Assessment of Occupational Health Hazards Associated with the Quarry
The objective of the study was to assess the work-related health hazards, personal hygiene and utilization of personal protective equipments among stone quarry workers in Wardha district in Maharashtra.Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted among 348 subjects working in the stone quarries situated in Yelakeli, Deoli, Paloti, Pulgaon ...
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Effects of Quarry Dusts on the Electrocardiogram of …
This was a cross sectional study designed to evaluate the effects of quarry dusts on the electrocardiogram of quarry workers in Abakaliki metropolis. There are three different groups …
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Environmental Impact Of Stone Crushing In Abakaliki
Quarry stone in abakaliki effect of stone quarrying on the residents of abakaliki nigerian quarry industry evidence from abakaliki quarry industry the study shows that most of the activities in the quarry industry do result to health hazards quarry site cause a lot of diseases to workers third party people who live close toeffect of stone ...
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Challenges of Quarrying Activities for Sustainable …
Resources in Abakaliki and Environs Abstract: This paper examines the challenges of quarrying activities on sustainable quality water resources in Abakaliki and environs and the socio-economic implications of the effects on the people in order to find strategies to mitigate the effects. Data collection yielded 7 water samples and
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Quarrying and its effect on vegetation cover for a …
The analysis yielded a canonical correlation value of 0.94, indicating that there was a very strong effect of the quarrying activities in the affected areas.The resulting Wiliks's Lambda and Chi-square values respectively of 0.120 and <0.01 showed that there was a satisfactory classification of the intensities or level of quarrying activities ...
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Effects of Quarry Dusts on the Electrocardiogram of …
0.0219), quarry stone carriers (p=0.0316) and quarry stone crushers (p=0.0259) when compared with the control. Furthermore, significant decrease in the p value- axis of quarry machine operators (p ...
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Effects of Quarry Dusts on the Electrocardiogram of …
0.0219), quarry stone carriers (p=0.0316) and quarry stone crushers (p=0.0259) when compared with the control. Furthermore, significant decrease in the p value- axis of quarry machine operators (p=0.0001), quarry stone carriers (p=0.0001) and quarry stone crushers (p=0.0001) when compared with the control was detected. The result also
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Assessing the effects of stone quarrying: the case of …
This study was therefore undertaken to examine the operational methods used in quarrying activities by quarry companies, assess critically the economic, environmental and social effects of the quarrying activities, identify and assess existing mitigating measures by quarry companies in the Wenchi Municipality, and provide policy recommendations ...
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Housing Conditions and Their Effects on the Residents …
Housing Conditions and Their Effects on the Residents of Abakaliki Metropolis of Ebonyi State, Nigeria Hyacinth O. *1Eze, Celine2Chukwunweme, CorneliusU. 3Ozuomba, ... Abakaliki metropolis and the health conditions of the dwellers at the p-value (0.001) was less than the level of significance (0.05). Based on the findings,
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Effect of the Working Environment on Oculo-Visual Health …
The working environment in the sand and stone mines seems to have no effect on visual acuity, it has detrimental effect on ocular structure which eventually could affect vision and using appropriate ocular protectives and regular ocular examinations would be beneficial. The health of the working population is an important prerequisite for productivity. The study therefore aimed …
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Major ocular problems found among quarry workers …
the crushed stone industry, granite, limestone, sandstone, or basaltic rocks are crushed for use principally as concrete aggregate or road stone 2 .
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Estimation of Air Quality Status due to Quarrying activities …
A survey of air quality in an environment informs the safety status or the degree of pollution as indicated by surveillance due to prevalent activities in such area.
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ASSESSING THE EFFECTS OF STONE QUARRYING: THE …
ASSESSING THE EFFECTS OF STONE QUARRYING: THE CASE OF WENCHI MUNICIPALITY IN THE BRONG AHAFO REGION OF GHANA By ... have been several concerns raised by many people especially the host communities who are farmers and depend mainly on agriculture for their livelihood, with regards to land degradation, ...
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Major ocular problems found among quarry workers and residents …
the health and ocular effects of quarry ... 2014 to January 2015 among workers at seven stone quarries in Chennai and residents within a 5 Km radius. ... stone quarry workers in Abakaliki ...
