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What Hazards are you facing and<br />
are you prepared?<br />
See articles on pages 18, 25, 27 & 29.
2011-<strong>2012</strong> DIRECTORS<br />
2011-<strong>2012</strong> Committee Chairs<br />
NORTHWEST – DISTRICT 1<br />
Lanier Mathews<br />
850.519.7466<br />
lanier@lm2ci.com<br />
Scott Rosenheim<br />
850.835.2950<br />
sr.bsc@cox.net<br />
NORTHEAST – DISTRICT 2<br />
Joseph Lek<br />
904.363.1110<br />
j.lek@gaiconsultants.com<br />
Chris Howson<br />
352.622.3133<br />
chris@rmbarrineau.com<br />
EAST CENTRAL – DISTRICT 3<br />
Pat Meeds<br />
561.745.4495<br />
pmeeds@creechinc.com<br />
Bill Rowe<br />
407.292.8580<br />
browe@southeasternsurveying<br />
.com<br />
WEST CENTRAL – DISTRICT 4<br />
Joel McGee<br />
813.435.2633<br />
jmcgee@ace-fla.com<br />
Craig Emrick<br />
863.533.9095<br />
cemrick@pickett-inc.com<br />
SOUTHWEST – DISTRICT 5<br />
Rick Ritz<br />
239.939.5490<br />
rritz@bankseng.com<br />
Bob Strayer<br />
941.496.9488<br />
bob@strayersurveying.com<br />
SOUTHEAST – DISTRICT 6<br />
Richard Pryce<br />
954.739.6400<br />
rpryce@craventhompson.com<br />
Kevin Beck<br />
561.842.7001<br />
kbeckpsm@comcast.net<br />
SOUTH – DISTRICT 7<br />
John Liptak<br />
305.597.9701<br />
john@trianglesm.com<br />
Lou Campanile, Jr.<br />
954.980.8888<br />
lou@campanile.net<br />
NSPS GOVERNOR<br />
Mike Maxwell<br />
239.649.4040<br />
pls4650@gmail.com<br />
STANDING COMMITTEES<br />
Nominating Committee<br />
Membership Committee<br />
Finance Committee<br />
Ethics and Professional<br />
Practice Committee<br />
Education Committee<br />
Resolution and Laws<br />
Committee<br />
Annual Meeting Committee<br />
Legal Committee<br />
Florida Surveying and<br />
Mapping Council<br />
Strategic Planning<br />
Committee<br />
Executive Committee<br />
SPECIAL COMMITTEES<br />
Legislative Committee<br />
Awards Committee<br />
Community Foundation<br />
Endowment Committee<br />
Recruiting and Promoting<br />
Committee<br />
Equipment Thefts Committee<br />
Chapters Committee<br />
Tellers Committee<br />
LIAISONS<br />
CST Program<br />
DOACS BPSM<br />
FES<br />
Surveyors in Government<br />
UF Geomatics Advisory<br />
FAU Engineering Geomatics<br />
Advisory<br />
GIS Users Committee<br />
USER GROUPS<br />
GPS Users Group<br />
Ken Glass<br />
Dale Bradshaw<br />
Dan Ferrans<br />
Pat Meeds<br />
Mike Maxwell<br />
Mike Maxwell<br />
Russell Hyatt<br />
Jack Breed<br />
Joe Stokes<br />
Ken Glass<br />
Jeremiah Slaymaker<br />
Lanier Mathews<br />
Dan Ferrans<br />
Ray Niles<br />
David Glaze<br />
Kevin Beck<br />
Rick Ritz<br />
TBD<br />
Celeste Vangelder<br />
Ray Niles<br />
Jack Breed<br />
Joe Stokes<br />
Russell Hyatt<br />
Kevin Beck<br />
Rick Pryce<br />
Allen Nobles<br />
Managing Editor:<br />
Executive Editor:<br />
PSM Technical Assistant:<br />
COVER PHOTO:<br />
Beth Embleton<br />
Marilyn Evers<br />
Craig Emrick<br />
Heather Young (http://www.flickr.com/photos/heathery/1792309702/)<br />
The Florida Surveyor is an official publication of the Florida Surveying and Mapping Society, Inc. (<strong>FSMS</strong>) and is published for<br />
the purpose of communicating with the membership. The newsletter is financed primarily by the dues of the membership although<br />
advertisements are welcome from service and product industries relating to the needs and activities of the profession.<br />
Articles and advertising appearing in this publication are not necessarily the official policy of this Society unless specifically<br />
stated. <strong>FSMS</strong> assumes no responsibility for statements expressed in this publication.<br />
The Florida Surveyor welcomes contributions from members. Mail correspondence to Administrative Office. Copy all quoted<br />
material as it appears in the original. Give credit to the source from which you are quoting. Emailed ads are acceptable. Please<br />
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The Florida Surveyor <strong>July</strong> <strong>2012</strong> 3
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE<br />
Jeremiah Slaymaker<br />
President<br />
850.556.6065<br />
jeremiah.slaymaker@<br />
wantmangroup.com<br />
R<br />
eady or not, Summer Time is<br />
here! For many of you, I hope this<br />
allows for an opportunity to take a<br />
well-deserved vacation with your family.<br />
Maybe this trip could be over to Naples<br />
in August!<br />
Marilyn and I had the pleasure of taking a<br />
quick trip down to a recent Palm Beach<br />
Chapter meeting. On our flight down, I<br />
reflected on some of the challenges my<br />
family has faced over the past few<br />
years. Extensive knee surgery for my son<br />
and Type I Diabetes for my daughter have<br />
kept me and my wife busy. However,<br />
these experiences have truly taught me how you can never take<br />
a break from your family. Even on those rainy Sunday afternoons,<br />
while enjoying a pay-per-view movie, if a family member<br />
suddenly requires a trip to the pharmacy on the other side of<br />
town, you simply do it, no questions asked………….you never<br />
take a break from your family.<br />
This same philosophy caused me to think about my experience<br />
with <strong>FSMS</strong>. Our Society has always been there for me. Whether<br />
it was through scholarship support in Gainesville (many years<br />
ago!) or the endless Chapter support during my travels through<br />
the State, <strong>FSMS</strong> never took a break. Furthermore, our Society<br />
does not take a break from continuously monitoring legislative<br />
activity; we do not take a break from being the #1 Education Provider;<br />
we do not take a break from establishing and strengthening<br />
our relationship with our regulatory board, FES, Farm Bureau,<br />
and countless other important organizations; and lastly and most<br />
importantly, we do not take a break from supporting our local<br />
Chapters (our true foundation).<br />
I realize everyone is busy right now and I will never ask anyone to<br />
sacrifice the time required for your family or career. However, I<br />
will ask you to always keep our Society as a priority. For each of<br />
you, this will be accomplished differently. Some of you may find<br />
opportunities by going into the office a little earlier one morning to<br />
take care of those applications for an upcoming Chapter golf tournament.<br />
While others may find a little spare time on a rainy Sunday<br />
afternoon to gather the raffle tickets needed for a scholarship<br />
fund raiser. Regardless of how you do it, PLEASE DO NOT<br />
TAKE A BREAK FROM YOUR SOCIETY!<br />
2011-<strong>2012</strong> OFFICERS<br />
Ken Glass<br />
President-Elect<br />
863.646.4771<br />
kglass@civilsurv.com<br />
Dan Ferrans<br />
Immediate Past President<br />
727.461.6113<br />
ddf@polaris-survey.com<br />
Russell Hyatt<br />
Vice President<br />
941.748.4693<br />
russell@hyatt-survey.com<br />
Dale Bradshaw<br />
Secretary<br />
904.829.2591<br />
dbradshaw@bradshawniles.com<br />
Bon Dewitt<br />
Treasurer<br />
352.392.6010<br />
bon@ufl.edu<br />
Photo courtesy<br />
of Waldorf<br />
Astoria Naples<br />
The Florida Surveyor <strong>July</strong> <strong>2012</strong> 4
TABLE OF CONTENTS<br />
3 2011-<strong>2012</strong> Directors and Committee Chairs<br />
4 President’s Message<br />
6 Executive Director’s Message<br />
7 <strong>2012</strong> Sustaining Firms<br />
10 Surveyors & Mappers in Government<br />
11 Snapshots of Our Family<br />
13 Annual Conference Update and Registration<br />
18 Confined Space Hazards<br />
21 National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health Article<br />
27 Hazards of Static Electricity at Gas Pump<br />
29 OSHA FactSheet: Planning and Responding to Workplace<br />
Emergencies<br />
31 Seniors in the UF Geomatics Program Visit Tallahassee<br />
34 Recent Grads<br />
35 National Museum of Surveying Bulletin<br />
37 <strong>2012</strong> <strong>FSMS</strong> Members<br />
40 <strong>2012</strong> NSPS Members<br />
41 Seminars at Sea<br />
42 If You Ever Wondered Why … Ask Mike!<br />
43 Press Releases<br />
Less than two months<br />
away from Conference!<br />
Are you registered yet?<br />
2011-<strong>2012</strong> Chapter Presidents<br />
DISTRICT 1<br />
PANHANDLE<br />
Lee Empie<br />
850.477.3745<br />
elsi@empiesurveying.com<br />
EMERALD COAST<br />
Jeffery Glassburn<br />
850.244.5665<br />
gator0807@aol.net<br />
GULF COAST<br />
Scott Rosenheim<br />
850.835.2950<br />
sr.bsc@cox.net<br />
CHIPOLA AREA<br />
Tony Syfrett<br />
850.638.0790<br />
tsyfrett@southeasternsurveying.com<br />
NORTHWEST FLORIDA<br />
Earl Soeder<br />
850.727.0604<br />
earl@gpserv.com<br />
DISTRICT 2<br />
FLORIDA CROWN<br />
Tom Smith<br />
904.642.4165<br />
smitht@rmaainc.com<br />
NORTH CENTRAL FL<br />
Nicholas DiGruttolo<br />
352.642.2685<br />
ndigrutt@ufl.edu<br />
GEOMATICS STUDENT ASSOCIATION<br />
Neil Soule<br />
904.735.2137<br />
neilsoule@ufl.edu<br />
DISTRICT 3<br />
CENTRAL FLORIDA<br />
Danny Williams<br />
407.222.0874<br />
danny@truebearings.com<br />
VOLUSIA COUNTY<br />
Rick Rice<br />
386.671.8617<br />
ricer@codb.us<br />
INDIAN RIVER<br />
Stephen Brickley<br />
772.464.3537<br />
mantle710@hotmail.com<br />
SPACE COAST<br />
Robert Grassman<br />
321.255.5434<br />
dirwin@creechinc.com<br />
DISTRICT 4<br />
RIDGE<br />
Bart Comeaux<br />
863.533.9095<br />
bcomeaux@pickett-inc.com<br />
TAMPA BAY & WEST CENTRAL<br />
Dianne Collins<br />
863.937.9052<br />
dcollins@collinssurvey.com<br />
DISTRICT 5<br />
CHARLOTTE-HARBOR<br />
Derek Miller<br />
941.743.8423<br />
millersurveying@comcast.net<br />
COLLIER-LEE<br />
Scott Rhodes<br />
239.405.8166<br />
jsrhodes@rhodesandrhodes.net<br />
MANASOTA<br />
Richard Abernathy<br />
941.341.9935<br />
raberanthy@mckimcreed.com<br />
DISTRICT 6<br />
BROWARD COUNTY<br />
Iarelis Diaz<br />
305.209.4997<br />
idiaz@aca-net.com<br />
PALM BEACH<br />
Kevin Beck<br />
561.842.7001<br />
kbeckpsm@comcast.net<br />
FAU GEOMATICS ENGINEERING STUDENTS CHAPTER<br />
Kyle McClung<br />
727.729.0554<br />
kmcclun3@fau.edu<br />
DISTRICT 7<br />
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY<br />
Alfonso Tello<br />
954.435.7010<br />
atello@shiskin.com
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE<br />
Marilyn Evers<br />
Executive Director<br />
director@fsms.org<br />
S<br />
urveying and Mapping firms know the value of<br />
<strong>FSMS</strong>. It is never more evident than in our<br />
ever expanding list of Sustaining Firms. Our<br />
<strong>2012</strong> list has far outnumbered last year and the number is<br />
still rising. That makes a strong statement about our Society<br />
– it is recognized for its value. So the initial question<br />
whether you are a firm owner, principal or employee<br />
- is your firm on board with this outstanding<br />
membership category?<br />
Looking back . . . . 1980 had been a successful year with<br />
Robert W. “Bob” Wigglesworth at the helm. Communication<br />
was improved, more active liaisons were established<br />
with related professions, the Land Surveying Principles book was published for allied<br />
professions, administrative policies were revised, an unprecedented growth of individual<br />
members occurred; revisions to the Constitution & By Laws completed and the<br />
final completion of Minimum Survey Standards.<br />
The following year (1981) the Membership Category for Sustaining Firms was created<br />
by the progressive FSPLS leadership who realized the importance of moving forward<br />
and possessed the vision of a lobbyist to provide expertise in the legislative arena.<br />
The prior year’s Legislative Session had been extremely active, experiencing 156 bills<br />
that directly or indirectly affected the profession. The previous year had also finally<br />
brought about the creation of a separate regulatory board for surveyors* – a major<br />
victory for the profession. It was evident that issues would continue to rise in Tallahassee<br />
and it was time to hire a professional legislative consultant. Those issues<br />
would ultimately benefit not only our individual members, but firms as well. This was<br />
an opportunity to involve them in the process upfront.<br />
The leadership felt confident that the role and involvement of firms was vital to the<br />
future health of not only the profession, but the Society. Leaders also knew the necessity<br />
of holding the $75 Full Member fee instead of over taxing individual members<br />
with an increase. Remember, it was 1981 and the average salary for a licensed surveyor<br />
was not impressive. To put it in perspective, a beach view room for the Annual<br />
Conference at Marco Island Marriott was $45/night.<br />
So the final question is the same as the initial question - is your firm a major supporter<br />
of Florida Surveying and Mapping Society and is your firm name on our Sustaining<br />
Firms list on pages 7-9? If not, join our ever growing list of Sustaining Firms and take<br />
advantage of the benefits. The profession will always have legislative issues and you<br />
will always need the voice of the profession to represent you in Tallahassee and on<br />
the national level. Your employees will always need continuing education and you<br />
can send up to five non-member employees to any seminar at the member rate. And<br />
it gets even better – <strong>FSMS</strong> offers the most economical education fees of any Florida<br />
provider which is just one more way we are working for you. All education fees are<br />
returned to you in benefits and services. It’s a win-win for all at just $.69 per day.<br />
Administrative<br />
Office<br />
1689-A Mahan Center Blvd.<br />
Tallahassee, Florida 32308<br />
800.237.4384<br />
850.942.1900<br />
Fax: 85.877.4852<br />
fsms.org<br />
Beth Embleton<br />
Programs Coordinator<br />
programs@fsms.org<br />
Tondra Matthews<br />
Membership Coordinator<br />
membership@fsms.org<br />
* Governor Bob Graham appointed Broward P. Davis (Chair), James P. Shiskin (Vice<br />
Chair), Lewis H. Kent, and Barney Herrick.<br />
Rachel Simpkins<br />
Education Coordinator<br />
education@fsms.org
Thank You <strong>2012</strong> Sustaining Firms<br />
3TCI, Inc. (305) 316-8474<br />
A. M. Engineering, Inc. (941) 377-9178<br />
A. R. Miller Engineering, Inc. (407) 841-4084<br />
A. T. Survey, Inc. (850) 763-6471<br />
A. Trigo & Associates, Inc. (239) 594-8448<br />
Accuright Surveys Of Orlando (407) 894-6314<br />
Advanced Surveying Technology, Inc. (407) 365-1595<br />
Advanced Technologies Solutions, Inc. (904) 363-2223<br />
