Walking Horse Capital, Pencil City, County Seat
About 23,500 people live in Shelbyville, a little over 50 miles southeast of Nashville. The Duck River wraps around the city's southern and eastern sides, and US 231 and US 41A are the main routes in. Downtown centers on the Shelbyville Courthouse Square Historic District, with residential neighborhoods spreading out from it.
The city is known as the Walking Horse Capital of the World, home since 1939 of the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration in the days before Labor Day. It is also nicknamed the Pencil City for its writing-instrument industry. Manufacturing remains central, with auto-parts, writing-instrument, jewelry and food-processing plants here, and the Tennessee College of Applied Technology has a Shelbyville campus.
Where Biohazard Situations Arise in Shelbyville
Around the courthouse square, older buildings and homes have the plaster, wood and layered flooring that call for careful decisions after a fluid spill or a death. Neighborhoods farther out bring a wider mix of houses and rentals, where sewage backups, hoarding situations and drug residue between tenants are all possibilities.
The manufacturing and food-processing base adds workplace settings. A serious injury on a production floor or contamination in a break room needs a contained cleanup that respects coworkers and keeps other areas running. Event venues and shared buildings may also want disinfection when crowds gather.
- Older buildings in the Courthouse Square Historic District
- Residential neighborhoods and rental houses
- Manufacturing plants and a food-processing facility
- Public buildings and event venues, at the operator's request
How We Work in Bedford County
We are mobile and come from the Nashville area; there is no Shelbyville office. We cover all of Bedford County, including rural communities like Unionville about 10 miles north, and nearby towns such as Lynchburg and Tullahoma.
Start with a phone call. We will ask what happened, which spaces are affected, and whether police or the Bedford County medical examiner have released the property. Then we describe the scope before any work begins.
On the job, we set up containment, use protective equipment, remove contaminated materials, clean and apply EPA-registered disinfectants according to their labels. Waste is handled for appropriate disposal. Rebuilding, plumbing and pest control are outside our work, and we will tell you who to call. Insurance may help depending on your policy.
Services in Shelbyville
- Blood & Bodily Fluid Cleanup in Shelbyville — Older homes near Shelbyville's courthouse square have plaster and wood floors that need careful assessment after a blood spill.
- Unattended Death Cleanup in Shelbyville — After the Bedford County medical examiner releases a Shelbyville home, we clean discreetly, whether downtown or near the Duck River.
- Crime Scene Cleanup in Shelbyville — Shelbyville homes and courthouse-square businesses can be cleaned once police release the scene.
- Trauma Scene Cleanup in Shelbyville — Serious injuries at Shelbyville's manufacturing and food-processing plants call for contained, respectful trauma cleanup.
- Drug Residue Cleanup in Shelbyville — Rental houses in Shelbyville neighborhoods may need meth or fentanyl residue removed between tenants.
- Sharps & Needle Cleanup in Shelbyville — Landlords and businesses around Shelbyville's square and along US 231 can request needle sweeps.
- Homeless Encampment Cleanup in Shelbyville — Shelbyville landowners and agencies can authorize cleanup of vacated camp sites on their land.
- Hoarding Cleanup in Shelbyville — Hoarding cleanup in Shelbyville homes is paced around the occupant and the choices they make.
- Animal Waste & Rodent Cleanup in Shelbyville — Attics and crawlspaces in Shelbyville's older homes can collect rodent and bird droppings.
- Sewage Cleanup in Shelbyville — Sewage backups in Shelbyville homes and downtown businesses are cleaned and disinfected after repair.
- Infectious Disease Decontamination in Shelbyville — Plants, the technical college campus and offices in Shelbyville can book disinfection matched to the pathogen.
- Vehicle Biohazard Cleanup in Shelbyville — Personal and company vehicles in Shelbyville can be cleaned after contamination by fluids or residue.
- Commercial Biohazard Cleanup in Shelbyville — Shelbyville's manufacturers, food processor and square-side shops need cleanup timed around production and hours.
- Odor Removal & Deodorization in Shelbyville — Odor in an older Shelbyville building is solved by removing the source from porous plaster, wood or flooring.
- Disinfection & Sanitization in Shelbyville — Shelbyville event venues, offices and plants can schedule disinfection that follows label contact times.
Communities near Shelbyville
We also serve Unionville (10 mi), Christiana (15 mi), Lynchburg (15 mi), Tullahoma (16 mi), Chapel Hill (16 mi), and Rockvale (19 mi), and the rest of Bedford County.
Frequently asked questions
Can you work in an older building on the Shelbyville courthouse square?
Do you clean up after injuries at Shelbyville manufacturing plants?
Will you come to rural Bedford County beyond Shelbyville?
Local information on this page is drawn from public sources including the official municipal website and 2020 U.S. Census. We are a mobile service based in the Nashville area; we do not operate a branch office in Shelbyville.