CPSC NEISS · code 1677

Other Clothing

Other Clothing: danger rank #419 of 838 is not ER-volume rank #569 of 838 (689 estimated ER visits a year; roughly flat 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, Other Clothing ranks #419 of 838 by danger score (35/100) at ER-volume #569 of 838 (689/yr). They are not the same ranking.

#419
danger rank of 838
#569
ER-volume rank of 838
35/100
danger score
689/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 (35/100) across 838 scored CPSC product categories

35 Lower than most lower than 50% 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: 55/100

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.

C
Dimension Value National percentile Weight applied Source
Injury severity (hospitalization + fatality blend) 10 77th 35% CPSC NEISS 20-year severity index
Annual ER injury volume 689 28th 30% CPSC NEISS estimated annual ER-treated injuries
5-year injury trend -1% 65th 15% CPSC NEISS 5-year % change in ER-treated injuries
Consumer incident reports 11 50th 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 13,777 estimated ER injuries land on the body

Body-part shares from the same CPSC NEISS injury_types extract for product code 1677. Segments sum to 13,777 - 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. Other Clothing35/100
Higher score = higher composite danger in this group. Peer set is other scored products sharing the same CPSC group.
0/100100/10035/100
PlainSafety danger score · Other Clothing

Source: CPSC NEISS danger-score model As of 2024

How this 35/100 score is built

The score is computed from four CPSC-derived factors for other clothing - no opinion, no editorializing:

  • Injury volume 689 ER visits/yr Below median volume
  • Severity (hospitalization rate) 10.4% High admission rate
  • Fatality rate 0.00% No recorded fatalities
  • 5-year trend-1%

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 other clothing are roughly flat over the last five years, with the busiest year on record being 2018 (1,310 estimated ER visits) and the quietest 2015 (277 estimated visits). The single most common ER diagnosis is other to the upper trunk, accounting for approximately 780 visits across the 20-year NEISS window, followed by internal injury to the head (635 cases). The 75+ age group absorbs the largest share of injuries, about 2,189 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 10.4% of ER visits involving this product end in hospital admission or transfer.

Beyond the hospital-sampled NEISS projections, this page also aggregates 11 consumer incident reports filed directly on SaferProducts.gov, plus 20 anonymized ER narratives - together forming a layered picture of how other clothing 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)

05001K2K 20052008201120142017202020232024 867
Estimated annual emergency-room visits for Other Clothing, 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
0-4 295 342 637
5-14 756 605 1,361
15-24 1,009 1,109 2,118
25-34 1,061 888 1,949
35-44 1,098 299 1,397
45-54 464 934 1,398
55-64 464 973 1,437
65-74 751 546 1,297
75+ 951 1,238 2,189

Most Common Injuries

Body Part Diagnosis Est. Injuries
Upper Trunk Other 780
Head Internal Injury 635
Upper Trunk Derma/conjunct 571
Lower Trunk Other 442
Lower Trunk Fracture 419
All Parts Body Other 390
Face Laceration 340
Pubic Region Contusions, Abr. 312
Lower Trunk Strain, Sprain 287
Upper Trunk Fracture 266
Eyeball Contusions, Abr. 259
Shoulder Strain, Sprain 254
Lower Arm Contusions, Abr. 251
Neck Other 241
Ankle Strain, Sprain 216

Severity Breakdown

Treated/examined And Released 87.3% (12,033)
Treated And Admitted/hospitalized 8.4% (1,154)
Treated And Transferred 2.4% (326)
Left Without Being Seen 1.5% (203)
Held For Observation 0.4% (61)

ER Visit Narratives

Real anonymized emergency room reports from the CPSC NEISS database.

Age 60 · Female · Face · Fracture · 2024

60 YOF TRIPPED OVERPANTS FELL HIT FACE ON A WALL DX: FX

Age 32 · Female · Lower Trunk · Avulsion · 2024

32YOF PRESENTING TO THE ER REPORTING PAIN IN HER GLUTEAL CLEFT. PATIENT REPORTS THAT SHE HAS BEEN WEARING SHAPEWEAR WHICH GOES ALONG HER GLUTEAL CLEFT AND NOTICED STINGING IN THE AREA. PT HAS SKIN TEAR TO THE AREA DX: WOUND OF GLUTEAL CLEFT

Age 78 · Female · Upper Trunk · Other · 2024

78 YOF REPORTS CHEST PAIN AND PALPITATIONS STARTING 3-4 DAYS AGO WHICH SHE ATTRIBUTED TO DOING LAUNDRY AND BEING ACTIVE. DX: CHEST PAIN IN ADULT, PALPITATION

