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QHSE

Quality, Health, Safety and Environment: the combined management discipline that many SEE Days exhibitors build software, audits and training around. Belgian companies often fold prevention, environment and energy into one QHSE department.

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Prevention advisor (preventieadviseur)

The legally mandated safety role in Belgian companies, appointed at levels from basic to level 1 for higher-risk sites. Much of the show floor is aimed at the people who hold or train for this function.

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Risk inventory and evaluation (RI&E)

A documented assessment of workplace hazards and the control measures taken for each one. Software, consultancy and measurement tools for RI&E are a recurring theme at safety fairs in Kortrijk.

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PPE (personal protective equipment)

Equipment worn by the worker: helmets, hearing defenders, respiratory masks, gloves, safety footwear, hi-vis clothing and fall harnesses. PPE ranks below collective measures in the hierarchy of prevention, which is why machine guarding and extraction are shown alongside it.

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Hierarchy of prevention

The legal order of control measures: eliminate the hazard, substitute it, engineer it out (guarding, extraction), organise the work, and only then rely on PPE. Exhibitors use it to justify upgrades to machinery and ventilation rather than extra protective kit.

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Lockout-tagout (LOTO)

A procedure and device set that isolates energy sources before maintenance so a machine cannot restart unexpectedly. LOTO locks, hasps and padlock sets sit in the electrical-safety product group at the fair.

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CE marking and machine guarding

The EU conformity route for machinery, defined by the Machinery Directive and its successor regulation, plus the fixed guards, interlocks and light curtains used to reach conformity. Belgian buyers routinely arrive with a guarding or conformity file to close.

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REACH

The EU chemicals regulation (registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction) that governs which substances may be used in industrial processes. Hazardous-substance management exhibitors map REACH restrictions onto the products stored on site.

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CLP labelling

The EU classification, labelling and packaging rules behind hazard pictograms, signal words and safety data sheets. Correct CLP labels on drums and canisters are a frequent gap spotted during workplace inspections.

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Occupational accident and incident reporting

The record-keeping that Belgian employers must maintain for work accidents and near-misses, feeding into insurance and prevention reporting. Case-management and reporting software appears in the safety-services zone.

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Ergonomics and manual handling

Designing tasks, lifting aids, height-adjustable benches and matting to reduce musculoskeletal strain, the largest single cause of long-term work incapacity in Belgium. Ergonomics suppliers are typically grouped with workplace-furniture exhibitors.

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Energy audit (ISO 50001 route)

A structured review of a site's energy use that identifies savings in lighting, compressed air, heating and heat recovery. The energy-efficiency exhibitors at SEE Days sell audits, measurement kit and retrofit hardware to facility and energy managers.

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Circular economy and waste sorting

Waste streams, sorting stations and recycling or reuse routes that keep materials out of residual waste. Belgian sites face regional sorting obligations, so container, baler and collection-service suppliers exhibit here.

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Environmental monitoring

Continuous measurement of air quality, dust, VOCs, noise and emissions in the working environment. Instrument vendors demonstrate handheld and fixed sensors that feed QHSE dashboards.

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Well-being at work

The psychosocial and organisational side of prevention: stress, workload, burnout, return-to-work support. Belgian legislation obliges employers to address it, which is why health-screening and well-being providers sit alongside physical safety suppliers.

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Safety culture and behaviour-based safety

Programmes that use observation, coaching and leading indicators to change how people actually work, rather than adding equipment. Training firms and consultancies at the show sell audits, e-learning and toolbox-meeting formats in Dutch, French and English.