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Introduction I have been working in the geotechnical industry for eight years. In that time, I have known numerous people who have sustained serious crush injures to their hands and fingers from using a Conventional Scala Penetrometer. After a recent injury at my current company,…

The Scala Penetrometer (SP) or Dynamic Cone Penetrometer (DCP) is a tool used to measure the penetration resistance of in-situ soils. It is an arbitrary method of testing soils, but it is used for its cost effectiveness, durability and efficiency in which results can be…