Workers compliance with measures for safe environment in quarry …
Hazards in quarry industries are unavoidable and inimical to the health of man and environment. Occupational health and safety measures mitigate the effect of the hazards. This study investigated the extent of workers' compliance with measures for safe environment in quarry industries in Abakaliki capital development territory of Ebonyi …
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(PDF) Use of Personal Protective Equipment among Health Workers …
Use of personal protective equipment is an established method of reducing these infections. ... Keywords: nosocomial, infections, personal protective equipment, Nigeria, healthcare, training. ... (suppl): 1-4. Aigbokhaode AQ, Isah EC, Isara AR. Knowledge and Practice of Occupational Safety among Quarry Workers In A Rural Community In Edo …
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Assessment of Occupational Health Hazards Associated with the Quarry
Therefore, the quarry workers should be encourage to comply with personal protective equipment to protect their health Key words: Dust, air pollution Health, Hazards, Occupation, Quarry -----Date of Submission: 06-11-2019 Date of Acceptance: 21-11-2019 ----- ----- I. Introduction Workers are easily exposed to various respiratory and pulmonary ...
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(PDF) Awareness and compliance with use of safety …
Awareness and compliance with use of safety protective devices and patterns of injury among quarry workers in Sabon-Gari Local Government Area, Kaduna state North-Western Nigeria
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Respiratory symptoms and ventilatory functions among quarry workers …
Introduction Workers in the quarry industries are exposed to hazards resulting from the inhalation of air borne particulates. The study determined the prevalence of respiratory symptoms and ...
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Effects of Quarry Dust on Some Haematological Parameters among Workers
To reduce the occupational risks associated with stone crushing, the workers should be educated on A total of 184 individuals comprised of 100 safety through the use of personal protective equipment quarry workers (male, 36; 64) between 18 -57 (PPE), air purifying respirator (non power type)s and years and 84 age/-matched manual ...
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Assessment of Occupational Diseases among Artisans and Factory Workers
The aim of the study was to use the health belief model to describe miners safety practices in Southwest, Nigeria.Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study using a structured survey was employed.
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A cross sectional study of the morbidity pattern among stone quarry …
Very few (7.7%) reported the use of personal protective equipment. Only awareness of disease risk (aOR =5.25, P <0.001) was the predictor of respondents' knowledge of workplace hazards ...
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Effects of Quarry Dust on Some Haematological …
safety through the use of personal protective equipment (PPE), air purifying respirator (non power type)s and ... Nigeria. Only workers involved in crushing, clearing ... quarry workers (male, 36 ...
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Knowledge And Practice of Occupational Safety Among Quarry Workers …
Background: The quarry industry remains one of the most dangerous industries to work in because of the enormous hazards associated with the art of quarrying which may manifest long after the worker ceases to work in the quarry. The aim of this study was to determine the knowledge and practice of occupational safety among quarry …
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Occupational hazards and safety measures among stone quarry workers …
The study was undertaken to determine the occupational hazards, and safety measures among Stone quarry workers in Zaria, Northern Nigeria to obtain data on socio-demographic characteristics, occupational profile, hazards, safety measures and PEAK flow measurement. The health conditions of workers all over the world vary …
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Awareness and usage of personal protective equipment …
Results: Majority (85.5%) of the construction workers are working for duration of 15 years or less. Difficulty in hearing was reported by 9.6% of them. Awareness regarding benefits of using personal protective devices like helmets, masks, and earplugs/muffs were 58.2%, 56.4%, and 14.5%, respectively.
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(PDF) Use of Personal Protective Equipment among Health Workers …
Background: Hospital acquired (nosocomial) infections are common in developing countries with healthcare workers often dying from these infections. Use of personal protective equipment is an established method of reducing these infections. Present. Background: Hospital acquired (nosocomial) infections are common in developing countries with ...
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(PDF) Occupational Health and Safety Management …
This research aims to study the management of and implementation of occupational health and safety issues associated with stone quarry work in selected quarries in Akamkpa, Cross River State...
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Workers' Compliance with Measures for Safe Environment in Quarry …
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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Effects of Quarry Dust on Some Haematological Parameters among Workers
There is need for regular health evaluation of workers and education on the essential safety precautions through the use of personal protective equipment and more mechanized and safer means of ...
