The study was conducted in three zones of Ebonyi districts, namely: the Ishiagu quarry site in Ebonyi South Senatorial District, the Umuoghara quarry site in …
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073Corpus 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 …
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073Assessment of Noise Levels in Some Quarries in Abakaliki, South East Nigeria Agwu J. O., Eziamaka G., Igboji P. O., Igwe T. S. and Okoro G.C. ... Four quarry site A, B, C and D, were used for the study. Noise sampling was conducted from three (3) replicate points around each quarry, which served. ...
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073Abakaliki has been known for years as a centre for long yam tubers, rice, stones (chippings), etc. Now, the Martins Elechi administration seems to leverage on …
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073SPM levels declined significantly (p>0.05) with distance from the drilling and crushing locations at each of the quarry sites. At 25metres away from the quarry sites, mean SPM levels reduced ...
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073Groundwater recharge areas are not adequate sites for waste disposal, this is because they can easily pollute and contaminate groundwater sources. In Abakaliki …
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073Abstract and Figures. This paper examines the challenges of quarrying activities on sustainable quality water resources in Abakaliki and environs and the socio-economic implications of the...
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073Following an official letter to the management of the central quarry mines and the stone processing plant in Abakaliki, permission was granted for the study to be carried out. This was a one site survey at the central mines and a one site survey at the stone processing plant where all mining operators were relocated to by the state government.
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073The state government seems to bid for economic prosperity with quarry industry and rice as leading stocks. ... The entire scenario would flash bright lights at the New Abakaliki section. Ebonyi State receives one of the least monthly revenue allocations in Nigeria. Its budgeting profile could best illustrate this fact. In 2012, the state rolled ...
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073This luxurious and classic 5 bedrooms luxury duplex mansion is tastefully built with modern amenities and a swimming pool. its located in a very serene and secured environment at mile 50, opposite osborn hotel after roban stores and christ embassy church in abakaliki, ebonyi state. its well furnished with imported furniture and also comes with following …
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073sources and use of biomass fuel in homes and similar sites should be introduced to minimize the rate of lung problem. Some of the measures to minimize the problem in Abakaliki are: a) The machines used in the quarry industries should be covered, b) There should be a water sprinkler or wind breaker to minimize the dust
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073The Abakaliki area is endowed with solid minerals including lead–zinc, chalcopyrite, pyrite, and siderite. These generate metallic trace elements (MTEs) that contaminate water resources. Spectrophotometric method was applied to evaluate the main hydrochemical constituents of groundwater resources while geohydrological and field …
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073NEW SHINE QUARRY prides itself on top notch equipment, the best employees in the industry, and offers the following: • Quality Rock products for driveways, pathways, landscaping, and bulkheads • Upgraded crushing equipment providing exact rock sizes • OPEN Monday through Friday 7 am — 4 pm
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073In recent years, Nigeria has witness rapid development especially in the area of infrastructural development like roads, bridges, buildings etc. The conventional methods used in concrete mixing have its own peculiar problems, like time wasting, material wasting and errors. These problems have been the cause of structural failures which has given …
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073International Letters of Natural Sciences Vol. 20 125 4. MATERIALS AND METHODS The quarry dust used here was collected from quarry industry in Umuoghara in Abakaliki, Ebonyi state in Nigeria. The fine aggregate …
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073Before it became the State capital, Abakaliki was a small town known for its overflowing food markets. The people of Abakaliki and their neighbors were predominantly farmers who took advantage of the abundant and fertile to produce rice, fruits, vegetables, livestock and non-food items like limestone, rocks and gravel – all of which are abundant …
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073Findings from the study reveal high level of awareness yet nonutilization of eye protection, which is more numerous among blasters and crushers whose jobs were most predisposed to work related accidents and workers with formal education. Objective: To assess the awareness of work-related ocular health hazards and utilization of …
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073The average concentration of radionuclide in dust particles produced from quarry plants in the urban area in Abakaliki, Nigeria were estimated from measured samples. The mean specific activity using Gamma spectrometry NaI (Γi) Canberra detector Model 802.4 and Alpha-Beta spectrometry. The photopeaks observed with reliable regularity belonged to …
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073The present study describes research carried out to evaluate the mineralogical, geochemical and technological properties of indurated shale-quarry wastes and assess the suitability of these low-cost and locally available quarry wastes generated from crushed indurated shales for possible use as alternatives to fresh raw materials in …
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073It was also in 2007 that Governor Elechi came up with a policy that relocated the industry crushing site in 2009 from the new Abakaliki-Enugu highway to the present …
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073Objective 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.
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073To evaluate the effects of quarry dusts on the electrocardiogram of quarry workers in Abakaliki metropolis, quarry workers within the age of 18 to 65 years were recruited. Associations between high level of occupational dust and cardiovascular diseases have been known for more than half a century.To evaluate the effects of quarry dusts on the …
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073A.N. Nwibo and E.A. Ugwuja et al, blazed a trail on quarry in Abakaliki in their research "Pulmonary problem among quarry workers …
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073Optimization of Concrete Made with Abakaliki Quarry Dust as Fine Aggregate Using Scheffe's Optimization Model. July 2014; International Letters of Natural Sciences 20:115-128;
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073New Haven Hotel Abakaliki Official, Abakaliki. 193 likes · 9 were here. New Haven Hotel Abakaliki is surely the place to be, we offer comfort and convenience. Hospitality Redefined. 07058871002,...
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073Quarrying in Abakaliki area discharge waste water into surface water (Okafor, 2006); an unfriendly environmental practice which is common in Nigeria and other developing …
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073The direct detection of lead-zinc (Pb-Zn) massive sulphide deposits from field data in the Asu River Group Shales in the Abakaliki area was evaluated by using the GEM-19 v7.0 Overhauser instrument ...
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073Hazards 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 …
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073Radiological findings of quarry workers at Umuoghara stone quarrying industrial site, Abakaliki, Nigeria ... New York. Na tural Resources Def ence Council ... At 25metres away from the quarry ...
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073simple random sampling to obtain twenty (20) quarry sites out of 52 within the Abakaliki Local Government Areas in Ebonyi State (Ebonyi State of Environment). The selected sites were done through randomization process in which 12 quarry workers was selected for interview with the questionnaire and clinical examination.
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073