Occupational injuries and risk assessment among stone …
of stone dust during stone crushing as a major health haz-ard and tried to minimize the dust production sustainably. Kabir et al. (2018) examined the workers' respiratory health problems at stone-crushing industries in Bangladesh. They pointed out that coughing was the most prevalent prob-lem among the workers, followed by …
Some evidences of the impact of aggregate quarrying and crushing …
The mining and stone crushing activities have substantial effects on environmental quality. 12 The emission of dust produced from stone crushing, contaminate both water and air and also limit the ...
Effect of Occupational Silica Exposure on Stone Crusher …
A detailed health impact survey of stone crusher workers and nearby residents at Garha Katra, Geenj, and Hinauti Pandey was conducted on a questionnaire basis.
Environmental Perspective of Stone Crushing and Quarrying: A Case Study
Even during non-operation of these crushing units substantial amount of dust emissions are also observed in the stone crushers cluster area.11 During interaction with the residents regarding the effects of dust on health it is revealed that 70% of the residents have knowledge about dust as pollution, 64% of the respondents stated that it ...
Impact Of Stone Crusher On Ambient Air Quality And Human Health Jhansi
The aim of study,to evaluate the status of ambient air quality and human health in and around stone crusher industry. The main parameters considered for study of ambient air quality included suspended particulate matter (SPM), respirable suspended particulate matter (RSPM), respirable, nitrogen oxides (NOx) and sulfur dioxide (SO2) and for the …
Dust exposure risk from stone crushing to workers and
The 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 …
Assessment of Occupational Dust and Silica Exposure in Indian Stone
Objective: To assess the impact of silicon dust on peak expiratory flow rate of stone crushers. Materials and methods: The total 125 male study accused age of 18 years and > considered, out of which 75 from stone crushers and 75 were from general population selected from Quetta district, Pakistan.
(PDF) Particulate Matter from Stone Crushing Industry: …
A cluster of 50 stone Crushing units located at Pammal, in Suburban Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu State, India, is a Source of high levels of dust generation in the vicinity of the crushers ...
Environmental Impact Assessment of a typical Stone …
Stone crushing and quarrying activities have a significant impact on both human health and environmental quality. The current study was carried out to evaluate the environmental impacts of ...
(PDF) Health Hazards and Socioeconomic Effects of Stone Crushing
The lungs and respiratory system are the primary targets of ambient dust pollution. This study aims to estimate the health cost due to dust pollution from a stone crushing industry in the Khyber ...
This work is licensed Pulmonary Problems among Quarry …
ability of health care facilities and safety measures at the site as ways of minimiz-ing occupational health hazards associ-ated with stone quarrying. Materials and Methods This cross-sectional study was con-ducted in stone crushing site located at Umuoghara community in Ezza North Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Nigeria.
Road dust and its effect on human health: a literature review
Definitions. Road dust consists of solid particles that are generated by any mechanical processing of materials, including crushing, grinding, rapid impact, handling, detonation, and decrepitation of organic and inorganic materials such as rock, ore, and metal [].When this dust becomes airborne, primarily by the friction of tires moving on …
Environmental Perspective of Stone Crushing and Quarrying: A Case Study
Stone crushing and quarrying activities have considerable effects on environmental quality and human health. Present study was conducted to assess environmental perspectives of various stone crushing and quarrying units functioning in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, India. Present study was based on field work, general observations, …
HEALTH HAZARDS OF STONE CRUSHER WORKERS IN …
Marimuthu, A., has undertaken a study on "A study of the economic impact of dust pollution by Madras Cements in Virudhunagar district of Tamil Nadu". Central Pollution Control Board, (2 012) have carried out a study on "Report of the Expert Committee on the ... undertake a study on "Health Hazards of Stone Crusher Workers in Rayapalayam ...
(PDF) Environmental health assessment of stone crushers
Abstract: The mining and stone crushing activities have considerable effects on the environment quality and human health. The dust emissions contaminate …
Particulate Matter from Stone Crushing Industry: Size …
During the stone crushing operation, large size stone, mined from quarries in the size range of 200–300 mm, is crushed to smaller usable sizes, generally 6, 12, or 25 mm.
Occupational injuries and risk assessment among stone crushing …
We aimed at assessing the attributes of occupational injuries and the risk associated with the hazards in the stone-crushing industry. Methods This study utilized a questionnaire base cross ...
Self‐reported disease symptoms of stone quarry workers …
This study assessed the joint effect of work‐post (distance to main dust source‐crusher) and PPE usage on the likelihood of workers experiencing adverse …
sbm/sbm crushing plants and environmental impect questionnaire…
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Investigative Effect Of Stone Crushing Dust On The …
Finding reveals that stone crushing dust contains silica and other harmful chemicals and inhalation of this dust resorts to infections like silicosis, visual irritation, skin disease and …
Effect of Occupational Silica Exposure on Stone Crusher …
stone dust causes health problems among the stone crusher workers. Health survey e.g. general clinical examination, blood sample test, sounds level measurement was carried out to access the extent of the damage caused to the workers. Keywords: stone crushing, dust pollution, health effect, ESR, DLC and sound effect . Cite This Article:
(PDF) Effect of Air Quality in vicinity of Stone crusher: A case study …
Their crushing site is not being wetted before work begins and the crushed aggregates are also being dropped at an elevation greater than 3m, which is against CPCB regulations. The dust produced by stone crushing is hazardous …
questionnaire for the study on stone crushing dust and …
In this study to known the health effects of particulate matter on quarry workers, a questionnaire field survey has been conducted in sand stone mining areas, stone …
Cumulative Effect of Quarry Dust on Respiratory Health …
study. They were also assured that the data obtained from the study would be kept confidential. 2.10. Type of Study- Cross Sectional Study and Observational Study A detailed clinical examination was done under the supervision of a physician to conduct a comprehensive study. The number of participants examined per day was 6.
Occupational injuries and risk assessment among stone crushing …
Study design and settings. A cross-sectional descriptive-type study of 6-month duration from September 2019 to February 2020 was carried out to ascertain the attributes of occupational injuries and health, determine the predominant work-related hazards, and assess the risk faced by the employees working in the stone-crushing …
Self‐reported disease symptoms of stone quarry workers …
Crushing is the most significant dust source in stone quarries and dust concentration decreases with increasing distance away from the crusher. 16, 17, 18 Quarry workers are faced with varying concentrations of silica dust depending on the working location. A high degree of respiratory morbidity and eye problems are …
Occupational injuries and risk assessment among stone …
We aimed at assessing the attributes of occupational injuries and the risk associated with the hazards in the stone-crushing industry. This study utilized a …
ISSN: 0973-4929, Vol. 15, No. (1) 2020, Pg. 68-74 Current …
Stone crushing and quarrying activities have considerable effects on environmental quality and human health. Present study was conducted to assess environmental perspectives of various stone crushing and quarrying units functioning in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, India. Present study was based on field work, general observations,
Pulmonary Function Test in Stone Crusher Plant …
Priyanka Mirdha et al., Sch. J. App. Med. Sci., August 2015; 3(5C):1989-1991 1991 DISCUSSION Our study was aimed to find the effect of silica dust on pulmonary function tests in stone crusher ...
Journal of Population Therapeutics & Clinical …
aims of this study was to report for the first time the effect of stone dust on the health status of worker in marble industries of Pakistan. In the current study the effect of stone crushing dust on liver and kidney related serum parameters were estimated among the stone crusher's workers in marble