Proposal Guideline for Preventive Measures toward Occupational Health Hazards for Quarries Workers

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Assistant Professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing-Ain Shams University Egypt

2 Lecturer of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing-Ain Shams University Egypt

Abstract

Background: Workers in quarries who engage in the excavation, cutting, and crushing of stones or
rocks are exposed to various hazards, including noise, falls, dust, and explosions. Aim: The study
aimed to propose guidelines for preventive measures toward occupational health hazards for
quarries workers. Study design: A descriptive analytical study was utilized to conduct this study.
Subject: A purposeful sample consisted of 302 male workers in limestone quarries. Setting: This
study was conducted in the quarries of Tourah affiliated to Tourah Portland Cement Company in south of
Cairo. Tools: Composed of 3 tools.: I tool: An interviewing questionnaire form. II tool:
Observational Check list about compliance of personal protective equipment. III tool: Medical
record. Results:59.9% of workers their aged ranged from 25˂ 40 years old, 51.0% work 7 to 8
hours a day, the most common occupational health hazards were dust pollution, noise pollution, and
weather hotness, while 83.1% of them complained of wounds, and 70.5% body pain, also 72.8% of
them diagnosed with musculoskeletal diseases. 49% chronic bronchitis and 44.4% silicosis while
the workers who compliance with personal protective equipment represent only 18.2% of total
workers. Conclusion: The study demonstrated the existence of a statistically significant relationship
between exposure to occupational hazards and compliance with personal protective equipment and
statistically significant relationship between workers' knowledge and practices towards prevention
of occupational hazards and the incidence of work injuries among them with p value ˂ 0.001.
Recommendation: Activating the proposal guideline for preventive measures toward occupational
health hazards to raise awareness of quarry workers.

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Egyptian Journal of Health Care
Volume 11, Issue 4
December 2020
Pages 1260-1274

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