quarry workers and use of protective equipment in nigeria

Knowledge, Perception and Practice of Safety Measures …

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 …

Adherence to safety practices and the effect of petroleum …

Adherence to safety practices and use of personal protective equipment (PPE) by petrol station attendants was good, although, efforts should be made to ensure the use of these PPE by the attendant at the petrol stations, and proper care and attention should be given to the attendants to avoid future health problems. This research was …

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.

(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...

[PDF] Use of Personal Protective Equipment among Health Workers …

Training, provision and use of personal protective equipments is poor in study area, there should be development of health safety policies, regular training on personal protective Equipments, provision of personal Protective equipments and changing health care attitude to "think safety first". Background: Hospital acquired (nosocomial) infections are common …

Ocular injuries in industrial technical workers in Delta State, Nigeria …

The incidence of malaria in early infancy is low but it is even lower in children exclusively breastfed, which coupled with other gains of exclusive breastfeeding should be encouraged and strengthened. Expand. 27. Semantic Scholar extracted view of "Ocular injuries in industrial technical workers in Delta State, Nigeria" by Edema et al.

Correlates of Stone Quarry Workers' Awareness of Work …

Objective: To assess the awareness of work-related ocular health hazards and utilization of personal protective eye devices (PPEDs) among stone quarry workers in Abakaliki, southeastern Nigeria. Materials and methods: In a cross-sectional survey of stone quarry industry workers in Abakiliki, conducted between March and April, 2012, data on …

Assessment of Occupational Health Hazards Associated with the Quarry

Impact of Granite Quarrying on the Health of Workers and …

The data collected from hospital records of quarry workers portrayed their health profile while the prevalent health problems of the nearby residents were elicited from a questionnaire survey ...

Knowledge And Practice of Occupational Safety …

Two hundred and thirty five (57.3%) were aware of safety measures in the quarries and the major source of information was from friends (67.8%). Only 137 (33.4%) used personal …

Table 4 from Use of Personal Protective Equipment among Health Workers

Table 4: Recommendations on improving compliance with PPEs - "Use of Personal Protective Equipment among Health Workers in a Tertiary Health Institution, South East Nigeria: Pre-Ebola Period. -"

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 …

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 …

Table 1 from Use of Personal Protective Equipment among Health Workers

Assessment of factors affecting the use of personal protective equipment's (PPE) among sterile team members during surgical procedures at St. Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College, and AaBET, Hospital Operating theatre in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2019 found there are sufficient supply of PPE, but there are some factors that affect use.

(PDF) Correlates of Stone Quarry Workers' Awareness of Work …

In another study among the stone quarry workers of south-eastern Nigeria, it was found that although they were all aware about work-related health hazards and utilization of personal protective ...

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 ...

(PDF) Awareness and compliance with use of safety protective …

Among an unselected group of 126 quarry sites in Kano State Nigeria, radioactive evidence showed In Delhi, India, no personal protective equipment traces of silicosis in the quarry workers.[8] In Mumbai, was provided to quarry workers, helmets, safety India, it was found that each of the quarry operations belts, masks, safety shoes were ...

The Usage of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) …

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 …

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 …

Awareness and compliance with use of safety protective …

In Nigeria, the majority of quarry workers comprise people who are employed for manual labor, often under-educated and hence are ... India, no personal protective equipment was provided to quarry ...

Major ocular problems found among quarry …

Also 55.8% complied with the use of personal protective equipment while 44.2% did not. ... symptoms and assessed ventilatory functions among quarry workers in Edo state, Nigeria. Methods Quarry ...

[PDF] Knowledge of occupational hazards and safety practices …

The finding of poor knowledge of VOCs with very few of them adopting workplace safety practices underscores the need for employers in this sector to identify workplace hazards, adopt safety measures to curb them, train new employees and retrain staff on safety measures, and provide personal protective equipment (PPE) for daily …

[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 …

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.

evaluation of use of protective devices for quarry workers in nigeria

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The Usage of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) …

The Usage of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Among Quarry Workers in Abia and Ebonyi State, South East, Nigeria. Background: Personal …

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 ...