CPSC NEISS · code 977

Spot Removers Or Cleaning Fluids

Spot Removers Or Cleaning Fluids: danger rank #735 of 838 is not ER-volume rank #575 of 838 (654 estimated ER visits a year; declining by about 45% over the last five years).

Home Workshop Tools & Equipment CPSC NEISS through 2024

Danger score versus ER volume

Danger score versus ER volume

According to CPSC NEISS 2005-2024, Spot Removers Or Cleaning Fluids ranks #735 of 838 by danger score (27/100) at ER-volume #575 of 838 (654/yr). They are not the same ranking.

#735
danger rank of 838
#575
ER-volume rank of 838
27/100
danger score
654/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 (27/100) across 838 scored CPSC product categories

27 Among the lowest lower than 88% 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: 21/100

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) 2 12th 35% CPSC NEISS 20-year severity index
Annual ER injury volume 654 28th 30% CPSC NEISS estimated annual ER-treated injuries
5-year injury trend -45% 11th 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 13,097 estimated ER injuries land on the body

Body-part shares from the same CPSC NEISS injury_types extract for product code 977. Segments sum to 13,097 - 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 Workshop Tools & 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.

Home Workshop Tools & Equipment danger scores

1. Gasoline47/1002. Methyl Alcohol (solvent)45/1003. Caustics43/1004. Lye42/1005. Gasoline Cans41/1006. Paints, Varnishes Or Shel…41/1007. General Purpose Household…41/1008. Spot Removers Or Cleaning…27/100
Higher score = higher composite danger in this group. Peer set is other scored products sharing the same CPSC group.
0/100100/10027/100
PlainSafety danger score · Spot Removers Or Cleaning Fluids

Source: CPSC NEISS danger-score model As of 2024

How this 27/100 score is built

The score is computed from four CPSC-derived factors for spot removers or cleaning fluids - no opinion, no editorializing:

  • Injury volume 654 ER visits/yr Below median volume
  • Severity (hospitalization rate) 1.8% Low admission rate
  • Fatality rate 0.00% No recorded fatalities
  • 5-year trend-45%

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 spot removers or cleaning fluids are declining by about 45% over the last five years, with the busiest year on record being 2014 (1,114 estimated ER visits) and the quietest 2024 (229 estimated visits). The single most common ER diagnosis is poisoning to the all parts body, accounting for approximately 4,774 visits across the 20-year NEISS window, followed by derma/conjunct to the eyeball (1,779 cases). The 0-4 age group absorbs the largest share of injuries, about 4,443 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 1.8% of ER visits involving this product end in hospital admission or transfer.

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 spot removers or cleaning fluids 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)

02004006008001K1K 20052008201120142017202020232024 229
Estimated annual emergency-room visits for Spot Removers Or Cleaning Fluids, 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 2,878 1,565 4,443
5-14 642 253 895
15-24 624 1,034 1,658
25-34 435 704 1,139
35-44 511 1,048 1,559
45-54 780 812 1,592
55-64 407 463 870
65-74 305 341 646
75+ 145 146 291

Most Common Injuries

Body Part Diagnosis Est. Injuries
All Parts Body Poisoning 4,774
Eyeball Derma/conjunct 1,779
Eyeball Burn, Chemical 1,084
Eyeball Other 910
Pubic Region Burn, Chemical 408
Eyeball Contusions, Abr. 363
All Parts Body Other 307
Eyeball Foreign Body 269
Face Derma/conjunct 211
Hand Derma/conjunct 207
All Parts Body Anoxia 160
Upper Leg Burn, Chemical 159
All Parts Body Derma/conjunct 149
Face Contusions, Abr. 139
Upper Trunk Other 129

Severity Breakdown

Treated/examined And Released 94.4% (12,364)
Left Without Being Seen 2.7% (348)
Held For Observation 1.3% (176)
Treated And Admitted/hospitalized 0.9% (113)
Treated And Transferred 0.7% (96)

ER Visit Narratives

Real anonymized emergency room reports from the CPSC NEISS database.

Age 66 · Female · Wrist · Fracture · 2024

66 YOF SPRAYED CLEANING SOLUTION ON HER SHOES WITH SOME GOING ONTO THE FLOOR. WHEN SHE WENT TO WALK AWAY, SHE SLIPPED ON THE CLEANING SOLUTION ON THE FLOOR AND FELL ONTO HER RIGHT SIDE. DX: DISPLACED FRACTURE OF STYLOID PROCESS OF RIGHT ULNA, INTRA-ARTICULAR FRACTURE OF DISTAL END OF RIGHT RADIUS, FOOT FRACTURE RIGHT.

