CPSC NEISS · code 1145

Other Specified Plastic Products

Other Specified Plastic Products: danger rank #173 of 838 is not ER-volume rank #249 of 838 (7,656 estimated ER visits a year; rising by about 39% over the last five years).

Containers & Packaging CPSC NEISS through 2024

Danger score versus ER volume

Danger score versus ER volume

According to CPSC NEISS 2006-2024, Other Specified Plastic Products ranks #173 of 838 by danger score (40/100) at ER-volume #249 of 838 (7,656/yr). They are not the same ranking.

#173
danger rank of 838
#249
ER-volume rank of 838
40/100
danger score
7,656/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 (40/100) across 838 scored CPSC product categories

40 Higher than most more dangerous than 75% 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: 53/100

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) 3 27th 35% CPSC NEISS 20-year severity index
Annual ER injury volume 7,656 66th 30% CPSC NEISS estimated annual ER-treated injuries
5-year injury trend +39% 90th 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 145,476 estimated ER injuries land on the body

Body-part shares from the same CPSC NEISS injury_types extract for product code 1145. Segments sum to 145,476 - 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

1. Bottles Or Jars, Not Spec…45/1002. Containers, Not Specified43/1003. Paper Products42/1004. Bags, Not Elsewhere Class…41/1005. Nonglass Bottles Or Jars41/1006. Other Containers41/1007. Other Specified Plastic P…40/1008. Plastic Bags40/100
Higher score = higher composite danger in this group. Peer set is other scored products sharing the same CPSC group.
0/100100/10040/100
PlainSafety danger score · Other Specified Plastic Products

Source: CPSC NEISS danger-score model As of 2024

How this 40/100 score is built

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

  • Injury volume 7,656 ER visits/yr Above median volume
  • Severity (hospitalization rate) 3.1% Below median admission rate
  • Fatality rate 0.01% Low fatality rate
  • 5-year trend+39%

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 19-year NEISS window from 2006 to 2024, injury counts for other specified plastic products are rising by about 39% over the last five years, with the busiest year on record being 2024 (12,315 estimated ER visits) and the quietest 2006 (3,477 estimated visits). The single most common ER diagnosis is laceration to the finger, accounting for approximately 35,702 visits across the 20-year NEISS window, followed by laceration to the hand (25,185 cases). The 15-24 age group absorbs the largest share of injuries, about 25,228 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 3.1% of ER visits involving this product end in hospital admission or transfer, and a small fraction (0.01%) result in fatality.

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 specified plastic products 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 (2006–2024)

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Estimated annual emergency-room visits for Other Specified Plastic Products, 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 10,058 9,513 19,571
5-14 11,058 6,210 17,324
15-24 17,522 7,706 25,228
25-34 15,042 9,445 24,487
35-44 13,280 6,928 20,208
45-54 9,954 4,753 14,707
55-64 7,117 4,968 12,085
65-74 4,346 2,987 7,333
75+ 1,664 2,857 4,521

Most Common Injuries

Body Part Diagnosis Est. Injuries
Finger Laceration 35,702
Hand Laceration 25,185
Internal Ingestion 9,163
Face Foreign Body 7,310
Lower Arm Laceration 5,658
Eyeball Contusions, Abr. 5,522
Ear Foreign Body 4,750
Wrist Laceration 4,137
Face Laceration 3,224
Internal Aspiration 2,831
Upper Leg Laceration 1,738
Mouth Laceration 1,705
Hand Puncture 1,506
Head Internal Injury 1,325
Lower Leg Laceration 1,286

Severity Breakdown

Treated/examined And Released 95.4% (138,754)
Treated And Admitted/hospitalized 2.1% (3,098)
Left Without Being Seen 1.3% (1,900)
Treated And Transferred 1.0% (1,444)
Held For Observation 0.2% (258)
Fatality Incl. Doa, Died In Er 0.0% (22)

ER Visit Narratives

Real anonymized emergency room reports from the CPSC NEISS database.

Age 209 · Female · Internal · Ingestion · 2024

9MOF ARRIVES DUE TO MOM WORRYING THAT SHE INGESTED A PIECE OF PLASTIC DX: WELL BABY EXAM

Age 70 · Male · Wrist · Strain, Sprain · 2024

70YOM C/O RIGHT WRIST PAIN, HE WAS PICKING UP A CASE OF WATER ABOUT A WEEK AGO AND INJURED IT. DX: STRAIN RIGHT WRIST, CONTUSION OF RIGHT WRIST

Age 2 · Female · Face · Foreign Body · 2024

2YOF SMALL STRAIGHT PIECE OF PLASTIC IN NOSEDX FB NOSE

Age 25 · Male · Internal · Ingestion · 2024

25 YOM REPORTS THAT HE INGESTED THE CHOPPED UP OUTER CASING OF AA BATTERY AND SOME PLASTIC THAT HE HAD HIDDEN IN HIS PENIS ABOUT 1430 TODAY. DISCOMFORT NOTED IN THROAT AND ABDOMEN. HX OF INGESTION OF FB. DX: ENCOUNTER FOR OBSERVATION FOR SUSPECTED INGESTED FB RULED OUT.

