Environmental Impact Of Stone Crushing In Abakaliki
Environmental Guidelines for Stone Crushing Units
Although no process waste water is generated from stone crushing units, however, water is used for sprinkling, conveyed to settling tanks of appropriate size which is recycled and reused in process. 5.0 Environmental Guidelines for Stone Crushing Units The stone crushing units should adopt following environmental guidelines to
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A STONE CRUSHER AT OVIKOKOLA VILLAGE: RUACANA CONSTITUENCY - OMUSATI REGION – NAMIBIA: MINING CLAIMS 71427 – 71430. FOR M. SHIKONGO'S INVESTMENTS GROUP ONE (PTY) LTD PREPARED BY Office Number 11 Woermann Broke Building, Independence …
Challenges of Quarrying Activities for Sustainable …
The result showed that the methods of quarrying and crushing of the rock lumps were generating dust and acidic waste water pollutants through runoff into the surrounding surface water bodies.
Assessment of Noise Levels in Some Quarries in …
efficiency. Noise pollution in stone quarrying industry is one of the environmental problems penetrating all the corners and areas of the working environment [12] [22]. There are a number of activities, which lead to high noise levels in quarrying …
Environmental Impact Assessment of a typical Stone …
management plan for stone crushing plants for both possible and potential environmental impacts. Keywords: Stone Crushing, Air Quality, Water Quality, Noise Pollution. Introduction
Environmental health assessment of stone crushers in and …
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.
(PDF) Environmental, social and health impacts …
More than 20 stone crusher mills . were located in nearer villages. ... ABSTRACT This paper examines the socio-economic and environmental impacts of stone mining in Shivpuri district. A large ...
(PDF) Occupational Health and Safety Management in Selected Stone
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 Nigeria.
Communities' awareness on environmental and social impacts of stone
Stone quarrying has a considerable impact on land, water, air, natural resources, and social welfare. The objective of this study was to assess communities' awareness of the environmental and ...
The Environmental Impact of Stone Quarrying and …
Transportation of stone materials: Emits additional greenhouse gases, further contributing to climate change. Stone quarrying's climate change implications: Emphasize the urgency of adopting sustainable practices to minimise environmental impact and mitigate climate-related risks. Mitigation Measures and Best Practices
Comparative Environmental Impacts of Recycled Concrete …
Construction and demolition waste (CDW) management is essential for the sustainable development of a country. Recycled concrete aggregates (RCA) manufactured from CDW can replace a significant portion of natural aggregates in concrete as per various research studies conducted. Nowadays, various alternate waste materials are being utilised to minimise …
Effects of Quarry Dust on Some Haematological …
gic data indicate that there are occupational hazards associated with stone crushing and inhalation of stone dust. Quarrying/stone crushing is increasingly becoming the main stay of …
Estimation of Air Quality Status due to Quarrying activities …
These companies have been blasting and crushing [9], quarrying in Kenya suffers from a number of rocks in Mpape for years without environmental impact constraints, including lack of basic knowledge of safety assessment certificate or a plan on how to remedy the precautions, poor working conditions, low socioeconomic environment after mining.
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH HAZARDS AMONG QUARRY …
Crushing stone has done more harm than good because of some occupational and environment hazards it exposes employees of such industries and residents living around such sites to. …
Assessment of Quarrying Activities and Dust-related …
All these dust-related health problems among people in the studied LGAs in Ebonyi state were higher among crushed stone quarry workers compared to those who have other occupations …
The environmental impact of extraction: A holistic review of …
To aid producers and stakeholders in identifying relevant environmental aspects, environmental mechanisms, and their associated impacts; Fig. 2 presents a mapping of the nine aspects from system input and outputs through midpoint impact, environmental mechanisms, and endpoint impacts that can help in assessing which impacts are relevant to a ...
Impacts of stone mining and crushing on environmental …
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 air, water, soil and …
(PDF) Environmental Perspective of Stone Crushing and
The current study was carried out to evaluate the environmental impacts of different stone crushing and quarrying facilities operating in different areas of Abbottabad region in Pakistan.
Assessing the impact of ecological insecurity on ecosystem …
The present study has tried to develop ecological insecurity model (EIM) in the growing stone quarrying and crushing dominated areas using robust machine learning techniques and attempted to link it with ecosystem service value (ESV). Satellite image-based landscape metrics have been used for developing machine learning-oriented EIM, and the global …
Workers compliance with measures for safe environment in …
The majority of the practices in quarrying and the related activities of rock drilling, blasting, stone cutting, rock crushing, and aggregate manufacture generate dust, which can cause dangerous …
A Review on Assessment of Environment Impact of …
A Review on Assessment of Environment Impact of Stone Crusher Rishabh Bahri1, Dr.Dharmendra 2 1Research scholar, National Institute of Technology Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh 177005 India. 2Assisstant Professor, National Institute of Technology Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh 177005 India. -----***-----Abstract -The stone crushing industry is a ...
ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACTS OF STONE …
Therefore to achieve the equilibrium between natural ecosystems, project planning, formulation and implementation is needed to avoid the impact of stone quarry on the environment and living community. In this study, the investigators assess the environmental and the social impact of quarry activity at Dire Dawa suburb kebeles. 1.2.
effect of stone quarrying on the residents of abakaliki in Brazil
Investigation of environmental effect of stone quarrying. The research investigated the effect of quarrying activities on water and soil quality in two communities of Ebonyi State of Nigeria …
Occupational injuries and risk assessment among stone …
ards in dierent industries, including the stone quarry and crushing industry, have been going on for many years. Far-zana et al. (2014) studied the noise pollution of the stone crusher machine at Jaong, Sylhet, and found that the maxi-mum noise level at the nearby crushing machine was more than the level prescribed by National Institute for Occupa-
Economic Importance of Stone Quarrying in Rural Livelihood …
IJSRR, 7(3) July – Sep., 2018 Page 1051 Bhattacharjee Subhasis et al., IJSRR 2018, 7(3), 1045-1062 3.2 Impact analysis: Positive impact: Importance of quarrying in the life of rural people and economy Employment and income generation: Stone quarrying and crushing have generated an alternative source of employment and earning.
Impacts of stone mining and crushing on environmental …
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 ...
Workers' Compliance with Measures for Safe Environment …
Figure 1: Stages in stone crushing showing unfriendly behaviour to the environment In Nigeria there is still small number of information on heal th and safety procedures among quarry workers as
Geotechnical and environmental problems related to shales …
Six (6) samples of shale and five (5) water samples from hand-dug wells and boreholes, from different locations within the Abakaliki shale formation, have been assessed to evaluate the impact of the shale formation to the geotechnical and hydrogeo-environmental problems prevalent in the Abakaliki area (Southeastern Nigeria).
Workers' Compliance with Measures for Safe …
Figure 1: Stages in stone crushing showing unfriendly behaviour to the environment In Nigeria there is still small number of information on health and safety procedures among quarry workers as the few researches carried out were in the Southern (Ugbogu et …
Impacts of Stone Mining & Crushing on Environmental …
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 ...
Workers' Compliance with Measures for Safe …
Figure 1: Stages in stone crushing showing unfriendly behaviour to the environment In Nigeria there is still small number of information on health and safety procedures among quarry workers as
(PDF) Correlates of Stone Quarry Workers' Awareness of …
mines Abakaliki, the stone crusher ... The objectives of this study are to investigate the impact of stone dust on cardiovascular and pulmonary health of stone quarry workers among an indigenous ...
Major ocular problems found among quarry workers and …
Quarrying is a form of mining which involves crushing of stones and obtaining quarry resources on or below the earth surface. This study was carried out in Abakiliki, Southeastern Nigeria, to ...
Stone Quarrying Impact on Air Soil Water in …
This study examine the impact of stone quarrying on air soil and water in Ebonyi State and the magnitude of its impact in Environmental pollution. Earth particles were collected from two major sites of Ishiagu and Akpoha using purposeful …
Challenges of Quarrying Activities for Sustainable Quality …
This paper examines the challenges of quarrying activities on sustainable quality water resources in Abakaliki and environs and the socio-economic implications of the effects …
Effect of particulate matter from quarry activities on crops …
In South-Eastern Nigeria, several quarry operations provide 8.7% of the country's annual GDP to the economy. These businesses do, however, frequently cause air pollution. Extech Model VPC300 was used to measure PM2.5, PM10, and various meteorological factors, and conduct a social survey to determine the impact of particulate matter on the nearby crops. …
EFFECTIVENESS OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION …
etc. (Semban and Chandrasekhar, 2000; Sivacoumar et al., 2006). Further, stone crushing industry causes serious environmental impacts due to high noise causing social and cultural unrest towards the industry. Sources of Noise emission: Noise pollution in stone quarrying industry is one of the environmental problem penetrating
[PDF] Pulmonary problems among quarry workers of stone crushing
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 and Ei Ugwuja and NO Nwambeke and O. …
Environmental impact of quarrying on soil quality in Ebonyi …
The activities of quarrying in Ebonyi State have resulted in the loss of soil nutrients and an increase in soil pollution. This paper examines the environmental impact of quarrying on soil quality in the three zones of Ebonyi State, south-eastern Nigeria. To achieve the main aim of the study, three objectives were set: access the environmental impact of quarrying on the soil …
Challenges of Quarrying Activities for Sustainable quality …
This paper examines the challenges of quarrying activities on sustainable quality water resources in Abakaliki and environs and the socio-economic implications of the effects on the people in ...