SaferProducts.gov

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) United States Consumer Product Safety Commission

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Name File Type Size Last Modified
Disclaimer.txt text/plain 262 bytes 06/03/2025 10:20:AM
IncidentReports.csv text/csv 86 MB 06/03/2025 10:20:AM
Recalls.csv text/csv 10 MB 06/03/2025 10:20:AM

Project Citation: 

United States Consumer Product Safety Commission. SaferProducts.gov. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2025-06-03. https://doi.org/10.3886/E231861V1

Project Description

Project Title:  View help for Project Title SaferProducts.gov
Summary:  View help for Summary The CPSC is an independent federal regulatory agency formed in 1972, and charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury from thousands of types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction.

What is SaferProducts.gov, and why does it exist?

SaferProducts.gov is the CPSC-owned website where the public can file and read safety-related complaints about consumer products within the agency’s jurisdiction.

In August 2008, Congress passed the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA), which required the CPSC to create a searchable public database of reports of harm (Reports) related to the use of consumer products and other products or substances within CPSC’s jurisdiction. Congress required that the Database be publicly available, searchable, and accessible through the CPSC’s website. In August 2011, Congress amended the CPSIA to add requirements for seeking additional information about product reports submitted to the Database and the timing for posting such reports.
    SaferProducts.gov was created to:
  • Collect reports of harm or potential harm from consumers about unsafe consumer products.
  • Publish reports of harm or potential harm in a searchable, public database.
  • Provide businesses with the ability and means to respond to reports about potentially dangerous consumer products.
This collection contains the public database export from SaferProducts.gov (available at the bottom of the page). It was downloaded on June 3, 2025. The DB export contains a disclaimer (txt), and a CSV of incident reports and separate CSV of recalls.
Original Distribution URL:  View help for Original Distribution URL https://www.saferproducts.gov/PublicSearch

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms consumer safety; product safety; recalls
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage United States of America
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 6/8/1973 – 5/29/2025 (Recalls begin 1973, Incidents 2011.)
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) administrative records data; event/transaction data
Collection Notes:  View help for Collection Notes Downloaded June 3, 2025


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