CPSC NEISS · code 555

Radios (self-contained Units)

Radios (self-contained Units): danger rank #684 of 838 is not ER-volume rank #585 of 838 (603 estimated ER visits a year; declining by about 19% over the last five years).

Home Structures & Construction Materials CPSC NEISS through 2024

Danger score versus ER volume

Danger score versus ER volume

According to CPSC NEISS 2005-2024, Radios (self-contained Units) ranks #684 of 838 by danger score (29/100) at ER-volume #585 of 838 (603/yr). They are not the same ranking.

#684
danger rank of 838
#585
ER-volume rank of 838
29/100
danger score
603/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 (29/100) across 838 scored CPSC product categories

29 Among the lowest lower than 82% 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: 37/100

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 22nd 35% CPSC NEISS 20-year severity index
Annual ER injury volume 603 27th 30% CPSC NEISS estimated annual ER-treated injuries
5-year injury trend -19% 36th 15% CPSC NEISS 5-year % change in ER-treated injuries
Consumer incident reports 67 77th 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 12,053 estimated ER injuries land on the body

Body-part shares from the same CPSC NEISS injury_types extract for product code 555. Segments sum to 12,053 - 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 Home Structures & Construction Materials 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.

Home Structures & Construction Materials danger scores

1. Telephones Or Telephone A…45/1002. Computers (equipment And …42/1003. Televisions40/1004. Other Sound Recording, Re…39/1005. Record Players (self-cont…38/1006. Stereo Or Hi-fi Component…38/1007. Television Tables Or Stan…38/1008. Radios (self-contained Un…29/100
Higher score = higher composite danger in this group. Peer set is other scored products sharing the same CPSC group.
0/100100/10029/100
PlainSafety danger score · Radios (self-contained Units)

Source: CPSC NEISS danger-score model As of 2024

How this 29/100 score is built

The score is computed from four CPSC-derived factors for radios (self-contained units) - no opinion, no editorializing:

  • Injury volume 603 ER visits/yr Below median volume
  • Severity (hospitalization rate) 2.7% Low admission rate
  • Fatality rate 0.00% No recorded fatalities
  • 5-year trend-19%

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 radios (self-contained units) are declining by about 19% over the last five years, with the busiest year on record being 2007 (1,097 estimated ER visits) and the quietest 2021 (278 estimated visits). The single most common ER diagnosis is laceration to the face, accounting for approximately 1,266 visits across the 20-year NEISS window, followed by internal injury to the head (904 cases). The 0-4 age group absorbs the largest share of injuries, about 2,608 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 2.7% of ER visits involving this product end in hospital admission or transfer.

Beyond the hospital-sampled NEISS projections, this page also aggregates 67 consumer incident reports filed directly on SaferProducts.gov, plus 20 anonymized ER narratives - together forming a layered picture of how radios (self-contained units) 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)

2004006008001K1K 20052008201120142017202020232024 516
Estimated annual emergency-room visits for Radios (self-contained Units), 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 1,340 1,268 2,608
5-14 463 690 1,153
15-24 708 881 1,589
25-34 805 788 1,593
35-44 667 598 1,265
45-54 515 508 1,023
55-64 444 469 913
65-74 545 369 914
75+ 280 718 998

Most Common Injuries

Body Part Diagnosis Est. Injuries
Face Laceration 1,266
Head Internal Injury 904
Head Laceration 689
Eyeball Contusions, Abr. 539
Toe Contusions, Abr. 491
Face Contusions, Abr. 471
Toe Fracture 421
Hand Contusions, Abr. 390
Foot Contusions, Abr. 356
Head Contusions, Abr. 340
Ankle Other 331
Hand Laceration 307
All Parts Body Electric Shock 295
Finger Fracture 251
Head Concussion 251

Severity Breakdown

Treated/examined And Released 94.3% (11,365)
Treated And Admitted/hospitalized 2.7% (327)
Held For Observation 1.6% (192)
Left Without Being Seen 1.3% (153)
Treated And Transferred 0.1% (16)

ER Visit Narratives

Real anonymized emergency room reports from the CPSC NEISS database.

