Danger score versus ER volume
Danger score versus ER volume
According to CPSC NEISS 2005-2024, Wire, Not Specified ranks #213 of 838 by danger score (39/100) at ER-volume #216 of 838 (9,242/yr). They are not the same ranking.
- #213
- danger rank of 838
- #216
- ER-volume rank of 838
- 39/100
- danger score
- 9,242/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 (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
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Source CPSC NEISS, PlainSafety danger-score model · 2024
Composite verdict
Composite Safety Score: 54/100
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.
| Dimension | Value | National percentile | Weight applied | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Injury severity (hospitalization + fatality blend) | 6 | 50th | 35% | CPSC NEISS 20-year severity index |
| Annual ER injury volume | 9,242 | 71st | 30% | CPSC NEISS estimated annual ER-treated injuries |
| 5-year injury trend | +4% | 71st | 15% | CPSC NEISS 5-year % change in ER-treated injuries |
| Consumer incident reports | 2 | 25th | 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 184,844 estimated ER injuries land on the body
Body-part shares from the same CPSC NEISS injury_types extract for product code 837. Segments sum to 184,844 - 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 Communication & Entertainment 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 Communication & Entertainment danger scores
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 volume 9,242 ER visits/yr Above median volume
- Severity (hospitalization rate) 5.8% 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 wire, not specified 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 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.
Annual Injury Estimates (2005–2024)
Source: CPSC NEISS national estimates Injuries represent ER-treated cases only
Who Gets Injured?
| Age Group | Male | Female | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-4 | 2,965 | 1,978 | |
| 5-14 | 11,964 | 6,834 | |
| 15-24 | 18,789 | 5,136 | |
| 25-34 | 18,463 | 6,843 | |
| 35-44 | 18,669 | 5,735 | |
| 45-54 | 18,181 | 9,654 | |
| 55-64 | 14,864 | 8,275 | |
| 65-74 | 10,113 | 6,643 | |
| 75+ | 9,710 | 9,919 |
Most Common Injuries
| Body Part | Diagnosis | Est. Injuries |
|---|---|---|
| Finger | Laceration | |
| Hand | Laceration | |
| Eyeball | Contusions, Abr. | |
| Foot | Puncture | |
| Face | Laceration | |
| Head | Internal Injury | |
| Lower Arm | Laceration | |
| Lower Leg | Laceration | |
| Hand | Puncture | |
| Finger | Puncture | |
| Foot | Foreign Body | |
| Foot | Laceration | |
| Upper Trunk | Contusions, Abr. | |
| Finger | Foreign Body | |
| Face | Contusions, Abr. |
Severity Breakdown
ER Visit Narratives
Real anonymized emergency room reports from the CPSC NEISS database.
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
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
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.
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
81YOM WAS WALKING AT HOME WHEN HE TRIPPED OVER A WIRE AND FELL ONTO HEAD DX: LACERATION TO FOREHEAD, CLOSED HEAD INJURY
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
70YOF,AT HOME MECH SLIP AN FALL TRIPPED OVER SOME WIRES AN LANDED ON ARM,SHOULDER,FOREARM,DX:FX HUMERUS
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
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
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
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
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.
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.
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.
Compare beyond Home Communication & Entertainment
Nationwide peers by danger score, ER volume & hospitalization
Three PlainSafety-derived comparison paths for Wire, Not Specified: cross-group products nearest on danger score (39/100), estimated annual ER visits (9,242/yr), and hospitalization share (5.8%). Same-group neighbours stay in Related Products above.
Similar danger score
Nearest cross-group products by PlainSafety danger score (100-point scale).
Similar ER visit volume
Nearest cross-group products by NEISS estimated annual ER visits.
Similar hospitalization rate
Nearest cross-group products by % of NEISS ER visits resulting in hospital admission.
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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, Wire, Not Specified ranks #213 of 838 scored CPSC product categories by PlainSafety danger score and #216 of 838 by 20-year estimated ER injury volume.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where does wire, not specified rank on danger score versus ER volume?
Among 838 scored CPSC product categories, wire, not specified ranks #213 by PlainSafety danger score (39/100) and #216 by 20-year estimated ER injury volume (9,242/yr). The two rankings come from the same NEISS extract and are not the same order.
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.
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.