Impact of Sandstone Quarrying on the Health of Quarry Workers …
The main objective of this study was to evaluate the impacts of sandstone quarrying on the health of quarry workers and nearby residents. In order to assess health and other problems for the ...
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Effects of Quarry Dust on Some Haematological Parameters among Workers
13. 14. musculoskeletal disorders prevalence and associated risk factors among quarry workers in a South Eastern Nigerian community. The Internet Journal of Epidemiology, 11(2): 1-7. WS, E. S., MG, M., & GH, E. S. (2018). Impact of dust exposure among stone quarry workers on ventilatory functions and serum level of tumour necrosis factor-alpha ...
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Cumulative Effect of Quarry Dust on Respiratory Health of Stone Quarry
This study was designed to analyse the effect of duration of exposure, job profile and smoking on lung function of stone quarry workers from Jammu city, Jammu and Kashmir State, India. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out among 100 male stone crusher workers, selected through multi-stage random sampling technique.
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(PDF) Occupational health hazards of stone quarry workers of …
A total number of 152 Lotha male stone quarry workers with age cohort 18-60 years and an ethnicity and age matching 152 adult males as the controls were selected for the present study.
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ASSESSMENT OF DUST EXPOSURE AND RISK OF …
Exposure and Risk of Chronic Respiratory Diseases among stone corrie quarry workers in Namibia is ... exposure-related effect on lung function. Workers were stratified according to the cumulative dust exposure category. The highest mean dust level, by quarry site, was 1.13 mg/m³ (SD: 0.58) recorded among workers from ...
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Pulmonary function among stone quarry workers in India: The effect …
Aim –To analyze smoking effect on Pulmonary Function testing ( PFT) in artificial stone workers Study population – 100 workers exposed to artificial stone dust.
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Emission of respirable dust from stone quarrying, potential health
Mining of minerals exerts adverse pressure on different compartments of environment directly or indirectly. Air is the worst affected environmental matrix, and it can carry the harmful effect of pollutants generated from mining activity even to distant places. The present study was undertaken to est …
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2018 Minerals Yearbook
mezger enterprises, RLF Salado Quarries, LLC, and texas Stone Quarries were the leading producers and accounted for 35% of U.S. limestone tonnage and 28% of the value. Marble.—Marble was mined by five companies that operated five quarries in four States. Production tonnage decreased slightly in 2018 to 55,900 t valued at $19.2 million from
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What is a Rock Quarry and What Does it Do?
A rock quarry, regularly referred to as a stone quarry or rock extraction web page, serves as an area committed to extracting rocks and minerals from the Earth's floor. The vital objective of a quarry is the extraction of precious sources consisting of limestone, granite, marble, or sandstone, which are critical for production and commercial ...
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Stone quarry laborers challenges and perspectives -a …
1.3 Quarry and environment: Few minerals are in an expendable form when they extracted by low technology due to its abundant distribution and low cost. Consequently, quarry is closely …
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(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 ...
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Environmental and Health impact of Quarry mining among …
Many of specific impacts are on the nearest communities in the form of effects on air, earth surface, land degradation, deterioration of ground water, erosion of soil, noise and percussions …
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Self-reported disease symptoms of stone quarry …
Results Stone quarry workers who work between 1‐100 m and beyond 100 m from the crusher with the required PPE were 90% and 87% respectively less likely to report eye irritation compared with ...
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Renal Impairments in Stone Quarry Workers
occupational exposure to quarry dust and its effect on renal health. ... Quarrying is the process by which rock, sand, gravel, or other minerals from the earth are removed to produce materials for construction work and other uses. ... Anand N (November 13, 2023) Renal Impairments in Stone Quarry Workers. Cureus 15(11): e48743. DOI 10.7759 ...
