DSEAR does not care what trade you are in. It cares whether an explosive atmosphere can form.
Depots, farm tanks, marina bunkering, generator day tanks and forecourts. Vapour spaces, vent positions, bunding and delivery points are the usual pinch points.
Parts washers, dip tanks, adhesives, degreasing and hot work. The risk is usually in the small stuff that nobody logged, not the big machine everyone worries about.
Fine sanding dust is a genuine explosion risk and extraction ductwork is where it collects. Zone 22 turns up in more workshops than owners expect.
Flour, sugar, starch, custard powder and animal feed all form explosive dust clouds. Distilleries and breweries add flammable vapour on top.
Spray booths, mixing rooms, powder coating and solvent-based inks. Booth ventilation rates drive the zoning, and they are rarely what the original spec said.
Lead-acid charging bays vent hydrogen. Aerosol storage, LPG cages and shrink-wrap gas all come into scope. This is the sector most often caught out.
Boatyards, workshops, fuel systems, tank cleaning and vessel refits. We work on the Milford Haven Waterway and know how port safety cases fit around DSEAR.
Red diesel tanks, grain drying, dust in handling plant and LPG for crop drying. Farms are in scope as employers like anyone else.
Send a photograph of your store or a copy of your safety data sheets. We will tell you straight whether you need an assessment, and we will say so if you do not.