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 of quarry workers in Abakaliki metropolis namely; quarry machine operators, quarry stone carriers, and quarry stone crushers. ECG parameters were also

Challenges of Quarrying Activities for Sustainable …

Quarrying activities for rocks, sand, gravel, and limestone for road beds, to make building stones, (Hussain, 2001, Cunningham and Saigo, 2005; Liman, 2016) are environmental polluting …

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Problems Associated With Stone Quarrying On Abakaliki Stone quarrying is a multistep process by which rock is extracted from the ground and Pnmoconiosis is a group of lung diseases caused by inhalation of airborne Abakaliki in Ebonyi State of Nigeria to evaluate the impact of quarry dust history of impact of stone crushing on environment ...

Estimation of Air Quality Status due to Quarrying activities …

There is a paucity of information about the magnitude of pollution on air and water and how it varies with quarry sites. This study therefore investigated the physical impacts of quarrying on air and water and explored the in-situ mitigations to undesirable effects due to stone quarrying. Four active quarry sites were identified.

Determining pulmonary function and the associated risk …

Stone quarrying is a widely prevalent, export-oriented industry in India, Tamil Nadu, with more than 1100 stone quarry units, of which nearly 985 are located in residential areas. In stone quarries of Tamil Nadu, large blocks of metallic rock stones and granite are cut into stone slabs used as construction materials.

Environmental impact of quarrying on soil quality in …

years, quarrying, crushing, and the manufacture of lime-stone have all grown to be important sectors in Ebonyi State. Small- and medium-sized quarries, as well as hand-crafted stone quarries, make up the quarrying sector in Ebonyi State. According to Ibeh et al. (2020), there are between 100 and 150 of these types of businesses.

Estimation of Air Quality Status due to Quarrying activities …

A cross-sectional study design was used and established a modest but statistically significant prevalence of COPD among the residents and quarry workers to be 18.7%. Those aware of dangers associated with quarrying and biomass fuel use were 572(81.13%).

(PDF) Correlates of Stone Quarry Workers' Awareness of …

In a study in Nigeria, it was reported that only 52% of the workers in a stone quarry were aware of the ocular dangers in the workplace that could potentially have a negative effect on ocular ...

Chapter: Impact of sandstone quarrying on the health of …

the workers and nearby residents in the Keru quarry area. Workers and residents were interviewed and ... these quarries have depths of more than 5-10 m in the quarrying area. There are 113 stone ...

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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effect of stone quarrying on the residents of abakaliki problems associated with stone quarrying on abakaliki. ishiagu quarry site in abakaliki gcpain new quarry site at abakaliki effect of stone quarrying on the residents of abakaliki a new quarry site at abakaliki effect of stone quarrying on the Ball mills are used primary for single stage fine grinding regrinding and as the second stage …

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 …

Assessment of Occupational Health Hazards Associated …

soil and vegetation of a quarry site by Bada & Fagbayibgo, (2009) and on the level of suspended particulates in the ambient air and around selected quarry sites by Oguntoke et al., (2009) but much work has not been done on the effect of quarry activities in relation to the emission of greenhouse gases and suspended particulates.

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 ...

Impact of Granite Quarrying on the Health of Workers and …

DOI: 10.4314/EJESM.V2I1.43497 Corpus ID: 129413277; Impact of Granite Quarrying on the Health of Workers and Nearby Residents in Abeokuta Ogun State, Nigeria @article{Olusegun2009ImpactOG, title={Impact of Granite Quarrying on the Health of Workers and Nearby Residents in Abeokuta Ogun State, Nigeria}, author={Oguntoke Olusegun and …

The Impact of Quarrying: Cause and Effect

Air Pollution from quarrying. Dust from quarry sites is a major source of air pollution, although the severity will depend on factors like the local microclimate conditions, the concentration of dust particles in the ambient air, the size of the dust particles and their chemistry, for example limestone quarries produce highly alkaline (and reactive) dusts, whereas coal …

(PDF) Pulmonary Problems among Quarry Workers of Stone …

A study in Nigeria showed a significant decrease in FVC and FEV1 among the quarry workers of the stone-crushing industry exposed to dust. 11 Another study done on stone crushers found that PFT ...

Contextualizing the effects of stone quarrying: insights …

Stone quarrying and the concept of sustainable development Generally, stone quarrying is a multiple stage proce-dure through which rock is dug from the earth and

Assessment of Quarrying Activities and Dust-related …

According to Babatunde et al., (2013), different quarrying activities have different impacts on air quality and the process of creating or making holes in rock, limestone or overburden with the …

Environmental Effect of Quarry Site on the Adjoining …

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 ...

Occupational Health and Safety Management in …

stone-quarry workers are highly exposed to health and safety hazards, they have no PPE or access to medical care. It is recommended that the Federal and State Government should establish laws

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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...

Major ocular problems found among quarry workers and residents …

This study carried out in Abakiliki, Southeastern Nigeria, to investigate the major ocular problems found among quarry workers and residents of quarrying communities found pterygium, cataract, cornea opacity, and conjunctival hyperemia among subjects. Quarrying is a form of mining which involves crushing of stones and obtaining quarry resources on or below the earth surface. This …

(PDF) 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 servants ...

Contextualizing the effects of stone quarrying: insights …

Health risks and perceptions of residents living nearby landfills or stone mines/quarries have been well documented; however, the multiple impacts of these two pollution sources have yet to be ...

Impact of stone quarrying on the health of residents in …

This study investigated the effect of stone quarry activities and seasonal variation on the concentration of air pollutants. Higher concentration of particulate matter was observed in the dry ...

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.

Socio-Economic and Environmental Effects of Stone …

Quarry activities are well known to causes air pollution, loss of land, threatening of underground and surface water which directly impair environmental quality and ecosystems [10].

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF DIMENSION STONE QUARRYING …

It is on these bases that the study was conducted to unearth the effects of dimension stone quarrying activities in consideration to legal frame works in Ndarugo area in Kiambu County, Kenya ...

Impact of Sandstone Quarrying on the Health of Quarry …

local residents due to stone quarrying, 68 workers and 27 l ocal residents were interviewed. Results of the health survey show that 65.5 % of the workers surveyed were affected by breathing ...