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| Source | U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission |
| Size | 528 MB |
| Dates Covered | 1990-2005 |
| Record Count | 360,374 (NEISS 2005) |
| How Available | Entire US, most recent years 2002-2005 Archived years 1990-2001 |
| Cost: Most recent years |
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| Cost: Archived years |
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About the Data:
The CPSC dataset includes information about potential injuries, deaths and investigations related to consumer products. Some of the products include children's toys, bicycles, swimming pools, ATV's (three- and four-wheelers), sports equipment, hobby items, lawn mowers, hair dryers, playground equipment and many more.
The database consists of four tables provided by the Consumer Product Safety Commission's National Injury Information Clearinghouse. CPSC maintains this data to help protect the public by alerting people to potential hazards associated with consumer products. Fields include age, race and gender of the victim; state and city of the incident; product type involved and more. What you won't find in this database is information that could possibly identify a specific patient/victim. Also not included is information about automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, car seat protection, foods, medicines, cosmetics, medical devices or dissatisfaction with business practices.
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Table Layouts and Sample Data:
What you can do: Are swimming pools, lawn mowers, hair dryers and bicycles more dangerous than they may appear? Which consumer products were involved in incidents resulting in injuries and even death? This database can add depth to routine stories and might even help alert the public to a potentially dangerous product. It is important to note that simply because a product is listed in this database as having involvement with a death or an injury does not mean it is the cause of the incident. STORIES AND TIPSHEETS FROM THE IRE RESOURCE CENTER: To order copies one or more of following stories call the IRE RESOURCE CENTER at 573-882-3364 and give them the FILE NUMBER or TIP SHEET NUMBER. The cost is 15 cents per page for IRE members. Story Number: 16238 A Sun-Sentinel investigation of "the nation's product recall system and the US Consumer Product Safety Commission" revealed that "vital information about dangerous products is kept from consumers because of federal secrecy laws" and dangerous products are left on the market even after the government discovers they have injured Americans. Story Number: 18634 Felcher reveals case after case of babies and toddlers being injured or killed by cribs, cradles, carriers, car seats, strollers and other products supposedly designed to be safe. The author, a former marketing lecturer, examines the hideous tricks that big businesses use to hide from the public the risks that their products pose to children. The book depicts how the lack of enough regulatory power over baby products has given faulty companies the leeway to settle wrongful death lawsuits outside courts and to push grieving parents to accept gag orders. Tipsheet Number: 1508 This tipsheet explains how to use the Consumer Product Safety Commission's National Injury Information Clearinghouse database. |
