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Consumer Product Safety

Incident Report

Subform I: General Information

1. Report Type.

New incident report

Incident Report Number: 2011-1189

2. Registrant Information.

Registrant Reference Number: 647079

Registrant Name (Full Legal Name no abbreviations): Bayer CropScience Inc.

Address: #200, 160 Quarry Park Blvd SE

City: Calgary

Prov / State: AB

Country: Canada

Postal Code: T2C 3G3

3. Select the appropriate subform(s) for the incident.

Human

4. Date registrant was first informed of the incident.

15-JUN-10

5. Location of incident.

Country: CANADA

Prov / State: MANITOBA

6. Date incident was first observed.

Unknown

Product Description

7. a) Provide the active ingredient and, if available, the registration number and product name (include all tank mixes). If the product is not registered provide a submission number.

Active(s)

PMRA Registration No. 26694      PMRA Submission No.       EPA Registration No.

Product Name: LIBERTY 150 SN HERBICIDE (Canada)

  • Active Ingredient(s)
    • GLUFOSINATE AMMONIUM

7. b) Type of formulation.

Application Information

8. Product was applied?

Yes

9. Application Rate.

Unknown

10. Site pesticide was applied to (select all that apply).

Site: Agricultural-Outdoor/Agricole-extérieur

Préciser le type: Farm

11. Provide any additional information regarding application (how it was applied, amount applied, the size of the area treated etc).

Please refer to field 13 on Subform II or field 17 of subform III for a detailed description regarding application.

To be determined by Registrant

12. In your opinion, was the product used according to the label instructions?

Yes

Subform II: Human Incident Report (A separate form for each person affected)

1. Source of Report.

Data Subject

2. Demographic information of data subject

Sex: Male

Age: >19 <=64 yrs / >19 <=64 ans

3. List all symptoms, using the selections below.

System

  • Skin
    • Symptom - Hives
    • Symptom - Itchy skin

4. How long did the symptoms last?

Unknown / Inconnu

5. Was medical treatment provided? Provide details in question 13.

Unknown

6. a) Was the person hospitalized?

No

6. b) For how long?

7. Exposure scenario

Occupational

8. How did exposure occur? (Select all that apply)

Application

9. If the exposure occured during application or re-entry, what protective clothing was worn? (select all that apply)

Chemical resistant gloves

10. Route(s) of exposure.

Skin

11. What was the length of exposure?

>8 hrs <= 24 hrs / >8 h <= 24 h

12. Time between exposure and onset of symptoms.

>2 hrs <=8 hrs / > 2 h < = 8 h

13. Provide any additional details about the incident (eg. description of the frequency and severity of the symptoms, type of medical treatment, results from medical tests, outcome of the incident, amount of pesticide exposed to, etc.)

6/15/2010 Caller reports working with the product around 15 hours ago at a farm. Caller used the product for about 10 hours, and did get some product on his hand when he was removing a contaminated glove. He did briefly rinse his hands afterwards. Caller started to feel itching on his body 4 hours ago. The itching has persisted, and he has now noticed that his body is covered in hives. 6/16/2010 Attempted callback to the original caller for follow up information. Unable to leave a message. 6/17/2010 Attempted callback to the original caller for follow up information. Unable to leave a message.

To be determined by Registrant

14. Severity classification.

Minor

15. Provide supplemental information here.