Age 50 · Female · Ankle · Strain, Sprain · 2024

50 YOF NOTES R ANKLE AND FOOT PAIN. WAS REAKING UP A DOG FIGHT LAST NIGHT WHEN SHE FELL DOWN AND HER ANKLE MONITOR PUSHED IN TO HER R FOOT. DX: R ANKLE SPRAIN, R FOOT SPRAIN.

Age 27 · Male · Lower Leg · Other · 2024

27YOM PRESENTS TO ED WITH 3 DAYS OF PAIN, REDNESS, EDEMA TO LEFT DISTAL CALF AND ANKLE. PATIENT ARRIVES WITH LEFT ANKLE MONITOR AND ESCORT. HE HAS HAD THE LEFT ANKLE MONITOR SINCE AUGUST THIS YEAR. STARTING 3 DAYS AGO HE DEVELOPED REDNESS, PAIN, AND EDEMA TO LEFT DISTAL CALF AND ANKLE, SIMILAR IN REGION TO ANKLE MONITOR. DX: CELLULITIS OF LLE

Age 37 · Female · Ankle · Contusions, Abr. · 2024

37YOF PRESENTS W/ C/O RIGHT ANKLE PAIN FROM AN ANKLE MONITOR. ASKING US TO TAKE OFF THE MONITOR, AND GIVE HER A NOTE THAT SHE CANNOT WEAR IT. REPORTS PAIN AND HAS ABRASIONS FROM THE MONITOR DX: CHRONIC ANKLE PAIN

Age 95 · Female · Lower Trunk · Other · 2024

95YOF TO ER FOR LEFT HIP PAIN, PT FELL IN HOME AFTER LOSING HER FOOTING, PT LIVES BY HERSELF W/ HER SON LIVING AS HER NEIGHBOR WHO CHECKS ON HER & HAS BABY MONITOR TO KEEP EYE ON HER,AND HEARD HER FALL, NO THINNER USE DX FALL, UTI W/O HEMATURIA, LEFT HIP PAIN

Age 40 · Male · Ankle · Other · 2024

40 YOM C/O ANKLE PAIN AFTER WEARING ANKLE MONITOR DX ANKLE PAIN, PT LEFT AMA

Age 26 · Male · Ankle · Other · 2024

26YOM BROUGHT IN BY SELF COMPLAINS OF LEFT ANKLE PAIN DUE TO ANKLE MONITOR BEING PLACED TODAY. DX: ACUTE LEFT ANKLE PAN

Age 50 · Male · Face · Laceration · 2024

50YOM A MONITOR FELL OFF THE WALL AND STRUCK HIM IN THE HEAD DX FACIAL LACERATION

Age 23 · Female · Knee · Other · 2024

23YOF WAS CHANGING HER RADIO IN THE CAR, PULLED IT OUT, AND IT STRUCK HER RIGHT KNEE. DX: ACUTE PAIN OF RIGHT KNEE

Age 206 · Male · Face · Laceration · 2024

6 MOM PRESENTS WITH FACIAL LACERATION S/P WAS AT HOME WHEN A BABY MONITOR FELL ON PATIENT'S FACE. DX: FACIAL LACERATION

Age 209 · Female · Head · Internal Injury · 2024

9MOF BABY MONITOR FELL OFF SHELF AND HIT PTS HEAD DX: CLOSED HEAD INJURY

Age 38 · Female · Lower Leg · Other · 2024

38YOF PRESENTS WITH AN AREA OF IRRITATION AND INFECTION TO HER LEFT ANKLE AFTER WEARING A DRUG ANKLE MONITORING BRACELET DX: CELLULITIS OF LEFT LOWER EXTREMITY

Age 38 · Male · Lower Leg · Other · 2023

38YOM PERSENTS WITH TOO TIGHT PAROLE MONITORING BRACELET ON RIGHT ANKLE, THAT WAS PUT ON LAST WEEK. FEELS IT IS CUTTING INTO HIS SKIN, LOST PAROLE OFFICER NUMBER.. ALSO STATES A HEALING SORE ON LOWER LEG, STATES ITS FROM A BICYCLE PEDAL A FEW DAYS BEFORE HIS ARREST, HIS SHIN HIT THE CURB. DX: PAIN OF RIGHT LOWER EXTREMITY, CELLULITIS OF RIGHT LOWER ETREMITY, TRAUMATIC OPEN WOUND OF RIGHT LOWER LEG

Consumer Incident Reports

Reports filed by consumers on SaferProducts.gov.

