on the evening of June 9, Ms. Wen and other employees who worked in a fast food restaurant in Rhine Spring Shopping Mall in Yibin, because the rice noodle shop next door used smoke insecticides to kill cockroaches and other pests, the smoke spread to the store, which caused five employees in the store to have different degrees of poisoning symptoms or physical discomfort. Ms. Wen, who was the most poisoned, fainted on the spot. After treatment, Ms. Wen woke up on the morning of the 21th, but her body was still very weak.

1. Poisoning caused by spraying smoke agent for killing cockroaches

Partition poisoning

Insecticides in rice noodle shop

Employees in the shop next door were fainted

According to Ms. Wen and her colleague Mr. Chen, at around 22: 51 on the 9th, the shop had closed for the day and all the guests left. Five employees, including Ms. Wen, are cleaning the restaurant and preparing to close. Ms. Wen, who works in the kitchen, suddenly felt itchy skin and other discomfort symptoms. After careful inspection, she found that the restaurant was filled with smoke. "We thought it was a fire, so we all quit the restaurant and dialed 119." Ms. Wen recalled.

At about 23: 11 that day, Yibin 119 Command Center received an alarm and ordered the special squadron of Yibin Public Security Fire Brigade, which is closest to Rhine Spring, to go to the police for disposal. Chengdu Business Daily reporter learned from the fire department that after the fire rescue workers arrived, they found that there was indeed a strong smoke in the whole restaurant. However, after careful investigation, no fire point was found and no danger was found. Therefore, it was suspected that smoke was emitted from other nearby locations.

"We got in touch with the property management of Rhine Spring and asked if there was smoke coming from next door." Firefighters and rescuers said that the shop next door, "A Xiang Rice Noodles", was closed and the door was locked. Since then, the property management has reported to firefighters that "A Xiang Rice Noodles" is using smoky insecticides to kill insects, not that the shop caught fire.

"The property management also told us that A Xiang Rice Noodles invited a regular insecticidal company to use safe pesticides to kill insects." Ms. Wen told reporters that after understanding the situation, the firefighters evacuated from the scene, and they thought it was safe, so they returned to work in the restaurant again. However, shortly after entering the store, employees such as Mr. Chen felt unwell and retreated outside the store after entering the kitchen for more than two minutes. After staying for a few minutes, Ms. Wen couldn't help but quit and fainted on the spot.

seeing this situation, other colleagues dialed 121, and Ms. Wen and Mr. Chen were sent to the Department of Nephrology, Yibin First People's Hospital. The summary of hospital medical history shows that the patient was admitted to the hospital for 2+ hours due to dizziness, nausea and numbness of limbs after inhaling pesticides. On the morning of the 21th, an otolaryngologist was invited by the Department of Nephrology to consult and was diagnosed as "pesticide poisoning".

The pest control company

estimates that the ventilation system or ceiling is open

If the meeting is expected, the company responsible for pest control is called Yibin Shenying Rodent Control and Pest Control Service Co., Ltd., and the relevant person in charge of the company introduced that chemical control, physical control and other pest control methods were used for the pest control of A Xiang rice noodles that day, mainly cockroaches, so cockroach-killing smoke agent was used. Cockroach-killing smoke agent is a kind of smoky insecticide used after being ignited in a closed space, which can radiate to a small corner that other insecticidal methods can't reach.

The person in charge said that according to the general judgment of the company's staff, the environment of this A Xiang rice noodle can use cockroach-killing smoke agent. Cockroach-killing smoke agent was used at about 23: 11 that night, and the staff received a phone call at about 24: 11 (someone was poisoned next door). Although the other party said that the smoke had gone there, the staff did not see the smoke when they checked in the past, nor did they see the result of poisoning. They only heard that "the patient was sent away".

A technician of the company told Chengdu Business Daily that before using similar insecticide smoke, the staff would collect, cover or evacuate the ingredients and tableware. If you don't cover it, there will definitely be some residue, but you only need to clean it.

The technician said that it was the first time that this pest control and smoke leaked to another home. All the pesticides used by the company are sanitary pesticides with high purity and low toxicity, which are friendly to the environment and human body. During the deinsectization, the staff will ask all personnel to evacuate. So far, the technician doesn't know the decoration structure next door, and he can't see the specific situation at the scene. It is estimated that the ventilation system or ceiling is open. "If this situation can be expected, the other person will definitely be informed to evacuate." The company said that it has been deinsecting "A Xiang Rice Noodles" for many years, but the small corner (deinsectization) is not good, so this time it chose the smog type.

Food and Drug Administration

Ensure that tableware and ingredients should be isolated in a closed space

According to Ms. Wen, after the incident, "A Xiang Rice Noodles" sent someone to visit her on the evening of 21th, and after repeatedly asking her company leaders that night, she paid Ms. Wen a hospitalization fee of 1,111 yuan. "At first, they said that they would only pay 511 yuan. We felt that it was too little, not enough for one day."

On the morning of the 21th, a reporter from Chengdu Business Daily came to Rhine Spring, which is located in the prosperous area in the east of Yibin City, and found that the two restaurants were close to each other and both were operating normally. Fast-food restaurant employees said they knew about it, but they didn't know why, and they suspected that smoke was spreading from the ceiling. At about 12 o'clock, a manager Guo, who claimed to be in charge of Yibin and Luzhou stores, kept calling his superiors at the gate of "A Xiang Rice Noodles" to report pesticide poisoning, patients' related situation and expenses paid in advance.

After the reporter of Chengdu Business Daily showed his press card and indicated his intention, Manager Guo said that he would ask for instructions from his superiors, and left the reporter's phone number saying that he would contact the reporter in time to respond to this matter. After 18: 11, the reporter of Chengdu Business Daily has not received a response from A Xiang Rice Noodles. Chengdu Business Daily reporter called Manager Guo again. Unexpectedly, Manager Guo said: "I just arrived in Yibin yesterday afternoon and didn't know about pesticide poisoning; I asked a number of employees in the restaurant, and there were no incidents of insecticide and pesticide poisoning. "

according to the analysis of the relevant personnel of Yibin Food and Drug Administration System, this situation may be related to the inaccurate judgment of the staff on the killing environment. In the process of killing insects, it is necessary to ensure that equipment such as ingredients and tableware are effectively isolated in a closed space to prevent pesticides from adhering to ingredients and tableware and causing harm to human body. After deinsectization, relevant facilities and equipment should be cleaned to avoid residue. "It is a good thing for catering enterprises to pay attention to the restaurant environment, but the use of pesticides must be cautious and must be safe."