Scottsboro Street Department Makes Mess at North Sauty Creek and Here's Your Chainsaw but Where's the Critter?

Scottsboro, Al., -  North Sauty Creek Wildlife Management area TVA Shoreline encroachment, harassing wildlife and leaving a mess by the Scottsboro Street Department. TVA Corporate Public Relations commented that TVA happened by the scene and ask the Street Department what they were doing. A witness reported they saw the Street Department employees throw rocks at a raccoon up a tree. Apparently the raccoon would not exit the shoreline tree. Someone then made the decision to cut the tree. The raccoon and tree fell into the water according to the witness. Animal's fate is unknown.
TVA officials at the scene reported the city employees left a chainsaw on the scene, TVA officials assisted Scottsboro in recovering the chain saw. A TVA official  also commented that the city should be responsible for area remediation.

Bulldozer Accident Injures One in Scottsboro - Citizen Concerned About Accident Cause Coverup

Web photo- Scottsboro Street Department http://www.cityofscottsboro.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=113&Itemid=247

 

UPDATE: Oct. 9, 2013 Scottsboro Mayor Melton Potter confirmed Monday that Scottsboro Street Superintendent Ronnie Dolberry was suspended for 30 days without pay. The accident occurred at the tree clearing site between Trammel Stadium and South Broad Street. The injured employee was not identified.

 

 

 

Mayor Melton Potter confirmed that an employee with the Scottsboro Street Department was injured when a bull dozer he was operating suffered an equipment failure and flipped injuring the employee. (Fair Use picture, You Tube, of bull dozier rollover accident.)

Mayor Potter stated the employee was treated and released from the Highlands Medical Center Emergency room with a sprained neck last week.

I received a phone call from a private citizen informing me of the accident as there was a concern there would be an attempt to cover up the accident event due to a failure to repair the equipment's brakes. According to my source, the brakes failed on the piece of equipment and as a result the equipment could not be stopped and rolled over.

 

According to the concerned citizen the brake failure had been a previously identified problem, but because of the expense of fixing the problem, the equipment was allowed to continue to be operated causing this accident and the injury to the city employee. 

 

The Mayor also confirmed that disciplinary action had been initiated against an unidentified supervisor but could not disclose the specifics of the disciplinary action.

 

The Mayor stated that no OSHA Investigation had been initiated that he was aware. OSHA Reporting requirements: http://www.osha.gov/recordkeeping/new-osha300form1-1-04.pdf  This is a reportable accident.

 

Names have not been released concerning the accident or disciplined employees with the City of Scottsboro.