Occupational health and safety hazards associated with quarrying activities; A case of Mutonga Quarry, Meru County, Kenya. inproceedings{Wanjiku2015OccupationalHA, title={Occupational health and safety hazards associated with quarrying activities; A case of Mutonga Quarry, Meru County, Kenya.}, author={M. Wanjiku}, year={2015} } M. Wanjiku
26/02/2020 · Nigeria is a country endowed with abundant mineral resources. These mineral resources have helped in the growth and development of the country. But as beneficial as this exploitation of mineral resources has brought to Nigeria, it has likewise caused some environmental degradation in the country, especially in those quarrying areas.
Occupational hazards and safety measures among stone quarry workers in Northern Nigeria. Nigeria Medical Practitioner, 2006; 50(2): 4247. has been cited by the following article: Article. Occupational Health Hazards in Small and Mediumscale Manufacturing Industries in Anambra State, South East, Nigeria.
risk assessment in quarry industry. SPECIFIC HAZARDS AND THEIR RISKS IN THE CEMENT INDUSTRY .... M01 EN Quarrying Operations ... environmental risk management in the Nigerian quarry industry. >>GET MORE
health and safety hazards. In the recent past, death tolls, permanent disability and severe environmental threat had been on the increase through collapse of buildings and major operational accidents. This unfortunate scenario has been a monumental threat to productivity and the overall performance of construction projects in Nigeria.
Health Impliions of Industrial Hazards on the Inhabitants of Port Harcourt Metropolis, Rivers State, Nigeria ... beverages and breweries, pharmaceuticals, quarries, road constructions and cement manufacturing industries, generate overwhelming pollutants that seriously endanger the health of the people especially those living close to the ...
08/08/2017 · Aliyu AA, Shehu AU. Occupational hazards and safety measures among stone quarry workers in Northern Nigeria. Nigeria Medical Practitioner, 2006; 50(2): 4247. In article [19] International Labor Organization (ILO) AsiaPacific. Promoting occupational health service for workers in the informal economy through primary care units.
environmental effects associated with quarrying activities emanating from three quarry sites loed along AkureOwo Road, ObaIle, in Ondo State, Nigeria. Study Sites Stoneworks, RCC and JCC Quarries are loed along AkureOwo Road in a locality called ObaIle, in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State, Nigeria. The study was carried out
12/02/2007 · The health conditions of workers all over the world vary widely, depending among others on the geographical loion, the type of employment and the patterns of work. The study was undertaken to determine the occupational hazards, and safety measures among Stone quarry workers in Zaria, Northern Nigeria. It involved the administration of questionnaires to all the workers in the quarry in .
06/02/2019 · Indiscriminate disposal and open burning of sawmill and municipal solid wastes constitute hazards to the quality of the immediate environment and human health. This study assessed the levels of pollutants emitted by burning sawmill and municipal wastes, and their potential hazards. Nine selected sawmills and 6 municipal solidwaste dumps in Abeokuta metropolis were investigated. During waste ...
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.
12/10/2019 · (4) To estimate the radiological hazard indices including radium equivalent, external hazard index, internal hazard index and gamma index. MATERIALS AND METHODS Study area. The study areas are quarry sites loed in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. Figure 1 shows the modified geological map of Ibadan showing the four sites where rock samples were ...
01/01/2016 · The term "quarry products" comprises different natural rocks with different mineral contents, crushed into various sizes at quarries. The concentrations of the naturally occurring radionuclides 40 K, 238 U and 232 Th in quarry products from southwest Nigeria have been measured using gamma ray spectrometry. The gamma absorbed dose rate (D R), radium equivalent activity (Ra .
and sawmill workers in Nigeria [16] showed a close relationship between low awareness of workplace hazards and nonuse of PPEs. In developing countries, some studies focused on the scarcity of safety measures among stone quarry workers in Nigeria, where all the quarry .
AIM: Research on occupational exposures in sawmill has suggested that workers in sawmills are at risk of developing allergenic disorders, cancer and lung diseases. To determine the perception of occupational hazards, health problems and use of safety measures among sawmill workers in Ilorin. METHODS: This descriptive cross sectional study was carried out using two hundred and fifty seven .
Evaluation of Radiological Hazard Indices Due to Radioactivity in Quarry Sites in Itu, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. International Journal of Scientific Research in Environmental Sciences, 4(3),7177. Etuk, Essiett A. A. Agbasi, (2017).
Assessment of environmental hazards: Linking borrow pits, gully erosion, and road failure Nwachukwu M. A.* and Osoro Eburukevwe Department of Environmental Technology, Federal University of Technology Owerri, Nigeria. Accepted 16 May, 2013 Highway failure linked to the action of erosion initiated by active or abandoned borrow pits in no small
countries in Africa, including Nigeria, often violate these laws with impunity with the sole aim of maximizing their profits (Omosanya and Ajibade, 2011). These nefarious activities ... Other physical hazards associated with quarry activities in the host communities include; fly rock accidents, damage to ceiling and houses by the fly rocks as ...
Aliyu, and Shehu, A. (2006) Occupational Hazards and Safety Measures among Stone Quarry Workers in northern Nigerian. Nigerian Medical Practitioner, 50, 4247. has been cited by the following article: TITLE: Respiratory Problems of Sands Carriers in the City of Lubumbashi/Rd Congo
Oyo and Ogun States of Nigeria with aim of identifying the work hazards encountered by quarry workers, assessing the level of risk faced by quarry worker's, examining the likelihood of occurrence of hazards at quarry workplace and precautionary measures put in place.
Quarry workers are commonly afflicted with musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). This health problem has been recognized as a significant threat to the quarry workers' safety but is rarely reported, particularly in Nigeria. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the prevalence of MSDs and their associated factors among quarry workers.
Exposure to Quarry Activities among Quarry Workers in Ebonyi State, South East Geopolitical Zone, Nigeria Aloh E. Henry 1,2, Aloh O. Getrude 3, Otuu F. Chibuisi 4,6, Elvis N. Shu 5,6, Maduka
01/06/2014 · Occupational hazards and safety measures among stone quarry workers in Northern Nigeria Nigerian Med Pract, 50 ( 2006 ), pp. 42 47 View Record in Scopus Google Scholar
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