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A Study of the Quarry Industry in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State …
The net effect was that Abakaliki people, like other parts of Nigeria, gradually started loosing the zeal to produce handicraft items and certain traditional farming practices. ... The health impacts of working in stone quarrying industry are enormous. ... However it is important to note that before the advent of quarry Abakaliki people earned ...
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A Study of the Quarry Industry in Abakaliki, Ebonyi …
A.N. Nwibo and E.A. Ugwuja et al, blazed a trail on quarry in Abakaliki in their research "Pulmonary problem among quarry workers of stone crushing industrial site at Umuogharu, Ebonyi State" in the International …
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Assessment of Occupational Health Hazards Associated …
quarries expose the workers to respiratory and pulmonary diseases and are also at high risk of developing silicosis (Langer et al., 2014). Studies have shown that silicosis predisposes …
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Determining pulmonary function and the associated risk …
INTRODUCTION. Stone quarrying is a long-established industrial process of extracting rocks such as granite, sandstone, and limestone. Developments in the construction and infrastructure domains have led to increasing demand for building materials, resulting in a surge of quarrying activities.[] Stone quarrying is a widely prevalent, export-oriented industry in India, …
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(PDF) Occupational health hazards of stone quarry
A total number of 152 Lotha male stone quarry workers with age cohort 18-60 years and an ethnicity and age matching 152 adult males as the controls were selected for the present study.
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The devastating effects of illegal stone quarrying
In Meghalaya, just like illegal coal mining, illegal quarries too are operated or controlled by individuals or groups of people who seek to make quick profits without regard for long-term consequences. Quite noticeable are the hillocks that have disappeared and the threats to the community forests in the areas where stone quarrying is prevalent.
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Effects of Quarry Dusts on the Electrocardiogram of …
Furthermore, significant decrease in the p value- axis of quarry machine operators (p=0.0001), quarry stone carriers (p=0.0001) and quarry stone crushers (p=0.0001) when compared with the control was detected. The result also showed a significant increase in the QRS- axis of quarry machine operators (p=0.0258), quarry stone carriers (p=0.0346 ...
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Major ocular problems found among quarry workers and …
Quarrying is a form of mining which involves crushing of stones and obtaining quarry resources on or below the earth surface. This study was carried out in Abakiliki, Southeastern Nigeria, to …
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problems associated with stone quarrying on abakaliki
Coal mining processing plant in Nigeria. This coal mining project is an open pit mine located in Nigeria, announced by mining company - Western Goldfields - that it has discovered 62,400,000 tonnes of proven reserves of coal deposits worth US$1.2 billion which could be used for the generation of electric power...
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Major ocular problems found among quarry workers …
problems found among the quarry workers and the residents of the quarry communities. Materials and Methods This study was a cross sectional observational study carried out at quarry sites in Abakaliki, Southeastern Nigeria. Quarry workers and residents at the vicinity of the quarry activities were assembled at a hall.
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Effects of Quarry Dusts on the Electrocardiogram of Quarry …
This study aims to evaluate the effects of quarry dusts on the electrocardiogram of quarry workers in Abakaliki metropolis. 100 workers from quarry industry (test group) and 100 civil …
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Socio-Economic and Environmental Effects of Stone …
Ebonyi State University Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria Abstract: Stone mining is one of the key economic activities in Ohaukwu L.G.A, Ebonyi State, Nigeria; playing a critical role in rural …
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Effects of Quarry Dusts on the Electrocardiogram of Quarry …
Effects of Quarry Dusts on the Electrocardiogram of Quarry Workers in Abakaliki Metropolis Abstract. Ottah-Umahi G, Ezeja GU*, ... Significant increase was observed in the PR- intervals of quarry machine operators (p= 0.0219), quarry stone carriers (p=0.0316) and quarry stone crushers (p=0.0259) when compared with the control. ...
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The impacts of stone quarrying to the local community and …
The biggest challenge faced in stone quarrying was the effect on human health while the least was seasonality of quarrying activities. Findings indicated that there was a strong positive relationship between the challenges of stone quarrying activities and the negative impacts that come as a result of stone quarrying.
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