTTLE AND IT HIT THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PATIENT'S FACE. SHORTLY AFTER, THE PATIENT HAD A BRIEF EPISODE OF ABNORMAL EYE MOVEMENTS. DX: HEAD TRAUMA IN PEDIATRIC PATIENT, SEIZURE-LIKE ACTIVITY
22 YOM PLAYING AROUND WITH A FRIEND GOT HIT ON THE HEAD WITH TWO PLASTIC BOTTLES A FEW DAYS AGO, C/O HEADACHE SINCE THEN, DX:POST CONCUSSION SYNDROMWE
22YOF WAS CHEWING ON A PLASTIC BOTTLE CAP AND ACCIDENTALLY SWOLLED IT DX: FOREIGN BODY INGESTION
36YOF WITH A 5 GALLON WATER JUG HITTING HER IN HEAD IN STORE DX; CHI
42 YOM UNABLE TO REMOVE A PLASTIC LUBRICANT BOTTLE FROM HIS RECTUM DX FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL
11YOF PRESENTED TO ED C/O FINGER PAIN, PT STATED SHE WAS HOLDING PLASTIC WATER BOTTLE AND CLASSMATE SPUEEZED BOTTLE IN HER HANDS, CAUSED PAIN TO FINGER. DX; FINGER PAIN
72YOM DROPPED HIS WATER BOTTLE AND WHEN HE BENT DOWN TO PICK IT UP HE TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE AND FELL TO THE FLOOR DX: FRACTURED LEFT ANKLE
Consumer Incident Reports
Reports filed by consumers on SaferProducts.gov.
Shark Skinzz collapsible water bottles for kids were sold on Groupon.com. The bottles come with a sport-type cap that you pull up to open. When I opened the cap for my kids (ages 6 and 4) it came right off in my hand. I am concerned that these loose-fitting caps are a choking hazard for small children.
On July 23, 2013, consumer incurred an injury to the right eye caused by the peeling paint on a water bottle made by the company. Her eye was seriously damaged which prompted an emergency room visit and a follow up appointment with an eye specialist the following day. At this time, she still have some blurriness in her vision. She contacted the firm because she believes there is a dangerous defect in the product and should be addressed. Attached are pictures of her injured eye on Day 1 and Day 2 along with photos of the bottle, hospital statement, physician statement and hospital report. She is still waiting on the report from the eye specialist [REDACTED] she saw the following day. Due to injury caused by the peeling paint on the Design for Living product, she asking for the company to reimburse her for the costs incurred for treatment, as well as for recovery time.
I purchased my 6 year old daughter a Zak Designs brand Wonder Woman water bottle. She used it for several weeks. One evening, she was drinking water out of it and stopped suddenly. A piece of the inner straw had broken off and she had swallowed it. As it was sharp plastic, we took her to the emergency room where she was xrayed and stayed for several hours to make sure the sharp edge didn't puncture her lower digestive tract. Thankfully, she was fine. I just received a call tonight from Target (where we purchased the bottle) and I checked their website to see what bottle they were talking about and saw it was the WonderWoman Zak brand bottle. I am VERY pleased to see the recall was issued. Extra kudos to Target for utilizing their computer/store Red Card systems to contact me to let me know about the recall. Unfortunately, for us it was a bit late, but again... we are VERY thankful the piece of plastic didn't do any internal damage to our daughter.
We have two Klean Kanteen bottles with a silicone 3.0 sport cap. The sport caps are coming apart. My children do use their teeth to open the spouts as it is difficult for them to do with their hands. But my 3 year old daughter's bottle has a small chunk of silicone that came out of the spout, and it appears it will continue to come apart in chunks (looks like more chunks could easily be pulled away). I was not with her when this happened, and for all I know, she swallowed the chunk. She wasn't sure what happened to it.
Plastic liquid container made by Lock and Lock (China, sold on QVC) model HPL 738, developed mold in the blue seal on lid of container. Has reoccurred. Simple internet search reveals other complaints of similar nature.
I have found rust spotsin the bottom of a Childs metal drinking bottle
8 year old child was using water bottle and brought to parent that the inner straw that is hard plastic had cracked. It was cracked into 5 pieces that were sharp fragments. Child was not injured as they noticed it before drinking from bottle.
Bottle water made by Camelbak eddy has a suction apparatus on the top of the bottle to suck the water. THe apparatus has an opening in the middle that has cut my son's tongue. On the opening his tongue got stuck and cut his tongue, causing bleeding. The opening grabs into the tongue when sucking the water. My son suffered a cut tongue that bleed over 10 minutes. This product is very dangerous for people, not only kids. The product is not safe and should be taken out the market. The suction aparatus is like a lip opening that when there is suction it grabs the toungue. We called doctor and doctor told us to monitor the cut and so glad it was not a deep cut. If my son gets an infection, I will like to sue the company that sells this product.
Showing 8 of 73 reports.
Product Recalls
Search for active and past recalls related to nonglass bottles or jars on the CPSC website.
Compare beyond Containers & Packaging
Nationwide peers by danger score, ER volume & hospitalization
Three PlainSafety-derived comparison paths for Nonglass Bottles Or Jars: cross-group products nearest on danger score (41/100), estimated annual ER visits (11,589/yr), and hospitalization share (8.0%). Same-group neighbours stay in Related Products above.
Similar danger score
Nearest cross-group products by PlainSafety danger score (100-point scale).
Similar ER visit volume
Nearest cross-group products by NEISS estimated annual ER visits.
- Elevators Or Other Lifts (excl. Escalators, Hoists, Jacks, Building Materials & Home Structures 11,624/yr
- Go-carts Sports Protective Equipment & Gear 11,639/yr
- Mountain Or All-terrain Bicycles And Accessories Swimming, Water & Beach Equipment 11,663/yr
- Desk Supplies Personal Care & Safety Products 11,459/yr
Similar hospitalization rate
Nearest cross-group products by % of NEISS ER visits resulting in hospital admission.
- Escalators Building Materials & Home Structures 8.0%admitted
- Gas Water Heaters Laundry & Household Appliances 8.0%admitted
- Panelboards, Circuit Breakers, Gfcis, Or Fuses Floors, Walls & Ceilings 8.0%admitted
- Candles, Candlesticks And Other Candle Holders Containers, Tableware & Packaging 8.0%admitted
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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, Nonglass Bottles Or Jars ranks #137 of 838 scored CPSC product categories by PlainSafety danger score and #188 of 838 by 20-year estimated ER injury volume.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where does nonglass bottles or jars rank on danger score versus ER volume?
Among 838 scored CPSC product categories, nonglass bottles or jars ranks #137 by PlainSafety danger score (41/100) and #188 by 20-year estimated ER injury volume (11,589/yr). The two rankings come from the same NEISS extract and are not the same order.
What are the most common injuries from nonglass bottles or jars?
The most common injury is poisoning to the all parts body, accounting for approximately 56,238 injuries over 20 years.
Are injuries from nonglass bottles or jars increasing or decreasing?
Stable over 5 years.
Who is most at risk for nonglass bottles or jars injuries?
The 0-4 age group accounts for the most injuries, with approximately 58,389 cases recorded over 20 years. Males are more frequently injured in this age group.
What happens when someone is injured by nonglass bottles or jars?
Of all ER visits involving nonglass bottles or jars, approximately 8.0% result in hospital admission. The majority of patients (92.0%) are treated and released from the emergency department.
How can I report a safety problem with nonglass bottles or jars?
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.
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.