– Photo courtesy of Lebanon DPW
The City of Lebanon Department of Public Works issued a reminder for citizens regarding brush pick-up and showcased its new technology utilized to sweep brush for metallic materials.
The department stated that due to incidents that occurred throughout the summer where machinery was damaged and crews had the possibility of injury due to the presence of metals within brush placed at the curb, metal detectors have been added to the routine for assessing brush prior to pick-up and disposal by the crews.
“Because so many metal objects have been included with yard waste, damaging equipment and nearly striking DPW workers, each bundle is now scanned before it goes through the chipper,” the department released. “This added step is now the norm to help protect members of the team, the community and the equipment the Department of Works uses to serve Lebanon.”
The department stated that the introduction of the metal detectors may cause longer wait times between brush pick-up locations.
“Please do your part by only placing proper materials out for pickup,” the department released.
Article regarding damaged machinery due to metal pieces from July 14, 2024 – By Carl Gingerich
The City of Lebanon Department of Public Works issued a reminder for community members to avoid raking metal objects and other materials that may harm machinery into wood piles for yard debris pick-up to avoid damage to the city machines and injury to the workers operating the machine.
The department issued a reminder to the community to be mindful of the contents that are raking or carried to the curb for regular limb and yard debris pick-up days as a recent incident where metal materials were present within the pile that were inserted into the wood chipper resulted in major damage to the machine and could have caused injury to the workers.
“Damaged equipment means more time in the shop and less time able to be in service,” the department released. “Please help do you part to keep our machinery, and more importantly, our DPW team members safe by taking a few moments to examine your yard waste before leaving it at the curb.”
The City of Lebanon Engineering Department echoed the statements and concerns of the Public Works Department as they encouraged to community to take the extra steps to ensure the safety of their own neighbors, friends and family who work for the department.
“Help us out Lebanon,” the department released. “While the costly damage to equipment is frustrating, this could have been much worse. Your friends and neighbors run this equipment for DPW and they could have been seriously injured, or worse.”
Following the damage the incident, the equipment will reportedly be inspected for repairs.