Age 33 · Female · Eyeball · Other · 2024

33 YOF WAS SPLASHED WITH *** AND STAIN CARPET CLEANER WHICH FELL OFF OF A SHELF. DX: CHEMICAL EXPOSURE OF EYE.

Age 48 · Male · Eyeball · Other · 2024

48 YOM WAS USING *** STAIN REMOVER ON A CEILING IN A HOUSE WITH POOR VENTILATION AND WAS EXPOSED TO THE FUMES. DX: IRRITATION OF BOTH EYES, CHEMICAL FUMES EXPOSURE OF EYES

Age 19 · Female · All Parts Body · Poisoning · 2024

19YOF PRESENTS TO THE ED WITH EYE IRRITATION AND SHORTNESS OF BREATH AFTER CLEANING FLOORS WITH BLEACH. REPORTS WAS CLEANING HER FLOORS WITH BLEACH AND THE CONTAINER WITH THE BLEACH FELL OVER AND THE BLEACH COME OUT. SHE IS NOT SURE IF THE BLEACH SPLASHED HER EYES. ED DX: ACCIDENTAL EXPOSURE TO BLEACH; WHEEZING

Age 39 · Female · Eyeball · Other · 2024

39YOF PRESENTS WITH GETTING *** SPRAY SOLUTION IN HER LEFT EYE. DX: EYE IRRITATION

Age 222 · Male · All Parts Body · Poisoning · 2024

22MOM WAS AT STORE WITH FAMILY AND THEY NOTED THAT A BOX OF GARBAGE DISPOSAL *** CLEANING PODS CALLED *** WAS OPEN AND THAT HE HAD ONE IN HIS MOUTH. HE WAS COUGHING AND GAGGING AND DAD DID A FINGER SWEEP AND GOT THE PLASTIC PORTION OUT OF HIS MOUTH. DX: ACCIDENTAL INGESTION OF SUBSTANCE

Age 207 · Female · Eyeball · Other · 2024

7MOF OLDER SISTER SPRAYED PET STAIN AND ODOR REMOVER INTO PATIENT'S EYES DX: EYE INJURY

Age 217 · Male · All Parts Body · Poisoning · 2024

17MOM WITH AN INGESTION OF SUBSTANCE. MOM STATES THAT AROUND 1945 SHE WAS IN THE KITCHEN CLEANING WITH AN OPEN BOTTLE OF *** WHEN SHE TURNED AROUND AND DID NOT HEAR PATIENT WALK IN. SHE NOTES THAT SHORTLY AFTER SHE HEARD HIM YELLING WHEN SHE TURNED AROUND AND SAW HE HAD POURED THE BOTTLE OVER HIS HEAD. SHE IS NOT SURE IF HE INGESTED ANY.

Age 218 · Male · All Parts Body · Poisoning · 2024

18MOM WITH A CHEMICAL EXPOSURE TO HIS EYEBALL AFTER SPRAYING BLEACH-FREE ALL-PURPOSE CLEANING SOLUTION IN HIS RIGHT EYE.

Age 214 · Male · Face · Other · 2024

14MOM WITH FACIAL SWELLING. MOM WAS CLEANING AND LOOKED DOWN AND FOUND HIM PLAYING IN SOME TYPE OF CHEMICAL, PER MOM HE DID NOT DRINK IT BUT MAY HAVE RUBBED IT ON HIS FACE.

Age 8 · Female · Ear · Other · 2024

8YOF WITH OTALGIA. SHE HAS RIGHT EAR PAIN AFTER SHE WAS CLEANING WITH HER COUSIN AND HER RIGHT EAR WAS SPRAYED WITH *** WATER PROOFER SPRAY.

Age 30 · Female · All Parts Body · Poisoning · 2023

30 YOF C/O ACUTE COUGH, WHEEZING, AND SHORTNESS OF BREATH AFTER EXPOSURE TO CLEANING FLUIDS AT HOME. DX: ASTHMA ATTACK

Consumer Incident Reports

Reports filed by consumers on SaferProducts.gov.

6/3/2012 · Incident, No Injury · BISSELL Homecare, Inc · Florida

Product - Woolite - OXY Deep 2X Spot and Stain Carpet Cleaner 14 oz spray can. Product exploded. The bottom of the can exploded off. The product was new, in its original wrapping with another can, sitting on the shelf in an air conditioned pantry with other foods, paper products and cooking equipment. No one was injured but could have been. The pantry had to be completely emptied, food thrown out and everything cleaned. VERY DANGEROUS PRODUCT - LOUD EXPLODED FOR NO REASON!!