Aerial Cartographics of America, Inc. (407) 851-7880<br />
Agnoli, Barber & Brundage, Inc. (239) 597-3111<br />
AIM Engineering & Surveying (239) 332-4569<br />
All American Surveyors of Florida, Inc. (904) 279-0088<br />
All Service Land Surveying, Inc. (931) 629-6801<br />
Allen Engineering, Inc. (321) 783-7443<br />
Allen Precision Equipment (770) 279-7171<br />
AllState Insurance (847) 667-6064<br />
Alvarez, Aiguesvives & Associates, Inc. (305) 220-2424<br />
American Consulting Engineers of Florida, LLC (813) 435-2633<br />
American Government Services Corporation (813) 933-3322<br />
APEX Engineering, Inc. (407) 306-0904<br />
Associated Land Surveying (407) 869-5002<br />
Atkins North America, Inc. (800) 597-7275<br />
Atlantic Group, LLC (256) 603-9828<br />
Avirom & Associates Inc. (561) 392-2594<br />
Banks Engineering (239) 939-5490<br />
Bannerman Surveyors, Inc. (850) 526-4460<br />
Barnes Ferland and Associates, Inc. (407) 896-8508<br />
Barraco & Associates, Inc. (239) 461-3170<br />
Bartram Trail Surveying, Inc. (904) 284-2224<br />
Baseline Engineering & Land Surveying, Inc. (561) 417-0700<br />
Baskerville-Donovan Inc. (850) 438-9661<br />
Bayside Engineering, Inc. (813) 314-0314<br />
Bayside Surveying Company (850) 835-2950<br />
Bean, Whitaker, Lutz & Kareh, Inc. (239) 481-1331<br />
Bello & Bello Land Surveying Corporation (305) 251-9606<br />
Benchmark Land Services, Inc. (239) 591-0778<br />
Berntsen International, Inc. (608) 249-8549<br />
Beta Company Surveying, Inc. (941) 751-6016<br />
Betsy Lindsay, Inc. (772) 286-5753<br />
Biscayne Engineering Company (305) 324-7671<br />
Bock & Clark Corporation (330) 665-4821<br />
Bowyer-Singleton & Associates (407) 843-5120<br />
Bradshaw-Niles & Associates, Inc. (904) 829-2591<br />
Brevard County Public Works/Surveying (321) 633-2080<br />
Britt Surveying, Inc. (941) 493-1396<br />
Brooks & Amaden, Inc. (813) 653-1125<br />
Brown & Phillips, Inc. (561) 615-3988<br />
Brown Surveying & Mapping, Inc. (407) 891-7048<br />
Bruner-Mongoven Land Surveying, Inc. (850) 235-2293<br />
BSE Consultants, Inc. (321) 725-3674<br />
Buchanan & Harper, Inc. (850) 763-7427<br />
Burkholder Land Surveying, Inc. (941) 209-9712<br />
Bussen-Mayer Engineering Group, Inc. (321) 453-0010<br />
C. Calvert Montgomery & Associates, Inc. (772) 287-3636<br />
C. H. Perez & Associates Consulting Engineers (305) 592-1070<br />
Calvin, Giordano & Associates (954) 921-7781<br />
Cardno ENTRIX (800) 368-7511<br />
Cardno TBE (727) 531-3505<br />
Carter Associates, Inc. (772) 562-4191<br />
Caulfield & Wheeler, Inc. (561) 392-1991<br />
Causseaux, Hewett & Walpole, Inc. (352) 331-1976<br />
Chastain-Skillman, Inc. (863) 646-1402<br />
Choctaw Engineering, Inc. (850) 862-6611<br />
CivilSurv Design Group, Inc. (863) 646-4771<br />
Clary & Associates, Inc. (904) 260-2703<br />
Clements Surveying, Inc. (941) 729-6690<br />
Coastal Planning and Engineering, Inc. (561) 391-8102<br />
Collins Survey Consulting, LLC (863) 937-9052<br />
Compass Point Surveyors (727) 230-9606<br />
Consul-Tech Enterprises, Inc. (954) 438-4300<br />
Continental Aerial Surveys, Inc. (865) 970-3115<br />
Cooner & Associates, Inc. (239) 277-0722<br />
Country Wide Surveying (850) 769-0345<br />
Cousins Surveyors & Associates, Inc. (954) 689-7766<br />
CPH Engineers (407) 322-6841<br />
Craven-Thompson & Associates (954) 739-6400<br />
Creech Engineers, Inc. (772) 283-1413<br />
Culpepper & Terpening, Inc. (772) 464-3537<br />
Dagostino & Wood, Inc. (239) 352-6085<br />
Dean Surveying & Mapping, Inc. (561) 625-8748<br />
DeGrove Surveyors, Inc. (904) 722-0400<br />
Dennis J. Leavy & Associates (561) 753-0650<br />
Deuel & Associates (727) 822-4151<br />
Diversified Design & Drafting Services, Inc. (850) 385-1133<br />
DMK Associates, Inc. (941) 475-6596<br />
Donald F. Lee & Associates (386) 755-6166<br />
Donald W. McIntosh Associates, Inc. (407) 644-4068<br />
Douglass, Leavy & Associates, Inc. (954) 344-7994<br />
Durden Surveying & Mapping, Inc. (904) 724-5588<br />
Dyer, Riddle, Mills & Precourt (407) 896-0594<br />
Dynamic Land Solutions (352) 215-7900<br />
Eartheye, LLC (407) 382-5222<br />
Echezabal & Associates, Inc. (813) 933-2505<br />
Econ South, LLC (863) 686-0544<br />
eGPS Solutions, Inc. (770) 695-3361<br />
Eiland & Associates, Inc. (904) 272-1000<br />
Element Engineering Group, LLC (813) 386-2101<br />
EMK Consultants of Florida, Inc. (813) 931-8900<br />
Eng, Denman & Associates, Inc. (352) 373-3541<br />
Engenuity Group (561) 655-1151<br />
England, Thims & Miller, Inc. (904) 642-8990<br />
ER Brownell & Associates, Inc. (305) 860-3866<br />
ESP Associates, PA (704) 583-4949<br />
Exacta Land Surveyors, Inc. (305) 668-6169<br />
F. R. Aleman and Associates, Inc. (305) 591-8777<br />
Farner, Barley & Associates (352) 748-3126<br />
Fema Certs, Inc. (941) 629-6680<br />
First Coast Land Surveying (904) 779-2062<br />
Florida Design Consultant, Inc. (727) 849-7588<br />
Florida Keys Land Surveying (305) 394-3690<br />
FLT Geosystems (954) 763-5300<br />
Ford, Armenteros & Manucy (305) 477-6472<br />
Fortin, Leavy, Skiles, Inc. (305) 653- 4493<br />
Foster & Associates, Inc. (205) 345-5057<br />
Franklin, Hart & Reid (407) 846-1216<br />
Frazier Engineering, Inc. (321) 253-8131<br />
FRS & Associates, Inc. (561) 687-1600<br />
Fugro EarthData, Inc. (301) 948-8550<br />
GAI Consultants-Southeast, Inc. (407) 244-3505<br />
Gary G. Allen Registered Land Surveyor, Inc. (850) 878-0541<br />
GCY, Inc. (772) 286-8083<br />
Geodata Consultants, Inc. (407) 660-2322<br />
Geodigital International Corporation (850) 740-0077<br />
Geoline Surveying, Inc. (386) 418-0500<br />
Geomatics Corporation (904) 824-3086<br />
Geomatics Services, Inc,. (772) 419-8383<br />
GeoPoint Surveying, Inc. (813) 248-8888<br />
George F. Young, Inc. (727) 822-4317<br />
GEOSURV, LLC (877) 407-3734<br />
Ghiotto & Associates, Inc. (904) 886-0071<br />
Global One Survey, LLC (786) 486-8088<br />
GMR Aerial Surveys, Inc. (859) 277-8700<br />
The Florida Surveyor <strong>July</strong> <strong>2012</strong> 7
Thank You <strong>2012</strong> Sustaining Firms<br />
GPI Southeast, Inc. (352) 368-5055<br />
Greenhorne & O'Mara, Inc. (561) 686-7707<br />
GRW Engineers, Inc. (859) 223-3999<br />
Gulf States Engineering, Inc. (251) 460-4646<br />
Gustin, Cothern & Tucker, Inc. (850) 678-5141<br />
H L Bennett & Associates (863) 675-8882<br />
Hamilton Engineering & Surveying, Inc. (813) 250-3535<br />
Hanson, Walter & Associates, Inc. (407) 847-9433<br />
Hatch Mott MacDonald Florida, LLC (850) 484-6011<br />
Honeycutt & Associates, Inc. (321) 267-6233<br />
HSA Consulting Group, Inc. (850) 934-0828<br />
Hutchinson, Moor & Rauch, LLC (251) 626-2626<br />
Hyatt Survey Services, Inc. (941) 748-4693<br />
I. F. Rooks & Associates, Inc. (813) 752-2113<br />
I. R., Incorporated (800) 251-1013<br />
IBI Group, Inc. (954) 974-2200<br />
Indian River Survey, Inc. (772) 569-7880<br />
Inframap Corporation (561) 586-0790<br />
J. Bonfill & Associates, Inc. (305) 598-8383<br />
J.F. Lopez and Associates, Inc. (305) 828-2725<br />
JD's Surveying & Mapping, Inc. (561) 743-5522<br />
Jehle-Halstead, Inc. (850) 994-9503<br />
John A Grant, Jr., Inc. (561) 395-3333<br />
John Ibarra & Associates, Inc. (305) 262-0400<br />
John Mella & Associates, Inc. (813) 232-9441<br />
John R. Beach & Associates, Inc. (813) 854-1276<br />
Jones, Wood & Gentry, Inc. (407) 898-7780<br />
JRI Engineering, Inc. (239) 458-5544<br />
KCI Technologies, Inc. (813) 740-2300<br />
Keith & Associates, Inc. (954) 788-3400<br />
Keith & Schnars PA (954) 776-1616<br />
Kendrick Land Surveying (863) 533-4874<br />
King Engineering Associates, Inc. (813) 880-8881<br />
Kucera International, Inc. (813) 754-9247<br />
Kugelmann Land Surveying, Inc. (321) 459-0930<br />
Landmark Engineering and Surveying Corporation (813) 621-7841<br />
Leiter, Perez & Associates, Inc. (305) 652-5133<br />
Lengemann Corporation (352) 669-2111<br />
LM2 Consulting, Inc. (850) 656-3350<br />
Lochrane Engineering, Inc. (407) 896-3317<br />
Ludovici & Orange Consulting Engineers, Inc. (305) 448-1600<br />
Macro Surveying & Mapping, LLC (239) 389-0026<br />
Manuel G. Vera & Associates, Inc. (305) 221-6210<br />
Mario Prats, Jr. & Associates, Inc. (305) 551-6000<br />
Marlin Engineering, Inc. (305) 477-7575<br />
Massey-Richards Surveying & Mapping, LLC (305) 853-0066<br />
Masteller, Moler, Reed & Taylor, Inc. (772) 564-8050<br />
McKim & Creed, Inc. (813) 549-3740<br />
McLaughlin Engineering Company (954) 763-7611<br />
McNeil Carroll Surveying, Inc. (850) 763-5730<br />
Melton Surveying, Inc. (850) 234-5447<br />
Meridian Surveying & Mapping, Inc. (850) 668-7641<br />
Merrick & Company (303) 751-0741<br />
Merrill, Parker, Shaw, Inc. (850) 478-4923<br />
Metron Surveying and Mapping, LLC (239) 275-8575<br />
Metzger & Willard, Inc. (813) 977-6005<br />
Michael B. Schorah & Associates, Inc. (561) 968-0080<br />
Millman Surveying, Inc. (330) 342-0723<br />
Mills & Associates, Inc. (813) 876-5869<br />
Minder & Associates Engineering Corporation (941) 926-2700<br />
Mock, Roos & Associates, Inc. (561) 683-3113<br />
Moore Bass Consulting (850) 222-5678<br />
Moorhead Engineering Company (352) 732-4406<br />
Morgan & Associates Consulting Engineers, Inc. (321) 751-6088<br />
Morgan & Eklund, Inc. (772) 388-5364<br />
Morris-Depew Associates, Inc. (239) 337-3993<br />
Murphy's Land Surveying, Inc. (727) 347-8740<br />
Network Mapping, Inc. (651) 356-4261<br />
Nobles Consulting Group, Inc. (850) 385-1179<br />
NorthStar Geomatics, Inc. (772) 781-6400<br />
O'Brien, Suiter & O'Brien, Inc. (561) 276-4501<br />
Oceanside Land Surveying, LLC (386) 763-4130<br />
Oceanside Solutions (407) 362-1522<br />
O'Neal Surveying & Mapping, Inc. (850) 270-2138<br />
Passero Associates, LLC (904) 757-6106<br />
Patrick B. Welch & Associates Inc. (904) 964-8292<br />
Peavey & Associated Surveying & Mapping, PA (863) 738-4960<br />
PEC—Survey & Mapping, LLC (407) 542-4967<br />
Photo Science, Inc. (727) 576-9500<br />
Pickett & Associates, Inc. (863) 533-9095<br />
Pictometry International Corporation (585) 486-0093<br />
Pinnacle Consulting Enterprises, Inc. (786) 351-8059<br />
Polaris Associates, Inc. (727) 461-6113<br />
Porter Geographical Positioning & Surveying, Inc. (863) 853-1496<br />
PowerComm Engineering, Inc. (813) 287-8008<br />
Preble-Rish, Inc. (850) 522-0644<br />
Precision Surveying & Mapping, Inc. (727) 841-8414<br />
Privett & Associates, Inc. (912) 882-3738<br />
Pro-Line Survey Supply, Inc. (904) 620-0500<br />
R. M. Barrineau & Associates, Inc. (352) 622-3133<br />
R. Minguell, Inc. (954) 298-8935<br />
Reece & White Land Surveying, Inc. (305) 872-1348<br />
Revolution Professional Services, Inc. (727) 796-8740<br />
Rhodes & Rhodes Land Surveying, Inc. (239) 405-8166<br />
Ritchie-Jenkins & Associates, Inc. (850) 914-2774<br />
Robayna and Associates, Inc. (305) 823-9316<br />
Robert M. Angas Associates, Inc. (904) 642-8550<br />
RWA, Inc. (239) 597-0575<br />
Sanborn Map Company, Inc. (888) 811-7015<br />
Schwebke-Shiskin & Associates, Inc. (954) 435-7010<br />
SCR & Associates of Northwest Florida, Inc. (850) 265-6979<br />
Sea Level Surveying & Mapping, Inc. (850) 265-4800<br />
Sears Surveying Company (407) 645-1332<br />
Sergio Redondo and Associates, Inc. (305) 378-4443<br />
Shah, Drotos and Associates, PA (954) 943-9433<br />
Sherco, Inc. (863) 453-4113<br />
Shremshock Surveying, Inc. (941) 423-8875<br />
Sliger & Associates, Inc. (386) 761-5385<br />
Smith & Associates Surveying & Mapping, Inc. (321) 724-2940<br />
Snelgrove Surveying & Mapping, Inc. (850) 526-3991<br />
Southeastern Surveying & Mapping Corporation (407) 292-8580<br />
Southeastern Surveying, Inc. (229) 259-9455<br />
Southern Resource Mapping, Inc. (386) 439-4848<br />
Southern Resources Mapping Corporation of Alabama (205) 333-9900<br />
SRC & Associates of Northwest Florida, Inc. (850) 265-6979<br />
Stephen H. Gibbs Land Surveyors, Inc. (954) 923-7666<br />
Stoner & Associates, Inc. (954) 585-0997<br />
Suarez Surveying & Mapping (305) 596-1799<br />
Suncoast Land Surveying, Inc. (813) 854-1342<br />
Survey Supplies, Inc. (305) 477-1555<br />
SURV-KAP, LLC (520) 622-6011<br />
Survtech Solutions Inc. (813) 621-4929<br />
TA & TC Surveying, Inc. (407) 681-2468<br />
Tetra Tech, Inc. (407) 839-3955<br />
Thurman Roddenberry & Associates, Inc. (850) 962-2538<br />
TKW Consulting Engineers, Inc. (239) 278-1992<br />
Triangle Surveying & Mapping, Inc. (305) 597-9701<br />
Tri-County Engineering, Inc. (305) 823-3737<br />
Trimble Navigation Limited (770) 252-9675<br />
Universal Ensco, Inc. (713) 354-6837<br />
Upham, Inc. (386) 672-9515<br />
Velcon Group, Inc. (772) 879-0477<br />
The Florida Surveyor <strong>July</strong> <strong>2012</strong> 8
Thank You <strong>2012</strong> Sustaining Firms<br />
Voelker Surveying, LLC (850) 622-1610<br />
Volkert & Associates, Inc. (352) 372-9594<br />
Wade Surveying, Inc. (352) 753-6511<br />
Wallace Surveying Corporation (561) 640-4551<br />
Wantman Group, Inc. (561) 687-2220<br />
Ward Land Surveying, Inc. (850) 230-1940<br />
Winningham & Fradley, Inc. (954) 771-7440<br />
Woolpert, Inc. (305) 418-9370<br />
ZNS Engineering, LC (941) 748-8080<br />
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SURVEYORS & MAPPERS<br />
IN GOVERNMENT<br />
by Joe Stokes<br />
As surveyors and mappers in<br />
government, we should be familiar<br />
with the various methods<br />
of establishing land use within<br />
our jurisdictions and how they<br />
are officially established. I believe<br />
there are far more uses<br />
and methods of establishment<br />
than most of us are aware of.<br />
Last month, I discovered a new<br />
one that I was completely unaware<br />
of and would like to<br />
share it with you, as I see many<br />
uses for the instrument.<br />
Public Roads are created by a<br />
number of legal instruments<br />
that most of us are familiar with<br />
such as dedication by subdivision<br />
plats, official right-of-way<br />
maps, fee simple deeds, and<br />
ingress, egress and access<br />
easements, road plats based<br />
upon maintenance and some<br />
are just out there still developing<br />
rights and waiting to be discovered!<br />
Government entities are likely<br />
to own large tracts of land that<br />
may or may not have public use<br />
associated within the tracts.<br />
Those lands are also likely to<br />
be described by metes and<br />
bounds descriptions based<br />
upon the original government<br />
township plats or with descriptions<br />
by reference to recorded<br />
subdivision plats created for<br />
land uses such as single family<br />
lots. The tract of land may have<br />
served a public use many years<br />
