Préventica Dakar

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QHSE / HSE

Quality, Health, Safety and Environment (or simply Health, Safety and Environment), the management discipline Preventica Africa is built around; QHSE managers from West African construction, mining, energy, logistics and agro-industry attend to source equipment, measurement services and training.

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PPE (EPI)

Personal protective equipment: helmets, safety footwear, gloves, eye and hearing protection, respiratory masks, high-visibility clothing and fall-arrest harnesses. Francophone exhibitors and buyers usually say EPI, so both terms appear on stand signage at Dakar.

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Risk assessment (document unique)

The written inventory of workplace hazards and the controls applied to each, mandatory in most francophone occupational safety frameworks; visitors compare software, consultants and measurement providers that help them keep it current.

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Occupational medicine

Workplace health surveillance carried out by a company doctor or nurse: pre-employment and periodic medical checks, fitness-for-duty opinions and follow-up of occupational disease.

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Working at height

Any task performed above ground level where a fall is possible; covered at the show by scaffolding, ladders, harnesses, anchor points, guardrails, nets and rescue kits.

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Confined space

A space with limited entry or natural ventilation where hazardous atmospheres can build up, such as tanks, silos, pits and sewers; the sector pairs gas detection, forced ventilation, tripods and retrieval harnesses.

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ATEX / explosive atmosphere

Locations where flammable gas, vapour or dust can form an explosive mix; equipment is certified by zone (0, 1, 2 for gas and 20, 21, 22 for dust) using intrinsically safe instruments and enclosures.

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ISO 45001

The international standard for occupational health and safety management systems; certification and surveillance audits drive demand for training, documentation tools and consultancy at the fair.

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Safety signage (ISO 7010)

Standardised pictograms for prohibition, warning, mandatory action, safe condition and fire equipment, one of the core product families in the prevention catalogue shown in Dakar.

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Chemical risk and SDS

Hazards from handling solvents, acids, fuels and agrochemicals; managed through safety data sheets, labelling, bunded storage, spill kits and skin or respiratory protection.

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Fire safety and extinguishing classes

Protection through detection, compartmentation, evacuation and extinguishing media chosen by fire class (A solids, B liquids, C gases, D metals, F cooking oils, plus live electrical equipment).

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Heat stress

The combined load of high temperature, humidity and physical work, a priority for construction, mining and agriculture across West Africa; monitored with WBGT instruments, hydration plans, work-rest schedules and cooling PPE.

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Noise and vibration exposure

Occupational exposure to sound and to hand-arm or whole-body vibration, measured in decibels and daily A(8) values; hearing protection and measurement services are displayed alongside plant and machinery at the show.

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Occupational hygiene measurement

Sampling and laboratory analysis of workplace air, dust, fumes, noise, lighting and thermal conditions to compare measured exposure against occupational limit values.

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OSH training and toolbox talk

Short on-site briefings plus certified courses (working at height, first aid, fire warden, permit to work, forklift operation) that keep site teams compliant; a core service category among Preventica Africa exhibitors.

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Labour inspectorate

The public authority enforcing Senegal's Labour Code and workplace safety rules; its framework shapes which compliance documents, registers and training certificates West African buyers look for at the fair.