CPSC NEISS · code 1200

Sports And Recreational Activity, N.e.c.

Sports And Recreational Activity, N.e.c.: danger rank #213 of 838 is not ER-volume rank #40 of 838 (69,513 estimated ER visits a year; declining by about 34% over the last five years).

Sports & Recreation Equipment CPSC NEISS through 2024

Danger score versus ER volume

Danger score versus ER volume

According to CPSC NEISS 2005-2024, Sports And Recreational Activity, N.e.c. ranks #213 of 838 by danger score (39/100) at ER-volume #40 of 838 (69,513/yr). They are not the same ranking.

#213
danger rank of 838
#40
ER-volume rank of 838
39/100
danger score
69,513/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 (39/100) across 838 scored CPSC product categories

39 Around the middle lower than 25% 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: 48/100

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.

C
Dimension Value National percentile Weight applied Source
Injury severity (hospitalization + fatality blend) 3 24th 35% CPSC NEISS 20-year severity index
Annual ER injury volume 69,513 100th 30% CPSC NEISS estimated annual ER-treated injuries
5-year injury trend -34% 17th 15% CPSC NEISS 5-year % change in ER-treated injuries
Consumer incident reports 5 34th 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 1.4M estimated ER injuries land on the body

Body-part shares from the same CPSC NEISS injury_types extract for product code 1200. Segments sum to 1.4M - 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 Sports & Recreation Equipment 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.

Sports & Recreation Equipment danger scores

1. Golf (activity, Apparel O…49/1002. Scuba Diving (activity, A…48/1003. Golf Carts, Motorized Veh…48/1004. Swimming Pools, Not Speci…46/1005. Horseback Riding (activit…46/1006. Snowmobiles (activity, Ap…45/1007. Trampolines43/1008. Sports And Recreational A…39/100
Higher score = higher composite danger in this group. Peer set is other scored products sharing the same CPSC group.
0/100100/10039/100
PlainSafety danger score · Sports And Recreational Activity, N.e.c.

Source: CPSC NEISS danger-score model As of 2024

How this 39/100 score is built

The score is computed from four CPSC-derived factors for sports and recreational activity, n.e.c. - no opinion, no editorializing:

  • Injury volume 69,513 ER visits/yr Very high volume
  • Severity (hospitalization rate) 2.7% Low admission rate
  • Fatality rate 0.02% Low fatality rate
  • 5-year trend-34%

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 sports and recreational activity, n.e.c. are declining by about 34% over the last five years, with the busiest year on record being 2011 (88,261 estimated ER visits) and the quietest 2020 (28,028 estimated visits). The single most common ER diagnosis is strain, sprain to the ankle, accounting for approximately 186,597 visits across the 20-year NEISS window, followed by internal injury to the head (73,230 cases). The 5-14 age group absorbs the largest share of injuries, about 833,450 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, and a small fraction (0.02%) result in fatality.

Beyond the hospital-sampled NEISS projections, this page also aggregates 5 consumer incident reports filed directly on SaferProducts.gov, plus 20 anonymized ER narratives - together forming a layered picture of how sports and recreational activity, n.e.c. 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)

20K40K60K80K100K 20052008201120142017202020232024 67K
Estimated annual emergency-room visits for Sports And Recreational Activity, N.e.c., 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 10,147 7,069 17,216
5-14 442,464 390,958 833,450
15-24 230,787 165,008 395,795
25-34 55,071 19,177 74,303
35-44 24,737 11,229 35,966
45-54 11,670 6,059 17,729
55-64 5,713 3,347 9,060
65-74 2,334 1,564 3,898
75+ 1,334 1,499 2,833

Most Common Injuries

Body Part Diagnosis Est. Injuries
Ankle Strain, Sprain 186,597
Head Internal Injury 73,230
Knee Strain, Sprain 66,135
Wrist Strain, Sprain 53,573
Knee Other 39,865
Head Concussion 39,718
Lower Arm Fracture 38,606
All Parts Body Other 38,343
Upper Trunk Other 37,320
Face Laceration 36,952
Finger Fracture 34,994
Wrist Fracture 34,429
Foot Strain, Sprain 31,433
Finger Strain, Sprain 28,770
Knee Contusions, Abr. 26,773

Severity Breakdown

Treated/examined And Released 96.3% (1.3M)
Treated And Admitted/hospitalized 1.9% (26,037)
Left Without Being Seen 0.8% (11,181)
Treated And Transferred 0.7% (10,231)
Held For Observation 0.2% (3,124)
Fatality Incl. Doa, Died In Er 0.0% (248)
Unknown, Not Stated 0.0% (16)

ER Visit Narratives

Real anonymized emergency room reports from the CPSC NEISS database.

