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The annual convention of the Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors–National Association Get ready to hit the jackpot for your business … CONNECT 2013 is a sure bet to re-energize your business and recharge yourself! This value-packed event offers loads of money-making concepts that you can put to work immediately, including: • Arm yourself with the latest Big Ideas when it comes to customer service, diversifying your business, new technologies and the energy efficiency market. • Produce world-class results after keynote speaker Forbes Publisher Rich Karlgaard reveals what successful strategies work for the world’s top performing companies. • Start pulling hundreds of calls every month with some new online marketing strategies. • Expand your market presence and business opportunities in the water-energy arena; even come home a PHCC Certified Water Auditor • Ensure you’re ready to operate under new DOE water heater regulations … they’re fast approaching! • And, make up-to-date decisions for customers and your business based on firsthand exposure to the latest innovations at the Oct. 17 Product & Technology Showcase. Get your Vegas on! • Register for CONNECT today. • Book your stay at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino – CONNECT’s headquarters hotel. • Plus, don’t forget to register for team-building events at the Las Vegas Speedway, or join the tour at the Hoover Dam or Springs Preserve. Visit www.phccweb.org/CONNECT for everything you need to know! naphcc@naphcc.org 800-533-7694 Diamond Platinum Gold
Insect Bites and Stings FactSheet Another important ToolBox Talk brought to you by the Quality Service Contractors (QSC) – An Enhanced Service Group of PHCC, P.O. Box 6808, Falls Church, VA 22040. Ph. 800-533-7694.Visit our website at: http://www.qsc-phcc.org. Each year, many workers are stung by insects while on the job. For most, these stings mean pain and discomfort generally lasting only a few hours. Symptoms may include redness, swelling, and itching at the site of the sting. However, some people are allergic to insect stings. This means that their immune systems overreact to the venom injected by a stinging insect. After the first sting, the allergic person’s body produces an allergic substance called Immunoglobulin E (IgE) antibody, which reacts with the insect venom. If the worker is stung again by an insect of the same or similar species, the insect venom interacts with the IgE antibody produced in response to the earlier sting. This triggers the release of histamine and other chemicals that cause allergic symptoms. Symptoms of Severe Reactions For a small number of people with severe venom allergy, stings may be life-threatening. This severe allergic reaction to insect stings is called anaphylaxis. It can involve many body organs and may develop rapidly. Symptoms of anaphylaxis may include itching and hives over large areas of the body, swelling in the throat or tongue, difficulty breathing, dizziness, stomach cramps, nausea, or diarrhea. In severe cases, a rapid fall in blood pressure may result in shock and loss of consciousness. Anaphylaxis is a medical emergency, and may be fatal. If a worker experiences any of these symptoms after an insect sting, obtain emergency medical treatment immediately. After the symptoms are treated in the emergency room, the workers may need to obtain a referral to an allergist/immunologist to learn about treatment options. Identifying Stinging Insects Most sting reactions are caused by five types of insects. It is important to learn what they look like and where they live. Bites from mosquitoes, ticks, biting-flies, and some spiders can cause reactions, but are generally milder. Yellow jackets are black with yellow markings, and are found in various climates. Their nests, which are made of paper-mâché material, are usually located underground but can sometimes be found in the walls of frame buildings, cracks in masonry or woodpiles. Honeybees have a rounded, “fuzzy” body with dark brown coloring and yellow markings. Upon stinging, the honeybee usually leaves its barbed stinger in its victim and because of this may release more venom. Honeybees are non-aggressive and will only sting when provoked. However, Africanized honeybees, or so-called “killer bees” found in the southwestern United States and South and Central America, are more aggressive and may sting in swarms. Domesticated honeybees live in manmade hives, while wild honeybees live in colonies or “honeycombs” in hollow trees or cavities of buildings. Africanized honeybees may nest in holes in house frames, between fence posts in old tires or holes in the ground, or other partially protected sites. Paper wasps’ slender elongated bodies are black, brown, or red with yellow markings. Their nests are also made of a paper-like material that forms a circular comb of cells that opens downward. The nests are often located under eaves, behind shutters or in shrubs or woodpiles. Hornets are black or brown with white, orange or yellow marking and are usually larger than yellow jackets. Their nests are gray or brown, football-shaped, and made of a paper material similar to that of yellow jackets’ nests. Hornets’ nests are usually found high above ground on branches of trees, in shrubbery, on gables or in tree hollows. Fire ants are reddish brown to black stinging insects related to bees and wasps. They build nests of dirt in the ground that may be quite tall (18 inches) in certain kinds of soil. Fire ants Illinois Master Plumber, July 2013 17
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