New incident report
Incident Report Number: 2016-0690
Registrant Reference Number: ProPharma case: 1-42626834
Registrant Name (Full Legal Name no abbreviations): FMC Corporation
Address: 1735 Market Street
City: Philadelphia
Prov / State: Pennsylvania
Country: USA
Postal Code: 19103
Human
Country: UNITED STATES
Prov / State: KANSAS
Unknown
PMRA Registration No. PMRA Submission No. EPA Registration No. 279-3388
Product Name: Purge III
Liquid
Yes
Unknown
Site: Pub. Area - Indoor/Zone publique - int
Unknown
Data Subject
Sex: Male
Age: >19 <=64 yrs / >19 <=64 ans
System
Unknown / Inconnu
Yes
Yes
5
Day(s) / Jour(s)
Non-occupational
Application
Unknown
Respiratory
>1 yr / > 1 an
Unknown / Inconnu
1-42626834 - The reporter indicated that he had been exposed to an insecticidal spray containing the active ingredients pyrethrins, n-octyl bicycloheptene dicarboximide and pyrethrins. The reporter, a (age) year old, male, who had previously smoked for a period of 21 years stated that an insecticidal dispensing machine was installed 12 feet away from his desk at work and 7 feet from the floor either in December of 2013 or in January of 2014. Per the reporter, the machine fired a burst of product every 15-30 minutes and the burst was directed right towards his desk. Some unspecified time after the product was installed the reporter noted that his heart would race persistently. At times, it would race for up to 30 minutes after the activity that had initiated the fast heart rate had stopped. Then in February of 2014 the reporter noted a lot of chest pain and it became hard to breathe. The reporter was diagnosed with a collapsed lung, 25% lung capacity, low potassium and congestive heart failure. He was hospitalized for a period of 5 days and sent home on lisinopril, Klor-Con, furosemide, Carvedilol and aspirin. Over time, most of the medications were discontinued and now he is only taking the lisinopril, which the reporter states is meant to treat his liver damage. At some point, the reporter was also diagnosed with sleep apnea. On some unknown date, the machine was stopped for an unspecified period of time and the reporter indicated that his symptoms improved but in November 2015 it was started again and once again he started to feel chest pain and tightness. His symptoms improved after he was home for a period of about 3-4 hours but returned again when he went back to work. At the time of the call, the reporter indicated that the machine had been shut down once again and his symptoms had resolved. No additional information is available.
Major