9/9/2011 · Incident, No Injury · Summer Infant · Montana

The baby monitor was plugged into the wall outlet, but it was in the "off" position. The consumer said that they always leave the monitor plugged into the wall unless they are going to take it somewhere. The consumer said the electric cord plug is what was damaged from this incident. The consumer said she noticed an electric noise from the baby monitor and it was crackling like something in a frying pan. The consumer checked the cord and attempted to remove it. The end of the electric cord with the metal prongs that plug into the wall outlet was almost fused to the wall outlet. The consumer was able to remove the plug from the wall, but that end of it was melted. The plug was damaged, but it did not trip the breaker. After the consumer removed the plug from the wall outlet, she went down stairs and tripped the circuit breaker. The consumer noted that they had to get an electrician to come out and replace the wall outlet. The consumer called the mfr's and left them a voice message and asked for a return call within 24 hours, but she has not received it. The consumer believes that this could have led to a fire if she did not noticed the problem when she did.

9/5/2025 · Injury, First Aid Received by Non-Medical Professional · OVEVVE · Massachusetts

I am writing to formally lodge a complaint regarding a burn injury sustained by my son due to a bedwetting alarm device purchased from Amazon, following the recommendation of his pediatrician. On the advice of our pediatrician, we purchased a wireless bedwetting alarm designed to assist with nighttime enuresis. The device consists of a small moisture sensor placed in the childs underwear and a wireless receiver that vibrates and sounds an alarm when moisture is detected. (2025 New Wireless Bedwetting Alarm for Boys & Girls. Sold by OVEVVE-US. Shipped by AMAZON) Prior to use, we tested the alarm by placing the sensor under running water. The receiver responded appropriately by vibrating and sounding the alarm, confirming it was functioning as intended. We used the device for the first time on the evening of August 30th 2025. As instructed in the product manual, we placed the sensor in my sons underwear. My son placed receiver in the waistband of his pajama pants, so he could feel the vibration when the alarm sounded. The manual states: "Place the receiver where the child can hear the alarm. Monitoring begins." It does not warn against placing the receiver in direct contact with the skin. My son went to bed at approximately 8:00 PM and slept through the night. Upon waking at 7:30 AM on August 31st 2025, he complained of pain on his left hip. Upon examination, I discovered a deep burn on his skin, approximately 1.5 cm wide, with a blue corrosive stain and an indentation matching the shape of the prongs on the receiver. My son had wet the bed during the night but did not wake up due to being a heavy sleeper, and he remained lying on the receiver until morning. Upon inspecting the device, I noticed two small metal prongs on the back of the receiver, the side that had been pressed against his skin. These prongs were coated with a blue corrosive substance, which appears to have transferred to and embedded into his skin. My father, a retired medical doctor with over

9/1/2011 · Incident, No Injury · Summer Infant · California

My husband and I really enjoyed this monitor for the first few months that we had it. We even bought a second camera to put elsewhere in the house so that we could monitor his playtime. However, on 09/01/11 at 2:00am, I woke to the sound of static coming from the monitor. My husband reached over and tried to turn the video feed on (the screen had gone black), but it wouldn't come on. Just a black screen and static on the audio. He turned it off and back on, same result. Then he turned the device over and we could see a bright glow coming from the little vents on the back of the device, and could quickly smell the odor of burning electronics as the back inside of the device caught fire. We immediately jumped out of bed, unplugged the device from the wall and carried it outside by the antenna. The device was plugged directly into a wall outlet, not into any crazy chain of surge protectors or anything else, and had never been wet, played with, handled by our child, pet, was not close to any moisture or heat, etc. or anything else out of the ordinary. It was simply sitting on our nightstand like every other night for the past 4+ months. This device is apparently poorly manufactured and had we not woken up when it started to catch on fire, who knows what would have happened.

