stone crushing workers health effects thesis
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- stone crushing workers health effects thesis
The workplace health hazard and safety issues get less attention in public health discourse, academic debates and health policies in Bangladesh. This study investigates the respiratory health problems among workers in stone crushing industries in Lalmonirhat district, about 360 km north of Dhaka, the capital of the country.
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The Shankargarh town of Prayagraj district of Uttar Pradesh, India, is well known for its high quality silica sand and large scale surface mining. Evaluation of health of crusher workers was conducted in the stone crushers units of Shankargarh villages to access the silica dust exposure risk on stone crusher workers and nearby residents. …
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Presently there are around 22 stone crushing plants in operation scattered all over the island. The average tonnage of raw materials crushed daily accounts for 21,550 tons. In addition, there are around 900 workers directly employed by the 22 stone crushing plants. On average, each plant employs around 30 people.
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Fine inhalable particulate matter (PM2.5) which has more associated human health problems was found high in the work place of stone crushers. Health survey viz., Pulmonary function test, blood ...
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The present study focused on environmental impact assessment (EIA) due to aggregate quarrying and crushing activities at four selected mining/crusher clusters in the middle catchment of Dwarka river basin of Eastern India. EIA is done both spatially and cluster wise considering the impacts of 10 number of influencing factors on 12 number of …
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Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy analysis of dust confirmed the presence of calcite and gypsum, thus confirming the source as mining. The study concluded that generation of PM 2.5-sized particles may impose serious respiratory health effects over the workers engaged in mining, crushing, and transportation of sandstone. Apart …
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In this cross-sectional design, we studied trace metal exposure and respiratory health of a group of male artisanal workers involved in stone-crushing in Lubumbashi, a city in the African Copperbelt well-known for its mining-related environmental pollution . Compared with a control group of taxi-drivers, the stone-crushers exhibited …
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This will enhance the health status of workers, thus reducing their exposure to acute respiratory diseases. The host communities on their part must also endeavour to strictly comply with the timing of operations by the companies to reduce and/or avoid accidents and injuries associated with blasting and crushing of the stone products.
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stone workers, quarry owners and the community. In contrast it was found that stone quarrying also contributes towards negative impacts to the community such as degradation of land and vegetation cover, and affects the health of the residents, for example muscle pain among many quarry workers, cough/asthma, eye problem and …
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administered to the workers to find out the occupational safety and health risks and the workers' awareness levels of the risks. The study revealed that the quarry dust was composed of various chemical compounds and naturally occurring elements at various concentrations, includingSiO 2 (3.26% - 35.9%),
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45 granite crushers and 45 age and smoking matched referents underwent pulmonary function tests in 1976 and 1988. On average, the granite crushers at follow up had worked for 22 years, were 52 ...
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Air pollution in stone crushing industry, and associated health effects. . Indian J Environ Health. 2001 Oct;43(4):169-73. Authors. . R Sivacoumar 1., R Jayabalou, Y V …
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Fine inhalable particulate matter (PM2.5) which has more associated human health problems was found high in the work place of stone crushers. Health survey viz., Pulmonary function test, blood sample test, general clinical evaluation was conducted to assess the extent of the damage caused to the workers.
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Most of workers in the industry were on daily wages and their monthly salary was in the range of PKR. 8,000 to PKR 10,000, that is lesser than the minimum monthly salary fixed by the government for unskilled workers. It is concluded that stone crushing industry has harmful effects on workers' health and there is urgent need to provide training ...
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vide crushed stone and dimension stone resources. The term " crushed stone " refers to the product resulting from the crushing of rocks such that substan-tially all faces are created by the crush-ing operation (ASTM, 2000). The term " dimension stone " is generally applied to masses of stone, either naturally occur-ring or prepared for ...
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sectors with various health diseases. 2. Objectives of the study and Methodology The main objectives of the study are: 1. To examine the environmental and health impacts of quarrying activities among the quarry workers in the study area. 2. To analyze major problems that hinders the environment and health aspects of residents in the study area …
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Stone quarrying and crushing has been known as a highly hazardous work, whereby workers are affected by many debilitating occupational health hazards and diseases. However, quarrying is a huge supporter of local economic development and creating jobs for people annual in Jaflong area; it brings high cost for natural aesthetic value for that area.
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The construction industry generates many environmental pollutants, such as noise, air pollution, solid and liquid waste, water pollution, harmful gases, and dust (Adnan et al. 2014).It is classified as the world's largest consumer of raw materials, the highest energy-consuming sector, reaching up to 36% of the total energy consumption, and one of the …
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Silica exposed workers. Exposure to silica dust is a potent risk factor for TB, as demonstrated in multiple studies, notably among exposed miners and stone crushers.1–3 Silicosis, a lung disease caused by exposure to crystalline silica dust, is one of the most common occupational lung diseases worldwide.4 In addition, silicosis increases the risk …
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and skin problems among stone crushing workers. The findings of the study revealed that 85% of the workers had respiratory symptoms and 70% had skin infections.
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A similar study by [14], on the impact of granite quarrying on the health of workers, established that, 26% of the workers suffered predominantly from cough, 20% from catarrh and 15% from ...
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Quarrying and crushing activities constitute a major threat to the environment and occupational health of the workers in Jaflong, Sylhet. This study aims to determine the environmental ...
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Findings were that 61.7% of respondents are aware that quarry work is highly hazardous, 84.6% do not make use of Personal Protective Equipment. 93.5% inhale particulate materials, 60% have trouble ...
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64% of the respondents stated that it effects health, 49% stated that it causes skin infections like rough and dry skin, 53% stated that it causes respiratory
به خواندن ادامه دهیدThe aim of this study was to assess the effects of stone crushing dust pollution on three commonly cultivated fruit plant species (Vitis vinifera L., Morus alba L., and Prunus armeniaca L.) and on the health of workers working at crushing plants. The trial was carried out on fruit plant species grown close to the stone crushing units located …
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[ 19] Crushed rocks (Poland) Spatial statistics and interpolation in GIS Analysis of concentration of crushed rocks quarrying 8. [20] Sand and gravel (USA) Descriptive statistics, Monte Carlo ...
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This study assessed the livelihood employment on occupational, health and safety hazards: environmental condition, causes and the effects of occupational hazards in livelihood employment taking Michewni District in Pemba Island as the case study. The methodology adopted was descriptive case study with mixed approach. Secondary data, observation …
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The microenvironments of the stone crushing sites predispose the workers to a number ... Accumulated evidence has demonstrated that the biodistribution and human health effects are closely related ...
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The main effects observed were respiratory, cardiovascular, renal, musculoskeletal, heat stress, dehydration, genotoxic, and those due to accidents. CONCLUSIONS Work on the manual cutting of ...
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