CPSC NEISS · code 412

Pressure Cookers Or Canners

Pressure Cookers Or Canners: danger rank #256 of 838 is not ER-volume rank #440 of 838 (1,838 estimated ER visits a year; rising by about 14% over the last five years).

Containers, Tableware & Packaging CPSC NEISS through 2024

Danger score versus ER volume

Danger score versus ER volume

According to CPSC NEISS 2005-2024, Pressure Cookers Or Canners ranks #256 of 838 by danger score (38/100) at ER-volume #440 of 838 (1,838/yr). They are not the same ranking.

#256
danger rank of 838
#440
ER-volume rank of 838
38/100
danger score
1,838/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 (38/100) across 838 scored CPSC product categories

38 Around the middle lower than 30% 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: 71/100

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) 11 78th 35% CPSC NEISS 20-year severity index
Annual ER injury volume 1,838 45th 30% CPSC NEISS estimated annual ER-treated injuries
5-year injury trend +14% 79th 15% CPSC NEISS 5-year % change in ER-treated injuries
Consumer incident reports 165 90th 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 36,758 estimated ER injuries land on the body

Body-part shares from the same CPSC NEISS injury_types extract for product code 412. Segments sum to 36,758 - 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, Tableware & 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, Tableware & Packaging danger scores

1. Waste Containers, Trash B…45/1002. Knives, Not Elsewhere Cla…44/1003. Drinking Glasses, Cups, A…42/1004. Cookware, Not Specified42/1005. Manual Cleaning Equipment…41/1006. Kitchen Gadgets, Not Else…41/1007. Unpowered Coffee Makers O…41/1008. Pressure Cookers Or Canne…38/100
Higher score = higher composite danger in this group. Peer set is other scored products sharing the same CPSC group.
0/100100/10038/100
PlainSafety danger score · Pressure Cookers Or Canners

Source: CPSC NEISS danger-score model As of 2024

How this 38/100 score is built

The score is computed from four CPSC-derived factors for pressure cookers or canners - no opinion, no editorializing:

  • Injury volume 1,838 ER visits/yr Below median volume
  • Severity (hospitalization rate) 10.9% High admission rate
  • Fatality rate 0.00% No recorded fatalities
  • 5-year trend+14%

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 pressure cookers or canners are rising by about 14% over the last five years, with the busiest year on record being 2022 (3,027 estimated ER visits) and the quietest 2007 (946 estimated visits). The single most common ER diagnosis is burn, scald to the face, accounting for approximately 8,126 visits across the 20-year NEISS window, followed by burn, scald to the upper trunk (4,924 cases). The 25-34 age group absorbs the largest share of injuries, about 9,129 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 10.9% of ER visits involving this product end in hospital admission or transfer.

Beyond the hospital-sampled NEISS projections, this page also aggregates 165 consumer incident reports filed directly on SaferProducts.gov, plus 20 anonymized ER narratives - together forming a layered picture of how pressure cookers or canners 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)

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Estimated annual emergency-room visits for Pressure Cookers Or Canners, 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
0-4 315 286 601
5-14 588 782 1,370
15-24 1,513 2,941 4,454
25-34 2,665 6,464 9,129
35-44 2,244 5,400 7,644
45-54 2,120 4,060 6,180
55-64 1,421 2,058 3,479
65-74 800 1,761 2,561
75+ 421 913 1,334

Most Common Injuries

Body Part Diagnosis Est. Injuries
Face Burn, Scald 8,126
Upper Trunk Burn, Scald 4,924
Lower Trunk Burn, Scald 3,713
Lower Arm Burn, Scald 3,536
Hand Burn, Scald 3,279
Lower Arm Burns, Thermal 1,082
Face Burns, Thermal 1,037
Upper Leg Burn, Scald 883
Foot Burn, Scald 849
Wrist Burn, Scald 705
Upper Trunk Burns, Thermal 656
Lower Trunk Burns, Thermal 623
Lower Leg Burn, Scald 577
Upper Arm Burn, Scald 512
Hand Burns, Thermal 441

Severity Breakdown

Treated/examined And Released 86.4% (31,777)
Treated And Admitted/hospitalized 6.6% (2,437)
Treated And Transferred 4.4% (1,623)
Left Without Being Seen 2.3% (861)
Held For Observation 0.2% (60)

ER Visit Narratives

Real anonymized emergency room reports from the CPSC NEISS database.

