Product InspectionHelmet recalls in CPSC notices
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Between 5 January 2023 and 8 October 2026, 37 CPSC recall notices mention the word "helmet" somewhere in the notice, and 34 of those name China as a country of manufacture. In the hazard text of those 37 notices, the words that appear most often are "injury" (36 notices) and, in the same notices, "crash" and "head injury" (33 notices each). These counts were made by this site by searching CPSC's recall data, not by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
How the notices were found
A notice was counted when the word "helmet" appeared in its title, its product name or its hazard text. Matching ignored capitalisation, and the word counted inside longer words, so plurals were included.
The result is a count of notices. It is not a count of products, of injuries, or of an official product category.
Notices by year
| Year | Notices mentioning the word | Made in China |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 9 | 8 |
| 2024 | 8 | 7 |
| 2025 | 6 | 5 |
| 2026, to 8 October | 14 | 14 |
| Total | 37 | 34 |
The 2026 row covers notices up to 8 October 2026, so it is not a full year.
Hazard words in the notices
| Word | Notices (of the total) | Made in China (of the China total) |
|---|---|---|
| ingestion or swallowing | 2 of the 37 notices | 2 of 34 |
| fire | 1 of the 37 notices | 1 of 34 |
| burn | 2 of the 37 notices | 2 of 34 |
| entrapment | 1 of the 37 notices | 1 of 34 |
| fall | 2 of the 37 notices | 1 of 34 |
| crash | 33 of the 37 notices | 31 of 34 |
| head injury | 33 of the 37 notices | 31 of 34 |
| death | 16 of the 37 notices | 16 of 34 |
| injury | 36 of the 37 notices | 33 of 34 |
One notice can contain several of these words, so the rows cannot be added up. This is a word count made by this site, not CPSC's classification of hazards.
What the notices say
Notice No. 26789, dated 24 September 2026, reads: "The helmets in the recalled sets violate the mandatory safety standard for bicycle helmets because the helmets do not comply with the impact attenuation, retention system, positional stability, labeling and certification requirements. The helmets can fail to protect the user in the event of a crash, posing a serious risk of injury or death due to head injury."
Notice No. 26785, dated 17 September 2026, reads: "The recalled helmets violate the mandatory safety standard for bicycle helmets because the helmets do not comply with the impact attenuation, positional stability and certification requirements. The helmets can fail to protect the user in the event of a crash, posing a serious risk of injury or death due to head injury. In addition, the helmets have a button cell battery that does not bear the warning labels required by Reese's Law. If button cell or coin batteries are swallowed, the ingested batteries can cause serious injuries, including internal chemical burns, and death."
Notice No. 26749, dated 10 September 2026, reads: "The recalled helmets violate the mandatory safety standard for bicycle helmets because the helmets do not comply with the retention system, positional stability and certification requirements. The helmets can fail to protect the user in the event of a crash, posing a serious risk of injury or death due to head injury."
Notice No. 26650, dated 30 July 2026, reads: "The cups and containers violate the mandatory standard for consumer products with button cell and coin batteries because they contain button cell batteries that can be accessed easily by children, posing an ingestion hazard. In addition, the products do not bear the warning labels required by Reese's Law. If button cell or coin batteries are swallowed, the ingested batteries can cause serious injuries, including internal chemical burns, and death."
Notice No. 26185, dated 15 January 2026, reads: "The recalled baby loungers violate the mandatory safety standard for Infant Sleep Products. The sides are too low to contain an infant and the enclosed openings at the foot of the loungers are wider than allowed, posing serious risks of fall and entrapment hazards to infants. In addition, the baby loungers do not have a stand, posing a fall hazard if used on elevated surfaces. These violations create an unsafe sleeping environment and can cause death or serious injury."
Notice No. 24081, dated 11 January 2024, reads: "The molded plastic drain pan located at the bottom of the evaporator coil can overheat, melt and deform, posing a fire hazard."
Using the wording in a checklist
The quoted hazard wording can be turned into items in inspection instructions and into tests in a test plan. Whether a product meets a federal safety standard is shown by testing to that standard, not by an on-site inspection.
What the counts do not tell you
These are numbers of notices, not numbers of products or injuries. The 2026 row stops at 8 October 2026. CPSC handles consumer products, so the figures say nothing about other product groups. Nothing here indicates what share of imports the notices cover.
Questions people ask
How many of the notices were made in China?
34 of the 37 notices.
How many notices mention a crash?
33 of the 37 notices, and 31 of the 34 notices made in China.
Sources
- CPSC recall data interface (Recall web service), all recalls from 1 January 2023, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Checked 11 October 2026.
This page is an unofficial summary and is not affiliated with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission; the official text on cpsc.gov governs.