Biohazard and Crime Scene Cleanup in Murfreesboro, TN

Student apartments near MTSU

Middle Tennessee State University enrolls more than 20,000 students, and much of the housing around it is built for them: apartment complexes leased by the bedroom, older houses rented to groups, and duplexes. When something happens in a shared unit, it affects roommates who may have nowhere else to sleep that night.

That changes our planning in a few ways:

1. Figure out who is living there

   We ask the manager which bedrooms and shared spaces are affected so unaffected roommates can keep using their rooms where it's safe.

2. Contain the affected area

   We close off the room or hallway so the rest of the unit isn't disturbed while we work.

3. Handle belongings with care

   Items belonging to the person who died or was hurt, and to roommates, are kept separate. Families decide what's kept.

4. Hand off clear paperwork

   The management company gets a written scope and photos it can share with the owner and insurer.

Parents are often the ones who call us. If that's you, our guide on communicating with a cleanup company may help you know what to ask.

Nearly half the city rents

Census data shows about 47.6 percent of occupied homes in Murfreesboro are rented. For property managers, the main concerns are usually the next tenant, the neighbors and the owner's insurance. Our page for crime scene cleanup for property managers covers the communication side, and rental and investment property cleanup covers turnover and documentation.

In larger complexes, the bigger practical question is often parking and waste removal: where our vehicle can sit, which entrance we use and when residents are least likely to be around.

Owner-occupied homes and older residents

The other half of the city is owner-occupied, from older neighborhoods near the square to newer subdivisions. Murfreesboro is also home to the Alvin C. York VA Medical Center, and many veterans and older adults live here. When someone lives alone, an unattended death may not be found for some time. Those situations call for a careful assessment of floors, furniture and the surrounding rooms. Our pages on death scene cleanup in homes and odor-related remediation explain what that involves.

Stores, offices and workplaces

Retail centers, restaurants, medical offices and warehouses line the city's busy roads, and businesses call us too. An employee injury, an incident in a restroom, or a death discovered when a business opens in the morning all need cleanup before staff or customers return to that space.

For a business, the questions are usually practical: Can we stay open? Which area has to be closed? What will we need for our records? We plan the work around opening hours where we can, keep the affected area closed off, and give you a written record. If your employees could be exposed to blood as part of their jobs, the OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Standard sets out employer duties, such as an exposure control plan and protective equipment. Our workplace biohazard cleanup page covers this in more detail.

Newer subdivisions and HOA rules

A lot of Murfreesboro's housing is recent, with homeowner associations that set rules on parking, trailers and containers. Most HOAs are understanding when a family explains that a cleanup is needed, but it helps to ask about vehicle parking before we arrive. Newer homes also tend to have wall-to-wall carpet over pad on a plywood or OSB subfloor. Fluids that soak through the pad can reach that subfloor, which is why we check below the surface and don't judge only by what shows at the surface.

How the trip from Nashville works

We have no office in Murfreesboro. The city is about 34 miles southeast of downtown Nashville along I-24, and that stretch of interstate can be slow at rush hour. When you call, we'll talk through what happened, then give you a realistic assessment time based on the road and our other work. We don't promise arrival times we can't keep.

If you'd like to start online, the Order Online page involves a $2,000 initial deposit. It isn't the final price, and paying it doesn't mean work starts within any set period. The final price comes from a written scope.

Rutherford County and next-door cities

For unincorporated areas and smaller communities, see our Rutherford County page. Nearby, we also have pages for Smyrna and La Vergne, which share the I-24 corridor.

Questions people ask