Age 60 · Female · Lower Trunk · Burn, Scald · 2024

60YOF C/O BURNED (R)NABD. BL WRIST AND (L) FOREARM, BLISTER NOTED (L) FOREARM SHE OPENED PRESSURE COOKER AND THE STEAM WITH WATER CAME OUT SHE WAS AT HOME.DX: BURN OF ABDOMEN WALL, BURN OF ARM

Age 22 · Female · Foot · Burn, Scald · 2024

22 YOF SPILLED HOT WATER FROM PRESSURE COOKER ON FOOT DX SCALD BURN TO FOOT

Age 44 · Male · Face · Burn, Scald · 2024

44YOM - PATIENT PRESENT FOR BURN. PT WAS USING A PRESSURE COOKER AND IT EXPLODED. DX: SECOND DEGREE BURN TO FACE.

Age 23 · Male · Hand · Laceration · 2024

23YOM WHO HAS HX OF AUTISIM WAS USING A *** PRESSURE COOKER AND CUT HIS HAND. DX LACERATION OF HAND

Age 24 · Male · Face · Burn, Scald · 2024

24YOM WALKED IN TO ED WITH BURNS TO LEFT SIDE OF FACE. PATIENT REPORTS PRESSURE COOKER EXPLODED IN HIS FACE. DX:FACIAL BURN, SECOND DEGREE; ACCIDENTAL SCALDING BY STEAM; FACIAL PAIN.

Age 74 · Female · Upper Trunk · Burn, Scald · 2024

74YOF WAS COOKING USING A PRESSURE COOKER, SUSTAINED BURN TO CHEST AND ABDOMEN, DX BURN TO CHEST & ABDOMEN

Age 214 · Male · Hand · Burns, Thermal · 2024

14 MOM TOUCHED A HOT PRESSURE COOKER TODAY. +BURNS BILATERAL PALMS. DX: BURN.

Age 81 · Male · Lower Trunk · Burn, Scald · 2024

81YOM STATES THAT HE WAS USING A PRESSURE COOKER LAST NIGHT WHEN THE PRESSURE COOKER EXPLODED AND HOT BOILING WATER HIT HIS ABDOMEN DX: SECOND DEGREE BURN OF LOWER ABDOMEN

Age 51 · Male · Foot · Burn, Scald · 2024

51 YOM DROPPED BOILING WATER ONTO HIS LEFT FOOT FROM HIS *** 10 DAYS AGO. DX: CELLULITIS LEFT LOWER EXTREMITY, DEEP PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN OF FOOT

Age 26 · Female · Hand · Burn, Scald · 2024

26YOF POST BURN FROM OPENING PRESSURE COOKER & SOUP CONTENTS EXPLODED ON TO HANDS & WRISTS, BURNING WAS 10/10 DX SUPERFICIAL BURN OF MULT SITES ON HAND & WRISTS

Age 37 · Male · Lower Arm · Burn, Scald · 2024

37YOM, OPENED AN *** PREMATURELY AS IT DID NOT DEPRESSURIZE YET AND SPLASHED WITH HOT WATER TO THE ARM AND ABDOMEN DX: BURN INVOLVING10-19% OF BODY SURFACE

Age 41 · Male · Lower Arm · Burn, Scald · 2024

41YOM, WAS COOKING WITH PRESSURE COOKER FOR THE FIRST TIME WHEN IT EXPLODED AND HAD LIQUID SPLASHED ONTO FOREARM AND HAND DX: BURN

Consumer Incident Reports

Reports filed by consumers on SaferProducts.gov.

9/8/2014 · Injury, Seen by Medical Professional · TABLETOPS UNLIMITED · Florida

The consumer stated that she used the cooker three times successfully, following the instruction. The fourth time she went to use it, the cooker seal failed. The consumer was reaching up to the cabinet to the left the range. The cooker was on the right back burner. The consumer stated that the steam was coming out from the failed seal. The consumer felt the cooker explode The consumer was injured from the steam. The consumer was burned under her right breast (1st and 2nd degree burns). The consumer has two marks on her breast from something hitting her. The consumer also received steam burn on her face. The consumer was wearing eye glasses and they were severely damaged. The consumer believes that if she wasn't wearing glasses, she could have lost her eyes. The consumer's brother took the consumer to the bathroom and put cold water on her. The consumer was treated by family who is a CNA. The consumer called her doctor and spoke over the phone. The consumer was provided prescription medication for her burns. The consumer spoke to the manf. They informed her that she might not have used the cooker properly. They asked for the consumer to return the cooker. The consumer does not want to send back the cooker because she would like to have it tested for product safety. The consumer also contacted the retailer and filed a complained with them. Their insurance company has opened a claim. The consumer stated that the retailer will mostly pass the claim to the manf. The consumer stated that the manf is trying to blame her for misusing the product. The consumer asked the manf to send that statement to her in writing. The consumer was informed by the manf that there have been no complaints on this product.

