Health And Safety In Quarrying. 01 January, 2003. Part One: Accidents — Causes and Effects. As part of the Government's 'Revitalizing Health and Safety' campaign, the Quarries National Joint Advisory Committee (QNJAC) recommended that all graduates entering the quarrying industry should understand the fundamentals of health, safety …
Quarrying activities in the area were perceived to have both positive and negative impacts on the livelihood of people and the environment. Some of the most serious …
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Environmental exposure to dust from quarrying activities could pose health dangers to the population living nearby. This study aimed to investigate the health effects of dust exposure on people living close to quarry sites and compared them with those …
Adults living in poverty, among other stresses, are much more likely to have inflammatory diseases, he says, with an increased risk for heart attack and stroke. "Many, many adult illnesses have ...
Assessing The Risk. Assessing the risks on your quarry site will have a significant positive impact on the health and safety of your employees. Associated risks include; Inhaling airborne pollutants, (e.g dust or fumes), can trigger respiratory problems and asthmatic attacks. Heavy noise pollution can lead to hearing problems, tinnitus or …
Moreover, 45% of the area residents and 44% of the quarry workers have experienced health problems related to quarrying activities. Nevertheless, there was a significant relationship between quarrying activities and the environmental as well as human health problems in the area (p<0.05). The positive impacts identified are; employment, roads ...
Many local people complained about various negative effects of stone quarrying activities. A vast majority of respondent stated that they suffered severely from the noise pollution caused from the ...
Green quarries. Thirty years ago quarries were, with a few exceptions, not 'green'. Many were scarring the landscape, degrading their local surroundings, generating large amounts of lorry traffic on roads often unsuited to them, and managed on the basis that the operators were only doing their job.
Sample collection and analysis. Bakhrija quarry is surrounded by a number of stone crushing units (≈ 25 units) around it. Samples of suspended particulate matter (PM 2.5 and PM 10) were collected from four locations in and around Bakhrija mines during the pre-monsoon season (June 2019).During the sample collection, the ambient temperature …
1. Introduction. Tropical forest ecosystems around the world are being wiped-out at a rate of 25 million acres per year (Bagyina, 2012).Whiles agricultural activities and wood extraction are identified as major drivers of deforestation and forest degradation in terms of spatial coverage (Hosonuma et al., 2012), degradation caused by mining tend to …
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 study ...
In order to assess health and other problems for the workers and local residents due to stone quarrying, 68 workers and 27 local residents were interviewed. Results of the health survey show that ...
Media reports have also shown that some communities can only access contaminated water and this has caused an increase in skin infections and waterborne diseases. In the Shama District, located in ...
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 study …
As with any quarrying process, there are certain pros and cons that must be evaluated. List of the Pros of Quarrying Limestone. 1. It can be an economic engine. Quarries can provide numerous jobs at the …
Quarrying of rocks and minerals has contributed to the economic development of many nations. However, dusts generated from these quarries have caused environmental and health challenges. Health risk assessment of the environments around quarries in southwestern Nigeria was, therefore, carried out to delineate the effects of …
Environmental exposure to dust from quarrying activities could pose health dangers to the population living nearby. This study aimed to investigate the health …
Considering the fine (PM 2.5) nature of emitted dust, the health effects over the exposed population could be cardiac or lung disease, non-fatal heart attacks, …
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 estimate the emission of particulate matter (PM 2.5 and PM 10) from different activities undertaken in stone quarrying in Mahendragarh, Haryana.
Conclusion. The impact of illegal mining in Ghana is vast and multifaceted, touching upon environmental, public health, and social aspects. The detrimental consequences of this activity are far-reaching and demand immediate attention and intervention from the government, policymakers, and society as a whole.
Quarrying can also release heavy metals and sulfate minerals. In drinking water, these substances can be harmful to both animals and humans. 3. Non-renewable Materials. Quarries are used to source stone, sand, and aggregates, which are non-renewable materials. So, quarries further the reliance on unsustainable compounds.
The study was aimed at the application of a precise method to ascertain the role of quarrying activities on vegetation cover in Ebonyi State, Nigeria. Quarrying activities affect vegetation cover by hindering it from performing its biological roles ... Effects of Quarrying Activities on Local Vegetation Cover in Ebonyi State, Nigeria ...
The biggest challenge faced in stone quarrying was the effect on human health while the least was seasonality of quarrying activities. Findings indicated that there was a strong positive relationship between the challenges of stone quarrying activities and the negative impacts that come as a result of stone quarrying.
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Nartey et al. (2012) compared the health status of the respondents before and after the inception of the quarrying activities. Health status before quarrying; which was deemed excellent (75.0 % of ...
Air Pollution from quarrying. Dust from quarry sites is a major source of air pollution, although the severity will depend on factors like the local microclimate conditions, the concentration of dust particles in the ambient air, the size of the dust particles and their chemistry, for example limestone quarries produce highly alkaline (and reactive) dusts, …
Dust generated by quarrying can contain silica. Silica is naturally found in certain types of stone, rock, sand and clay. Working with these materials can create a very fine dust that can be easily inhaled. Once inside the lungs, the dust particles are attacked by the immune system. This causes silicosis, a disease that can take years to develop.
Landslides are common in areas that are near quarrying operations. It is undeniable that quarrying is a necessity in the industry, but it has long been stigmatized because of tragedies caused by illegal quarrying operations.Recently, local authorities in the country have sought to crack down on such operations that have resulted in mudslide …