Age 10 · Male · Ear · Foreign Body · 2024

10YOM CHILD STUCK A SMALL PIECE OF PLASTIC IN HIS RIGHT EAR DX: EXCESSIVE CERUMEN IN EAR CANAL

Age 68 · Female · Wrist · Laceration · 2024

68YOF TO ED WITH SELF INFLICTED WRIST LAC WHILE TRYING TO CUT ZIPTIES, DX LAC TO WRIST

Age 42 · Female · Foot · Foreign Body · 2024

42YOF PATIENT STATES THAT SHE STEPPED ON A PIECE OF PLASTIC, FOOT PAIN DX: FOREIGN BODY IN SOFT TISSUE

Age 209 · Male · Internal · Aspiration · 2024

9MOM PT WAS HAVING DIAPER CHANGED, BEGAN COUGHING & MOM NOTES A CLEAR THIN PLASTIC TAG IN PT'S MOUTH, BEGAN CHOKING DX: CHOKING DUE TO FOREIGN BODY

Age 28 · Female · Ankle · Other · 2024

28YOF PT HAD 2 FALLS THIS AM; SLIPPED ON PLASTIC PLATE ON FLOOR & INVERTED RT ANKLE; THEN ON 2ND FALL, SLIPPED ON ICE OUTSIDE DX: ACUTE RT ANKLE PAIN

Age 3 · Male · Face · Foreign Body · 2024

3YOM PT STUCK A PIECE OF *** UP LEFT NARE DX: ACUTE FOREIGN BODY OF NOSE

Age 42 · Female · Knee · Contusions, Abr. · 2024

42YOF PRESENTED TO ED C/O FALL, PT STATED SHE SLIPPED ON ZIPTIE, LANDED ONTO HER WRIST AND L KNEE. SENT FROM NURSING HOME DX; CONTUSION OF KNEE AND LOWER LEG, CONTUSION OF ARM, FALL

Age 6 · Male · Internal · Ingestion · 2024

6YOM PRESENTS AFTER HE WAS DRINKING A SMOOTHIE AND SWALLOWED A PIECE OF THE PLASTIC LID. DX: FOREIGN BODY SENSATION IN THROAT

Consumer Incident Reports

Reports filed by consumers on SaferProducts.gov.

8/27/2024 · Incident, No Injury · AbbVie Inc · Unspecified

I spoke with Abbvie's drug information team to confirm that Ubrelvy unit dose foil packets are child-resistant. After they investigating, they determined that there was no information to support that Ubrelvy's packaging was child-resistant. Their unit dose foil packets are listed on their prescriber website as being supplied in "Convenient on-the-go packs" that "can always be on hand, anywhere patients need their acute treatment." The foil pack sizes also are too large to easily be repackaged and removed from child safety packaging that is stocked by most retail pharamacies, so repackaged foil packs are difficult for the patient to remove

8/23/2012 · Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention Received · PepsiCo, Inc. · Virginia

The 4 pack of Pepsi 2-liter bottles are packed with plastic loops around the top of the bottles. This loop system will give way and allow the bottles to drop out unexpectedly. Bottles are stacked to height of 6 feet and impact heavily. The products are located in BJ'sWhole Club. Bottles are stacked just under the next shelve, which mean the 4 pack of bottles must be bent to clear the shelf. I have informed J's local and company management if this issue, with no corrective action take. On 8/23/2012 a bottle fell out of the 4-pack and hit me in the back and then the knee. I believe this pack is inherity dangerous and has the potential to cause death or serious injury to small child or infant. I had over incidents of bottles falling over the last year and have also hit on foot from a lower height. I am retired Civil Service worked for the Army for 35 years. Part of duties involved and safety inspections. I believe the problem to serious and should be banned in the type of packaging.

3/4/2025 · Injury, First Aid Received by Non-Medical Professional · Rayovac Corporation · New York

I am cutting my fingers trying to open child resistant packaging that Rayovac provides for its hearing aid batteries. I am not sure why your rules do not require that hearing aid battery manufacturers provide both child resistant and non-child resistant packaging for hearing aid batteries just as you do for medicines which are more likely to fall in the hands of children.

