CPSC NEISS · code 268

Slow Cookers

Slow Cookers: danger rank #370 of 838 is not ER-volume rank #403 of 838 (2,242 estimated ER visits a year; roughly flat over the last five years).

Kitchen Cooking Appliances CPSC NEISS through 2024

Danger score versus ER volume

Danger score versus ER volume

According to CPSC NEISS 2005-2024, Slow Cookers ranks #370 of 838 by danger score (36/100) at ER-volume #403 of 838 (2,242/yr). They are not the same ranking.

#370
danger rank of 838
#403
ER-volume rank of 838
36/100
danger score
2,242/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 (36/100) across 838 scored CPSC product categories

36 Around the middle lower than 44% 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: 65/100

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) 7 60th 35% CPSC NEISS 20-year severity index
Annual ER injury volume 2,242 50th 30% CPSC NEISS estimated annual ER-treated injuries
5-year injury trend -4% 60th 15% CPSC NEISS 5-year % change in ER-treated injuries
Consumer incident reports 315 100th 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 44,852 estimated ER injuries land on the body

Body-part shares from the same CPSC NEISS injury_types extract for product code 268. Segments sum to 44,852 - 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 Kitchen Cooking Appliances 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.

Kitchen Cooking Appliances danger scores

1. Refrigerators43/1002. Ranges Or Ovens, Not Spec…42/1003. Gas Ranges Or Ovens41/1004. Microwave Ovens40/1005. Other Ranges Or Ovens39/1006. Electric Knife Sharpeners39/1007. Dishwashers39/1008. Slow Cookers36/100
Higher score = higher composite danger in this group. Peer set is other scored products sharing the same CPSC group.
0/100100/10036/100
PlainSafety danger score · Slow Cookers

Source: CPSC NEISS danger-score model As of 2024

How this 36/100 score is built

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

  • Injury volume 2,242 ER visits/yr Above median volume
  • Severity (hospitalization rate) 7.3% Above median admission rate
  • Fatality rate 0.00% No recorded fatalities
  • 5-year trend-4%

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 slow cookers are roughly flat over the last five years, with the busiest year on record being 2023 (3,372 estimated ER visits) and the quietest 2011 (987 estimated visits). The single most common ER diagnosis is laceration to the finger, accounting for approximately 3,261 visits across the 20-year NEISS window, followed by contusions, abr. to the foot (2,280 cases). The 35-44 age group absorbs the largest share of injuries, about 7,088 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 7.3% of ER visits involving this product end in hospital admission or transfer.

Beyond the hospital-sampled NEISS projections, this page also aggregates 315 consumer incident reports filed directly on SaferProducts.gov, plus 20 anonymized ER narratives - together forming a layered picture of how slow cookers 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)

01K2K3K4K 20052008201120142017202020232024 2K
Estimated annual emergency-room visits for Slow Cookers, 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 4,168 2,595 6,763
5-14 1,448 1,515 2,963
15-24 1,678 2,212 3,890
25-34 1,376 4,308 5,684
35-44 1,581 5,507 7,088
45-54 1,830 3,218 5,048
55-64 1,572 3,730 5,302
65-74 1,691 2,574 4,265
75+ 1,171 2,668 3,839

Most Common Injuries

Body Part Diagnosis Est. Injuries
Finger Laceration 3,261
Foot Contusions, Abr. 2,280
Hand Laceration 2,225
Head Internal Injury 1,979
Hand Burn, Scald 1,874
Foot Burn, Scald 1,601
Face Laceration 1,391
Lower Arm Burn, Scald 1,377
Foot Laceration 1,365
Face Burn, Scald 1,241
Lower Trunk Burn, Scald 1,207
Wrist Laceration 1,018
Lower Arm Burns, Thermal 1,005
Hand Burns, Thermal 893
Head Concussion 881

Severity Breakdown

Treated/examined And Released 91.3% (40,970)
Treated And Admitted/hospitalized 3.7% (1,660)
Treated And Transferred 3.4% (1,519)
Left Without Being Seen 0.9% (419)
Held For Observation 0.6% (284)

ER Visit Narratives

Real anonymized emergency room reports from the CPSC NEISS database.

