Judge Issues Warning Against Putting Metal Objects In Brush Piles

Displaying a jagged piece of rebar, Mt. Carmel Mayor Joe Judge issued a stern admonishment at Tuesday’s City Council about the dangers of putting anything other than wood in your brush pile for the city’s chipper…

Judge said it costs the city $225 every time a blade on the chipper is damaged by an object that shouldn’t be in a brush pile. In addition, the city loses the use of the chipper while it is being repaired and the down time could extend to a city worker who is injured by the metal projectile.