ago and is now restricted to<br />
utility infrastructure or occupied<br />
by various governmental departments<br />
or operations.<br />
Based upon a section of Chapter<br />
95 Florida Statutes* ANY<br />
existing roads constructed by a<br />
government entity may be a<br />
“Public Road”. That fact may be<br />
unwelcome to some of your<br />
leaders. Well I believe the legal<br />
instrument I was completely<br />
unaware of and so graciously<br />
introduced to by Dann Mckee,<br />
Orange County Surveyor may<br />
provide a simple way to change<br />
or redefine the use of portions<br />
of land within the parent parcels.<br />
His government entity has<br />
been defining land uses with it<br />
for some time now.<br />
*95.361 Roads presumed to<br />
be dedicated.<br />
(1) When a road, constructed<br />
by a county, a municipality, or<br />
the Department of Transportation,<br />
has been maintained or<br />
repaired continuously and uninterruptedly<br />
for 4 years by the<br />
county, municipality, or the Department<br />
of Transportation,<br />
jointly or severally, the road<br />
shall be deemed to be dedicated<br />
to the public to the extent<br />
in width that has been actually<br />
maintained for the prescribed<br />
period, whether or not the road<br />
has been formally established<br />
as a public highway. The dedication<br />
shall vest all right, title,<br />
easement, and appurtenances<br />
in and to the road in:<br />
(a) The county, if it is a county<br />
road;<br />
(b) The municipality, if it is a<br />
municipal street or road; or<br />
(c) The state, if it is a road in<br />
the State Highway System or<br />
State Park Road System,<br />
whether or not there is a record<br />
of a conveyance, dedication, or<br />
appropriation to the public use.<br />
The title of the instrument is<br />
“NOTICE OF RESERVA-<br />
TION” ( not to be confused with<br />
right-of-way reservations noted<br />
upon subdivision plats) and recorded<br />
in the official record<br />
books of Orange County. The<br />
particular sample Dann provided<br />
me with was used to define<br />
the realignment of a road<br />
on County Property. The document<br />
includes qualifying language<br />
such as: “Hereby reserves<br />
a right-of-way for roadway<br />
purposes in perpetuity on<br />
the following property.” and:<br />
“The County shall retain its<br />
right-of-way interest despite any<br />
transfer of fee title.” The document<br />
included a sketch of description<br />
prepared by a local<br />
surveyor defining the limits of<br />
the defined “Land Use.”<br />
I believe the language could be<br />
developed in this type of recorded<br />
instrument that could<br />
serve a multitude of land use<br />
purposes upon our government’s<br />
properties and shared<br />
the instrument with our staffs.<br />
What appealed to me was the<br />
simplicity of the instrument as<br />
compared to creating large<br />
scale maps and plats to define<br />
and record right-of-ways in the<br />
public records. However I am<br />
not an attorney nor am I a Planner.<br />
So having said that let me<br />
hear from you regarding this<br />
subject. I am interested to find<br />
out if other governmental entities<br />
are using these types of<br />
documents to define specific<br />
land use upon their properties.<br />
joe.stokes@cityoforlando.net<br />
The Florida Surveyor <strong>July</strong> <strong>2012</strong> 10
Rick Pryce is finally a<br />
Grandpa!<br />
Rick Pryce’s daughter,<br />
Summer, and her husband,<br />
Jimmy, had their<br />
first child May 26th.<br />
We’re having fish tonight!<br />
Jack & Kristi Breed in the<br />
Keys with their catch.<br />
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programs@fsms.org.<br />
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August 15 th – 19 th<br />
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TIER I 8:30 a.m. – 10:10 a.m. TIER II 10:30 a.m. – 12:10 p.m. TIER III 1:30 p.m. – 3:10 p.m.<br />
*Florida Laws – Part 1<br />
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MTS/L&R – 6 credit hours<br />
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Instructors: Robert W. Jackson, Jr., PSM Instructors: Robert W. Jackson, Jr., PSM Instructors: Robert W. Jackson, Jr., PSM<br />
and Michael J. Whitling, PSM<br />
Course #6968<br />
________<br />
and Michael J. Whitling, PSM<br />
Course #6968<br />
________<br />
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Course #6968<br />
________<br />
Prime Meridian Marker<br />
General – 2 credit hours<br />
Instructor: Joe Knetsch, PhD<br />
Course #8131<br />
________<br />
Utilizing Title Information in Survey<br />
Projects<br />
General – 2 credit hours<br />
Instructors: Wendi McAleese and<br />
Danny Williams, PSM<br />
Course #7638<br />
________<br />
AutoCAD Civil 3D Survey: From the<br />
Ground to the (Point) Clouds<br />
General – 2 credit hours<br />
Instructor: Joe Hedrick<br />
Course #8125<br />
________<br />
Client Relations – For the Professional<br />
and Field Surveyor<br />
General – 2 credit hours<br />
Instructor: Craig Emrick, PSM<br />
Course #8129<br />
________<br />
Development & Implementation of a<br />
Fleet Safety Program<br />
General – 2 credit hours<br />
Instructor: Bart Gunter<br />
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________<br />
Testifying as an Expert<br />
General – 2 credit hours<br />
Instructor: John N. “Jack” Breed, PSM<br />
Course #7267<br />
________<br />
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57th <strong>FSMS</strong> Annual Conference<br />
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57th <strong>FSMS</strong> Annual Conference<br />
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Wednesday, August 15 th and Thursday, August 16 th<br />
Waldorf Astoria Naples<br />
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8:30 am – 3:30 pm (General – 6 credit hours) Instructors: Kevin Mumford and Donny Sosa<br />
“GIS for Surveyors” Hands-on GIS Workshop<br />
Course #7823<br />
8:30 am – 3:30 pm (General – 6 credit hours) Instructor: Al Karlin, PhD, GISP<br />
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8:30 am – 3:30 pm (General – 6 credit hours)<br />
“GIS for Surveyors” Hands-on Self Paced Learning Lab<br />
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Instructors: Kevin Mumford and Donny Sosa<br />
8:30 am – 3:30 pm (General – 6 credit hours)<br />
Swamp & Overflowed Lands<br />
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The Florida Surveyor <strong>July</strong> <strong>2012</strong> 17
Photo<br />
by<br />
Soggy-<br />
Dan<br />
ABSTRACT: One of the most deadly hazards facing surveyor<br />
and mappers are the confined space hazards.<br />
These include (for surveyor and mappers) the sanitary<br />
sewer system and drainage systems that are underground.<br />
This article discusses said hazards and how to<br />
recognizance them and what to do with them. We suggest<br />
that you talk with your attorney about these hazards<br />
as we are not experts on same.<br />
Many workplaces contain spaces that are considered<br />
"confined" because their configurations hinder the activities<br />
of employees who must enter, work in, and exit them. A<br />
confined space has limited or restricted means for entry or<br />
exit, and it is not designed for continuous employee occupancy.<br />
Confined spaces include, but are not limited to underground<br />
vaults, tanks, storage bins, manholes, pits, silos,<br />
process vessels, and pipelines. The Occupational Safety<br />
and Health Administration (OSHA) uses the term "permitrequired<br />
confined space" (permit space) to describe a confined<br />
space that has one or more of the following characteristics:<br />
contains or has the potential to contain, a hazardous<br />
atmosphere; contains a material that has the potential to<br />
engulf an entrant; has walls that converge inward or floors<br />
that slope downward and taper into a smaller area which<br />
could trap or asphyxiate an entrant; or contains any other<br />
recognized safety or health hazard, such as unguarded machinery,<br />
exposed live wires, or heat stress. 1<br />
The sanitary sewer systems with which field parties must<br />
open up to get the elevations of same are a Combined<br />
Space Hazard as defined above. Because of this definition,<br />
the OSHA Act requires employers to “furnish to each of his<br />
employees employment and a place of employment which<br />
are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are<br />
likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees."<br />
Section 5(a)(2) requires employers to "comply<br />
with occupational safety and health standards promulgated<br />
under this Act." Therefore, ALL EMPLOYERS must comply<br />
with the law.<br />
This issue became known to the author due to the reading<br />
of an article in a Public Works Magazine where three or four<br />
persons had died when looking into a “hold” of a ship in<br />
Port Everglades during the early 1960s. Realizing that we<br />
were in the same situation as the men looking into the<br />
ship’s “hold” caused the author to be very careful when<br />
working in sanitary sewer lines and manholes. After some<br />
discussion with the field crew members on ways to prevent<br />
the problem, the author decided to open the sanitary sewer<br />
system we were going to be looking into at two ends and<br />
allow it to “breathe” for at least fifteen minutes. This way the<br />
wind present in the environment could possibility “clean”<br />
any gases out of the system, but the author never tested it.<br />
It would do no good to open a system at a right angle to the<br />
general wind flow. The open manholes had to be in the direction<br />
of the general wind flow. It also caused the author to<br />
follow every article that the author became aware of while<br />
working in the field. The employer must see that the employees<br />
follow the recommendations offered in the education<br />
seminars. That is a part of the party chief’s written job<br />
description.<br />
Realizing that employers cannot comply with the provisions<br />
of the Act that prevents workers from entering Confined<br />
Space Hazard Areas, training must be done which the employees<br />
must take which allows them to:<br />
recognize the existence of Confined Space Hazards;<br />
get them to inquire as to the conditions in which they are<br />
working (in the “hole”);<br />
know the conditions which allow them to survive the entry<br />
and work in same; and<br />
let them know when they have exited the Confined Space<br />
Hazard.<br />
The actual law contains:<br />
Highlighted Standards<br />
General Industry (29 CFR 1910)<br />
1910 Subpart H, Hazardous materials,<br />
1910.124, General requirements for dipping and coating<br />
operations<br />
1910 Subpart J, General environmental controls<br />
1910.146, Permit-required confined spaces<br />
Appendix A, Permit-required confined space decision<br />
flow chart<br />
Appendix B, Procedures for atmospheric testing<br />
Appendix C, Examples of permit-required confined<br />
space programs<br />
Appendix D, Confined space pre-entry check list<br />
Appendix E, Sewer system entry<br />
Appendix F, Rescue team or rescue service evaluation<br />
criteria (Non-mandatory)<br />
1910 Subpart Q, Welding, cutting, and brazing<br />
1910.252, General requirements<br />
1910 Subpart R, Special industries<br />
1910.261, Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills<br />
1910.268, Telecommunications<br />
1910.272, Grain handling facilities<br />
Shipyard Employment (29 CFR 1915)<br />
1915 Subpart B, Confined and enclosed spaces and other<br />
dangerous atmospheres in shipyard employment<br />
1915.11, Scope, application, and definitions applicable to<br />
this subpart<br />
1915.12, Precautions and the order of testing before entering<br />
confined and enclosed spaces and other dangerous<br />
atmospheres<br />
1915.13, Cleaning and other cold work<br />
1915.14, Hot work<br />
1915.15, Maintenance of safe conditions<br />
1915.16, Warning signs and labels<br />
Appendix A, Compliance assistance guidelines for confined<br />
and enclosed spaces and other dangerous atmospheres<br />
Appendix B, Reprint of US coast guard regulations referenced<br />
in Subpart B, for determination of Coast Guard<br />
authorized persons<br />
Directives<br />
The Florida Surveyor <strong>July</strong> <strong>2012</strong> 18
29 CFR Part 1915, Subpart B, Confined and Enclosed<br />
Spaces and Other Dangerous Atmospheres in Shipyard<br />
Employment. CPL 02-01-042, (2005, September 7).<br />
Search all available directives.<br />
Standard Interpretations<br />
Clarification of "potential atmospheric hazard" when reclassifying<br />
a PRCS as a non-permit required confined<br />
space. (2005, December 2).<br />
Clarification of "continuous forced air ventilation" for<br />
PRCS entry work. (2005, November 17).<br />
Search all available standard interpretations.<br />
National Consensus<br />
Note: These are NOT OSHA regulations. However, they do<br />
provide guidance from their originating organizations related<br />
to worker protection.<br />
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)/American Society<br />
of Safety Engineers (ASSE)<br />
Z117.1 - 2003, Safety Requirements for Confined Spaces.<br />
Page current as of: 08/20/2007 2<br />
Appendix E reads as follows:<br />
Regulations (Standards - 29 CFR) - Table of Contents<br />
Part Number: 1910<br />
Part Title: Occupational Safety and Health Standards<br />
Subpart: J<br />
Subpart Title: General Environmental Controls<br />
Standard Number: 1910.146 App E<br />
Title: Sewer System Entry.<br />
Sewer entry differs in three vital respects from other permit<br />
entries:<br />
1st: there rarely exists any way to completely isolate the<br />
space ([it is] a section of a continuous system) to be entered;<br />
2nd: because isolation is not complete, the atmosphere<br />
may suddenly and unpredictably become lethally hazardous<br />
(toxic, flammable or explosive) from causes beyond<br />
the control of the entrant or employer, and<br />
3rd: experienced sewer workers are especially knowledgeable<br />
in entry and work in their permit spaces because of<br />
their frequent entries.<br />
Unlike other employments where permit space entry is a<br />
rare and exceptional event, sewer workers' usual work environment<br />
is a permit space.<br />
(1) Adherence to procedure. The employer should designate<br />
as entrants only employees who are thoroughly trained<br />
