Power Shapers

What the CPSC Data Shows

Power Shapers (CPSC product code 808, in the Home Communication & Entertainment category) generate an estimated 68 emergency-room visits every year in the United States, adding up to roughly 479 ER-treated injuries across the 16-year span from 2005 to 2020. PlainSafety derives a danger score of 18/100 for this category (very 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 53% over the last five years, with the busiest year on record being 2015 (163 estimated ER visits) and the quietest 2009 (15 estimated visits).

The single most common ER diagnosis for power shapers is laceration to the finger, accounting for approximately 181 visits across the 20-year NEISS window, followed by laceration to the lower arm (98 cases). The 55-64 age group absorbs the largest share of injuries, about 246 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 0.0% of ER visits involving this product end in hospital admission or transfer.

Beyond the hospital-sampled NEISS projections, this page also aggregates 0 consumer incident reports filed directly on SaferProducts.gov, plus 8 anonymized ER narratives - together forming a layered picture of how power shapers 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 2020-12-31. For regulatory context, consult CPSC recall notices and the SaferProducts.gov public database linked below.