6/20/2025 · Injury, Emergency Department Treatment Received · Wet & Forget USA · New Jersey

Product sprayed in my eyes UPDATED ON 6/23/2025: [I feel the nozzle has a faulty design. It should not be able to rotate. Because it’s able to rotate, once you have it attached to the hose, when you pick up the product by the handle, the nozzle will rotate towards you. As a result of this design, the product was splashed directly into my eyes when I picked it up by the handle after I had accidentally dropped it. I went to the ER, where my eyes were rinsed out by placing these plastic disks in my eyes. After a visit to the Eye Dr, I was told my cornea on my right eye was 90% chemically burned. I have been receiving medical care for my eyes and missed a week of work. My vision on the right is blurry and will remain blurry until the cornea repairs itself which can take weeks. The whole experience was very traumatic. ]

12/14/2019 · Injury, Seen by Medical Professional · The Procter & Gamble Company · Massachusetts

I used Swiffer Wet Jet Wood formulation on my oak hardwood floors, including our stairs. It left them so slippery, I fell. My feet, in socks, came out from underneath me. I landed on my rear end and back. Luckily, I did not break any bones, injure my spine or hit my head. However, I am in pain and have deep bruising that is going to take months to heal. My entire house is now like an ice skating rink. This product is not safe.

1/31/2019 · Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention Received · Zep, Inc · Louisiana

On 9/2/18, my fiance and I purchased two 1-gallon containers of Zep brand "Mold Stain & Mildew Stain Remover" from a local store. These containers were placed in the trunk of the car for transit home. Once at home and parked in the driveway, we began to smell a very strong bleach smell and noticed that from the back right corner of the car, a clearish liquid was steadily dripping to the ground and forming a foamy puddle. When we opened the trunk, we discovered that one of the bottles had fallen on its side and the cap was lying a few inches away from the bottle. Half or more of the contents had spilled from the bottle. Despite trying to soak up as much of the product as we could, the car maintained a noxious bleach smell for over a week--it was impossible to drive it due to the fumes (which irritated our nasal passages, throats, and eyes), unless the windows were rolled down (in 80-90 degree weather). The most disturbing part of all this is that when we tested the white cap on the other bottle, WHICH WAS LABELED AS BEING "CHILD-PROOF," we found out that the cap was not at all child-proof and could be easily unscrewed (or easily popped off, as it did in the back of our trunk). In addition, when we turned over the second container (which did not fall over in the trunk) to look for serial/model numbers days later, liquid steadily leaked out from the cap. So the major issue here is the fact that this product is being sold with supposedly-child-proof caps that are NOT AT ALL child-proof. We pointed this out to the manager at the store where we bought it (when we took the bottle that spilled back for a replacement), and he said he would pass it along to the company so that they could address it. However, I have reason to believe they have not addressed it, and that is why I am filing this report.

1/29/2026 · Injury, Emergency Department Treatment Received · Wet & Forget USA · New York

While using Xtreme Reach Wet & Forget Outdoor 48 oz that I bought from Amazon, and following the directions, the water blew the blue nozzle off, the force of the water ricocheted off the house and knocked my eyewear off, resulting in chemical burns to both my eyes, and a trip to the ER with follow up eye appts. This product looks identical to the recalled Xrteme Reach Wet & Forget Outdoor 48 oz products having a similar UPC code.

Product Recalls

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Nationwide peers by danger score, ER volume & hospitalization

Three PlainSafety-derived comparison paths for Spot Removers Or Cleaning Fluids: cross-group products nearest on danger score (27/100), estimated annual ER visits (654/yr), and hospitalization share (1.8%). 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, Spot Removers Or Cleaning Fluids ranks #735 of 838 scored CPSC product categories by PlainSafety danger score and #575 of 838 by 20-year estimated ER injury volume.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where does spot removers or cleaning fluids rank on danger score versus ER volume?

Among 838 scored CPSC product categories, spot removers or cleaning fluids ranks #735 by PlainSafety danger score (27/100) and #575 by 20-year estimated ER injury volume (654/yr). The two rankings come from the same NEISS extract and are not the same order.

What are the most common injuries from spot removers or cleaning fluids?

The most common injury is poisoning to the all parts body, accounting for approximately 4,774 injuries over 20 years.

Are injuries from spot removers or cleaning fluids increasing or decreasing?

Down 45% over 5 years.

Who is most at risk for spot removers or cleaning fluids injuries?

The 0-4 age group accounts for the most injuries, with approximately 4,443 cases recorded over 20 years. Males are more frequently injured in this age group.

What happens when someone is injured by spot removers or cleaning fluids?

Of all ER visits involving spot removers or cleaning fluids, approximately 1.8% result in hospital admission. The majority of patients (98.2%) are treated and released from the emergency department.

How can I report a safety problem with spot removers or cleaning fluids?

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 Spot Removers Or Cleaning Fluids 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.