Age 63 · Female · Lower Trunk · Hemorrhage · 2024

63YOF PRESENT TO ED MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS,GLF 2D AGO LIFTED A HEAVEY *** FELL TO GROUND IN HER KITCHEN STRIKING R EYEBROW EYE SWOLLEN SHUT,L WRIST,L CHEST WALL.PERSISTENT PLEURITIC PX L LOW CHEST C/F DISPLACED RODS IN PLACE FROM PRIOR FX'S.HX RECURRENT FALLS,S/P MULTIPLE FX'S FROM FALLS.NO ANTICOAGULATION.R EPIGASTRIC PX 2DAYSDX:GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE UNSPECIFIED

Age 38 · Female · Hand · Laceration · 2024

38YOF COMES TO THE ER WITH A RIGHT HAND LACERATION. SHE STATES SHE CUT HER HAND WHEN PICKING UP PIECES OF A BROKEN ***. DX: LACERATION HAND WITHOUT FOREIGN BODY INITIAL RIGHT

Age 64 · Male · Ankle · Laceration · 2024

64YOM WAS COOKING BEANS IN A *** AND THE *** SUDDENLY EXPLODED AND A JAGGED PIECE OF BROKEN POT IMPACTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE REGION DX: RIGHT ANKLE LACERATION, RIGHT ANKLE TENDON LACERATION

Age 213 · Female · Face · Burn, Scald · 2024

13 MOF PRESENTS WITH PARTIAL-THICKNESS BURNS AFTER PULLING DOWN A *** FULL OF HOT SOUP. BURNS ARE LOCATED ON FACE, BILATERAL ARMS, RIGHT SHOULDER/UPPER BACK, AND BILATERAL LOWER LEGS. DX: BURN.

Age 76 · Male · Upper Trunk · Other · 2024

76YOM DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN AFTER LIFTING A FEW HEAVY *** DX: CHEST PAIN

Age 61 · Female · Foot · Other · 2024

61YOF C/O INJURY TO LEFT FOOT AFTER A *** FELL ON TOP OF IT. PAIN WHEN WEIGHT BEARING. LEFT BEFORE EVALUATION. DX: UNKNOWN

Age 14 · Female · Foot · Laceration · 2024

14YOF WAS CARRYING A *** AND DROPPED IT AND IT SHATTERED DX: LACERATION RIGHT FOOT

Age 71 · Female · Lower Arm · Burn, Scald · 2024

71YOF ACCIDENTLLY SPILLED LIQUID FROM A SLOW COOKER AT HOME, PT HAS BURN TO LEFT FOREARM & LEFT BREAST SKIN READ IN BOTH AREAS DX BURN OF RIGHT LOWER EXTREMITY, HYPOKALEMIA

Age 214 · Male · Hand · Other · 2024

14MOM PRESENTS WITH HAND INJURY S/P PT'S MOTHER STATES PT HAD HIS HAND ON THE COUNTER WHEN A *** FELL ONTO HIS HAND. DX: INJURY OF RIGHT HAND

Age 61 · Female · Wrist · Laceration · 2024

61YOF, ACCIDENTALLY CUT HER WRIST ON A BROKEN CERAMIC *** DX: LACERATION OF RIGHT WRIST

Age 71 · Male · Lower Trunk · Strain, Sprain · 2024

71YOM WAS HOLDING A ***, TWISTED AND HIS BACK WENT OUT. ALSO FELL FROM STANDING ONTO HIS COUCH DX: LUMBAR STRAIN, ACUTE ON CHRONIC BACK PAIN

Age 4 · Male · Neck · Burn, Scald · 2024

4YOM BURNED ON NECK & CHEST BY HOT SAUCE HE SPILLED FROM A SLOW COOKER. DX: BURN

Consumer Incident Reports

Reports filed by consumers on SaferProducts.gov.

9/8/2011 · Incident, No Injury · Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc. · North Carolina

The consumer stated that her slow cooker had the glass shatter after she used it for 5 hours cooking ribs. The product is electric powered. The consumer is unsure of what setting is was on. The consumer feels that there is a design flaw of not enough venting that caused this to happen. The consumer feels that the gasket where the glass top is prevents the air to escape the cooker. The consumer was not harmed or injured by the product. The consumer did not call the fire department after the incident took place and the product did not damage her home. The product has not charring or cinge marks. The consumer called the firm about the issue today and was told that the firm would send her a new lid. The consumer was outside when the incident happened so was not present when it happened but there was glass all over her kitchen. The consumer has yet to call the retailer.

