New incident report
Incident Report Number: 2011-1479
Registrant Reference Number: PROSAR Case #1-25360752
Registrant Name (Full Legal Name no abbreviations): Syngenta Crop Protection Canada, Inc.
Address: 140 Research Lane, Research Park
City: Guelph
Prov / State: Ontario
Country: Canada
Postal Code: N1G4Z3
Packaging Failure
Country: CANADA
Prov / State: ALBERTA
PMRA Registration No. 29138 PMRA Submission No. EPA Registration No.
Product Name: Broadband Herbicide
Unknown
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Drum-metal / Fût-métal
Transportation
potential exposure
1-25360752- The reporter, a warehouse employee, notified the registrant of a package failure involving an herbicide containing the active ingredients pinoxaden and florasulam. The reporter indicated 11 drums containing the product were wet on top upon delivery to his facility. He estimated less than two liters of product had leaked. He described effective clean up of the trailer that had delivered the product and was advised of adjustments to be made to the package to mitigate further leak. No exposure or environmental injury was described. No further information is available.
This issue has been addressed by changing the vent cap. No further incidents have been reported since.