8/9/2018 · Incident, No Injury · VTech Communications, Inc. · Wisconsin

The baby monitor was being used for its indicated purpose. It was plugged in overnight as we were monitoring our baby. In the morning we went to unplug it and it was not working and was hot. Upon examining the parent unit we noticed the outside of the battery cover was melted. We pried open the cover, which was too damaged to open correctly, and found the battery and plastic areas of the interior of the device were melted. The monitor device was sitting on headboard of our bed, not exposed to any heat or extreme conditions. There were no injuries, we waited until the device had cooled before attempting to open it. I contacted the company who made this device expressing our concerns, but have received no response.

8/7/2014 · Incident, No Injury · Summer Infant · Alabama

We used this baby monitor for about 6 months, all of which time the wall power adapter would get very hot. I then noticed the wall power adapter plug started to crack on the parent unit. Within 1-2 weeks it completely cracked open so that you could see the inside of the plug adapter. This could have caused not only a fire but God forbid one of my babies had touched it!

8/22/2013 · Incident, No Injury · Exclusive Group, LLC DBA Binatone North America · Maryland

We bought a Motorola baby video monitor 5/27/12. This summer the parent unit wasn't charging well or holding a charge. I would normally charge it on my nightstand overnight and hadn't moved the charger in several weeks but because it was dead during naptime, I went to move the charger downstairs. When I unplugged the charger I realized the insulation had broken away from the transformer and there were frayed, exposed copper wires. No injury occurred but the potential for someone to get electrocuted is significant. This charger was rarely moved so there's no reason this sort of damage should have occurred unless it's a defective product.

8/22/2012 · Injury, Level of care not known · EMERSON RADIO CORPORATION · New Jersey

8/2/2012) The consumer stated that she plugged in her clock/radio for the first time. After having it in for approximately 2 weeks, she noticed that she would become very nauseous, migraine headaches, eye throbbing, etc. The consumer also started to smell an odor in her room as if something was burning. She immediately unplugged the unit. Her symptoms seemed to have dissipated after she had done this. The consumer stated that she had done research on the Internet for clock/radio and radiation symptoms. The information given was the same symptoms that she was experiencing. The consumer had not contacted the manufacturer. Note: The consumer did not receive medical attention.

8/22/2011 · Incident, No Injury · Summer Infant · Alabama

Woke up in the middle of the night from the smell of smoke and saw smoke coming from monitor charger cord. The smoke was specifically coming from the end plugged into the wall. The product was returned to Babies R Us and replaced at no charge.

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Product Recalls

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Nationwide peers by danger score, ER volume & hospitalization

Three PlainSafety-derived comparison paths for Radios (self-contained Units): cross-group products nearest on danger score (29/100), estimated annual ER visits (603/yr), and hospitalization share (2.7%). 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, Radios (self-contained Units) ranks #684 of 838 scored CPSC product categories by PlainSafety danger score and #585 of 838 by 20-year estimated ER injury volume.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where does radios (self-contained units) rank on danger score versus ER volume?

Among 838 scored CPSC product categories, radios (self-contained units) ranks #684 by PlainSafety danger score (29/100) and #585 by 20-year estimated ER injury volume (603/yr). The two rankings come from the same NEISS extract and are not the same order.

What are the most common injuries from radios (self-contained units)?

The most common injury is laceration to the face, accounting for approximately 1,266 injuries over 20 years.

Are injuries from radios (self-contained units) increasing or decreasing?

Down 19% over 5 years.

Who is most at risk for radios (self-contained units) injuries?

The 0-4 age group accounts for the most injuries, with approximately 2,608 cases recorded over 20 years. Males are more frequently injured in this age group.

What happens when someone is injured by radios (self-contained units)?

Of all ER visits involving radios (self-contained units), approximately 2.7% result in hospital admission. The majority of patients (97.3%) are treated and released from the emergency department.

How can I report a safety problem with radios (self-contained units)?

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 Radios (self-contained Units) 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.