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The perceived occupational and environmental health challenges arising from the exposure of cement dust pollution on Bua cement factory workers were investigated in this study to establish if there is any significance of cement dust exposure on workers’ health. The study was designed as a cross-sectional type of research that adopted a purposive gr...
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... footprint straddles Etsako East and Akoko Edo Local Government Areas. Geographically, it lies at latitude 7 0 16 i N and longitude 6 0 20 i E (see Figure 1). The area usually experiences two geographic seasons; from March to October being the wet season with the area experiencing heavy precipitation at its climax from August to October whereas the months of November to February covers the dry season. ...
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... In 2014, Nigeria enjoyed economic growth that was complemented with investments from the cement industry. The policy of the current administration is shifting towards the non-oil sector which entails focus on solid minerals with Nigeria having a reasonable numbers of established cement factories (Ndinwa et al., 2020). The numbers of this factory is expected to geometrically increased and meet the rising demand of other African countries. ...
... The cement factory is located at Afookpella, along the Abuja-Okene expressway. The factory has an installed cement production capacity of about 3.5 million MT and incorporated in 1964 as a State Government owned Cement Production Company; and sold to Bua Cement Manufacturing Company in 2008 (Ndinwa et al., 2020). Geographically, the factory is located at latitude 7016i North and longitude 6020i East (see Figure 1). ...
... Geographically, the factory is located at latitude 7016i North and longitude 6020i East (see Figure 1). The factory services the cement demand of the south-south geopolitical zone of Nigeria (Ndinwa et al., 2020). The cement factory is located in a settlement that shares boundaries with Imiegele, Kominio, Iddo, Awuyemi, Okugbe, Oku and Imekuri communities. ...
This study was designed to evaluate the perceived effects of exposure to occupational noise pollution on hearing loss among cement factory workers in Edo State, Nigeria. A descriptive cross-sectional survey design was adopted for the study, and 183 factory workers, mainly males working at different departments in the factory, were sampled. A well-designed and structured questionnaire was used to obtain personal and scientific information from the participants. The questionnaire was sectionalized into four major aspects. Background noise levels and those of the work environment were measured using a calibrated Wensen WS 1361 type 2 digital sound level meter. Student t-test was used to analyse the test of association between hours at work and hearing loss, whereas the prediction of hearing loss was determined using a multinomial logistic regression model. All statistical significance was considered at p<0.05. The results revealed that a larger proportion of the participants demonstrated a higher level of awareness of the effects of noise on health. A greater number of participants revealed a higher percentage on the general use of hearing protection devices, and further revealed was that most of the participants presented a high frequency of hearing loss. Participants from the storage and transportation (ST) department had the lowest prevalence of hearing loss at PTA512 and PTA346 when compared with participants from other departments. No significant relationship was established to exist between the hours at work and hearing status for both ears at PTA512 and PTA346. The multiple regression analysis revealed no significant relationship between the selected predictors and hearing loss for both ears at PTA512. However, age was revealed as a significant predictor of hearing status at PTA346 for both ears because a positive relationship was established between age and hearing status.
Introduction: Inadequate knowledge, negative attitude, poor perception, and poor health seeking-behaviour on the part of the workers are some of the problems resulting in health issues that are associated with occupational hazards. Hence, this study investigated the knowledge, attitude, perception and health-seeking behaviour regarding occupational risk of cement dust exposure among Lafarge workers in Ewekoro LGA, Ogun State, Nigeria. Methodology: A multistage probability sampling method was adopted to select the workers working in Lafarge company in Ewekoro, Ogun State. Result: Most (151; 62.9%) of the workers had high knowledge regarding cement dust exposure. Most (170; 70.8%) of the workers had negative attitudinal disposition towards cement dust exposure. Most (163; 67.9%) of the workers had poor perception towards cement dust exposure. Most (173; 72.1%) of the respondents had poor health seeking behavior regarding cement dust. Conclusion: In the study, it was established that most of the factory workers had good knowledge regarding occupational risk exposure to cement dust. Despite this satisfactory knowledge, a majority of the workers showed a negative attitude towards occupational risk exposure to cement dust. The workers were also found to have poor perception. Negative attitude and poor perception towards risk of cement dust exposure contributed to the workers’ inadequate health seeking behavior.