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Minerals as a refuge from conflict: Evidence from the quarry …
Development Minerals, such as crushed stone, sand, limestone, and gravel, provide a livelihood opportunity for IDPs during the post-conflict recovery. ... In both cases, the quarry workers (mostly ex-war victims) formed cooperatives to extract construction materials used for post-war reconstruction and provided livelihood to the workers. The ...
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Determining pulmonary function and the associated …
Aims: To assess the pulmonary functions in stone quarry workers and compare them with the unexposed population, to find its correlation with the duration of work in stone quarry workers, and to ...
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Quarry and Mining Operations in Egypt
Discover Egypt's abundant mineral resources with our premier quarry and mining operations ensuring sustainable and efficient practices. ... Some of the notable stone quarries during the Pharaonic Period include Gebel es-Silsila for sandstone, Tura and Ma'sara for fine white limestone, Qua el-Kebir for very hard limestone, Gebel el-Asr for ...
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Assessing the Impact of Quarrying as an Environmental Ethic …
To obtain a deeper understanding of the adverse impact on the environment and the quality of life of the people living in the community around the quarry, we explored the workers from the …
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Assessment of Quarrying Activities and Dust-related Health …
Quarry is any kind of work on the surface of the earth where minerals are extracted. The methods and equipment used in quarry depend on the purpose for which the stone is extracted. According to Babatunde predisposes the quarry workers and residents of the
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Quarry
A quarry is a place where rocks, sand, or minerals are extracted from the surface of Earth.A quarry is a type of mine called an open-pit mine, because it is open to Earth's surface.Another type of mine, a subsurface mine, consists of underground tunnels or shafts.. The most common purpose of quarries is to extract stone for building materials. Quarries have …
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Impact of Sandstone Quarrying on the Health of Quarry Workers …
Silicosis and tuberculosis can potentially afflict employees involved in quarrying and transportation processes because the sandstone dust contains high percentage of silica …
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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 ...
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Occupational hazards and safety measures among stone quarry workers …
The health conditions of workers all over the world vary widely, depending among others on the geographical location, 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 …
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Roman Mining and Quarrying Techniques and the Reuse of Mines
2 – Mining Hazards. Writings mention common risks to deep-vein miners and their observations of the effects. For example, Pliny writes, "when well shafts have been sunk deep, fumes of sulfur and alum rush up to meet the diggers and kill them" and "The fumes from silver mines are harmful to all animals" (Duncan, 1999). 3 issues were challenging in particular: lack of ...
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Harmful Effects Of Living Close To A Sand And Rock Quarry
Dineh miners died young from the harmful effects ... the children who work in the stone quarry ... exposed to uranium through mining it, processing it, or living near ...
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Mineral Commodity Summaries 2024
STONE (CRUSHED) 1 (Data in million metric tons unless otherwise specified) Domestic Production and Use: In 2023, 1.5 billion tons of crushed stone valued at more than $24 billion was . produced by an estimated 1,400 companies operating 3,500 quarries and over 180 sales and (or) distribution yards in 50 States.
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Renal Impairments in Stone Quarry Workers
Learning the effects of quarry dust on quarry workers, we proposed to find out the effects and their relations to the renal function in quarry workers by determining the levels of Creatinine, urea, …
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Impact of Stone Quarrying on the Environment and the …
Stone quarrying is a form of land use method concerned with the extraction of non-fuel and non-metal minerals from rocks [1]. It is usually done by open-cast method using rock …
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Emission of respirable dust from stone quarrying, potential health
Mining of minerals exerts adverse pressure on different compartments of environment directly or indirectly. Air is the worst affected environmental matrix, and it can carry the harmful effect of …
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Effects of Prolonged Silica Exposure on Pulmonary Function …
Function Among Stone Quarry Workers in South India Sindhu R1, Karthiyanee Kutty2, ... of sand, rock, and mineral ores. The respirable dust they are exposed to is of different concentrations and particulate sizes ... Effect of Type of Quarry Work Among the study population, 22% were blasters, 19.5% were drillers, 19.5% were ...
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