INS-032 · Hazards & harm
Recalls that report a death
3 of 521 2026 recalls (0.6%) report at least one death; 145 in the whole archive.
- Question it answers
- How many recalls report that someone died?
- What it means
- Notices whose injury text reports at least one death.
- What it does not mean
- Not a full count of deaths: it can miss wording, deaths may relate to earlier versions of a product, and the number is small.
- How sure
- Medium. A keyword rule on free text that tries to skip 'no deaths reported'.
How it was worked out
- Recalls looked at
- Recalls dated 2026
- Measure
- Recalls reporting a death / all recalls that year
- Fields read
Injuries[].Name- Rule
- A clause in the injury text mentions death, died, fatal or killed and is not negated ('no deaths').
| year | matching | of | percent |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 0 | 323 | 0.0 |
| 2006 | 4 | 319 | 1.3 |
| 2007 | 4 | 452 | 0.9 |
| 2008 | 5 | 392 | 1.3 |
| 2009 | 13 | 383 | 3.4 |
| 2010 | 8 | 362 | 2.2 |
| 2011 | 4 | 313 | 1.3 |
| 2012 | 7 | 310 | 2.3 |
| 2013 | 4 | 290 | 1.4 |
| 2014 | 3 | 296 | 1.0 |
| 2015 | 4 | 305 | 1.3 |
| 2016 | 2 | 330 | 0.6 |
| 2017 | 4 | 280 | 1.4 |
| 2018 | 1 | 258 | 0.4 |
| 2019 | 5 | 241 | 2.1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 257 | 0.0 |
| 2021 | 11 | 219 | 5.0 |
| 2022 | 7 | 292 | 2.4 |
| 2023 | 12 | 324 | 3.7 |
| 2024 | 16 | 305 | 5.2 |
| 2025 | 2 | 420 | 0.5 |
| 2026 | 3 | 521 | 0.6 |
Do not say
- only [number] people died
- [number] deaths in [year]
Caveats
- Can miss unusual wording, so the true number may be higher.
- Some deaths relate to an earlier version of the same product.
- The count is small, so one recall changes it.
The recalls behind it
3 recall notices are counted. The most recent:
- Galanz Americas Recalls Retro Refrigerators Due to Risk of Serious Injury or Death from Fire and Burn Hazards; One Death Reported
- OCOOPA Direct Recalls 1.5 Million Rechargeable Hand Warmers Due to Risk of Serious Injury or Death from Fire and Burn Hazards; One Death Rep
- Vive Health Recalls Adult Portable Bed Rails Due to Risk of Serious Injury or Death from Entrapment and Asphyxiation; Two Deaths Reported
Download every recall number behind this figure (JSON, key INS-032). All statistics.