Any landlord, business owner or operator of a public facility should exercise wise discretion in responding to an incident where a tenant, employee or any individual takes the tragic step of ending their own life on his or her property. It is highly recommended that one retain a suicide clean up company for the purposes of environmental reclamation.  Chosing one with proper experience will allow them to guide you through the myriad of difficulties you are about to encounter with mourners, co-workers, roommates, friends and acquaintances of the deceased.

A recent case in Marietta underscores the multiple roles of a professional suicide clean up company. A father of a soon-to-graduate from high school had been barred from visitation with his younger child (and daughter) that was only twelve years old. The grief and melancholy that engulfed the man pushed him to consider options he previously would have spurned out of hand. Just one week before his son’s scheduled graduation, he went to his place of employment, locked himself in a supply room and shot himself with a shotgun.

The suicide clean up company met several roles in their response. They advised the company on how to handle their communications and OSHA responsibilities with their employees.  They could advise when the affected site could be safely reopened.  They assisted the company with moving operations to a new area.  They worked with the local coroner’s office concerning removal of the corpse from the premises.  They identified what parts of his remains and what other substances affected by the shotgun blast needed removal.  They advised the grieving widow of their intention to handle the disposition of his remains fully and the lack of necessity, on her part, to worry about that matter. Utilizing the expertise they have gained from conducting homicide scene cleanings, death scene cleanings, trauma scene cleanings and accident scene cleanings, they completely remediated the affected area removing blood droplets and organic tissue as well as other chemicals disbursed by the gunfire.  They applied the most advanced cleaning solutions and checked the ventilation system to ensure that no hazardous particulates might have ventured in to other parts of the facility.  More importantly, they removed the need for the grieving family to have to worry about this aspect of the tragedy, granting them an opportunity to try to appreciate the son’s graduation.

This information was originally published as part of the Crime Scene Cleanup blog at http://www.advancedbio-treatment.com/blog.

For more information about our suicide scene remediation services, contact Advanced Bio-Treatment toll free at 800-860-4268.