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CPSC NEISS Data 2005–2024

Wire, Not Specified

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.

Home Communication & Entertainment · CPSC Code 837

Stable over 5 years

The verdict

Wire, Not Specified carry a danger score of 39/100 (low risk), driven by roughly 9,242 ER-treated injuries a year that are roughly flat over the last five years.

39/100
danger score (low risk)
9,242
ER visits per year (avg)
5.8%
end in hospital admission
45-54
most-injured age group

Every figure is rendered from the CPSC NEISS record for product code 837 - last data year 2024.

PlainSafety danger score

0/100100/10039/100
PlainSafety danger score

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 wire, not specified - no opinion, no editorializing:

  • Injury volume9,242 ER visits/yr
  • Severity (hospitalization rate)5.8%
  • Fatality rate0.00%
  • 5-year trend+4%

See the full methodology for the exact weighting of each factor.

What the CPSC Data Shows

Wire, Not Specified (CPSC product code 837, in the Home Communication & Entertainment category) generate an estimated 9,242 emergency-room visits every year in the United States, adding up to roughly 184,836 ER-treated injuries across the 20-year span from 2005 to 2024. PlainSafety derives a danger score of 39/100 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 roughly flat over the last five years, with the busiest year on record being 2006 (12,691 estimated ER visits) and the quietest 2018 (6,201 estimated visits).

The single most common ER diagnosis for wire, not specified is laceration to the finger, accounting for approximately 24,237 visits across the 20-year NEISS window, followed by laceration to the hand (11,470 cases). The 45-54 age group absorbs the largest share of injuries, about 27,835 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 5.8% of ER visits involving this product end in hospital admission or transfer.

Beyond the hospital-sampled NEISS projections, this page also aggregates 2 consumer incident reports filed directly on SaferProducts.gov, plus 20 anonymized ER narratives - together forming a layered picture of how wire, not specified 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.

9,242
Injuries / Year
5.8%
Hospitalization Rate
0.00%
Fatality Rate

Annual Injury Estimates (2005–2024)

4K6K8K10K12K14K 20052008201120142017202020232024 10K
Estimated annual emergency-room visits for Wire, Not Specified, CPSC NEISS

Source: CPSC NEISS national injury estimates As of 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 2,965 1,978 4,943
5-14 11,964 6,834 18,798
15-24 18,789 5,136 23,925
25-34 18,463 6,843 25,306
35-44 18,669 5,735 24,404
45-54 18,181 9,654 27,835
55-64 14,864 8,275 23,139
65-74 10,113 6,643 16,864
75+ 9,710 9,919 19,629

Most Common Injuries

Body Part Diagnosis Est. Injuries
Finger Laceration 24,237
Hand Laceration 11,470
Eyeball Contusions, Abr. 8,934
Foot Puncture 8,857
Face Laceration 5,752
Head Internal Injury 5,165
Lower Arm Laceration 4,988
Lower Leg Laceration 4,622
Hand Puncture 3,963
Finger Puncture 3,331
Foot Foreign Body 3,263
Foot Laceration 2,622
Upper Trunk Contusions, Abr. 2,606
Finger Foreign Body 2,184
Face Contusions, Abr. 2,138

Severity Breakdown

Treated/examined And Released 92.8% (171,475)
Treated And Admitted/hospitalized 4.7% (8,629)
Left Without Being Seen 1.5% (2,818)
Treated And Transferred 0.9% (1,712)
Held For Observation 0.1% (210)

ER Visit Narratives

Real anonymized emergency room reports from the CPSC NEISS database.

Age 14 · Female · Foot · Foreign Body · 2024

14YOF PRESENTS WITH A METAL WIRE IN THE PLANTAR SURFACE OF HER LEFT FOOT. PATIENT WAS BAREFOOT IN THE HOUSE AND SOMEHOW LANDED ON THIS METAL WIRE. DX: FOREIGN BODY FOOT SUPERFICIAL, RIGHT

Age 20 · Male · Head · Internal Injury · 2024

20 YOM WITH A HEADACHE AND FACIAL PAIN X 3 DAYS THAT HAS PROGRESSIVELY WORSENED AFTER AN INJURY. PATIENT STATES THAT HE WAS RUNNING TO THE CAR IN THE RAIN, SLIPPED WHICH CAUSED HIM TO EXCEL FORWARD AND HIT HIS FACE AND HEAD ON A STREET WIRE AND POLE. DX INJURY HEAD, BLUNT TRAUMA NOSE

Age 60 · Male · Ear · Foreign Body · 2024

60 YOM REPORTS A METAL WIRE IN EAR CANAL. STATES HE TOOK BLUES LAST NIGHT TO HELP WITH THE PAIN. UDS +AMP, FENTANYL. DX: FOREIGN BODY OF RIGHT EAR.

