PDF | On Jan 1, 2013, Adetiloye Adeola and others published Environmental Challenges of Quarry Activities in Part of Ikere-Ekiti, Ekiti state, Nigeria | Find, read and cite all the research you ...
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Most (32.9%) of the workers earn between 26 to 50% of their house hold income from quarry job. A proportion of 21.72% of the respondents earning less than N20,000 have quarry engagements …
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At 25metres away from the quarry sites, mean SPM levels reduced drastically to 4.85±0.20mg/m3 and 3.67±0.40mg/m3. Both psychological and health …
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Federal University of Technology, P.M.B. 704, Akure, Nigeria ... dwellers around granite quarries bordering ... prevalent health issues as a result of the quarry activities. The responses were
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These and other sites across the state spewed out 16 million metric tonnes of solid minerals in 2016. That was 38 percent of the total tonnes produced in Nigeria that year, making Ogun the leading ...
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Impact of Granite Quarrying on the Health of Workers and Nearby Residents in Abeokuta Ogun State, Nigeria. Analysis of the 11-year record (1987-1997) of air pollution measurements in Athens ...
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23022868. Respiratory problem is one of the major health hazards in dust-exposed workers; it is a major cause of morbidity and mortality all over the world. To determine the …
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Impact of Granite Quarrying on the Health of Workers and Nearby Residents in Abeokuta Ogun State, Nigeria. The present paper monitored levels of suspended particulate matters in the ambient...
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The study examined the quarry industrial environment, and studied specifically its unwholesome practices such as pollution and unprotective behaviour and how these problems affect the conditions of employees in such industries in Ebonyi State. The research also concentrated on the identification of those diseases, their sources and …
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Twenty four (24) quarry soil-dust samples were collected within and outside the 12 rock aggregates and limestone quarries in southwestern Nigeria. Two samples from both in …
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The goal is to achieve sustainable quarry practice in the Nigeria lower Benue Trough so that future generations may benefit from the igneous intrusive, and still have livable and sustainable environment This study has found that …
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Both psychological and health problems suffered by nearby residents include shock (46.0%), nasal infection (29.2%), and asthma (4.6%). The quarry …
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Impact of Granite Quarrying on the Health of Workers and Nearby Residents in Abeokuta Ogun State, Nigeria. Analysis of the 11-year record (1987-1997) of air …
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Impact of Granite Quarrying on the Health of Workers and Nearby Residents in Abeokuta Ogun State, Nigeria
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Nwibo et al (2012), states the prevalence of respiratory problems and lung function impairment among quarry workers; the respiratory problems found were chest pain (47.6%), occasional cough (40.7% ...
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Impact of granite quarrying on the health of workers and nearby residents in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria. Ethiopian Journal of Environmental Studies and Management. 2 (1): 1 -11.
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Two hundred copies of structured questionnaire were administered to elicit socio-economic, health, and environmental impact information in eight locations, namely …
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Granite Quarry, Heavy Metal Enrichment, Pollution Load Index, Transfer Factor, Bioaccumulation ... so pose human health problems (Das et al., 1997; Islam et al., ... Nigeria is an old quarry ...
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health issues in granite quarry in nigeria A major content of granite found in Ebonyi State of Nigeria is a high, affecting the health and safety of quarry workers and people living nearby, first problem caused by such dust, apart from low visibility and eye damage, is serious lungEngine, environmental impact of mining and quarrying of rocks ...
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Airborne particulates pose a potential health risk to quarry employees in the form of respiratory, dermal, ocular irritation and damage [ 1 – 4 ]. Chronic exposure to …
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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 …
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Western Quarry Limited Kemta Logemo Village, Via Odeda, Odeda Local Government, Abeokuta, Ogun State., Abeokuta, Nigeria +234 807 4747474 info@westernquarryltd
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In Nigeria, rock quarries are found in different localities, producing different types of aggregates such as limestone, calcite, granite or marble used for engineering constructions which produce high concentrations of dust, therefore, exposing workers to …
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Corpus ID: 17518731; Pulmonary problems among quarry workers of stone crushing industrial site at Umuoghara, Ebonyi State, Nigeria. @article{Nwibo2012PulmonaryPA, title={Pulmonary problems among quarry workers of stone crushing industrial site at Umuoghara, Ebonyi State, Nigeria.}, author={AN Nwibo …
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Health Issues In Granite Quarry In Nigeria Occupational Health Hazards Associated with Continuous 201751Results show that 38.8% had mild cough, 6.6% severe persistent cough and 4.1% heamoptysis. 48.2% had FEV1 less than
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Daily exposure to stone dust for 8-10 hours without protective equipment is a major reason for these health problems. Further, there has been a 2.57 times increase in breathing problems in the ...
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Background: Respiratory problem is one of the major health hazards in dust-exposed workers; it is a major cause of morbidity and mortality all over the world. Objective: To determine the prevalence of respiratory problems and lung function impairment among quarry workers in Ebonyi State, Nigeria. Methods: Respiratory problems and lung …
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Higher levels of airway restriction were found among the exposed group. Among the exposed group, lung function parameters worsened with the increasing …
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An Assessment of Drilling and Blasting Techniques at the Granite Quarry of AFDIN Construction Company Limited, Katsina State, Nigeria, International Journal of Environment and Geoinformatics (IJEGEO), 8(4): 450-459. doi. 10.30897/ijegeo.842565 Abstract This research work assessed the Drilling and Blasting Techniques at the Granite Quarry of ...
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