in the employer's sewer entry procedures and who demonstrate<br />
that they follow these entry procedures exactly as<br />
prescribed when performing sewer entries.<br />
(2) Atmospheric monitoring. Entrants should be trained in<br />
the use of, and be equipped with, atmospheric monitoring<br />
equipment which sounds an audible alarm, in addition to its<br />
visual readout, whenever one of the following conditions are<br />
encountered:<br />
a) oxygen concentration less than 19.5 percent;<br />
b) flammable gas or vapor at 10 percent or more of the<br />
lower flammable limit (LFL);<br />
c) or hydrogen sulfide or carbon monoxide at or above 10<br />
ppm or 35 ppm, respectively, measured as an 8-hour<br />
time-weighted average.<br />
Atmospheric monitoring equipment needs to be calibrated<br />
according to the manufacturer's instructions. The oxygen<br />
sensor/broad range sensor is best suited for initial use in<br />
situations where the actual or potential contaminants have<br />
not been identified, because broad range sensors, unlike<br />
substance-specific sensors, enable employers to obtain an<br />
overall reading of the hydrocarbons (flammables) present in<br />
the space. However, such sensors only indicate that a hazardous<br />
threshold of a class of chemicals has been exceeded.<br />
They do not measure the levels of contamination of<br />
specific substances. Therefore, substance-specific devices,<br />
which measure the actual levels of specific substances, are<br />
best suited for use where actual and potential contaminants<br />
have been identified. The measurements obtained with substance-specific<br />
devices are of vital importance to the employer<br />
when decisions are made concerning the measures<br />
necessary to protect entrants (such as ventilation or personal<br />
protective equipment) and the setting and attainment<br />
of appropriate entry conditions. However, the sewer environment<br />
may suddenly and unpredictably change and the<br />
substance-specific devices may not detect the potentially<br />
lethal atmospheric hazards which may enter the sewer environment.<br />
Although OSHA considers the information and guidance<br />
provided above to be appropriate and useful in most sewer<br />
entry situations, the Agency emphasizes that each employer<br />
must consider the unique circumstances, including the predictability<br />
of the atmosphere, of the sewer permit spaces in<br />
the employer's workplace in preparing for entry. Only the<br />
employer can decide, based upon his or her knowledge of,<br />
and experience with permit spaces in sewer systems, what<br />
the best type of testing instrument may be for any specific<br />
entry operation.<br />
The selected testing instrument should be carried and used<br />
by the entrant in sewer line work to monitor the atmosphere<br />
in the entrant's environment, and in advance of the entrant's<br />
direction of movement, to warn the entrant of any deterioration<br />
in atmospheric conditions. Where several entrants are<br />
working together in the same immediate location, one instrument,<br />
used by the lead entrant, is acceptable.<br />
(3) Surge flow and flooding. Sewer crews should develop<br />
and maintain liaison, to the extent possible, with the local<br />
weather bureau and fire and emergency services in their<br />
area so that sewer work may be delayed or interrupted and<br />
entrants withdrawn whenever sewer lines might be suddenly<br />
flooded by rain or fire suppression activities, or whenever<br />
flammable or other hazardous materials are released into<br />
sewers during emergencies by industrial or transportation<br />
accidents.<br />
[The existence of large rain storms of sufficient size to warrant<br />
hazards in this area are a rare find in Florida, partially in<br />
the size of sewers found in Florida.]<br />
(4) Special Equipment. Entry into large bore sewers may<br />
require the use of special equipment. Such equipment might<br />
include such items as atmosphere monitoring devices with<br />
automatic audible alarms, escape self-contained breathing<br />
apparatus (ESCBA) with at least 10 minute air supply (or<br />
other National Institute Occupational Safety and Health approved<br />
self-rescuer), and waterproof flashlights, and may<br />
also include boats and rafts, radios and rope stand-offs for<br />
pulling around bends and corners as needed.
[58 FR 4549, Jan. 14, 1993; 58 FR 34845, June 29, 1993;<br />
59 FR 26115, May 19, 1994] 3<br />
Anatomy of Confined Spaces in Construction<br />
Construction Safety and Health,<br />
Outreach Program, U.S. Department of Labor<br />
OSHA Office of Training and Education<br />
May 1996<br />
THE ISSUE<br />
Fatalities and injuries constantly occur among construction<br />
workers who, during the course of their jobs, are required<br />
to enter confined spaces. In some circumstances, these<br />
workers are exposed to multiple hazards, any of which<br />
may cause bodily injury, illness, or death. Newspaper and<br />
magazine articles abound with stories of workers injured<br />
and killed from a variety of atmospheric factors and physical<br />
agents. Throughout the construction jobsite, contractors<br />
and workers encounter both inherent and induced<br />
hazards within confined workspaces.<br />
INHERENT HAZARDS<br />
Inherent hazards, such as electrical, thermal, chemical,<br />
mechanical, etc., are associated with specific types of<br />
equipment and the interactions among them. Examples<br />
include high voltage (shock or corona discharge and the<br />
resulting burns), radiation generated by equipment, defective<br />
design, omission of protective features (no provision<br />
for grounding non-current-carrying conductive parts), high<br />
or low temperatures, high noise levels, and high-pressure<br />
vessels and lines (rupturing with resultant release of fragments,<br />
fluids, gases, etc.). Inherent hazards usually cannot<br />
be eliminated without degrading the system or equipment,<br />
or without making them inoperative. Therefore, emphasis<br />
must be placed on hazard control methods.<br />
INDUCED HAZARDS<br />
Induced hazards arise and are induced from a multitude of<br />
incorrect decisions and actions that occur during the actual<br />
construction process. Some examples are: omission of<br />
protective features, physical arrangements that may cause<br />
unintentional worker contact with electrical energy<br />
sources, oxygen-deficient atmospheres created at the bottom<br />
of pits or shafts, lack of safety factors in structural<br />
strength, and flammable atmospheres.<br />
EXAMINATION OF TYPICAL CONFINED SPACES<br />
Following are typical examples of confined workspaces in<br />
construction which contain both inherent and induced hazards:<br />
A common confined space found in the construction of<br />
nuclear power plants is the condenser pit. Because of<br />
their large size, they are often overlooked as potentially<br />
hazardous confined spaces. These below-grade areas<br />
create large containment areas for the accumulation of<br />
toxic fumes, gases, and so forth, or for the creation of<br />
oxygen-deficient atmospheres when purging with argon,<br />
Freon, and other inert gases. Other hazards will be created<br />
by workers above dropping equipment, tools, and<br />
materials into the pit.<br />
Containment Cavities – these large below-grade areas<br />
are characterized by little or no air movement. Ventilation<br />
is always a problem. In addition, the possibility of oxygen<br />
deficiency exists. As well, welding and other gases may<br />
easily collect in these areas, creating toxic atmospheres.<br />
As these structures near completion, more confined<br />
spaces will exist as rooms are built off the existing structure.<br />
Electrical shock is often encountered from power tools,<br />
line cords, etc. In many instances, such electrical shock<br />
results from the fact that the contractor has not provided<br />
an approved grounding system or the protection afforded<br />
by ground-fault circuit interrupters or low-voltage systems.<br />
Electrical transformers are located on the jobsite. They<br />
often contain a nitrogen purge or dry air. Before they are<br />
opened, they must be well vented by having air pumped<br />
in. Workers, particularly electricians and power plant operators,<br />
will enter these transformers through hatches on<br />
top for various work-related reasons. Testing for oxygen<br />
deficiency and for toxic atmospheres is mandatory.<br />
Explosive or Toxic Gases, Vapors, or Fumes – While<br />
working in an electrical vault, workers may be exposed to<br />
the build-up of explosive gases such as those used for<br />
heating (propane). Welding and soldering produce toxic<br />
fumes which are confined in the limited atmosphere.<br />
Heat Sinks – These larger pit areas hold cooling water in<br />
the event that there is a problem with the pumps located<br />
at the water supply to the plant, normally a river or lake,<br />
which would prevent cooling water from reaching the reactor<br />
core. When in the pits, workers are exposed to<br />
welding fumes and electrical hazards, particularly because<br />
water accumulates in the bottom of the sink. Generally,<br />
it is difficult to communicate with workers in the<br />
heat sink, because the rebar in the walls of the structure<br />
deaden radio signals.<br />
Throughout the construction site, manholes are commonplace.<br />
As means of entry into and exit from vaults,<br />
tanks, pits, and so forth, manholes perform a necessary<br />
function. However, these confined spaces may present<br />
serious hazards, which could cause injuries and fatalities.<br />
A variety of hazards is associated with manholes. To begin<br />
with, the manhole could be a dangerous trap into<br />
which the worker could fall. Often covers are removed<br />
and not replaced, or else they are not provided in the first<br />
place.<br />
Materials Falling In and On – A hazard normally considered<br />
a problem associated with confined spaces is material<br />
or equipment, which may fall into the vault or onto<br />
workers as they enter and leave the vault. Vibration could<br />
cause the materials on top of the vault to roll off and<br />
strike workers. If the manhole covers were removed, or if<br />
they were not installed in the first place, materials could<br />
fall into the vault, causing injury to the workers inside.<br />
One of the major problems confronting construction workers<br />
while working in vaults is the ever-present possibility<br />
of an oxygen-deficient atmosphere.<br />
One of the most frequently unrecognized types of confined<br />
spaces encountered throughout the construction<br />
site is the pipe assembly. Piping of sixteen to thirty-six<br />
inches in diameter is commonly used for a variety of purposes.<br />
For any number of reasons, workers will enter the<br />
pipe. Once inside, they are faced with potential oxygendeficient<br />
atmospheres, often caused by purging with ar-
gon or another inert gas. Welding fumes generated by the<br />
worker in the pipe, or by other workers operating outside the<br />
pipe at either end, subject the worker to toxic atmospheres.<br />
The generally restricted dimensions of the pipe provide little<br />
room for the workers to move about and gain any degree of<br />
comfort while performing their tasks. Once inside the pipe,<br />
communication is extremely difficult. In situations where the<br />
pipe bends, communication and extrication become even<br />
more difficult. Electrical shock is another problem to which<br />
the worker is exposed. Ungrounded tools and equipment or<br />
inadequate line cords are some of the causes. As well, heat<br />
within the pipe run may cause the worker to suffer heat<br />
prostration.<br />
In some instances, purging agents such as nitrogen and<br />
argon may enter the vault from areas adjacent to it. These<br />
agents may displace the oxygen in the vault to the extent<br />
that it will asphyxiate workers almost immediately.<br />
Sumps are commonplace. They are used as collection<br />
places for water and other liquids. Workers entering sumps<br />
may encounter an oxygen-deficient atmosphere. Also, because<br />
of the wet nature of the sump, electrical shock hazards<br />
are present when power tools are used inside. Sumps<br />
are often poorly illuminated. Inadequate lighting may create<br />
an accident situation.<br />
Tanks are another type of confined workspace commonly<br />
found in construction. They are used for a variety of purposes,<br />
including the storage of water, chemicals, etc. Tanks<br />
require entry for cleaning and repairs. Ventilation is always<br />
a problem. Oxygen-deficient atmospheres, along with toxic<br />
and explosive atom-spheres created by the substances<br />
stored in the tanks, present hazards to workers. Heat, another<br />
problem in tanks, may cause heat prostration, particularly<br />
on a hot day. Since electrical line cords are often taken<br />
into the tank, the hazard of electrical shock is always present.<br />
The nature of the tank's structure often dictates that<br />
workers must climb ladders to reach high places on the<br />
walls of the tank.<br />
A variety of vaults are found on the construction jobsite. On<br />
various occasions, workers must enter these vaults to perform<br />
a number of functions. The restricted nature of vaults<br />
and their frequently below-grade location can create an assortment<br />
of safety and health problems.<br />
Ventilation ducts, like pipe runs, are very common at the<br />
construction site. These sheet metal enclosures create a<br />
complex network which moves heated and cooled air and<br />
exhaust fumes to desired locations in the plant. Ventilation<br />
ducts may require that workers enter them to cut out access<br />
holes, install essential parts of the duct, etc. Depending on<br />
where these ducts are located, oxygen deficiency could exist.<br />
They usually possess many bends, which create difficult<br />
entry and exit and which also make it difficult for workers<br />
inside the duct to communicate with those outside it. Electrical<br />
shock hazards and heat stress are other problems associated<br />
with work inside ventilation ducts.<br />
UNUSUAL CONDITIONS<br />
By the very nature of construction, situations are created<br />
which illustrate one of the most hazardous confined spaces<br />
of all – a confined space within a confined space. This<br />
situation appears as tanks within pits, pipe assemblies or<br />
