Mining activity often leaves long-term social, economic and environmental footprints (Lad and Samant, 2013). Social challenges related to the increase in quarrying activities in general include: threats to health and safety, displacement of communities, damage of cultural sites, and the formation of mining villages.

CWP, commonly called black lung, affects workers in coal mining. Silicosis can affect workers in many types of mines and quarries, including coal mines. Medical treatment cannot cure these diseases, so preventing them – through controlling respirable dust exposure – is essential. ... Dust Control Handbook for Industrial Minerals Mining …

These quarry workers are also exposed to stone dust at the time of loading/unloading of stone in the truck and movement of heavy vehicles releasing dust …

The effect of quarry dust air pollution across the sites varied ... B. et al. (2020). Air Quality in the Working Environment and Respiratory Health of Congolese Stone Quarry Workers. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 5, Article No. 171. ... (Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development) (2015). Energy and Mineral Development Sector ...

The Connecticut Stone Industry. 1856 – Connecticut – The following excerpt is from the 1856, "The Marble-Workers' Handbook," page 248: "Connecticut forty years ago (in 1816) furnished the rarest and most beautiful of verd antiques. For in-door work it was admirably fitted; but exposed, as for grave-stones and monuments, it soon parted with its polish …

Establishments primarily engaged in crushing, pulverizing, or otherwise treating earths, rocks, and minerals mined in Industry Group 145 or Industry Group 149; or barite mined in Industry 1479, not in conjunction with mining or quarrying operations, are classified in Manufacturing, Industry 3295; establishments primarily engaged in these ...

hundreds of open stone quarries directly exposed to the surface and precipitated water are escalating weathering and erosion of salt rich minerals, the long-term water–rock interaction within the stone quarries, fluoride and salt released out and then accumulated in the groundwater aquifers in the region. The intake of

Nwibo et al (2012), states the prevalence of respiratory problems and lung function impairment among quarry workers; the respiratory problems found were chest pain (47.6%), occasional cough (40.7% ...

the land surface to extract minerals while quarry is an area of mineral extractions without roof and have a strong connection with blasting and explosion. Banez et al. (2010) and Nartey et al. (2012) mentioned that quarry is a process to obtain quarry product such as rocks that can be found

The study findings indicated that the major socio-environmental impacts of stone quarrying are reduction of agricultural yields, farm obstacle, loss of biodiversity, habitat and …

Quarrying is the process of removing rock, sand, gravel or other minerals from the ground in order to use them to produce materials for construction or other uses. So, a quarry is any such working on the surface of the earth …

Of the total domestic crushed stone produced in 2021, about 70% was limestone and dolomite; 15%, granite; 6%, traprock; 5%, miscellaneous stone; 3%, sandstone and …

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 …

The findings of this study give a strong indication of the influence of the joint effect of work‐post and PPE usage (work‐post PPE usage) on the likelihood of stone …

one of the alternative livelihood strategies. Stone quarrying is a form of land use method concerned with the extraction of non-fuel and non-metal minerals from rocks. Using the qualitative model, the paper interrogates the impact of stone quarrying on the livelihoods of the workers and provides critical insights into the effects of stone

Results of the health survey show that 65.5 % of the workers surveyed were affected by breathing problems (like tuberculosis, silicosis, asthma), 19 % were affected …

conditions at the working site greatly affect the health and life expectancy of quarry workers due to long-term exposure from biological, chemical, and phy sical agents which appear at the workplace.

Mining: An Overview. Minerals and mineral products are the backbone of most industries. Some form of mining or quarrying is carried out in virtually every country in the world. Mining has important economic, environmental, labour and social effects—both in the countries …

The descriptive statistics suggest that there is a growing number of stone quarry workers in Ghana suffering from silica-dust-related disease symptoms which has dire health implications. Figure 3 shows the percentage of stone quarry workers who were committed to wearing the required PPE at the workplace. The descriptive results …

workers from different quarries around Embakasi District, quarry owners who made available information that I needed for my research, area residents who were involved in my work and the research assistants.

Minerals to institute and enforce measures to prevent this menace. This requires a multi-disciplinary approach. Research into occupational hazards in stone quarry needs to be pursued vigorously.

A quarry is a place where rocks, sand, or minerals are extracted from the surface of Earth.A quarry is a type of mine called an open-pit mine, because it is open to Earth's surface.Another type of mine, a subsurface mine, consists of underground tunnels or shafts.. The most common purpose of quarries is to extract stone for building materials. …

The principal airborne hazards in the mining industry include several types of particulates, naturally occurring gases, engine exhaust and some chemical vapours; the principal physical hazards are noise, segmental vibration, heat, changes in barometric pressure and ionizing radiation. These occur in varying combinations depending on the …

conducted in sand stone mining areas, stone crushing site and residential area of quarry workers to evaluate the impacts on the health of the mining workers& their familiars. Mining workers and their familiar are divided according to age in four age groups as shown below in table: Fig. 7: Quarry workers Feeling Mining Dust in Quarry Activities

sample size of 202 quarry workers and 220 non-quarry workers. The questionnaires were used to ascertain the relationship between manual stone quarrying and dust inhalation and the occurrence of respiratory disease symptoms and dermatoses. The knowledge of the manual quarry workers about the health implications of their work was also assessed.

IIASA researchers and international colleagues explored the potential of using finely ground rock to help with the removal of CO2 from the atmosphere on the road to achieving net-zero emissions ...

Continuous quarrying and stone crushing of the quarries ranged above 7.5m. Quarry of 9m depth (of operation were found to be the main sources of dust and noise which approximately 3.3 m murrum) was found near …

Hence, it is essential that for new quarries monitoring is undertaken prior to, throughout, and following mineral working, with options for mitigation if mineral working causes an unacceptable impact.

of crushed stone produced in the United States is made from carbonate rock. The products derived from carbonate rocks provide essential materials for society – materials that we need to maintain our current standard of living. Quarrying 1 carbonate rocks for use as crushed stone and dimension stone can be accom-plished with no signi fi cant ...

In part, it is because child labour in mining is one of those forms of work which is particularly closely associated with economic and social disruption. Even if virtually disappearing for a time, it tends to reassert itself when civil wars break out and cut off normal commerce, when drought destroys livelihoods or whenever else times get tough.