New incident report
Incident Report Number: 2013-3912
Registrant Reference Number: 001
Registrant Name (Full Legal Name no abbreviations): United Phosphorus, Inc.
Address: 630 Freedom Business Center, Suite 402
City: King of Prussia
Prov / State: PA
Country: USA
Postal Code: 19406
Human
Country: UNITED STATES
Prov / State: CALIFORNIA
PMRA Registration No. PMRA Submission No. EPA Registration No. Unknown
Product Name:
Tablet
No
Unknown
Medical Professional
Sex: Male
Age: >19 <=64 yrs / >19 <=64 ans
System
Unknown / Inconnu
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Non-occupational
Poisoning from ingestion of the pesticide
Oral
Unknown / Inconnu
Unknown / Inconnu
On July 22, 2013, at approximately 5:00 pm (Eastern), the US registrant received a call from (name) (phone #) at (name) Hospital in (city), CA, USA informing UPI that the an individual male, aged , ingested tablets or pills from a plastic baggie in his possession, became seriously ill and was taken to the (name) Community Hospital. The (name) County, Coroners office determined that the tablets or pills contained aluminum phosphide. (name) requested information on the proper disposal of the remaining material left in the plastic bag. On the morning on July 23, 2013, the US registrant learned from a press report that the individual had died. The (name) County Coroners office is investigating the incident. The contact at that office is Detective (name) (phone#). The registrant has not been able to determine whether the tablets that the individual ingested were UPIs aluminum phosphide tablets, EPA Reg. No. 70506-13, brandname, Weevilcide.
Death
The person had found the baggie and ingested the product. The individual was not involved in the application of the product and the product was not used according to label directions. The report was also submitted pursuant to FIFRA 6(a)(2) and 40 C.F.R. 159.184 to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.