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Quarry workers in the crushing section were more exposed to dust (PM 2.5 μg/m 3) especially at Ntake with a maximum dust emission of 48 μg/m 3 followed by Halai with 43 μg/m 3 on sunny days. Although lower amounts of PM 2.5 μg/m 3 were recorded on rainy days, all the quarry sites recorded higher levels of emission beyond the maximum ...
Finding of this study is that there was a great influence of stone dust on human health and nearby cultivated plants; the vegetation grown neighboring to the …
Abstract and Figures. 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 ...
effects of quarry mining. Dust is the most common and the most extensive air pollutant from a quarry, although the severity will depend on factors like the local microclimate conditions, the concentration of dust particles in the air etc. Dust has effect both on human health and natural environment. Noise
Assessment of the effects of stone crushing dust pollution on three commonly cultivated fruit plant species and on the health of workers working at crushing plants indicated that during the crushing process, a fine aerosol of stone dust is often generated which could cause a significant health hazard to workers and also affect plant productivity due to the …
Reduction of environmental pollution while stone crushing Ashutosh D. Kamble ashutoshkamble818@gmail Sinhgad Academy of Engineering, ... effects on human health and the surrounding environment and thus needed to be controlled within time. Thus an overall ... Fine dust powder in the crushing area should be periodically removed. (f) …
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) …
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 their counterparts who work between 1 and 100 m from the …
The adverse health effects of working in the stone quarry industry have been well documented. 4, 19, 20, ... This study is part of a research project that assessed the human health risks of occupational exposure to silica dust by stone quarry workers in Ghana. ... Several studies have found that stone crushing is the main source of dust in ...
Chronic exposure to dust due to stone quarrying may increase the risk of respiratory problems and impaired lung function-cigarette smokers are at higher risk. BACKGROUND Respiratory problem is one of the major health hazards in dust-exposed workers; it is a major cause of morbidity and mortality all over the world. OBJECTIVE To …
The fine dust in the underground and that from stone could have metals and other substances that are risky for human health. Therefore, health survey and study on stone dust effects has been highly useful in understanding the risks of working with ground materials and the prevalence of cardio-respiratory symptoms involved in the cobble …
Stone crushers are small scale industries in the unorganised sector. They provide basic material for road and building construction. They are highly labour intensive. The various unit operations involved in stone crushing viz., size reduction, size classification and transfer operations have the potential to emit process and fugitive dust.
Stone quarrying and crushing spits huge stone dust to the environment and causes threats to ecosystem components as well as human health. Imposing emergency lockdown to stop infection of COVID 19 virus on 24.03.2020 in India has created economic crisis but it has facilitated environment to restore its quality.
Noise produced in a stone crushing and quarrying industry is regarded as one of the primary annoyance for human beings as it produces direct and cumulative adverse impacts causing hearing loss, stress, cardiovascular …
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. …
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 ...
Eligibility criteria: Peer reviewed articles, published from 1996 to 2022 that investigated effects of exposure to cement dust on human respiratory health (pulmonary functions and symptoms) were included. The studies must have been conducted in communities residing near a cement factory; were original research and written in English.
stone crushing, dust pollution, health effect, ESR, DLC and sound effect . Cite This Article: Mahendra Kumar Upadhyaya, "Effect of Occupational Silica Exposure on Stone Crusher Workers." Applied Ecology and Environmental Sciences, vol. 9, no. 9 (2021): 806-810. doi: 10.12691/aees-9-9-4. 1. Introduction . Stone crushing in India is a labour ...
Abstract: The mining and stone crushing activities have considerable effects on the environment quality and human health. The dust emissions contaminate the air and water. Investigations made on ...
All participants answered a questionnaire on dust exposure at home and health effects, as well as performed a lung function test in which both reported and measured health effects were investigated. People who live in close proximity to the quarry sites reported exposure to dust at home (98%), land destruction (85%), plant leaves …
The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of road dust on human health. A PubMed search was used to extract references that included the words "road dust" and "health" or "fugitive dust" and "health" in the title or abstract. A total of 46 references were extracted and selected for review after the primary screening ...
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 …
7 Occupational exposure to cement dust might cause toxic effect on vital organs such as respiratory, renal and liver. 8 Cement is a dark grey colored powdery substance of aluminis, silica, lime ...
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 ...
Stone crushers and dust problem. Stones are used in all the facet of life of human beings. Rocks are broken into small pieces, in a stone crusher. Crushing of boulders lead to production of large ...
Department of Health and Human Services ... Chapter 3.—Controlling respirable silica dust in underground stone and metal/nonmetal mines 15 ... Chapter 1 discusses the health effects of exposure to respirable silica dust, while Chapter 2 discusses dust sampling instruments and sampling
The fine dust in the underground and that from stone could have metals and other substances that are risky for human health. Therefore, health survey and study on stone dust effects has been highly useful in understanding the risks of working with ground materials and the prevalence of cardio-respiratory symptoms involved in the cobble …
For example, Hamdan, El-Ashgar, & Musalam, (2021) conducted a study targeting 30 workers in limestone factories in Gaza strip, and found that 50% of the workers who worked for 10 years or more in ...
The present work intends to explore the impact of stone mine and crushing on environmental components in the Middle catchment of Dwarka river basin of Eastern India. Stone dust produced from the crusher units (∼10–11 tons/day) is not only injurious for human health but also other valuable components of the environment like air, water, soil ...
The study concluded that generation of PM2.5-sized particles may impose serious respiratory health effects over the workers engaged in mining, crushing, and …
matter from stone crusher industry : size distribution & health effects." The results presence of a high percentage of silica in the dust and the particle size distribution further suggest that the occupational environment of the workers and surrounding areas may be hazardous to human health.
Personal dust sampling (n=11) and (n=6) was carried out in stone crushing and stone mining (quarry)areas respectively over a period of three consecutive days in selected units in a suburban area ...
During the stone crushing operation, large size stone, dust cloud produced during the various operations of crushing, mined from quarries in the size range of 200–300 mm, is crushed impaired visibility, and …
Abstract The present work intends to explore the impact of stone mine and crushing on environmental components in the Middle catchment of Dwarka river basin of Eastern India. Stone dust produced from the crusher units (∼10–11 tons/day) is not only injurious for human health but also other valuable components of the environment like …
dust from quarries could lead to compromised human health (Moshammer et al. 2014;Fangetal.2019). The long-range transport of emitted dust may cause exposure and …
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., …
To understand its bad effects on human health, we need to determine the size of those dust particles. STUDY AREA ... large quantity of dust particle. A cluster of 47 stone crushing units placed in Billaua, in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh state, India, is one of the main sources of high amount of dust ...