Injuries From Recalled Products Hit Highest Level in 8 Years

Sourcing from China was a key reason that the Consumer Product Safety Commission has been issuing significantly more product warnings, an agency official said.

Recalled Charmast power banks, model W1056. CPSC

The number of injuries resulting from recalled products surged last year in the United States, hitting a multi-year high, according to a recent report from the Public Interest Research Group (PIRG).

“A total of 869 injuries were connected to products recalled during the year [2024],” PIRG, a research and consumer advocacy organization, said in a March 24 report. “That total is up dramatically from the 549 injuries reported in 2023 and is more than double the number of injuries reported five years ago.”