Age 13 · Male · Ankle · Strain, Sprain · 2024

13YOM PRESENTS TO ED COMPLAINING OF LEFT ANKLE AFTER TWISTING IN GYM CLASS EARLIER TODAY. PAIN IS SHARP AND LCOATED ON LATERAL MALLEOLUS. DENIES LOSS OF STRENGTH. DX: SPRAIN OF LEFT ANKLE, UNSPECIFIED LIGAMENT

Age 16 · Male · Neck · Strain, Sprain · 2024

16YOM PATIENT WAS BUCKED OFF A BULL WHILE BULL RIDING, NECK PAIN, LOWER BACK PAIN DX: BLUNT TRAUMA, ACUTE LOW BACK PAIN WITHOUT SCIATICA, RIGHT ELBOW PAIN, WHIPLASH INJURY OF NECK

Age 17 · Male · Upper Trunk · Internal Injury · 2024

17YOM PATIENT WAS STEPPED ON BY A BULL WHILE HE WAS RIDING A BULL RIDING AT A BULL RIDING CAMP DX: STRUCK BY BULL, TRAUMATIC PNEUMOTHORAX, CLOSED FRACTURE OF TRANSVERSE PROCESS OF CERVICIAL VERTEBRA

Age 14 · Female · Wrist · Fracture · 2024

14YOF WAS CLIMBING ON A WOODEN PEG BOARD ON THE WALL OF THE GYM AND FELL OFF INJURING HER LEFT WRIST DX: LEFT WRIST FRACTURE

Age 38 · Male · Ear · Other · 2024

38YOM C/O HEARING LOSS AND LIGHTHEADEDNESS S/P PT STATES HE WAS SPARRING WITH A FRIEND ON FRIDAY WHEN HE WAS KICKED IN THE LEFT EAR. HIS SPARRING EQUIPMENT PROTECTED HIS HEAD BUT ALSO HAS A PIECE THAT EXTENDS INTO THE EAR. WHEN HE WAS STRUCK HAPPENS HE FELT SOMETHING SHIFTED IN HIS EAR. HE FELT LIGHTHEADED BECAUSE OF THE BUILD UP IN HIS EAR. DX: BILATERAL IMPACTED CERUMEN

Age 13 · Female · Knee · Contusions, Abr. · 2024

13YOF,PE TODAY AT SCHOOL WHEN TEACHER MADE HER WALK AN KNEE UNSTEADY AN FELL ONTO IT,DX:KNEE CONT

Age 10 · Male · Knee · Other · 2024

10YOM PATIENT WAS RUNNING AT PRACTICE TODAY WHEN HE WENT OVER SOME DIRT AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO HYPEREXTEND HIS KNEE. DX: KNEE INJURY

Age 17 · Male · Upper Leg · Strain, Sprain · 2024

17YOM WAS IN A MARCHING BAND AT SCHOOL PERFORMING WHEN HE FELT A POP IN HIS LEFT HAMSTRING DX STRAINED HAMSTRING

Age 9 · Male · Head · Internal Injury · 2024

9YOM WITH SYNCOPE AND COLLAPSE IN GYM CLASS AND HIT HEAD AND HAS CONTUSION TO FOREHEAD DX: SYNCOPE AND COLLAPSE

Age 6 · Male · Face · Laceration · 2024

6YOM FELL CLIMBING ON A ROCK WALL AT A PARK. DX: LAC FOREHEAD

Age 11 · Male · Knee · Other · 2024

11YOM, WAS DOING JUMP TEST IN GYM CLASS TODAY WHEN ACCIDENTALLY TWISTED ME, DX: ACUTE PAIN OF RIGHT KNEE

Age 15 · Male · Ankle · Strain, Sprain · 2024

15YOM, SUSTEAINED AN INVERSION INJURY TO ANKLE DURING GYM CLASS, DX: SPRAIN OF LEFT ANKLE

Consumer Incident Reports

Reports filed by consumers on SaferProducts.gov.

9/22/2025 · Death · NinjaSafe LLC · Florida

We are heartbroken to share that an incident occurred involving our slackline-based obstacle course. Preliminary reports indicate that a supporting treereported to be in poor healthfailed, resulting in the death of a child and injuries to two others. Our user instructions caution against using the product with unhealthy or compromised trees. We are investigating internally to understand exactly what happened. We extend our deepest sympathies to those affected.