vessels within pits, etc. In this situation, not only do the potential<br />
hazards associated with the outer confined space require<br />
testing, monitoring, and control, but those of the inner<br />
space also require similar procedures. Often, only the outer<br />
space is evaluated. When workers enter the inner space,<br />
they are faced with potentially hazardous conditions. A good<br />
example of a confined space within a confined space is a<br />
vessel with a nitrogen purge inside a filtering water access<br />
pit. Workers entering the pit and/or the vessel should do so<br />
only after both spaces have been evaluated and proper control<br />
measures established.<br />
Hazards In One Space Entering Another Space – During<br />
an examination of confined spaces in construction, one often<br />
encounters situations which are not always easy to evaluate<br />
or control. For instance, a room or area which classifies as a<br />
confined space may be relatively safe for work. However,<br />
access passages from other areas outside or adjacent to the<br />
room could, at some point, allow the transfer of hazardous<br />
agents into the "safe" one. One such instance would be a<br />
pipe coming through a wall into a containment room. Welding<br />
fumes and other toxic materials generated in one room may<br />
easily travel through the pipe into another area, causing it to<br />
change from a safe to an unsafe workplace. A serious problem<br />
with a situation such as this is that workers working in<br />
the "safe" area are not aware of the hazards leaking into their<br />
area. Thus, they are not prepared to take action to avoid or<br />
control it.<br />
CONCLUSION<br />
In this discussion, we have defined inherent and induced<br />
hazards in confined spaces. We have examined typical confined<br />
spaces on construction sites and we have described<br />
representative hazards within these confined spaces. 4<br />
Confined Spaces<br />
Construction Safety and Health<br />
Outreach Program, U.S. Department of Labor<br />
OSHA Office of Training and Education<br />
May 1996<br />
OSHA's General Industry Regulation, 1910.146 Permitrequired<br />
confined spaces, contains requirements for practices<br />
and procedures to protect employees in general industry<br />
from the hazards of entry into permit-required confined<br />
spaces. This regulation does not apply to construction.<br />
OSHA's Construction Safety and Health Regulations Part<br />
1926 do not contain a permit-required confined space regulation.<br />
Subpart C, 1926.21 Safety training and education specifies<br />
training for personnel who are required to enter confined<br />
spaces and defines a "confined or enclosed space." These<br />
requirements are shown below:<br />
1926.21 Safety training and education (Partial):<br />
(b)(6)(i) All employees required to enter into confined or<br />
enclosed spaces shall be instructed as to the nature of the<br />
hazards involved, the necessary precautions to be taken,<br />
and in the use of protective and emergency equipment required.<br />
The employer shall comply with any specific regulations<br />
that apply to work in dangerous or potentially dangerous<br />
areas.<br />
(ii) For purposes of paragraph (b)(6)(i) of this section,<br />
"confined or enclosed space" means any space having a<br />
limited means of egress, which is subject to the accumulation<br />
of toxic or flammable contaminants or has an oxygen<br />
deficient atmosphere. Confined or enclosed spaces include,<br />
but are not limited to, storage tanks, process ves-
sels, bins, boilers, ventilation or exhaust<br />
ducts, sewers, underground<br />
utility vaults, tunnels, pipelines, and<br />
open top spaces more than 4 feet in<br />
depth such as pits, tubs, vaults, and<br />
vessels.<br />
OSHA's Construction Regulations also<br />
contain requirements dealing with confined<br />
space hazards in underground<br />
construction (Subpart S), underground<br />
electric transmission and distribution<br />
work (1926.956), excavations (Subpart<br />
P), and welding and cutting (Subpart J).<br />
Further guidance may be obtained from<br />
American National Standard [Institute]<br />
ANSI Z117.1-1989, Safety Requirements<br />
for Confined Spaces. This standard<br />
provides minimum safety requirements<br />
to be followed while entering,<br />
exiting and working in confined spaces<br />
at normal atmospheric pressure. This<br />
standard does not pertain to underground<br />
mining, tunneling, caisson work<br />
or other similar tasks that have established<br />
national consensus standards. 5<br />
The following is a listing of reports that<br />
reflect problems with Confined Space<br />
Hazards. The author suggests that the<br />
reader take a look at Report Number<br />
1993-08, 1991-23, 1991-17, 1990-17,<br />
1990-14, 1989-28, 1988-44, etc. There<br />
are more examples of people dying<br />
while performing their duties. This is<br />
just a listing of those reported to the<br />
National Institute for Occupational<br />
Safety and Health.<br />
Photo by Soggydan.<br />
In-house Case Reports: Confined Space<br />
Report State Incident<br />
No.<br />
2004-09 NC Hispanic sawmill worker dies inside storage silo after being engulfed<br />
in sawdust - North Carolina<br />
2000-03 MI Youth laborer dies in trench collapse - Michigan<br />
1999-02 AZ Youth dies in trench collapse - Arizona<br />
1994-16 NC Assistant grain elevator supervisor dies after being engulfed in<br />
shelled corn - North Carolina, September 11, 1994<br />
1993-23 NC Painter dies after fall inside 250,000 gallon water tank - North<br />
Carolina, <strong>July</strong> 2, 1993<br />
1993-17 MD Two men die in well cleaning operation - Maryland, May 1, 1993<br />
1993-08 VA Three contract workers die while repairing a sodium hypochlorite<br />
tank at a wastewater treatment plant - Virginia, September 25,<br />
1992<br />
1992-34 VA Millworker dies in feed storage bin - Virginia, August 31, 1992<br />
1992-29 MN Farm owner and son asphyxiated in manure waste pit - Minnesota,<br />
August 11, 1992<br />
1992-28 MN Hog farm co- owner and employee die of hydrogen sulfide poisoning<br />
in manure pit - Minnesota, August 8, 1992<br />
1992-17 PA Driller and service rig helper die in fracturing tank at gas well site<br />
- Pennsylvania, June 4, 1992<br />
1991-23 IA Wastewater treatment plant operator drowns in recirculation pit in<br />
Iowa, May 25, 1988<br />
1991-17 MT Municipal water system operator dies after entering oxygendeficient<br />
valve vault in Montana, May 23, 1991<br />
1991-16 SC Maintenance technician drowns after falling from a turbine support-ring<br />
platform at a hydroelectric power generation facility in<br />
South Carolina, March 26, 1991<br />
1991-14 SC Furnace operator dies after being overcome by argon gas in<br />
pressure vessel in South Carolina, May 9, 1991<br />
1991-13 AK Assistant manager at ice rink asphyxiated by an oxygen-deficient<br />
atmosphere in Alaska, May 20, 1991<br />
1991-12 OH Truck driver suffocates after being engulfed in shelled corn inside<br />
grain storage bin in Ohio, January 24, 1991<br />
1991-04 VA Maintenance worker suffocates from engulfment after falling into<br />
sawdust silo - Virginia, September 21, 1990<br />
1990-32 VA Electrician electrocuted when he contacts energized conductor in<br />
a manhole – Virginia<br />
1990-17 DC Sewer worker dies when inflatable sewer plug bursts in Washington,<br />
D.C., November 29, 1989<br />
1990-14 IL Municipal sewer maintenance worker drowns inside sewer wet<br />
well – Illinois<br />
1989-46 MI Five family members die after entering manure waste pit on dairy<br />
farm, <strong>July</strong> 26, 1989<br />
1989-44 GA Two farm laborers die in oxygen-deficient manure pit, June 26,<br />
1989<br />
1989-38 SC Painter dies from burns received from explosion inside tank, May<br />
16, 1989<br />
1989-33 SC Grain elevator leadman suffocates after being engulfed in shelled<br />
corn inside silo, April 5, 1989<br />
1989-28 IA Two maintenance workers die after inhaling hydrogen sulfide in<br />
manhole, January 31, 1989<br />
1988-44 NH Construction sub-contractor asphyxiated in manhole in New<br />
Hampshire, August 20, 1988<br />
1988-36 GA Three construction supervisors die from asphyxiation in manhole<br />
in Georgia, August 19, 1988<br />
1988-33 IN Electroplater and four co-workers die from asphyxiation in metal<br />
plating vat in Indiana, June 28, 1988<br />
1988-30 PA Laborer dies in explosion in Pennsylvania, <strong>July</strong> 14, 1988<br />
1988-20 SC Steelworker dies in oxygen-deficient confined space in South<br />
Carolina, March 21, 1988<br />
1988-16 GA Power company worker electrocuted in underground utility vault<br />
in Georgia, March 11, 1988
1988-14 IN Labor foreman falls to his death inside municipal<br />
water tank in Indiana, March 21, 1988<br />
1988-01 SC Two supervisors die in manhole in South<br />
Carolina, August 11, 1987<br />
1987-67 IN Two construction workers die inside sewer<br />
manhole in Indiana, <strong>July</strong> 21, 1987<br />
1987-64 MD Mechanic asphyxiated within steam service<br />
passageway in Maryland, <strong>July</strong> 25, 1987<br />
1987-59 MD 73 year-old self- employed pump service<br />
contractor dies in well in Maryland, June 27,<br />
1987<br />
1987-57 WV Parks and recreation director dies in oxygen<br />
deficient atmosphere in West Virginia, <strong>July</strong><br />
15, 1987<br />
1987-50 IN Tractor-trailer repairman dies while welding<br />
interior wall of a tanker in Indiana, June 9,<br />
1987<br />
1987-49 IN Farmer dies in Indiana, May 26, 1987<br />
1987-47 MI Worker dies inside filtration tank in Michigan,<br />
May 12, 1987<br />
1987-46 IN Confined space fatality at a wastewater treatment<br />
plant in Indiana, June 6, 1987<br />
1987-45 KY One dead, one near miss in sewer in Kentucky,<br />
May 15, 1987<br />
1987-39 IN Farm worker asphyxiated in grain silo in Indiana,<br />
November 1, 1986<br />
1987-33 PA Digester explosion kills two workers at<br />
wastewater treatment plant in Pennsylvania,<br />
February 6, 1987<br />
1987-27 SC Truck driver dies while cleaning out inside of<br />
tanker in South Carolina, August 20, 1986<br />
1987-26 VA Worker dies after lifting access cover on acid<br />
reclaim storage tank in Virginia, December<br />
14, 1986<br />
1987-23 IN General maintenance person asphyxiated<br />
attempting to repair water leak in Indiana,<br />
October 21, 1986<br />
1987-20 NM Two workers die in digester unit in New Mexico,<br />
December 1, 1986<br />
1987-17 VA Worker dies while cleaning Freon 113 degreasing<br />
tank in Virginia, November 21, 1986<br />
1987-06 OR Two dead, five injured in confined space incident<br />
in Oregon, October 10, 1986<br />
1987-05 CA Owner/foreman of construction company<br />
dies in 15 foot-deep manhole in California,<br />
October 14, 1986<br />
1986-54 GA Insufficient oxygen level in sewer claims the<br />
life of plumbing contractor in Georgia<br />
Read the report of Three Sanitary Sewer Workers and One<br />
Policeman Dying. 7<br />
References:<br />
1. unknown: Web Page Heading, Confined Space Hazards,<br />
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, United<br />
States Department of Labor, 2007;<br />
2. unknown: Listing of Regulations, Occupational Safety and<br />
Health Administration, United States Department of Labor,<br />
2007<br />
3. unknown: Appendix E, Sewer System Entry, Occupational<br />
Safety and Health Administration, United States Department<br />
of Labor, 1994;<br />
4. unknown: Anatomy of Confined Spaces in Construction,<br />
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, United<br />
States Department of Labor, 1996;<br />
1986-48 IL 28 year-old dies in sewer in Illinois<br />
1986-38 GA Two dead, two critical in industrial septic tank<br />
in Georgia<br />
1986-37 OK Two workers die in underground valve pit in<br />
Oklahoma<br />
1986-34 NY Two dead, one critical in confined space incident<br />
in New York<br />
1986-23 IN Foundry worker dies in Indiana<br />
1986-19 PA Truck driver suffocates in saw dust bin in<br />
Pennsylvania<br />
1986-15 PA Steel worker dies in industrial waste pit in<br />
Pennsylvania<br />
1986-13 MT Worker dies in fermentation tank in Montana<br />
1985-45 OH Worker killed in cave-in at Ohio excavation<br />
site<br />
1985-44 KY Two sanitation employees die in confined<br />
space in Kentucky, August 24, 1985<br />
1985-40 OH City water worker dies as a result of being<br />
overcome by natural gas vapors while reading<br />
a water meter in a confined space in<br />
Ohio, <strong>July</strong> 1, 1985<br />
1985-33 CA Construction worker dies as a result of spraying<br />
coating material in confined space in<br />
California<br />
1985-31 KY Three sanitation workers and one policeman<br />
die in an underground sewage pumping station<br />
in Kentucky, <strong>July</strong> 5, 1985<br />
1985-27 IL Rescue effort results in fatality for a wire<br />
manufacturing plant worker in Illinois, June 7,<br />
1985<br />
1985-26 OH 27-year-old dies inside of 6 million gallon<br />
storage tank, June 7, 1985<br />
1985-23 PA Use of sulfuric acid results in two deaths in<br />
waste water holding tank in Pennsylvania<br />
1985-20 PA Worker killed by trench cave-in in Pennsylvania<br />
1985-13 AZ Worker dies in excavation collapse in Arizona<br />
1985-10 GA 22 year old construction worker dies when<br />
excavation collapses<br />
1985-09 VT Worker dies in 20,000 gallon gasoline bulk<br />
tank in Vermont<br />
1985-02 WV Two rescuers die in fracturing tank in West<br />
Virginia gas field<br />
1984-13 AZ Two confined space fatalities during construction<br />
of a sewer line<br />
1984-11 WV Fire at a wastewater treatment plant 6<br />
5. unknown: OSHA Training Materials, Occupational Safety<br />
and Health Administration, United State Department of Labor,<br />
1996;<br />
6. unknown: In-House Case Reports Listing, National Institute<br />
for Occupational Safety and Health, Web Page; and<br />
7. unknown: Three Sanitary Workers and One Policeman<br />
Killed, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health,<br />
Report 1985-31, National Institute for Occupational Safety<br />
and Health, 1985.<br />
Author: John R. Gargis, Professional Surveyor and Mapper,<br />
Consulting Surveyors, Inc., PO Box 0786, Titusville, Florida,<br />
32781-0786, eMail: PSM2324@cfl.rr.com. Your comments<br />
are welcomed. Copyright © 2010 John R. Gargis. As the<br />
bulk of this article came from federal government sources, it<br />
may be freely copied. It just can’t be changed.