9/6/2025 · Incident, No Injury · Double Insight Inc · Oregon

My instapot pressure cooker melted and started to catch fire while using it.

9/30/2019 · Incident, No Injury · Double Insight Inc · California

The hot air accumulated in the instant pot brand I bought last year made an inflatable and then an explosion. Although I write to the company customer care section constantly asking me photos and information. I send it but so far, no one has looked for solutions or problems have not been interested.

9/28/2020 · Injury, First Aid Received by Non-Medical Professional · Zojirushi America Corporation · Michigan

I purchased Zojirushi NP-NVC10 Induction Heating Pressure Cooker in December 2013. The cooker has experienced some problems in recent days, and I was electrocuted and almost burned my hand when I touched the lid and metal part. It seems the product is dangerous especially when if hands are wet.

9/26/2016 · Injury, Emergency Department Treatment Received · W.P. Appliances, Inc. · Tennessee

(09/22/2016) The consumer stated that she had apples in the pressure cooker. She let the pressure off and tried to open the product. The consumer stated that the steam was out and as she tried to open it, the cooker exploded. The consumer stated that the steam and apples blew out and burned her left arm. The consumer went to the ER at [REDACTED] Hospital in [REDACTED]. The consumer had to go to the Trauma Unit. The consumer had second and third degree burns.

9/23/2021 · Injury, Emergency Department Treatment Received · Blichmann Engineering LLC · West Virginia

I have owned and used a [REDACTED] unitank beer fermenter for 2 1/2 years. I have probably brewed 30 to 40 five gallon batches in my unitank since receiving in January 2019. Around five or six of those have been pressure fermentations (the [REDACTED] is "rated" up to 15 psi according to the manufacturer). A few weeks back, it was my intent to brew a beer in the fermenter and to ferment at 10 psi. I use a tri-clamp Blichmann spunding valve to control psi. I sanitized the [REDACTED] placed all connections and lid on the fermenter, and started to pressurize with the spunding valve by keeping it full open at first, and closing the valve until it released CO2 at 10 psi. Never got there. At 9 PSI the band clamp closure failed, the lid exploded off and cracked my knuckle severing two tendons. These severed tendons required orthopedic surgery 10 days later to reattach. I just thank God the lid did not hit me in the face or head.

9/23/2016 · Injury, Emergency Department Treatment Received · MAXI-MATIC · Unspecified

Our client was cooking when her pressure cooker exploded. She was covered in steaming hot water and suffered gruesome burns over her arms, stomach and breasts.

9/2/2014 · Incident, No Injury · FAGOR AMERICA, INC. · California

the pressure cooker exploded on the stove while I was cooking bean soup; spewing hot bean soup in a 4 ft radius around the pressure cooker

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Nationwide peers by danger score, ER volume & hospitalization

Three PlainSafety-derived comparison paths for Pressure Cookers Or Canners: cross-group products nearest on danger score (38/100), estimated annual ER visits (1,838/yr), and hospitalization share (10.9%). 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, Pressure Cookers Or Canners ranks #256 of 838 scored CPSC product categories by PlainSafety danger score and #440 of 838 by 20-year estimated ER injury volume.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where does pressure cookers or canners rank on danger score versus ER volume?

Among 838 scored CPSC product categories, pressure cookers or canners ranks #256 by PlainSafety danger score (38/100) and #440 by 20-year estimated ER injury volume (1,838/yr). The two rankings come from the same NEISS extract and are not the same order.

What are the most common injuries from pressure cookers or canners?

The most common injury is burn, scald to the face, accounting for approximately 8,126 injuries over 20 years.

Are injuries from pressure cookers or canners increasing or decreasing?

Up 14% over 5 years.

Who is most at risk for pressure cookers or canners injuries?

The 25-34 age group accounts for the most injuries, with approximately 9,129 cases recorded over 20 years. Females are more frequently injured in this age group.

What happens when someone is injured by pressure cookers or canners?

Of all ER visits involving pressure cookers or canners, approximately 10.9% result in hospital admission. The majority of patients (89.1%) are treated and released from the emergency department.

How can I report a safety problem with pressure cookers or canners?

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 Pressure Cookers Or Canners 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.