Sewing Basket Articles
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.
Personal Care & Safety Products · CPSC Code 1671
Down 21% over 5 years
The verdict
Sewing Basket Articles carry a danger score of 34/100 (low risk), driven by roughly 2,999 ER-treated injuries a year that are declining by about 21% over the last five years.
- 34/100
- danger score (low risk)
- 2,999
- ER visits per year (avg)
- 5.7%
- end in hospital admission
- 0-4
- most-injured age group
Every figure is rendered from the CPSC NEISS record for product code 1671 - last data year 2024.
PlainSafety danger score
How this 34/100 score is built
The score is computed from four CPSC-derived factors for sewing basket articles - no opinion, no editorializing:
- Injury volume2,999 ER visits/yr
- Severity (hospitalization rate)5.7%
- Fatality rate0.00%
- 5-year trend-21%
See the full methodology for the exact weighting of each factor.
What the CPSC Data Shows
Sewing Basket Articles (CPSC product code 1671, in the Personal Care & Safety Products category) generate an estimated 2,999 emergency-room visits every year in the United States, adding up to roughly 59,988 ER-treated injuries across the 20-year span from 2005 to 2024. PlainSafety derives a danger score of 34/100 for this category (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 21% over the last five years, with the busiest year on record being 2015 (3,690 estimated ER visits) and the quietest 2021 (2,274 estimated visits).
The single most common ER diagnosis for sewing basket articles is ingestion to the internal, accounting for approximately 9,442 visits across the 20-year NEISS window, followed by foreign body to the face (8,536 cases). The 0-4 age group absorbs the largest share of injuries, about 17,549 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 5.7% of ER visits involving this product end in hospital admission or transfer.
Beyond the hospital-sampled NEISS projections, this page also aggregates 1 consumer incident report filed directly on SaferProducts.gov, plus 20 anonymized ER narratives - together forming a layered picture of how sewing basket articles 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 | 8,234 | 9,315 | |
| 5-14 | 5,745 | 5,729 | |
| 15-24 | 1,538 | 3,572 | |
| 25-34 | 967 | 2,465 | |
| 35-44 | 1,397 | 2,775 | |
| 45-54 | 1,321 | 2,639 | |
| 55-64 | 1,087 | 4,819 | |
| 65-74 | 173 | 3,206 | |
| 75+ | 519 | 4,481 |
Most Common Injuries
| Body Part | Diagnosis | Est. Injuries |
|---|---|---|
| Internal | Ingestion | |
| Face | Foreign Body | |
| Finger | Laceration | |
| Finger | Foreign Body | |
| Finger | Puncture | |
| Ear | Foreign Body | |
| Internal | Aspiration | |
| Finger | Other | |
| Upper Trunk | Other | |
| Eyeball | Contusions, Abr. | |
| Hand | Foreign Body | |
| Hand | Other | |
| Hand | Laceration | |
| Foot | Foreign Body | |
| Foot | Puncture |
Severity Breakdown
ER Visit Narratives
Real anonymized emergency room reports from the CPSC NEISS database.
69YOF HX CVA,COPD,CAD,DIABETES,ANEURYSM POST COILING PRESENT TO ED W/ SUDDEN ONSET CP THAT BEGAN WHILE SHE WAS CROCHETING AT 11PM LIKE SOMETHING KICKED HER IN THE CHEST,CONSTANT SINCE. HA STARTED AFTER CP,TOOK *** AT HOME HA WORSENED.CALLED EMS GAVE ASPIRIN/*** NO IMPROVEMENT.DX:CP UNSPECIFIED
50YOF COMPLAINS OF EAR PAIN AFTER USING A CROCHET HOOK TO SCRATCH HER EAR. DX: IMPACTED CERUMEN OF EAR
21YOM PRESENTS AFTER HE PUNCTURED HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER WITH A CROCHET NEEDLE, NOW HAS AN INFECTION IN HIS FINGER DX: PARONYCHIA OF INDEX FINGER AND FINGER PAIN
3YOF - PATIENT PRESENT FOR SWALLOWED FOREIGN BODY. PT'S MOTHER PULLED A THREAD FROM THE PATIENTS ANUS. DX: FOREIGN BODY ANUS/RECTUM.
61YOM PRESENTS COMPLAINING OF TESTICLE SWELLING PT STATES HE NOTICED IT 3 DAYS AGO. STATES HE ALSO ACCIDENTALLY ZIPPED HIS PENIS ABUT 3 DAYS AGO (UNKNOWN WHAT THE ZIPPER WAS ATTACHED TO) PT LEFT ED DX: GENITAL COMPLAINTS
4 YOF STUCK A BUTTON IN NOSE. DX FB NOSE
32YOM PATIENT WAS USING A CROCHET NEEDLE TO CLEAN HIS METH/FENTANYL PIPE WHEN HE FELL ONTO THE CROCHET NEEDLE AND IT STABBED HIM IN THE CHEST. DX: CONTUSION OF ABDOMINAL WALL, LACERATION OF CHEST, FENTANYL USE DISORDER, POLYSUBSTANCE ABUSE
82 YOF C/O LEFT SHOUDER PAIN, ENDORSES THAT SHE DOES VIGOROUSLY CROCHET FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME. DX: MUSCULOSKELETAL LEFT SHOULDER PAIN
2YOF STUCK A BUTTON UP HER LEFT NOSTRIL DX: FOREIGN BODY NOSE
44 YOM C/O INCREASING ELBOW PAIN AFTER DOING REPETITIVE MOVEMENTS WHILE KNITTING AND SEWING. DX: LATERAL EPICONDYLITIS
63YOF, WAS MAKING POMPOM AND ACCIDENTALLY ASPIRATED PIECES OF YARN DX: ASPIRATION INTO AIRWAY
14MOF PRESENTED TO ED C/O FOREIGN OBJECT, PER EMS PT SWALLOWED A BUTTON AND STARTED COUGHING. DX; INGESTION OF FOREIGN BODY
Consumer Incident Reports
Reports filed by consumers on SaferProducts.gov.
Particles of crochet yarn disperse into the air irritating eyes, wrapping around eyelashes and eyebrows and entering the nose.
Product Recalls
Search for active and past recalls related to sewing basket articles on the CPSC website.
Frequently Asked Questions
How dangerous are sewing basket articles?
Based on 20 years of CPSC data, sewing basket articles have a danger score of 34/100 (low risk). An estimated 2,999 ER-treated injuries occur annually in the U.S. related to this product category.
What are the most common injuries from sewing basket articles?
The most common injury is ingestion to the internal, accounting for approximately 9,442 injuries over 20 years.
Are injuries from sewing basket articles increasing or decreasing?
Down 21% over 5 years.
Who is most at risk for sewing basket articles injuries?
The 0-4 age group accounts for the most injuries, with approximately 17,549 cases recorded over 20 years. Females are more frequently injured in this age group.
What happens when someone is injured by sewing basket articles?
Of all ER visits involving sewing basket articles, approximately 5.7% result in hospital admission. The majority of patients (94.3%) are treated and released from the emergency department.
How can I report a safety problem with sewing basket articles?
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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What this means for you
Treat the 34/100 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 0-4 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.