In Memory of . . .<br />
Carl G. Miller, PSM 3581 (Retired) of Palm Beach Gardens,<br />
passed away on June 4th.<br />
<br />
Larry W. Prescott, PSM 4449, of Okeechobee, passed away<br />
on June 16th.<br />
<strong>FSMS</strong> offers condolences<br />
to the families.<br />
Change of address?<br />
New telephone<br />
number?<br />
Let <strong>FSMS</strong> know so we<br />
can update your contact<br />
information.<br />
Go to fsms.org and<br />
click on Join <strong>FSMS</strong>.<br />
Then click on<br />
Update Membership<br />
Information Online.<br />
The Florida Surveyor <strong>July</strong> <strong>2012</strong> 24
Three Sanitation Workers<br />
and One Policeman Die<br />
in an Underground Sewage<br />
Pumping Station in<br />
Kentucky<br />
Introduction:<br />
The National Institute for<br />
Occupational Safety and<br />
Health (NIOSH), Division<br />
of Safety Research<br />
(DSR), is currently conducting<br />
the Fatal Accident<br />
Circumstances and Epidemiology<br />
(FACE) Project,<br />
which-is focusing<br />
primarily upon selected<br />
electrical-related and confined<br />
space-related fatalities,<br />
by scientifically collecting data from a sample of<br />
fatal accidents, it will be possible to identify and rank<br />
factors that influence the risk of fatal injuries for selected<br />
employees.<br />
On <strong>July</strong> 5, 1985, one police officer and two sewer workers<br />
died in an attempt to rescue a third sewer worker,<br />
who had been overcome by sewer gas at the bottom of<br />
an underground pumping station. All four persons were<br />
pronounced dead upon removal from the station.<br />
Contacts/Activities:<br />
Officials of the Occupational Safety and Health Program<br />
for the State of Kentucky notified DSR concerning this<br />
fatality and requested technical assistance. This case<br />
has been included in the FACE Project. On <strong>July</strong> 15,<br />
1985, the DSR research team (an industrial hygienist, an<br />
epidemiologist, an occupational-health nurse, and a<br />
safety specialist) conducted a site visit, met with an employer<br />
representative, interviewed comparison workers,<br />
discussed the incident with the Kentucky OSHA Compliance<br />
Officer, and photographed the accident site.<br />
Synopsis of Events:<br />
On <strong>July</strong> 5, 1985, at approximately 10:00 a.m. two sewer<br />
workers (27 and 28 years of age) entered a 50-foot deep<br />
underground pumping station. The station is one of<br />
twelve that pumps sewage to the city's waste water<br />
treatment plant. The workers entered through a metal<br />
shaft 3-feet in diameter) on a fixed ladder that lead to an<br />
underground room (8'x8'x7'). The ventilating fan was not<br />
functioning. Neither worker was wearing personal protective<br />
clothing or equipment.<br />
The two workers proceeded to remove the bolts of an<br />
inspection plate from a check valve. The plate blew off<br />
allowing raw sewage to flood the chamber, overwhelming<br />
one of the workers. The second worker exited the<br />
pumping station and radioed the police department requesting<br />
assistance.<br />
He again entered the<br />
station and was also<br />
overcome. Two police<br />
officers responded to<br />
the call at approximately<br />
10:09 a.m. and<br />
one officer entered the<br />
pumping station. Later<br />
the sewage systems<br />
field manager arrived<br />
on the scene and followed<br />
the officer into<br />
the pumping station.<br />
None of the rescuers<br />
returned to the top of<br />
the ladder. A construction<br />
worker, who was<br />
passing by the site,<br />
stopped and entered the station in a rescue attempt.<br />
After descending approximately 10 feet into the shaft, he<br />
called for help. The second police officer assisted the<br />
construction worker out of the shaft. None of the responding<br />
men wore respirators.<br />
Photo by milksva<br />
Fire department personnel arrived at the accident site at<br />
approximately 10:11 a.m. One fireman, wearing a selfcontained<br />
breathing apparatus (SCBA), entered the<br />
shaft, but could not locate the four men. By this time<br />
sewage had completely flooded the underground room.<br />
The fireman exited the pumping station. A second volunteer<br />
fireman (“WS", 240 lbs.) entered the shaft wearing a<br />
SCBA and a life line. As he began his descent he apparently<br />
slipped from the ladder and became wedged in the<br />
shaft approximately 20 feet down. (His body was folded<br />
with his head and feet facing upward.) Not being able to<br />
breathe, he removed the face mask and lost consciousness.<br />
Rescuers at the site extricated the fireman after a<br />
30 minute effort. No further rescue attempts were made,<br />
until professional divers entered the station and removed<br />
the bodies. Autopsy results revealed a considerable<br />
amount of sewage in the lungs of the sewer workers<br />
and only a trace of sewage in the lungs of the field<br />
manager and the police officer.<br />
Recommendations/Discussion:<br />
Recommendation #1: Employers should develop proper<br />
work procedures and should adequately train employees<br />
to maintain and repair the sewage system. This training<br />
should include recognition of potential hazards associated<br />
with failures within those systems.<br />
Discussion: The sewer workers did not have an understanding<br />
of the pumping station's design; therefore, mechanical<br />
failures and hazards associated with those failures<br />
were not adequately identified. Records were not<br />
kept of mechanical failures or repairs. The sewer workers<br />
"believed' that a malfunctioning valve had previously<br />
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een repaired. This valve permitted the pumping station<br />
to flood. The lack of training resulted in the employee not<br />
being able to properly isolate the work area from fumes<br />
and sewage seepage.<br />
Recommendation #2: Employers should develop comprehensive<br />
policies and procedures for confined space<br />
entry.<br />
Discussion: Prior to confined space entry, all procedures<br />
should be documented. All types of emergencies and<br />
potential hazardous conditions should be addressed.<br />
These procedures should minimally include the following:<br />
1. Air quality testing to assure adequate oxygen supply,<br />
adequate ventilation,<br />
and the absence<br />
of all toxic air contaminants;<br />
2. Employee and supervisory<br />
training in<br />
the selection and usage<br />
of respiratory protection;<br />
3. Development of<br />
site-specific working<br />
procedures and emergency<br />
access and<br />
egress plans;<br />
4. Emergency rescue<br />
training; and<br />
5. Availability, storage,<br />
and maintenance of<br />
emergency rescue<br />
equipment.<br />
Discussion: A police officer died in the rescue attempt of<br />
the sewer workers. The police officer was not trained in<br />
confined space rescue techniques and did not recognize<br />
the hazards associated with the confined space. The<br />
volunteer fireman, who attempted the rescue and<br />
wedged himself inside the shaft, should not have been<br />
allowed to enter. His size alone created a potential hazard<br />
for himself and the incident delayed possible rescue<br />
of the victims. Emergency rescue teams must be cognizant<br />
of all hazards associated with confined spaces, including<br />
rescue hindrances, and they should wear proper<br />
personal protection and devices for emergency egress.<br />
The air quality was not<br />
determined before the<br />
sewer workers entered<br />
the confined space and<br />
the ventilation system<br />
was not functioning<br />
properly. One respirator<br />
was available for use;<br />
however, it was not appropriate<br />
for the chemical<br />
contamination<br />
(sewer gas) present.<br />
Lifelines were not available.<br />
Once confined<br />
space pre-entry procedures<br />
are developed,<br />
employees should be<br />
trained to follow them.<br />
Recommendation #3:<br />
Firefighters, police officers,<br />
and others responsible<br />
for emergency rescue<br />
should be trained<br />
for confined space rescue.<br />
The Florida Surveyor <strong>July</strong> <strong>2012</strong> 26
By Joe Breaux, TSPS Safety Committee Chair<br />
Have you ever touched metal, felt the shock and seen a<br />
spark from the static electricity buildup that transfers<br />
from your body to the metal. Sometimes you get quite<br />
a jolt. Static electricity is a charge at rest. When a conductor,<br />
as in metal, is near enough then a static discharge<br />
occurs, a spark is generated. Walking on carpet<br />
and touching a metal door or a metal cabinet is a common<br />
example of this.<br />
Have you seen a sign on a gasoline pump warning of<br />
the dangers of static electricity while fueling your vehicle<br />
or filling a portable gasoline container? The<br />
warnings are serious business; the danger is REAL.<br />
“About 100 static-sparked fires occur at gas stations<br />
each year, according to Fowler Associates, an SC<br />
based electrostatic research and consulting firm.”<br />
Sometimes these fires only damage property — such<br />
as the vehicle. But sadly enough, deaths do occurred<br />
from static electricity igniting gasoline fumes while<br />
refueling.<br />
Sliding out of the seat of your vehicle can cause a<br />
static charge buildup in your body. If you don’t touch<br />
the vehicle or the gas pump cabinet and discharge before<br />
grasping the fuel nozzle and touching it to your<br />
gas tank filler tube, the same static spark can happen<br />
and an explosion or fire can occur. So when refueling<br />
any vehicle or filling up a portable gasoline storage<br />
container, be sure to follow some simple safety guidelines.<br />
ALWAYS turn your engine off. Also turn off any auxiliary<br />
sources of ignition such as a generator, RV<br />
or camper cooking units, pilot lights or heaters.<br />
Don’t re-enter your vehicle during refueling. This can<br />
re-charge your body with static electricity. If you<br />
must re-enter the vehicle, be sure to touch the vehicle<br />
away from the fuel tank first, before nearing<br />
and touching the fuel nozzle.<br />
No Smoking, matches, lighters<br />
or even cell phones near the<br />
fueling operation. Open<br />
flames are an obvious hazard,<br />
and although it has not<br />
been conclusively proven<br />
that cell phones can cause<br />
sparking, why take the<br />
chance? Just wait a few moments<br />
to answer or make a<br />
call.<br />
Don’t over fill a vehicle tank.<br />
That can cause spillage and<br />
even more vapors.<br />
Never re-fuel a portable gasoline<br />
container inside a vehicle, in<br />
a trunk, on a trailer or in a<br />
pickup bed. Remove the<br />
container and place it on the<br />
concrete or ground first.<br />
Then fill it. Plastic bed liners<br />
can cause a portable container<br />
to build up a static charge. Placing it on the<br />
ground or concrete first allows it to be grounded<br />
and discharge.<br />
Touch something besides the filler nozzle or portable<br />
container to discharge before beginning.<br />
Manually control the dispenser nozzle, fill slowly and<br />
carefully watch as the container fills. Only fill to<br />
95% to allow for expansion of the fuel.<br />
Do not store or leave portable containers in direct sun<br />
or in a car trunk.<br />
In the unlikely event that a static-spared fire occurs<br />
during refueling,<br />
LEAVE the nozzle in the filler tube and back away, far<br />
away. Yes, leave it, don’t remove it. Removing the<br />
nozzle during such a situation can cause one to<br />
forget to release the flow lever of the filler valve.<br />
This can worsen the matter by spilling fuel all<br />
around, making a bad situation much worse or<br />
deadly.<br />
Use the Emergency Shutoff or notify the station/store<br />
attendant immediately.<br />
Or call 911, from a safe distance away.<br />
Want some proof? Just go to http://<br />
www.youtube.com/, type in ‘gas pump fire’ and<br />
choose one of the many videos to watch. Then think<br />
about your safety while refueling and pass the word.<br />
References: Purdue University Extension Service,<br />
“Static Fires – How to Prevent Them.” http://<br />
www.extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/menu.htm Emory<br />
University, Environmental Health and Safety Office,<br />
http://www.ehso.emory.edu/guidelines/<br />
ToolboxTraining_StaticElecandGasPumpFires.pdf<br />
Reprinted with corrections from The Texas Surveyor<br />
May-June 2011.<br />
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UF students stand around the old<br />
Prime Meridian Marker outside<br />
the <strong>FSMS</strong> Administrative Office<br />
during Tallahassee Leadership<br />
Day.<br />
Students (left to right): Richard<br />
Berry, Justin Thomas, Noah<br />
Nunamaker, Adam Berry, Donna<br />
Spencer, Malcolm Minchin, Tonia<br />
Menard, Joe Latvis, Nathan Keys,<br />
Ryan Lambert, John Pryce,<br />
Heather Parks.<br />
Seniors in the UF Geomatics Program Visit Tallahassee<br />
The day began with a tour<br />
of the old and new capitols.<br />
The students walk up the<br />
steps of the old capitol on<br />
their way for a guided tour<br />
of the building.<br />
They are pleasantly surprised to<br />
have as their tour guide the<br />
eighteenth governor of Florida,<br />
William Sherman Jennings himself!<br />
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At DEP, Lamar Evers, PSM,<br />
speaks to the students about<br />
LABINS, the Certified Corner Record<br />
program and the Mean High<br />
Water repository. The picture was<br />
taken in the Mean High Water<br />
repository room, which is my office.<br />