9/5/2013 · Unspecified · Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc. · Connecticut

The glass cover on my Hamilton Beach pressure cooker shattered. We cooked a soup on the Low temperature setting overnight for 8 hours. In the morning, approximately 9-10 hours after starting it, before even touching the [slow cooker], we discovered the glass lid had shattered. Hamilton Beach [slow cooker]Type SC26 Model 33967 Series A1701DJ

9/3/2013 · Incident, No Injury · Sunbeam Products, Inc. d/b/a Jarden Consumer Solutions · Maryland

While cooking dinner with my crock pot, I lifted the lid, and I ended up with the handle in my hand and the lid shattered.

9/29/2011 · Injury, First Aid Received by Non-Medical Professional · Sunbeam Products, Inc. d/b/a Jarden Consumer Solutions · Minnesota

I HAVE A RIVAL CROCK POT AND I WAS TAKING THE LID OFF THE CROCK POT AND THE HANDLE FLEW OFF DROPPING THE GLASS LID BREAKING ON THE FLOOR THEY HAVE TO MAKE THEIR HANDLES BETTER SO THEY DONT BREAK OFF THE CROCK POT PROBABLY IS NOT EVEN A YEAR OLD

9/28/2022 · Incident, No Injury · Sears Holdings Management Corporation · Florida

My mother, [REDACTED], was carrying her Kenmore [Slow Cooker] across the kitchen when one of the handles abruptly detached from the side of the [slow cooker]. This caused the crock pot to fall to the floor and spill its contents everywhere.

9/27/2012 · Incident, No Injury · Walmart Stores Inc. · Texas

Was using rival 2 qt slow cooker on low temp when the lid exploded. Glass shattered and went everywhere into the product and out -- lost the product I was cooking. I sent e-mail to Rival and they told me to contact 866-321-9509 which turned out to be Walmart -- they told me they could send me a replacement lid, but i told them i threw the whole thing in the trash -- i wasn't going to use it again -- it couldn't have been the lid that was defective -- it has to be the unit -- so what good would a new lid do me? it could just explode again -- not taking that chance -- so they then told me i could contact you and report it. No one seems to care do they?

9/25/2025 · Injury, Emergency Department Treatment Received · SharkNinja Operating LLC · Pennsylvania

I was using a Ninja Foodi as a slow cooker to make some sauce and had dribbled some on the front of the unit. As I wiped off on the pot where the lip of the lid sits with a paper towel, I ended up with a metal shaving from the unit that pierced through my finger and nearly out the other side.

9/25/2016 · Incident, No Injury · SENSIO INC · Pennsylvania

Slow cooker set to low, left house for day trip and returned three hours later. When we returned the slow cooker was not operating, and on closer inspection the bottom of the control panel was melted. There was evidence of smoke around the perimeter of the control panel. When I typed in the model number to look for what size to replace the slow cooker with, I saw there was a recall already in place.

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Product Recalls

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Nationwide peers by danger score, ER volume & hospitalization

Three PlainSafety-derived comparison paths for Slow Cookers: cross-group products nearest on danger score (36/100), estimated annual ER visits (2,242/yr), and hospitalization share (7.3%). 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, Slow Cookers ranks #370 of 838 scored CPSC product categories by PlainSafety danger score and #403 of 838 by 20-year estimated ER injury volume.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where does slow cookers rank on danger score versus ER volume?

Among 838 scored CPSC product categories, slow cookers ranks #370 by PlainSafety danger score (36/100) and #403 by 20-year estimated ER injury volume (2,242/yr). The two rankings come from the same NEISS extract and are not the same order.

What are the most common injuries from slow cookers?

The most common injury is laceration to the finger, accounting for approximately 3,261 injuries over 20 years.

Are injuries from slow cookers increasing or decreasing?

Stable over 5 years.

Who is most at risk for slow cookers injuries?

The 35-44 age group accounts for the most injuries, with approximately 7,088 cases recorded over 20 years. Females are more frequently injured in this age group.

What happens when someone is injured by slow cookers?

Of all ER visits involving slow cookers, approximately 7.3% result in hospital admission. The majority of patients (92.7%) are treated and released from the emergency department.

How can I report a safety problem with slow cookers?

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 Slow Cookers 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.