New incident report
Incident Report Number: 2009-2126
Registrant Reference Number: 478450
Registrant Name (Full Legal Name no abbreviations): S.C. Johnson and Son, Limited
Address: 1 Webster Street
City: Brantford
Prov / State: ON
Country: Canada
Postal Code: N3T 5R1
Human
Country: UNITED STATES
Prov / State: OHIO
PMRA Registration No. PMRA Submission No. EPA Registration No. 4822-513
Product Name: Raid Flying Insect Killer Formula 6 Indoor/Outdoor 15oz
Other (specify)
AerosolYes
Unknown
Site: Res. - In Home / Rés. - à l'int. maison
Data Subject
Sex: Female
Age: >64 yrs / > 64 ans
System
>24 hrs <=3 days / >24 h <=3 jours
Yes
Yes
3
Day(s) / Jour(s)
Non-occupational
Application
Unknown
Respiratory
Unknown / Inconnu
>2 hrs <=8 hrs / > 2 h < = 8 h
5/28/2009 Caller sprayed the product inside of the home four days ago. She does not recall ever getting of the spray on her or inhaling the spray directly. Later in the evening, caller developed nausea and felt short of breath. The following day caller's shortness of breath worsened, and caller was taken to the hospital by ambulance. Caller was intubated and hospitalized for bacterial pneumonia for three days. Caller was given antibiotics, oxygen, and intravenous fluids. Caller reports that she has used Raid products in the past without problems
Major
The information contained in this report is based on self-reported statements provided to the registrant during telephone Interview(s). These self-reported descriptions of an incident have not been independently verified to be factually correct or complete descriptions of the incident. For that reason, information contained in this report does not and can not form the basis for a determination of whether the reported clinical effects are causally related to exposure to the product identified in the telephone interviews. With the description of events in this case, there is nothing to suggest that the patient suffered a direct inhalational exposure to the aerosol spray. Furthermore, if inhalation exposure to the spray had occurred, the onset of respiratory symptoms would have been much more immediate than depicted in this case where symptoms began several hours later and did not peak in intensity until the following day. Finally, this patient was diagnosed and treated for bacterial pneumonia in the hospital, thus it would appear that the cause of this patient's illness is infectious in its origins rather than chemical.