Students stand in the records vault<br />
at DEP. Rod Maddox, PSM, explains<br />
the records that are available<br />
in the records vault.<br />
UF Seniors meet <strong>FSMS</strong> Board of Directors at the <strong>FSMS</strong> Administrative Office.<br />
They are asked to give their reason why they chose Geomatics.<br />
The Florida Surveyor <strong>July</strong> <strong>2012</strong> 32
Budgeting Websites<br />
Several of these have free household budget templates<br />
for you to use.<br />
http://www.free-financialadvice.net/create-budget.html<br />
http://www.debt-free-destiny.com<br />
http://www.houseclicks.com/<br />
owning/budget1.html<br />
http://www.moneyinstructor.com<br />
http://www.articlealley.com/<br />
article_69527_63.html<br />
http://www.daveramsey.com/<br />
The Florida Surveyor <strong>July</strong> <strong>2012</strong> 34
Greetings!<br />
What a few months! So much good has happened since the new year. We launched<br />
the Reaching Our Orbit Campaign. We have self-sustaining activities worked out with<br />
Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts. We have more interns than we know what to do with.<br />
Educated quite a few students on surveying. What can we say about the surveyors in<br />
<strong>2012</strong>! They have once again stepped up to support their museum, and as we move<br />
forward, we shudder at what we will be with all this support. So here is a rundown of<br />
the latest and greatest at the museum. Remember your support and donations have<br />
got us this far. Thank you for all of your support.<br />
Sincerely,<br />
National Museum of Surveying<br />
Boy Scouts Pilgrimage & Boy Scouts Badge<br />
The surveying profession needs more young members. The museum needs more<br />
young people. Boy Scouts are young and need a surveying merit badge. While we<br />
have hosted a few troops seeking their merit badges, April 28th saw an entire day<br />
worth of surveying on the lawn of the Old State Capitol.<br />
Camped out on the lawn, Terry Macke and the Laurenzanas taught hundreds of<br />
Scouts the basics of surveying. They showed the Scouts the evolution of the equipment,<br />
how to measure using their pace and how to turn an angle.<br />
Even more exciting, the Boy Scouts of America, Abraham Lincoln Council, created<br />
the museum our very own badge. Scouts can earn the badge by touring the museum and completing a questionnaire<br />
about the tour. Scouts can still come as part of their surveying merit badge. For more information go<br />
to http://www.alincolnbsa.org/council_index.htm<br />
Thanks to everyone involved in the Boy Scouts.<br />
Girl Scouts 100th Anniversary and Badge Program<br />
During the first weekend of May, the museum participated in the 100th anniversary<br />
of the Girl Scouts. The museum showed the 1918 Golden Eaglet on the<br />
Science on a Sphere. The movie showed the Scouts their origin.<br />
To build on the relationship, the museum will now host a Letterboxing workshop<br />
and a Geocaching workshop in November and December. Out of the workshops,<br />
the museum hopes to develop a standalone packet so Scouts can come<br />
to the museum and earn their badge individually or in a troop.<br />
Reaching Our Orbit Campaign<br />
The campaign is off and running.<br />
In May, Bob Church asked state<br />
associations to pledge a donation<br />
to the museum based on their<br />
size. The museum has heard<br />
great feedback, and today, Wisconsin<br />
has pledged $2,500 a year<br />
for five years. Please be next, it is<br />
for our future.<br />
In case you haven't heard! The<br />
museum has received a firm commitment from an undisclosed source to match dollar for dollar all donations up to<br />
$200,000 with all the money going towards paying down our mortgage. Help secure the future of the museum by<br />
pledging today.<br />
The Florida Surveyor <strong>July</strong> <strong>2012</strong> 35
Artifact & Exhibit Donation<br />
I guess the word has gotten out about the museum. We are<br />
getting regular calls about donations. Needless to say we can't<br />
take all of them quite yet. However, if there is a story behind<br />
the artifact or we don't have one yet, we will accept it. FYI, we<br />
don't pay for them nor can we appraise any artifact. Yet, we<br />
are happy to explain the history behind your artifact.<br />
For example, on temporary loan, the museum received a<br />
Young compass dated between 1845-1861. John Lutz Mansfield<br />
owned the compass, and he surveyed the town of Mansfield<br />
with it. Mansfield was a German immigrant who came to<br />
America in the 1820s. He worked his way into Kentucky and<br />
became the math department head and the President<br />
of Transylvania College.<br />
Then we have a complete drafting kit donated by Paul Sweet. Mr. Sweet, an engineer for the Army and the state, donated<br />
not only his tools but a cast iron drafting table. This allowed us to take out our very large maps for display.<br />
The picture included is of our new exhibit donated to us by the Illinois Supreme Court Historic Preservation Committee.<br />
Kelsey Stybr created the exhibit for us, and the exhibit talks about Illinois Supreme Court cases that set the precedent<br />
for surveyors or affirmed existing acts that impacted surveying. If you ever wonder why you start in a middle of a river<br />
or how did the state work through all those resurveys, this exhibit tells you.<br />
Finally, the museum is working on acquiring the recent Initial Points exhibit. The exhibit covers all the initial points in<br />
the continental United States.<br />
Not to mention all the work our board member Denny DeMeyer is doing on getting us a sextant and a new exhibit.<br />
Plus, Jack Owens is looking into a few things as well. We are always looking for new exhibits and exhibit ideas if you<br />
have any.<br />
New Interns & Volunteers<br />
The museum has three new interns this summer. Daniel Morris, an undergraduate student from University of Illinois at<br />
Springfield, is learning what it takes to run a museum. Jacob House, a PhD student at Drew University in New Jersey,<br />
is getting the full experience of being in public history. David Cornell, entering his sophomore year at Coe College, is<br />
creating exhibit label copy for our artifacts and will help bring some of our older presentations into the 21st Century.<br />
On top of all the interns, Robert Morris University has stepped forward again to offer the museum valuable intern projects.<br />
Currently, the RMU interns are working on a marketing plan. Their focus is on drawing in the tourists who are<br />
already here in Springfield. Their main focus will be on taking a budget of zero and making our brochure, frontage and<br />
presence more appealing to the tourists.<br />
10 Things You Can Do For the Museum<br />
In May, Bob Church went to Charlotte to attend the NSPS/ACSM National<br />
Convention. There he presented three resolutions and an action sheet to the<br />
governors Two of the resolutions were passed and one was tabled for September.<br />
In addition to all of this, the museum asked ten things from each state<br />
surveying society/association and its members.<br />
Any of you are welcome to answer any of these challenges: The museum<br />
would like for you to: link our website surveyingmuseum.org, like us on facebook, send in "weird" stories and plats, create<br />
exhibits, create tour packages, and so much more.<br />
The action steps were to create more interaction with the museum. Click here for the ten action steps.<br />
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THANK YOU <strong>2012</strong> MEMBERS<br />
As of June 22nd<br />
Amr Adb-Elrahman, PhD<br />
Richard Abernathy<br />
Guy Percy Adams<br />
John Henry Adler, III<br />
John Henry Adler III<br />
Wayne D. Agnoli<br />
Paul F. Akers<br />
James Alan Akker<br />
Carl E. Albrektsen<br />
Gary Callan Albritton<br />
Yvette A. Aleman P.E.<br />
Raymond C. Alexandrich<br />
C. Boyd Allen<br />
Michael Patrick Allen<br />
John M. Allen<br />
Albert C. Allen III<br />
Gary Gee Allen<br />
Gary L. Allen<br />
Richard D. Allen<br />
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Alex B. Thompson Jr.<br />
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Chad Michael Thurner<br />
Tom A. Tibbitts<br />
Stavros Timotheou<br />
Douglas A Timothy<br />
William Todd Tindell<br />
James Randall Tolbert<br />
Lis Rocio Tolstoy<br />
Vincente A. Tome<br />
Randy Leon Tompkins<br />
A. R. Toussaint<br />
Darren Keith Townsend<br />
Thomas P. Tracz<br />
Tyler P. Tracz<br />
Kenneth Edwin Trask<br />
Rick J. Travis<br />
Andrew John Trayner<br />
Antonio Trigo<br />
Roxanna Trinka<br />
Thuy A. Truong<br />
Jeffrey Tuchband<br />
Robert Harold Tuck<br />
Allen Earl Tucker<br />
David Kevin Tumblin<br />
Alfonso Tuzinkiewicz<br />
Celeste B. van Gelder<br />
Clyde O. Van Kleeck<br />
Douglas A. Vanden Heuvel<br />
Frank Michael Velazquez<br />
Maria Velicu<br />
Thomas Michael Ventre<br />
Manuel G. Vera Sr.<br />
Enrique G. Vidaurreta<br />
James Thomas Viers<br />
Ron Villella<br />
Thomas C. Vokoun<br />
Allen M. Vose III<br />
Michael Stephen Vukmanic<br />
Douglas C. Wade<br />
Jeffrey Rees Wagner<br />
Horace Wayne Walker Jr.<br />
Thomas Walker<br />
W. Turner Wallis IV<br />
Carol Renee Walsh<br />
Thomas D. Walsh Jr.<br />
Michael Alan Ward<br />
Robert Monroe Watford<br />
Charles David Watts<br />
Lawrence R. Weber<br />
Maggie Weidener<br />
James P. Weidener<br />
John D. Weigle<br />
Patrick B. Welch<br />
Mark Robert Wendt<br />
Patricia Werner<br />
Steve L. Wessels<br />
Donna C. West<br />
Mark A. West<br />
Robert Stanley Weston<br />
Scott A. Wheeler<br />
Thomas Whidden<br />
NSPS <strong>2012</strong> MEMBERS<br />
Jennings Griffin<br />
Samuel Hall<br />
Brandon Hardy<br />
Buell Harper<br />
Thomas Harrison<br />
Mark Hatfield<br />
Deborah Hill<br />
Henry Hochmair<br />
Corey Hopkins<br />
Chris Howson<br />
James Hull<br />
William Hussin<br />
Russell Hyatt<br />
Steven Hyde<br />
Janet Jackson<br />
Horace Joiner<br />
Robert Jones<br />
Robert Jones<br />
David Kealy<br />
Theodore Kemna<br />
Kenneth Kolarik<br />
Gary Krick<br />
David Kugelmann<br />
David Lidberg<br />
Sandra Lidberg<br />
John Liptak<br />
Thomas Little<br />
Michael Lloveras<br />
David Luethje<br />
Dexter Lundy<br />
John Lyons<br />
Michael Maxwell<br />
Kelly McClung<br />
Warren McLeod<br />
Michael Mears<br />
David Melvin<br />
Arthur Merritt<br />
John Morgan<br />
Don Navigato<br />
Gordon Niles<br />
Allen Nobles<br />
Pamela Nobles<br />
David OBrien<br />
Gail Oliver<br />
James Petersen<br />
Robin Petzold<br />
Richard Pryce<br />
W. Read<br />
Robert Reige<br />
Gary Rogers<br />
Scott Rosenheim<br />
Gerald Russell<br />
John Sawyer<br />
Kimberly Saxton<br />
Robert Sears<br />
David Sheppard<br />
Carlos Silvestre<br />
Wilmer Sirine<br />
Florida Society<br />
J. Thomas Stevenson<br />
Ralph H. Whisler III<br />
Scott C. Whitaker<br />
Stephen E. Whitaker<br />
Joe Robert White<br />
David Alan White<br />
Michael Jeffrey Whitling<br />
Elliot Lee Whitney<br />
Daniel L. Whittaker<br />
David Joseph Wichser<br />
Robert W. Wigglesworth<br />
Scott Ashley Wild<br />
Christopher Wild<br />
Terry Everett Wilkinson<br />
David A. Williams Jr.<br />
H. Daniel Williams III<br />
Gary P. Williams<br />
Kent L. Willingham Jr.<br />
Douglas Scott Willis<br />
Barry Willis<br />
Kavin C. Wilmott<br />
Keith Alan Wilson<br />
Cary Dungan Winningham<br />
James M. Winter<br />
Mark Willis Wood<br />
Bret Currie Wood<br />
Rob L. Working<br />
Stephen D. Worl<br />
Robert C. Wright Jr.<br />
Dennis Wayne Wright<br />
William J. Wright<br />
Christopher Harry Xynides<br />
Zhi Yang<br />
T. Jeffrey Young<br />
George C. Young Jr.<br />
Raymond Young<br />
Peter Michael Zarrella<br />
Shirley B. Zeller<br />
Derek G. Zeman<br />
Robert Edward Zierden<br />
Joseph Stokes<br />
James Stoner<br />
Mark Sturgis<br />
Daryl Thie<br />
Randy Tompkins<br />
Albert Toussaint<br />
Joseph Trott<br />
Allen Tucker<br />
Douglas VandenHeuvel<br />
Ronald Voelker<br />
Jeffrey Wagner<br />
Horace Walker<br />
W. Turner Wallis<br />
Thomas Walsh<br />
Robert Wigglesworth<br />
Danny Williams<br />
Joseph Zapert
<strong>FSMS</strong> goes to Alaska on<br />
Radiance of the Seas!!!!!<br />
7 Night Southbound Alaska Cruise with an optional Land<br />
Tour including Fairbanks, Denali, and Anchorage<br />
Cruise Departs Seward, Alaska MAY 24, 2013<br />
EARN 12<br />
CECs!<br />
What better way to vacation and obtain your<br />
Continuing Education credits than to join fellow<br />
surveyors, family and friends in Alaska. Everything in<br />
Alaska is bigger. Including the adventures. From the<br />
awe-inspiring blue ice of a massive glacial field to the<br />
expansive grandeur of its wildlife and nature, Alaska<br />
is a land of natural wonders.<br />
Land Tour Includes: Fairbanks, Alaska;<br />
Denali, Alaska; Anchorage, Alaska;<br />
Cruise Only Departs from Seward, Alaska<br />
and includes; Hubbard Glacier (Cruising);<br />
Juneau, Alaska; Skagway, Alaska; Icy<br />
Strait Point, Alaska; Ketchikan, Alaska;<br />
Inside Passage (Cruising); Vancouver,<br />
British Columbia<br />
Pricing for Seminar Attendees<br />
Price is per attendee based on double occupancy and includes 12 hours of Onboard Continuing Education Classes:<br />
Cruise Only starting at $1200 per seminar attendee (airfare, transfers and pre & post cruise hotels not included)<br />
Cruisetour starting at $2460 per attendee (airfare, transfers, pre tour hotel and post cruise hotel not included)<br />
Pricing for family and friends not attending CE Classes deduct $275. Balcony and Oceanview Accommodations Reserved.<br />
Early booking gets you the best locations on the ship!<br />
Registration deadline is September 1, <strong>2012</strong>.<br />
