Ramps Or Landings
Twenty years of CPSC NEISS emergency-room records for this consumer product category, combined with demographic breakdowns, multi-year injury trends, and matching recall notices.
Building Materials & Home Structures · CPSC Code 1843
Stable over 5 years
The verdict
Ramps Or Landings carry a danger score of 43/100 (moderate risk), driven by roughly 18,806 ER-treated injuries a year that are roughly flat over the last five years.
- 43/100
- danger score (moderate risk)
- 18,806
- ER visits per year (avg)
- 10.2%
- end in hospital admission
- 75+
- most-injured age group
Every figure is rendered from the CPSC NEISS record for product code 1843 - last data year 2024.
PlainSafety danger score
How this 43/100 score is built
The score is computed from four CPSC-derived factors for ramps or landings - no opinion, no editorializing:
- Injury volume18,806 ER visits/yr
- Severity (hospitalization rate)10.2%
- Fatality rate0.02%
- 5-year trend+5%
See the full methodology for the exact weighting of each factor.
What the CPSC Data Shows
Ramps Or Landings (CPSC product code 1843, in the Building Materials & Home Structures category) generate an estimated 18,806 emergency-room visits every year in the United States, adding up to roughly 376,121 ER-treated injuries across the 20-year span from 2005 to 2024. PlainSafety derives a danger score of 43/100 for this category (moderate risk), combining raw injury volume, demographic reach, severity of outcome, and multi-year trend. The five-year trajectory shows that injury counts are roughly flat over the last five years, with the busiest year on record being 2024 (29,966 estimated ER visits) and the quietest 2005 (12,410 estimated visits).
The single most common ER diagnosis for ramps or landings is internal injury to the head, accounting for approximately 38,181 visits across the 20-year NEISS window, followed by strain, sprain to the ankle (22,487 cases). The 75+ age group absorbs the largest share of injuries, about 70,924 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 10.2% of ER visits involving this product end in hospital admission or transfer, and a small fraction (0.02%) result in fatality.
Beyond the hospital-sampled NEISS projections, this page also aggregates 0 consumer incident reports filed directly on SaferProducts.gov, plus 20 anonymized ER narratives - together forming a layered picture of how ramps or landings 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)
Source: CPSC NEISS national estimates CPSC NEISS national estimates Injuries represent ER-treated cases only
Who Gets Injured?
| Age Group | Male | Female | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-4 | 7,503 | 4,151 | |
| 5-14 | 25,495 | 10,850 | |
| 15-24 | 18,981 | 11,951 | |
| 25-34 | 15,152 | 15,699 | |
| 35-44 | 16,008 | 20,108 | |
| 45-54 | 20,595 | 27,023 | |
| 55-64 | 25,719 | 33,034 | |
| 65-74 | 21,805 | 31,038 | |
| 75+ | 26,682 | 44,242 |
Most Common Injuries
| Body Part | Diagnosis | Est. Injuries |
|---|---|---|
| Head | Internal Injury | |
| Ankle | Strain, Sprain | |
| Ankle | Fracture | |
| Face | Laceration | |
| Lower Trunk | Other | |
| Lower Trunk | Contusions, Abr. | |
| Knee | Contusions, Abr. | |
| Lower Trunk | Fracture | |
| Upper Trunk | Contusions, Abr. | |
| Face | Contusions, Abr. | |
| Lower Trunk | Strain, Sprain | |
| Lower Leg | Fracture | |
| Knee | Other | |
| Wrist | Fracture | |
| Knee | Strain, Sprain |
Severity Breakdown
ER Visit Narratives
Real anonymized emergency room reports from the CPSC NEISS database.
67YOF WAS SITTING IN A ROLLING WALKER GOING UP A RAMP WHEN IT TIPPED BACKWARDS AND SHE FELL OUT HITTING THE BACK OF HER HEAD ON THE RAMP DX: CLOSED HEAD INJURY AND LOW BACK PAIN
31 YOF SLIPPED ON METAL RAMP AT HOME DX STRAIN SHOULDER, CONTUSION RIB
52 YOF SLIPPED ON A RAMP FELL AND INJURED LOW BACK DX: SCIATICA
63YOF STATES SHE FELL DOWN A WET RAMP TODAY AT HER HOUSE, HURT HER LOWER BACK. DX: COMPRESSION FRACTURE L1 CONTUSIONS RIGHT THIGH.
