Safety in Critical Facilities
Safety for data center technicians in a live critical facility, taught at Stonebridge Data's Ashburn, Virginia campus under VOSH, OSHA and NFPA 70E: safety culture and stop work authority, shock and arc flash, arc flash labels, boundaries and PPE, lockout in redundant systems, UPS and battery hazards, electrostatic discharge, heavy AI racks and floor loading, raised floors, ladders and lifts, heat and noise, liquid cooling leaks, clean agents and pre-action sprinklers, and a job safety analysis for a rack installation beside live equipment.
DCT-120 12 lessons · 4 h 4 min ▶ Video lessons coming soon
Offered by HSM University · Data Center Operations
This is the American version of this course. See the Canadian version.
What you'll learn
- Explain why a live data center is a high-energy workplace and apply the hierarchy of controls, stop work authority and hazard reporting
- Describe how electric shock and arc flash injure people and why technicians stay out of electrical enclosures
- Read arc flash labels and apply the shock approach boundaries, arc flash boundary and PPE categories when escorting electrical work
- Explain lockout, live-dead-live verification, group lockout and the extra risks of isolating one path of a redundant system
- Recognize the shock, hydrogen, acid and thermal runaway hazards of UPS systems and batteries and respond correctly to warning signs
- Protect components from electrostatic discharge with tested wrist straps, common grounding and correct packaging and handling
- Lift, move and install heavy equipment safely, checking weights, routes, floor ratings and rack stability
- Work safely on raised floors, ladders and mobile platforms and prevent slips, trips and falling objects
- Control heat stress and noise exposure in hot aisles and loud halls using WBGT, work-rest planning and hearing protection
- Respond safely to liquid cooling leaks and respect the pressure, fluid and electrical hazards of coolant distribution systems
- Explain data center detection, pre-action sprinklers and clean agent systems and act correctly on pre-discharge alarms and EPO
- Write and use a job safety analysis that protects both people and the live service during a rack installation
Course content
12 lessons · 4 h 4 min total · final exam
- 1 Safety culture in a live critical facility 23 min · quiz
- 2 Electrical hazards: shock and arc flash 21 min · quiz
- 3 Arc flash labels, boundaries and PPE 20 min · quiz
- 4 Lockout, isolation and energized work rules 21 min · quiz
- 5 Working near UPS systems and batteries 20 min · quiz
- 6 Electrostatic discharge and equipment protection 20 min · quiz
- 7 Lifting, moving and installing heavy equipment 19 min · quiz
- 8 Raised floors, ladders, lifts and working at heights 20 min · quiz
- 9 Hot aisles, noise and heat stress 19 min · quiz
- 10 Liquid cooling safety: leaks, fluids and pressure 20 min · quiz
- 11 Fire detection and suppression: clean agents, pre-action and safety around discharge 20 min · quiz
- 12 Capstone: a job safety analysis for a rack installation in a live hall 21 min · quiz
- E Final exam 20 questions
Requirements
Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.
Description
Safety for data center technicians in a live critical facility, taught at Stonebridge Data's Ashburn, Virginia campus under VOSH, OSHA and NFPA 70E: safety culture and stop work authority, shock and arc flash, arc flash labels, boundaries and PPE, lockout in redundant systems, UPS and battery hazards, electrostatic discharge, heavy AI racks and floor loading, raised floors, ladders and lifts, heat and noise, liquid cooling leaks, clean agents and pre-action sprinklers, and a job safety analysis for a rack installation beside live equipment.