3/24/2025 · Injury, Seen by Medical Professional · Nestle · Florida

On March 17, 2025, my infant son, [REDACTED], sustained an eye injury from the sharp edge of the packaging of Gerber Snacks for Baby Fruits & Veggie Melts. While reaching for the product, the pointed or rigid portion of the package poked him in the left eye, resulting in a small conjunctival abrasion confirmed by a fluorescein scan. He was prescribed [REDACTED] eye drops for 7 days and required follow-up care. This product is intended for babies and toddlers, and its packaging should not pose a physical hazard; the fact that it caused an eye injury highlights a serious design flaw and a lack of adequate safety consideration. I am requesting the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission investigate the packaging design for compliance with applicable child safety standards and take appropriate regulatory action. I have retained the packaging and medical records, and am available to provide supporting evidence upon request.

3/15/2025 · No Incident, No Injury · STIIIZY IP LLC · United States

I regularly buy Stiiizy edibles, but the packaging is nearly impossible to open. I often have to use a knife, which has put me at risk of cutting myself multiple times. While I understand the need for child-resistant packaging, it shouldnt be dangerous for adults to open.

2/7/2025 · No Incident, No Injury · SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC. (SEA) · Washington

This is in reference to Samsungs quick fix for there electric range recall. We notified them when the recall came out. We received the cheap plastic bubbles to put over knobs. Now you can't read what setting you are on when you turn the knob. on. 2 burners have several functions 1 is a switch for using adjoining burner for a hot plate. The other burner has 3 functions for small medium and large burner you can't see which one you are on. Not knowing what heat setting you are on is a hazard. The flimsy cover is held on by 2 sided tape and not last long This in a totally useless fix. A dollar store fix for a $3000 stove. Samsung needs to come up with a replacement knobs that lock.

2/13/2023 · Injury, First Aid Received by Non-Medical Professional · MARS RETAIL GROUP · Michigan

Ben's Ready Rice pouches have extremely sharp edges, and I have been cut by them twice now simply by handling them.

12/19/2024 · Injury, Emergency Department Treatment Received · Wildly Organic, LLC · Washington

Hello, I am contacting you regarding a serious packaging defect causing me a near-death arrhythmia and serious, lingering health issues, along with the company's retaliatory behavior. The issue I have experienced with a company's lack of accountability over the course of years, as well as their retaliatory, illegal behavior, in response to a defect with their product, is difficult to encompass here. I would prefer being able to attach a letter, via email, of the scientific and legal implications of their packaging defect and retaliatory behavior. But for now, I will briefly summarize the major points of the extreme issue I have experienced with this company. I originally was a loyal customer of this company, utizing their raw fermented and non-fermented cacao powders, marketed for their antioxidants, live enzymes, and probiotics. I incorporated both the non-fermented and fermented raw cacao powders in a raw probiotic mixture, seeking to utilize these healthful compounds to the best of their ability, by encouraging positive fermentation and the enhancement of antioxidant absorption, with the non-fermented cacao powder present to balance and limit the fermentation with resistant starch. The company was fully aware of these details of my mixture and routine while they falsely informed me of the equivalent safety between the defective packaging and the former, safer packaging, being utilized in this prebiotic mixture, leading up to and after my near-death arrhythmia which appears to be related to their packaging defect. My mixture includes raw potato starch (for its high percentage of prebiotic resistant starch), banana, peanut butter, and sugar. It formed into a fudgy brownie texture, and I would eat this raw brownie shortly before running 10+ miles every day, with great success and excelling energy and no health problems, for every day of the roughly 4 years I utilized the non-defective cacao powders in my mixture. As I informed my mother and some family a

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Nationwide peers by danger score, ER volume & hospitalization

Three PlainSafety-derived comparison paths for Other Specified Plastic Products: cross-group products nearest on danger score (40/100), estimated annual ER visits (7,656/yr), and hospitalization share (3.1%). 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 Specified Plastic Products ranks #173 of 838 scored CPSC product categories by PlainSafety danger score and #249 of 838 by 20-year estimated ER injury volume.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where does other specified plastic products rank on danger score versus ER volume?

Among 838 scored CPSC product categories, other specified plastic products ranks #173 by PlainSafety danger score (40/100) and #249 by 20-year estimated ER injury volume (7,656/yr). The two rankings come from the same NEISS extract and are not the same order.

What are the most common injuries from other specified plastic products?

The most common injury is laceration to the finger, accounting for approximately 35,702 injuries over 20 years.

Are injuries from other specified plastic products increasing or decreasing?

Up 39% over 5 years.

Who is most at risk for other specified plastic products injuries?

The 15-24 age group accounts for the most injuries, with approximately 25,228 cases recorded over 20 years. Males are more frequently injured in this age group.

What happens when someone is injured by other specified plastic products?

Of all ER visits involving other specified plastic products, approximately 3.1% result in hospital admission. The majority of patients (96.9%) are treated and released from the emergency department.

How can I report a safety problem with other specified plastic products?

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 Specified Plastic Products 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.