Age 83 · Female · Upper Trunk · Fracture · 2024

83YOF HERE FOR L SIDED RIB PAIN S/P MECHANICAL FALL. STATES SHE TRIPPED OVER THE TRAIL OF HER APRON WHEN COOKING. DX: CLOSED FX OF ONE RIB

Age 49 · Female · Elbow · Fracture · 2024

49YOF, TRIPPED OVER AN APRON AND FELL STRIKING ELBOW ONTO THE GROUND, DX: CLOSED NONDISPLACED FRACTURE OF HEAD OR RIGHT RADIUS

Age 62 · Female · Lower Trunk · Fracture · 2024

62YOF WAS DRINKING WINE BAC 199 WHEN SHE HAD A FALL WHILE TRYING TO TAKE OFF BATHING SUIT LANDING ONTO BUTTOCKS DX: COMPRESSION FRACTURE LOWER BACK

Age 31 · Female · Shoulder · Contusions, Abr. · 2024

31YOF STATES SHE HYPERFLEXED HER LEFT SHOULDER WHILE GETTING DRESSED, DX: ACUTE LEFT SHOULDER CONTUSION

Age 67 · Female · Lower Trunk · Other · 2024

67YOF WHO PRESENTS WITH SUDDEN ONSET ABD PAIN WHILE CARRYING HEAVY LOAD OF LAUNDRY EARLIER TO HER HOME DX: NON-RECURRENT UNILATERAL INGUINAL HERNIA WITHOUT OBSTRUCTION OR GANGRENE, ABD PAIN

Age 9 · Male · Upper Trunk · Derma/conjunct · 2024

9YOM PRESENTS WITH RASH TO HIS BACK AFTER WEARING A NEW SHIRT. THIS STARTED LAST NIGHT, HIVES STARTED GETTING WORSE TODAY. HIVES NOTES TO ENTIRE BODY EXCEPT FACE. WORSE ON BACK. DX: URTICARIA MULTIFORME

Age 94 · Male · Shoulder · Other · 2024

94YOM FALL FROM STANDING WHILE CHANGING CLOTHES, RIGHT SHOULDER PAIN, HIT BACK OF HEAD, CHEST PAIN, DX: MECHANICAL FALL, SHOULDER PAIN, HISTORY OF CVA WITH LEFT SIDED DEFICITS

Age 34 · Female · Eyeball · Contusions, Abr. · 2023

34YOF SCRATCHED HER EYE WITH A CLOTHING TAG DX ABRASION OF EYE

Age 34 · Female · Head · Internal Injury · 2023

34YOF PRESENTS BY EMS AFTER AN UNWITNESSED FALL. SHE STS THAT SHE WAS IN HER ROOM GETTING DRESSED AT HOME WHEN SHE FELL. C/O LOW BACK, HEAD AND NECK PAIN. WAS UNABLE TO GET UP UNASSISTED. DX: CLOSED HEAD INJURY

Consumer Incident Reports

Reports filed by consumers on SaferProducts.gov.

6/14/2011 · Injury, Seen by Medical Professional · VITAMINS BABY · Florida

VITAMIN SALES: WITH A SPECIFIC WUNZIE AND MITTEN OUTFIT"JUST DUCKY' ON THE HAT .-RECALL OR BAN IT-DANGEROUS I HAVE ACTUALLY HAD A BAD EXPEREINCE IN GETTING ANY FEED BACK FROM YOU SINCE MY LAST EMIAL COMPLAINT AND AM INTERESTED IN FILING A LAWSUIT FOR THE WHOLE EXPEREINCE. MY INFANT NEWBORN 12/24/2008 WAS GIVE N A VITAMIN INFANT WUNZIE OUTFIT. SHE HAD THE HAT ON THE MITTENS AND WAS SNUGGLED IN THE SLEEPER IT WAS VERY CUTE BUT SOMEHOW MY INFANT WOULDN'T STOP CRYING AS I ROCKED HER BURPED HER AND ENTERTAINED HER AND TRIED TO NURTURE HER I ACTUALLY DECIDED TO SEE IF SHE WAS CONSTIPATED AND TOLD THAT A WARM BATH WOULD HELP WHENUNDRESISNG MY INFANT I SAW WRIST MARKS ALL OVER HER TWO TINY WRISTS IT WAS THE MITTENS. THE CIRCULATION WAS BEING STOPPED I COULDNT SEE FORM THE OUTSIDE. IHAVE THE MITTENS TO PROVE THE MANUFACTURE DANGER TO ANINFANTS WRIST. SHE WAS CRYING BECAUSE THEY WERE RUBBER BANDS DIRECTLY ON THE MITTENS AS I INSPECTED THE MITTENS. I AM FILING FOR THE UNTIMELY RESPONSE AND HAVE A VALID EMAIL TO PROVE THAT I DID EMAIL THE COMPANY A WHILE AGO ALMOST A MONTH OR SO INTO THE INCIDENT.