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Knowledge And Practice of Occupational Safety …
Workers in the quarry industries are exposed reduce them.1 to various hazards resulting from the inhalation of air borne particulates and the use In Nigeria there is still paucity of literature on of machines/equipment and these poses a lot of health and safety measures among quarry danger to their health and safety.
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quarry workers and use of protective equipment in nigeria
The quarry workers do not use any protective equipment workers in Nigeria Vol 5 1 Cont J Trop MedPATTERN OF OCCUPATIONAL (78%) admitted to regular use of human hearing Protective eye and face protection devices, hard hats, safety shoes, gloves, blankets and vests are also considered PPE Several studies among welders in Nepal 15 …
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Correlates of Stone Quarry Workers' Awareness of …
PMCID: PMC5844131. DOI: 10.4103/ijoem.IJOEM_171_16. Abstract. Objective: To assess the awareness of work-related ocular health hazards and utilization of personal …
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Pulmonary problems among quarry workers of stone …
Pattern and predictors of mortality in sandstone quarry workers. Mathur Ml. Medicine. 2005. TLDR. It can be concluded that sandstone quarry workers died at a younger age, and predictors suggest that silicosis, COPD, lung cancer, and tuberculosis might be underlying causes of higher mortality. Expand. 14. PDF.
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Assessment of Occupational Health Hazards Associated with the Quarry
The study aimed to assess the occupational health hazards among quarry workers in Ebonyi State, Nigeria. The study employed a cross sectional study that deals with observational and clinical examination that involved the measurement of outdoor gaseous pollutants, interview of participants with a well structured questionnaire and ocular …
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Assessment of Usage of Personal Protective Equipment and …
Quality and affordable PPE should be availed in the market and, safety and health awareness and education programs be extended to workers in the informal wood workshops so as to sensitize the workers on how they can ensure their own safety during work. Aim: This study sought to assess the extent and reasons for utilization of PPE …
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Risk Factors For Work-Related Eye Injuries Among Stone Quarry Workers …
Aim: The aim was to determine the level of awareness and compliance with use of safety protective devices and the patterns of injury among quarry workers in Sabon-Gari Local Government Area.
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Causes, occupational risk and socio-economic determinants …
This study found that workers are more ready to change safety behaviors by always wearing protective eye equipment and increase its use among some workers. Primary prevention is also essential. Almost one third of workers indicated that their employers had also initiated more strict strategies in wearing protective eye equipment …
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[PDF] Pulmonary problems among quarry workers of stone …
Corpus ID: 17518731; Pulmonary problems among quarry workers of stone crushing industrial site at Umuoghara, Ebonyi State, Nigeria. @article{Nwibo2012PulmonaryPA, title={Pulmonary problems among quarry workers of stone crushing industrial site at Umuoghara, Ebonyi State, Nigeria.}, author={AN Nwibo …
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Awareness and compliance with use of safety protective …
It is revealed that majority of the quarry workers in Sabon-Gari Local Government Area knew that their job exposes them to health hazards and have a high level of awareness on safety protective devices and use several of these devices, though with varying levels of compliance. Background: For years stone quarrying and crushing have been known as …
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THE USAGE OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE …
Results: On the usage of personal protective equipment (PPE) by respondents, the result shows that 20.1% (49) out of 246 quarry workers in Ebonyi state use their PPE while …
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Knowledge And Practice of Occupational Safety Among Quarry Workers …
The personal from the traditional ruler of the community protective equipment mentioned by the and the management of the respective quarries. respondents were first aid box by 65 (27%); Verbal informed consent was also sought from safety boots by 47 (19.5%); hard hats by 43 the quarry workers and only those who gave (17.8%); …
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Workers compliance with measures for safe …
Therefore, the quarry workers should be encourage to comply with personal protective equipment to protect their health. Download Free PDF. View PDF. Awareness and …
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Correlates of Stone Quarry Workers' Awareness of Work …
All workers were aware of the need for utilization of eye protective devices; however, 98.7% declined its use for various reasons. About 74.6% attributed nonutilization to nonavailability while 10.4% attributed it to high cost and 10.2% declined its utilization due to discomfort associated with its use.
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