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Epidemiologic data indicate that there are occupational hazards associated with stone crushing and inhalation of stone dust. Quarrying/stone crushing is increasingly becoming the main stay of Ebonyi State economy and major source of internally generated revenue yet there is little or no government policy on regulation and occupational safety.
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.
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.
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...
The research investigated the effect of quarrying activities on water and soil quality in two communities of Ebonyi State of Nigeria. Water and soil pollution that …
The research objectives include to determine the types of quarrying activities carried out; to assess the occupational health and safety hazards associated with stone-quarry work; to evaluate the ...
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 ...
8 Most of the workers in the stone quarries were working since 1 to 5 years i.e., 124 (35.63%) followed by 102 (29.31%) since 6 to 10 years and 58 (16.66%) since 11 to 15 year while those working ...
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.
A.N. Nwibo and E.A. Ugwuja et al, blazed a trail on quarry in Abakaliki in their research "Pulmonary problem among quarry …
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 ...
stone quarrying and the occurrence of respiratory disease symptoms among the quarry workers, the prevalence of dermatoses on the quarry workers compared to a control population, and the level of knowledge of the workers on the impact of dust inhalation to their health. Materials and methods The quarry area studied is located in Lokpanta in
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.
In a cross-sectional survey of stone quarry industry workers in Abakiliki, conducted between March and April, 2012, data on participants' socio-demographics, job …
quarries ranged from 73.23 to 76.23 and 74.13 to 80.10 respectively. The order of increase in noise level was Umuohara quarry < Sharon quarry < Paul B quarry < Ezilo quarry. The measured noise levels indicated deviations from approved WHO standards (70Db) for industrial areas. Therefore, quarry owners should endeavor to use low noise
About 87.0 % of them acknowledged that their working environment could negatively affect their health and about 83.0 % would prefer other jobs to quarrying (Ugbogu et al., 2009). …
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
It is necessary to educate quarry workers to change their attitude, practices and behaviour at work to suit good health DOI: 10.9790/0853-1811086268 67 | Page Assessment of Occupational Health Hazards Associated with the Quarry Workers in Abakaliki, .. 4. Quarry workers should spend fewer hours at the quarry sites and ...
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 ...
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 ...
The research objectives include to determine the types of quarrying activities carried out; to assess the occupational health and safety hazards associated with stone-quarry work; to evaluate the ...
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 …
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 Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2012[20] .
local residents due to stone quarrying, 68 workers and 27 local residents were interviewed. Results of the health survey show that 65.5 % of the workers surveyed were affected by breathing ...
yielded that among the five quarry sites, the social and environmental effects of the gravel and sand quarrying operations which the respondents strongly agree with their mean values were dust (4. ...
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.
The study aimed to assess the occupational health hazards among quarry workers in Ebonyi State, Nigeria. The study employed a cross sectional study that deals with observational and clinical examination that involved the measurement of outdoor gaseous pollutants, interview of participants with a well structured questionnaire and ocular …
In spite of the benefits derivable from quarry industries, the associated risk, hazards and consequent effects of quarrying on health of workers and host communities are enormous. Environmental effects of quarrying include landscape change, change to the visual scene, erosion, habitat loss, loss of flora and fauna, and stability problem.
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 ...
