De-identified U.S. Consumer Product Incident Events with Standardized Product Failure and Injury Classifications
Description
This dataset contains a de-identified, incident-level collection of U.S. consumer product-related events compiled from publicly available reporting records. Each record represents a single incident involving a consumer product and includes standardized categorical classifications for product type (PRD), defect type (DFT), failure mode (FLW), usage context (USC), and injury outcome (DAM). The dataset is designed to support structured analysis of product-related hazards, failure mechanisms, and resulting injuries. All records have been processed using predefined classification rules to ensure consistency and reproducibility. Supporting lookup tables defining all classification systems used in the dataset are provided. Free-text narratives used during the classification process are not included in this public dataset.
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The dataset was generated using publicly available U.S. consumer product incident reporting records. Source data were downloaded in tabular format and imported into a local data processing environment. Records were screened to remove duplicate entries and fields containing personally identifiable information. Incident characteristics were mapped from source-specific fields and narrative descriptions into standardized categorical classifications for product type (PRD), defect type (DFT), failure mode (FLW), usage context (USC), and injury outcome (DAM) using predefined decision rules. Classification codes were applied consistently across all records to ensure uniformity. Lookup tables defining all standardized classification codes and labels were created alongside the main dataset. The final dataset was exported in CSV and spreadsheet formats, and all supporting lookup tables were saved as plain-text files.