84YOF ARRIVES AFTER A FALL. SHE WAS TRYING TO GET IN HER FRONT DOOR WHEN SHE SLIPPED ON THE WHHELCHAIR RAMP AND HIT HER HEAD ON THE GROUND. DX: FALL, SCALP LACERATION, SCALP CONTUSION, SACRAL CONTUSION, CERVICAL STRAIN
48YOF SLIPPED ON SOME ICE AND SLID DOWN A HANDICAP RAMP. DX: LOWER TRUNK FX.
82YOF WAS GOING UP A RAMP WHEN SHE TRIPPED AND FELL HITTING HER FACE ON THE GROUND DX: UPPER LIP LACERATION
43YOF WALKING DOWN A RAMP JUST PRIOR TO ARRIVAL, PATIENT LOST HER BALANCE AND FELL. SLIPPED ON ICE. DX: CLOSED DISPLACED OBLIQUE FRACTURE OF THE LATERAL MALLEOLUS OF THE RIGHT RIBULA.
58YOM PRESENT TO ED W/ L ELBOW PX/HA.NOTES 3 SEPERATE TRAUMATIC INCIDENTS OCCURRED YESTERDAY WHILE CLEANING UP FROM THE SNOW STORM.SLIPPED/FELL INJURED ELBOW;HS ON LOW 2X4 WHILE WALKING DOWN A RAMP;SLIPPED/FELL WHILE GETTING INTO HIS TRUCK W/ HS ON SNOWBANK.NO LOC,VOMITING,AMNESIA,NUMBNESS.NAUSEA YESTERDAY,ONGOING HA.NO BLOOD THINNERSDX:CLOSED FX OF L ELBOW
88 YOF C/O HIP FARCTURE S/P FALL WHILE GOING UP A RAMP. DX: HIP FRACTURE
77 YOF C/O ANKLE FRACTURE WITH ANKLE CONTUSION AND KNEE FRACTURE S/P SLIP AND FALL ON AN OUTSIDE RAMP THAT WAS SLIPPERY FROM COLD WEATHER. DX: ANKLE FRACTURE; ANKLE CONTUISON; KNEE FRACTURE
85YOF ON BLOOD THINNERS PRESENTS TO THE ED AFTER THE PATIENT HAD A GROUND LEVEL FALL WHEN WALKING DOWN A RAMP AT CARE HOME COMPLAINING OF HITTING HEAD AND HIP PAIN. DX: FRACTURE OF RIGHT INFERIOR PUBIC RAMUS, LUMBAR TRANSVERSE PROCESS FRACTURE, CLOSED SACRAL FRACTURE, ATRIAL FIBRILLATION, TACHYCARDIA, HEART FAILURE, HYPERTENSION
Product Recalls
Search for active and past recalls related to ramps or landings on the CPSC website.
Frequently Asked Questions
How dangerous are ramps or landings?
Based on 20 years of CPSC data, ramps or landings have a danger score of 43/100 (moderate risk). An estimated 18,806 ER-treated injuries occur annually in the U.S. related to this product category.
What are the most common injuries from ramps or landings?
The most common injury is internal injury to the head, accounting for approximately 38,181 injuries over 20 years.
Are injuries from ramps or landings increasing or decreasing?
Stable over 5 years.
Who is most at risk for ramps or landings injuries?
The 75+ age group accounts for the most injuries, with approximately 70,924 cases recorded over 20 years. Females are more frequently injured in this age group.
What happens when someone is injured by ramps or landings?
Of all ER visits involving ramps or landings, approximately 10.2% result in hospital admission. The majority of patients (89.8%) are treated and released from the emergency department.
How can I report a safety problem with ramps or landings?
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.
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Safety Guides
What this means for you
Treat the 43/100 score as relative risk between products, not your personal odds of injury.
- See where this category ranks against every other tracked product. Full rankings
- Injuries cluster in the 75+ age group, take extra care if that describes your household.
- Check for active recalls on this product before you assume it is safe. CPSC recalls
NEISS estimates ER-treated injuries from a national probability sample of hospitals; they do not capture injuries treated elsewhere or not treated at all.
Data: CPSC National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) 2005–2024 and SaferProducts.gov consumer incident reports. Injury estimates are based on a nationally representative probability sample of U.S. hospital emergency departments. This page is for informational purposes only and is not affiliated with the CPSC.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, scored, and verified.