A small deposit of $275 dollars per person holds<br />
your cabin until final payment is due February 1, 2013.<br />
For additional information contact Gail Oliver at 904‐687‐5655 or<br />
via email gail@i‐travelagent.com i-travelagent ST#37648
IF YOU EVER WONDERED WHY . . . ASK MIKE! Mike Whitling, PSM<br />
Why when we give in to something do we “knuckle under?”<br />
Today the knuckles are the joints of the fingers, but in Anglo-Saxon and<br />
Medieval English it also referred to the elbow and knee joints (and in<br />
1944 to the cranial knuckle, giving us the ‘knucklehead.’) As a token of<br />
submission a person would fall to his knees before his conqueror. So to<br />
knuckle under meant to put the knuckles of one’s knees to the ground, ‘to<br />
bend the knee before,’ ‘to bow down to.’<br />
Why is a penny called a “penny?”<br />
In the US, the term “penny” is technically an incorrect slang usage. The<br />
official name for the US coin is a "cent", but when it was first issued it<br />
was very similar to the one-penny coins that had been in use in British<br />
colonial days, so most people called the new coins pennies. The old<br />
name persisted even when the coin was downsized to its current 19 mm<br />
diameter in 1856, and we all continue to call them "pennies" even today.<br />
It's a bit like using the word "dial" for a telephone even though phones<br />
haven't had dials for decades.<br />
Why is a nickel called a “nickel?”<br />
Nickel metal is heavily used for coins today because it's inexpensive and<br />
is very hard, so nickel coins don't wear out quickly. But when the Mint first<br />
starting making coins, nickel couldn't be used because it was so hard it<br />
damaged the relatively primitive coin presses then in use. By the middle<br />
of the 19th century metallurgy had improved enough that the Mint started<br />
experimenting with making low-denomination coins out of an alloy of 25%<br />
nickel and 75% copper. The first coins to use that alloy were a 3¢ piece<br />
in 1865 and a 5¢ piece the next year. At the same time the Mint also<br />
issued smaller coins with the same denominations but made of a silver<br />
alloy. To distinguish them, people started referring to them by their denominations<br />
and metal; e.g. "three cents silver", "three cents nickel", and<br />
so on. By 1873 the nickel coins had proven to be successful so the silver<br />
versions were discontinued, but people still talked about "three cents<br />
nickel" and "five cents nickel". The nickel 3¢ piece was discontinued 16<br />
years later, leaving "five cents nickel" as the only coin remaining of the<br />
original four. The name morphed into "five cent nickels" and was eventually<br />
shortened to just "nickel".<br />
Why is a dime called a “dime?”<br />
The word "Dime" derives from Latin decima (pars), meaning "a tenth."<br />
The dime was briefly called a "disme" which was a version of the French<br />
word "dixième", again deriving from the Latin decima. Its spelling and<br />
pronunciation quickly simplified to the familiar "dime" within a year or two<br />
of the coin's introduction.<br />
Why is a dollar called a “dollar?”<br />
The word "dollar" has a long history dating back to central Europe in the<br />
15th century. Some of the first large-size silver coins were minted from<br />
metal mined in what is now the southeastern part of Germany. Most of<br />
the silver veins were found in valleys. The word for valley in old-style<br />
German was "Thal", pronounced roughly "tohl". The coins soon became<br />
known as Thalers ("tohllers") meaning "from the valley". Thalers proved<br />
to be so popular that similar coins were eventually used all over Europe<br />
as a common exchange medium. Each region adapted the name to its<br />
local language and spelling; by the time the coins were used in the Netherlands<br />
they had become "dalers", still pronounced with a short 'a'. To<br />
those of us accustomed to English spelling that looked too much like it<br />
should be pronounced "dayler", so the spelling gradually changed to<br />
something closer to its pronunciation, giving the familiar word “dollar.”<br />
Section 20 of Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution provided, "That the money<br />
of account of the United States shall be expressed in dollars, or units...<br />
and that all accounts in the public offices and all proceedings in the<br />
courts of the United States shall be kept and had in conformity to this<br />
regulation." In other words, this act designated the United States dollar as<br />
the unit of currency of the United States.<br />
Quick Facts:<br />
♦ In the 1950's Wheaties stopped using athletes on their<br />
boxes and started using Disney figurines. Sales went<br />
down 15%. General Mills had a meeting and decided<br />
to recall their sports stars. The Disney boxes are valuable<br />
today.<br />
♦ Researchers have discovered that events such as pleasant family<br />
celebrations or evenings with friends boost the immune system for<br />
the following two days. Unpleasant moments had the opposite effect.<br />
♦ Robot comes from the Czech word 'robota' which means 'forced<br />
work or labor.' The first known case of robot homicide occurred in<br />
1981, when a robotic arm crushed a Japanese Kawasaki factory<br />
worker.<br />
♦ The Eiffel Tower was the tallest building in the world when it was<br />
completed in 1889. It was built for the World's Fair to demonstrate<br />
that iron could be as strong as stone while being infinitely lighter.<br />
♦ The most played song on American radio during the twentieth century<br />
was “You've Lost That Loving Feeling” which was written by<br />
Barry Mann, Phil Spector, and Cynthia Weil. Although recorded by<br />
different artists, the song is the only one in history to be played over<br />
8 million times on the radio.<br />
♦ "Weird" Al Yankovic received a Bachelor's degree in Architecture in<br />
1981. He also served as valedictorian of his high school at age 16.<br />
♦ The oldest business in the United States of America is the cymbal<br />
company Zildjian, which was founded in Constantinople in 1623.<br />
♦ The five most stolen items in a drugstore are batteries, cosmetics,<br />
film, sunglasses, and Preparation H. One of Preparation H's main<br />
ingredients is shark liver oil. The oil not only helps shrink hemorrhoids,<br />
but will shrink any tissue.<br />
♦ The phrase "often a bridesmaid but never a bride" actually comes<br />
from an advertisement for Listerine mouthwash. The text was written<br />
by Milton Feasley and first appeared in 1925. The advertisement<br />
was so successful that it ran for more than ten years.<br />
♦ The official name of the St. Louis Gateway Arch is "The Jefferson<br />
National Expansion Memorial." The Gateway Arch looks taller than it<br />
is wider, but it is exactly 630 feet by 630 feet.<br />
♦ An adult bedbug can survive up to one year without feeding.<br />
♦ Worker ants may live seven years and the queen may live as long<br />
as 15 years.<br />
♦ People are more likely to be a target for mosquitoes if you consume<br />
bananas.<br />
♦ The venom of a female black widow spider is more potent than that<br />
of a rattlesnake.<br />
♦ The buzz that you hear when a bee approaches is the sound of its<br />
four wings moving at 11,400 strokes per minute. Bees fly an average<br />
of 15 miles per hour.<br />
♦ The underside of a horse's hoof is called a frog. The frog peels off<br />
several times a year with new growth.<br />
♦ The intestines of a newborn are about 11 feet long. The length will<br />
double by the time the baby grows to adulthood.<br />
♦ Running the tap while waiting for water to get hot or cold can waste<br />
5 gallons per minute.<br />
♦ The top of the tower of the Empire State Building was originally intended<br />
(though never used) as a mooring place for dirigibles.<br />
♦ Pumpernickel, the dark bread made from coarsely ground rye gets<br />
its name from its supposed effect on those who consume it. Pumpernickel<br />
is composed of the German words pumpen, "to fart," and<br />
Nickel, "devil."<br />
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PRESS RELEASES<br />
Michael Ross, PLS/PSM joins Wantman Group, Inc.<br />
Wantman Group, Inc. (WGI) is pleased to announce the addition of Michael Ross, PLS/PSM to<br />
their corporate office in West Palm Beach. Michael brings over 25 years of experience in all aspects<br />
of professional surveying and mapping operations and is professionally licensed in New Jersey,<br />
Massachusetts and Florida. His responsibilities include project management, new business<br />
development, financial oversight and operational procedures. Michael’s expertise includes topographic<br />
surveys, GIS data collection, boundary surveys, right-of-way surveys, machine control data<br />
preparation, and construction layout for a diverse group of public and private sector clients. He<br />
earned his certificate degree in Land Surveying, is currently a member of the Florida Surveying<br />
and Mapping Society, and is a former member of the Massachusetts Association of Land Surveyors,<br />
New Hampshire Land Surveyors Association, and the New Jersey Society of Professional Land Surveyors.<br />
“We are very happy to have Michael join the WGI Team. His diverse background in land surveying will be an asset in<br />
serving both public and private clients around the state,” said David Wantman, PE, President of WGI.<br />
ACSM www.acsm.net<br />
American Surveyor www.americansurveyor.com<br />
BLM GLO Records www.glorecords.blm.gov<br />
County Surveyors www.naco.org<br />
Engineering Ministries International www.emiworld.org<br />
FEMA www.fema.gov<br />
www.findgis.com<br />
Florida DACS www.doacs.state.fl.us<br />
Florida Legislature Online Sunshine www.leg.state.fl.us<br />
Florida Memory www.floridamemory.com/photographiccollection<br />
<strong>FSMS</strong> www.fsms.org<br />
GSS Geomatics Info Center www.GSSGeomatics.com<br />
LABINS www.labins.org<br />
National Geodetic Survey www.ngs.noaa.gov<br />
National Museum of Surveying www.surveyingmuseum.org<br />
National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) www.sec.noaa.gov<br />
NCEES www.ncees.org<br />
NSPS www.nspsmo.org<br />
POB www.pobonline.com<br />
Solar Outlook www.sec.noaa.gov<br />
South Florida Water Management District Benchmark www.sfwmd.gov<br />
Southwest Florida Water Management District www.swfwmd.statefl.us<br />
Statewide Official Records www.MyFlorida.com<br />
Surveying History www.surveyhistory.com<br />
UF Geomatics Program http://sfrc.ifas.ufl.edu/geomatics/<br />
UF Geomatics Student Association http://sfrc.ifas.ufl.edu/geomatics/gsa.htm<br />
US Coast Guard Navigation Center www.navcen.uscg.gov<br />
US Forest Service GPS Home Page www.fs.fed.us<br />
Virtual Museum of Surveying www.surveyhistory.org<br />
The Florida Surveyor <strong>July</strong> <strong>2012</strong> 43
August 7th-9th<br />
DOACS BPSM Meeting<br />
Tallahassee<br />
August 15th-19th<br />
57th Annual Conference<br />
Naples<br />
September 1st<br />
Seminars at Sea<br />
Alaskan Cruise Deposit Deadline<br />
November 13th-15th<br />
DOACS BPSM Meeting<br />
Gainesville<br />
Calendar<br />
H.O. Peters<br />
Harry C. Schwebke<br />
John P. Goggin<br />
R.H. Jones<br />
Hugh A. Binyon<br />
Russell H. DeGrove<br />
Perry C. McGriff<br />
Carl E. Johnson<br />
James A. Thigpenn, III<br />
Harold A. Schuler, Jr.<br />
Shields E. Clark<br />
Maurice E. Berry, II<br />
William C. Hart<br />
Frank R. Schilling, Jr.<br />
William V. Keith<br />
James M. King<br />
Broward P. Davis<br />
E.R. (Ed) Brownell<br />
E.W. (Gene) Stoner<br />
Past Presidents<br />
Lewis H. Kent<br />
Robert S. Harris<br />
Paul T. O’Hargan<br />
William G. Wallace, Jr.<br />
Robert W. Wigglesworth<br />
Ben Blackburn<br />
William B. Thompson, II<br />
John R. Gargis<br />
Robert A. Bannerman<br />
H. Bruce Durden<br />
Buell H. Harper<br />
Jan L. Skipper<br />
Steven M. Woods<br />
Stephen G. Vrabel<br />
W. Lamar Evers<br />
Joseph S. Boggs<br />
Robert L. Graham<br />
Nicholas D. Miller<br />
Loren E. Mercer<br />
Kent Green<br />
Robert D. Cross<br />
Thomas L. Conner<br />
Gordon R. Niles, Jr.<br />
Dennis E. Blankenship<br />
W. Lanier Mathews, II<br />
Jack Breed<br />
Arthur A. Mastronicola<br />
Michael H. Maxwell<br />
John M. Clyatt<br />
David W. Schryver<br />
Stephen M. Gordon<br />
Richard G. Powell<br />
Michael J. Whitling<br />
Robert W. Jackson, Jr.<br />
Pablo Ferrari<br />
Steve Stinson<br />
Dan Ferrans<br />
January 17th-19th<br />
2013 Education Conference<br />
Hilton Garden Inn<br />
Tampa East/Brandon<br />
of<br />
May 24th-31st, 2013<br />
Seminars at Sea<br />
Alaska<br />
Events<br />
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DISTRICT 1<br />
Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf,<br />
Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Madison,<br />
Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Taylor, Wakulla, Walton,<br />
Washington<br />
DISTRICT 2<br />
Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie,<br />
Duval, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Lafayette, Levy, Marion,<br />
Nassau, Putnam, Suwannee, St. Johns, Union<br />
2<br />
4<br />
3<br />
DISTRICT 3<br />
Brevard, Flagler, Indian River, lake, Okeechobee,<br />
Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Martin, St. Lucie, Volusia<br />
DISTRICT 4<br />
Citrus, Hernando, Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk,<br />
Sumter<br />
DISTRICT 5<br />
Collier, Charlotte, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Hendry,<br />
Highlands, Lee, Manatee, Sarasota<br />
5<br />
6<br />
7<br />
DISTRICT 6<br />
Broward, Palm Beach<br />
DISTRICT 7<br />
Miami-Dade, Monroe
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