5/21/2018 · Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention Received · SHALOM INTERNATIONAL CORP. · Massachusetts

Bought an infant crochet unicorn bonnet at Target today to use as a photo prop. When I got home I took the tag off and felt a stab in my finger. On further inspection I noticed the sharp end of what looking like a machine or sewing needle sticking out of the pink hair on the product going into the back of the hat. Had a baby worn this bonnet before seeing this there’s a big possibility they could have been hurt or injured by this needle. It was thoroughly attached to the product and I actually had to pry it off using pliers which made the needle snap in half.

4/4/2011 · No Incident, No Injury · H.W. Carter & Sons, Inc. · California

The consumer says the unit has snaps in the crotch area that are made of plastics. The consumer says the first one she opened broke apart which could cause a choking concern. The consumer said the snaps are made out of plastic and pop apart very easily.

4/3/2020 · Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention Received · YNAP Corp · California

Yoox is selling unauthentic , faulty and unsanitary products online under all sales final policy. Products have foul odors and white stains and personal receipt that shows that the item was sold from a factory to another individual being it was resold and imported to US.

4/14/2013 · Incident, No Injury · OUTERSTUFF LTD. · New York

While unsnapping the snaps on my daughter's onesie, I noticed that one of the three metal snaps had broken. Each snap has the "male" and "female" part of a snap, and the "male" portion had broken in half. One half was attached to the female part of the snap, and the other half of the male snap was still attached to the onesie, (with jagged edges exposed), but easily removable (posing a choking hazard). After this happened, the same happened a few days later to another onesie that came in the set of three.

4/14/2013 · Incident, No Injury · Carter's · Virginia

I went to unsnap my daughter's bodysuit and the snap came off.

4/12/2013 · Incident, No Injury · Carter's · Wisconsin

I see that Carter's has a clothing recall. I have a similar onesie also sold by Carter's, but it is not listed under the recall. The zipper pull fell off (no idea where it is).

12/7/2024 · Incident, No Injury · CARHARTT, INC · United States

The straps have no buckles, clasps or retainers, so loose strap ends dangle. I tied a knot, it worked loose over time as I worked at ground level. I unknowingly stood on the strap tails, causing me to trip and fall as I stood up. I stopped using the product entirely upon identifying the risk of the strap tails getting caught in machinery. I physically mailed a complaint reporting my concerns to [REDACTED], Carhartt, [REDACTED] Dearborn, MI, 48126; on or about September 25 2024, requesting confirmation that the product I received is as designed and any mitigating actions Carhartt has taken. I received no response by December 7 2024.

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Nationwide peers by danger score, ER volume & hospitalization

Three PlainSafety-derived comparison paths for Other Clothing: cross-group products nearest on danger score (35/100), estimated annual ER visits (689/yr), and hospitalization share (10.4%). 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, Other Clothing ranks #419 of 838 scored CPSC product categories by PlainSafety danger score and #569 of 838 by 20-year estimated ER injury volume.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where does other clothing rank on danger score versus ER volume?

Among 838 scored CPSC product categories, other clothing ranks #419 by PlainSafety danger score (35/100) and #569 by 20-year estimated ER injury volume (689/yr). The two rankings come from the same NEISS extract and are not the same order.

What are the most common injuries from other clothing?

The most common injury is other to the upper trunk, accounting for approximately 780 injuries over 20 years.

Are injuries from other clothing increasing or decreasing?

Stable over 5 years.

Who is most at risk for other clothing injuries?

The 75+ age group accounts for the most injuries, with approximately 2,189 cases recorded over 20 years. Females are more frequently injured in this age group.

What happens when someone is injured by other clothing?

Of all ER visits involving other clothing, approximately 10.4% result in hospital admission. The majority of patients (89.6%) are treated and released from the emergency department.

How can I report a safety problem with other clothing?

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 Other Clothing 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.