8/4/2017 · Injury, Emergency Department Treatment Received · Chad Murray (Human Slingshot) · Texas

My 11 year old daughter (will be 12 Aug 26th) was playing with "The Human Slingshot" by VAT19 with two 12-year olds and one 13-year old of similar build. The product instructions state 4 players only. My daughter collided with another player and sustained a fractured and dislocated clavicle which the emergency room doctor stated would more than likely require surgery due to the severity of her injury. This product has no age limits on the instructions and is a very dangerous product for younger less coordinated children as the product obviously requires controlled coordination while being sling-shotted back and forth among three other players. In essence, this product is an accident waiting to happen. We did not own this product as we were visiting a friend's house when my daughter participated in this game.

2/2/2022 · Injury, Hospital Admission · BRAVO SPORTS · Florida

I purchased skate protective gear from WalMart. Wrist splints, elbow pads, and knee pads. I fell backward. Elbow pads did not protect my arm. I sustained a compound fracture of my left distal humerus, elbow, that had to be surgically repair with plates and screws. Now I do not have full fiction of my arm.

12/19/2018 · Injury, Hospital Admission · Amazon.com LLC · Unspecified

I feel it’s important to notify the Uboway company of what recently happened with our son while using the ninja course kit. My hope is that us contacting you will possibly save any other kids from being injured by this faulty prod uct. We recently ordered the Uboway ninja obstacle course kit through Amazon to put up as part of our kids ninja warrior course in the basement. Our 3 kids have played on the course, friends have played on the course, neighbor kids have played on the course. Two Wednesday nights ago, our son suffered a terrible fall, headfirst, that resulted in a trip to the ER where he had to undergo a CT scan and was diagnosed with a concussion. It. Was. Scary. The trapeze bar that came already assembled by the company, BROKE. The details of the kit specifically state that is will hold up to 220 pounds. Our son weighs 88 pounds and was using the equipment properly. It never should have broken. Hearing your child so disoriented, scared, saying he can’t move, blurred vision, dizzy, ears ringing, etc was scary. Feeling the huge bump on his head and wondering if he cracked his skull was scary. I can’t help but be upset that this happened. I tried to contact the company via the amazon link and there’s no “tab” for me to click on where I can contact Uboway. My son now suffers from daily headaches and we have a $200 hospital bill. We live on a purposeful budget and an extra $200 is not in our budget. I am writing In hopes of saving other children from being seriously injured. Uboway needs do further testing on the wooden trapeze bars. Make them bigger or thicker or adjust the weight capacity because it definitly does not hold 220 lbs. Thank you for your time, [REDACTED] Sent from my iPhone

12/1/2023 · Injury, Emergency Department Treatment Received · XANDER BICYCLE CORP DBA RETROSPEC · Ohio

Spoke to- [REDACTED] He was completely unsympathetic to the fact that my daughter was almost scalped by your Velcro on the pull behind. THIS IS ALL GOING ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND HE WAS MADE AWARE. I also let him know that the phone call is being recorded. My daughter flipped the Velcro overhead to get out, and in an instant the Velcro stuck to her hair. We could not get it out after two hours in the bathtub being soaked with oil in every single conditioner I can find. He still said “im not sure what you’d like me to do. Like what’s your issue?” I end up having to cut my daughter’s hair off! Another baby can be injured by this product. This is not normal Velcro!!!!!! Many pictures were taken and I will include.

Product Recalls

Search for active and past recalls related to sports and recreational activity, n.e.c. on the CPSC website.

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Nationwide peers by danger score, ER volume & hospitalization

Three PlainSafety-derived comparison paths for Sports And Recreational Activity, N.e.c.: cross-group products nearest on danger score (39/100), estimated annual ER visits (69,513/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, Sports And Recreational Activity, N.e.c. ranks #213 of 838 scored CPSC product categories by PlainSafety danger score and #40 of 838 by 20-year estimated ER injury volume.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where does sports and recreational activity, n.e.c. rank on danger score versus ER volume?

Among 838 scored CPSC product categories, sports and recreational activity, n.e.c. ranks #213 by PlainSafety danger score (39/100) and #40 by 20-year estimated ER injury volume (69,513/yr). The two rankings come from the same NEISS extract and are not the same order.

What are the most common injuries from sports and recreational activity, n.e.c.?

The most common injury is strain, sprain to the ankle, accounting for approximately 186,597 injuries over 20 years.

Are injuries from sports and recreational activity, n.e.c. increasing or decreasing?

Down 34% over 5 years.

Who is most at risk for sports and recreational activity, n.e.c. injuries?

The 5-14 age group accounts for the most injuries, with approximately 833,450 cases recorded over 20 years. Males are more frequently injured in this age group.

What happens when someone is injured by sports and recreational activity, n.e.c.?

Of all ER visits involving sports and recreational activity, n.e.c., 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 sports and recreational activity, n.e.c.?

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 Sports And Recreational Activity, N.e.c. 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.