New incident report
Incident Report Number: 2016-0088
Registrant Reference Number: 1728655
Registrant Name (Full Legal Name no abbreviations): McLaughlin Gormley King Company
Address: 8810 Tenth Ave North
City: Minneapolis
Prov / State: MN
Country: USA
Postal Code: 55427-4319
Human
Country: UNITED STATES
Prov / State: ILLINOIS
PMRA Registration No. PMRA Submission No. EPA Registration No. 1021-1866-53853
Product Name: Black Flag Fogging Insecticide Formula 2
Liquid
Yes
Unknown
Site: Res. - In Home / Rés. - à l'int. maison
Data Subject
Sex: Male
Age: >19 <=64 yrs / >19 <=64 ans
System
Unknown / Inconnu
Yes
Yes
3
Week(s) / Semaine(s)
Non-occupational
Application
What was the activity? Please refer to field 13 on Subform II or field 17 of subform III for a detailed description regarding the activity
Unknown
Respiratory
<=15 min / <=15 min
>1 wk <=1 mo / > 1 sem < = 1 mois
11/29/2015 Caller applied the product in his garage 1.5 months ago. Caller accidentally inhaled the product for several minutes in the course of this. Around 2 weeks later, caller developed a cough, congestion, and chest pain. He went to the emergency room, and was admitted to the hospital. His oxygen saturation was found to be very low, but caller does not recall the actual level. He was diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder, pneumonia, and congestive heart failure. He was treated with antibiotics and a bilevel positive air pressure machine. He was released after 3 weeks, and remains on oxygen. The symptoms did not resolve during the hospital stay. 12/4/2015 Attempted call back to the original caller. A message was left requesting follow up information. 12/7/2015 Call back to the original caller for follow up information. Caller was busy and would only say the he is improved.
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. Any relationship between the use of this product and the delayed development of the complications reported in this case is inconceivable and lacks biological plausibility. The pathology behind Congestive heart failure takes several months to years to manifest and would not be something associated with the acute exposure to this particular pesticide 2 weeks prior to onset of signs and sympoms.