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.

Characterizing the Effects of Quarrying Industry in …

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. ...

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

THE QUARRY INDUSTRY IN ABAKALIKI, 1970-2007

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] .

Challenges of Quarrying Activities for Sustainable …

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...

Assessment of Noise Levels in Some Quarries in …

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

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 ...

Contextualizing the effects of stone quarrying: insights …

Resource availability and extraction seem to present a paradox to most countries in the global south. It appears to be a curse rather than a blessing. Using the resource curse theory as a philosophical lens, this study qualitatively analysed the effects of the stone quarrying industry in the Wenchi municipality of Ghana. Using the case …

Occupational Health and Safety Management in Selected Stone Quarries …

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 ...

(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 ...

effect of stone quarrying on the residents of abakaliki

Effect of stone quarrying on the residents of abakal effect of stone quarrying on the residents of abakaliki mining and quarrying in the ancient andes over the millennia, kilembe mines closed effect get price lake george as a sink for contaminants deriv. MORE .

Characterizing the Effects of Quarrying Industry in Northern

More than 300 quarries and 1000 stone cutting industries are exist in Palestine, with a total annual yield of 100 million tons of raw stone and 25 million square meters of good stone.

Effects of Quarry Dust on Some Haematological …

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. Aim: This study examined the effect of long time exposure to quarry dust on the Full

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...

Challenges of Quarrying Activities for Sustainable …

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 …

Workers' Compliance with Measures for Safe Environment in Quarry …

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 ...

Occupational Health and Safety Management in …

Ekong et al.; CJAST, 39(34): 107-122, 2020; Article no.CJAST.61628 108 ISO 45001:2018 checklist. Data was analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences

Environmental impact of quarrying on air quality in …

Occupational Health and Safety Management in Selected Stone Quarries …

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 …

Chapter: Impact of sandstone quarrying on the health of …

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 ...

Environmental and Health impact of Quarry mining …

these four quarry sites have been selected on the random sampling. Forty members are taken as respondents from quarry residing areas and twenty members are as worker respondents. 3. Results and Discussion 3.1 Environmental Impacts The quarrying activities that are carried out by man affect our environment in one way or the other. Both

Estimation of Air Quality Status due to Quarrying …

Pulmonary Problems among Quarry Workers of Stone Crushing Industrial Site at Umuoghara, Ebonyi State, Nigeria. The International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Vol. 3, No 4. [11]. …

Quarrying and its effect on vegetation cover for a …

Huge vegetal losses caused by unsustainable quarrying practices have limited the role played by vegetation cover in mitigating the global impact of climate change. There is a need for a holistic study that will employ remotely sensed data in GIS domain to determine the extent of the effect of quarrying activities on vegetation cover in the …

(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 ...

(PDF) Occupational hazards and safety measures among stone quarry …

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 ...

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.

Investigation of environmental effect of stone quarrying …

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 …

Environmental impact of quarrying on air quality in Ebonyi …

When the three quarry sites were compared, the NH 3 concentration levels were higher in the Ngbo quarry site than in the Umuoghara and Ishiagu quarry sites. …

Workers compliance with measures for safe environment in …

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). …

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 ...