Capitoline introduces a Data Center audit service called DC Worksafe which meets the assessment requirements of major Standards relating to workplace health.

LONDON, UK, June 13, 2016 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Good Health and Safety practices are required at all places of work and are written into the laws of every country. Data centres are no exception and indeed have some very particular H&S requirements.

There are some general purpose safety standards that any organisation can use such as ISO 45001 Health and Safety requirements and BS OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems – Requirements, and these should form the basis of your H&S plan. But they are not very specific and are aimed at a high management level.

Much more specific actions need to be taken to assess the risks in data centres.

Capitoline has introduced a Data Centre audit and assessment service called DC WorksafeTM which meets the audit and assessment requirements of the major Standards and Regulations relating to workplace occupational health.

It offers;

- An on-site physical audit of the site and inspection report covering all the major data centre related health and safety hazards
- An inspection of the existing health and safety documentation, policies and procedures to identify any omissions or issues that need to be addressed
- An option to prepare any missing documentation

This is not an ISO 45001 audit but a method of proving compliance to the following sections of ISO 45001 and BS OHSAS 18001. The final report will satisfy the need to demonstrate compliance to;

- Hazard identification
- Assessment of risks
- Documented information
- Emergency preparedness and response
- Incident, nonconformity and corrective action
- Continual improvement

About Capitoline

Capitoline, headquartered in the UK, is an independent engineering consultancy specializing in data center design, audit and training. Capitoline started the world’s first data centre training in 2005 and has extensive experience in auditing and training in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Capitoline has become the world leader for manufacturer-independent data centre training and auditing. Capitoline is a member of the TIA and has access to the standards-writing committees. Capitoline is also a contributor to the European CENELEC data center standards. This gives Capitoline a unique insight into both American and European data centre standards and this is reflected in Capitoline’s Data Centre Expert training program.
More information is available from

http://www.capitoline.org/data-centre-audit-2/

Barry Elliott
Capitoline Ltd
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