Age 73 · Male · Neck · Foreign Body · 2024

73YOM HE FELL STRAIGHT FORWARD ONTO HIS ANTERIOR NECK AND LANDED ON A COPPER WIRE WHICH WENT INTO HIS SKIN AND IS NOW EMBEDDED IN HIS THROAT DX: PHARYNGEAL IRRITATION

Age 81 · Male · Head · Internal Injury · 2024

81YOM WAS WALKING AT HOME WHEN HE TRIPPED OVER A WIRE AND FELL ONTO HEAD DX: LACERATION TO FOREHEAD, CLOSED HEAD INJURY

Age 65 · Female · Upper Leg · Other · 2024

65YOF PATIENT WAS WALKING WITH HER WALKER, SHE TRIPPED OVER SOME WIRES AND FELL. SHE HIT HER RIGHT LEG ON A LADDER. DX: THIGH PAIN

Age 70 · Female · Upper Arm · Fracture · 2024

70YOF,AT HOME MECH SLIP AN FALL TRIPPED OVER SOME WIRES AN LANDED ON ARM,SHOULDER,FOREARM,DX:FX HUMERUS

Age 40 · Male · Upper Leg · Contusions, Abr. · 2024

40YOM PATIENT WAS RIDING A MOTORCYCLE, HE WAS DRIVING SLOW AND LOOKING FOR A WIRE. THE MOTORCYCLE ENDED UP FALLING ON HIS LEFT LEG. HE REPORTS PAIN IN HIS RIGHT THIGH AND RIGHT ANKLE. DX: THIGH ABRASION, LEG PAIN, MVA, RIGHT LEG SWELLING

Age 17 · Male · Finger · Crushing · 2024

17YOM PT WITH CRUSH TYPE INJURY TO LEFT THUMB WHILE IN SHOP CLASS @ SCHOOL. WAS TAKING AN ENGINE OUT OF A BUS WHICH WAS SUSPENDED IN AIR WITH CHAINS & SMALL PIECE OF WIRE CUT LEFT THUMB DX: CRUSHING INNJRY OF LEFT THUMB, PAIN LEFT THUMB

Age 50 · Male · Hand · Other · 2024

50YOM, FIVE DAYS AGO SUSTAINED PUNCTURE WOUND TO INDEX FINGER ON A PIECE OF WIRE WHICH HE PULLED AND GRADUALLY NOTICED HAND SWELLING AND ERYTHEMA, DX: CELLULITIS UNSPECIFIED

Age 30 · Male · Lower Arm · Laceration · 2024

30YOM PRESENTS WITH LACERATION TO ELBOW. PATIENT STATES HE WAS OUT IN THE DARK AND TRIPPED OVER WIRE LANDING WITH HIS FOREARM AROUND THE BASE OF A TREE. DX: FOREARM LACERATION

Age 77 · Male · Lower Arm · Laceration · 2024

77YOM PRESENTS WITH ARM INJURY AFTER TRIPPING OVER A WIRE AND CUTTING HIS ARM. DX: FOREARM LACERATION

Consumer Incident Reports

Reports filed by consumers on SaferProducts.gov.

5/15/2019 · Injury, First Aid Received by Non-Medical Professional · Consolidated Utility District of Rutherford County · Tennessee

The consumer indicates that his water company installed some wires in his yard in order to hold up marking flags. The wire is sharp on both ends and can become rusty; if a person steps or lands on it, they could be seriously injured. The consumer notes that although the wires are temporary, his son was injured approximately one month ago when the water company left them on the ground, and although it was a minor laceration on right foot, his son did require the use of a [REDACTED]. The consumer contacted the water utility company and explained the situation; the representative he spoke with informed him that he could submit a complaint on their online form. The consumer plans on keeping the product for at least the next thirty days in case an investigation ensues.

4/30/2024 · No Incident, No Injury · Shenzhen Yutian Network Technology Co., Ltd. · Florida

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CG5LB1BZ?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details "YUTIANHOME Fiber Pulling Eye Kit for Simplex and Duplex Fiber Optic Patch Cables" See those yellow strands? It turns out those are fiber optics. They tell you to cut it, they mention there's kevlar in there but at no point do they mention that those are unterminated raw fibers. If a raw fiber pokes you that glass cladding stabs into you and can very easily snap off because raw fibers may be sharp glass, but they're quite weak. This is extremely problematic being that the outer cladding is as pure as they can make it which means that the body doesn't readily reject it. You generally have to cut it out, and the whole process is horrifically painful. Zero warnings. If it were a [REDACTED] doll covered in razor blades at least you could see the razor blades, this is worse and almost invisible. Luckily I did not get stuck by it.

Product Recalls

Search for active and past recalls related to wire, not specified on the CPSC website.

Frequently Asked Questions

How dangerous are wire, not specified?

Based on 20 years of CPSC data, wire, not specified have a danger score of 39/100 (low risk). An estimated 9,242 ER-treated injuries occur annually in the U.S. related to this product category.

What are the most common injuries from wire, not specified?

The most common injury is laceration to the finger, accounting for approximately 24,237 injuries over 20 years.

Are injuries from wire, not specified increasing or decreasing?

Stable over 5 years.

Who is most at risk for wire, not specified injuries?

The 45-54 age group accounts for the most injuries, with approximately 27,835 cases recorded over 20 years. Males are more frequently injured in this age group.

What happens when someone is injured by wire, not specified?

Of all ER visits involving wire, not specified, approximately 5.8% result in hospital admission. The majority of patients (94.2%) are treated and released from the emergency department.

How can I report a safety problem with wire, not specified?

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.

Safety Guides

What this means for you

Treat the 39/100 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 45-54 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.