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MACY'S WAREHOUSE COMPLAINT
NOTIFIED BY CT ST DPH,PAMELA KIRBY-FOX 860-509-7660 OR CELL 860-637-
2644, ON TUESDAY,NOVEMBER 23,2010, OF COMPLAINT MADE TO CT ST
REP JOAN LEWIS BY MARK BRADWELL,ALLEGED EMPLOYEE AT MACY'S
WAREHOUSE IN SOUTH WINDSOR, CT. CONTACT FOR MS LEWIS IS BARRY
HUBBARD, 860-240-0089.
COMPLAINT INVOLVED MACY'S RECEIVING A SHIPMENT OF"NEW'
MATTRESSES INFESTED WITH BEDBUGS AT THEIR SOUTH WINDSOR
WAREHOUSE.
ON FURTHER INQUIRY A SIMILAR COMPLAINT WAS RECEIVED BY OUR
PART-TIME SANITARIAN ROBERT DEPTULA WHO DISMISSED THE ISSUE OF
"NEW"MATTRESSES WITH BEDBUGS AS ANOTHER DISGRUNTLED
EMPLOYEE COMPLAINT, WHICH ARE RECEIVED ALL TOO OFTEN BY OUR
DEPARTMENT.
AFTER MANY CALLS JUANITA AT MACY'S HUMAN SERVICES 860-282-3088
WAS THE ONLY PERSON ANSWERING ANY CALLS AT THE WAREHOUSE
NUMBERS AND SHE PUT ME IN CONTACT WITH ALLEN BEAULIEU THE
MANAGER AT THE WAREHOUSE 860-282-3006.
MR BEAULIEU STATED THAT THE WAREHOUSE DOES NOT HANDLE
MATTRESSES AND HAS NO MATTRESSES ON THE PREMISE.HE STATED
RARELY A DISPLAY MATTRESS WOULD COME THROUGH BUT THAT WAS
NOT THE CASE FOR AT LEAST THE PAST SIX MONTHS.NEITHER DO THEY
HAVE ANY TRUCKS THAT CARRY MATTRESSES TO THE STORE.
I REQUEST SUPPORT MATERIALS AND THE FOLLOWING WERE SUGGESTED:
1. REBECCA FOREMAN FROM THE DPH SENT INFO ON BEDBUG DETECTION
AND ELIMINATION,I.E.HEAT OR STEAM TREATMENT OF MATTRESSES.
2. IT WAS SUGGESTED MANCHESTER DOH HAD COMPLETED BEDBUG
TRAINING AND COULD SUPPORT OUR INVESTIGATION.
3. DOG DETECTION WAS AVAILABLE AFTER A VISUAL INSPECTION BY
QUEST PEST CONTROL, CHARLES MASTROBERTI 860-490-5186,IF
APPROPRIATE.
HOWEVER,BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF ANY MATTRESSES,NEW OR
OTHERWISE,FURTHER INVESTIGATION WAS PUT ON HOLD PENDING
CLARIFICATION OF THE COMPLAINT. BARRY HUBBARD WAS NOTIFIED
AND AGREED AND PAMELA KIRBY-FOX WAS NOTIFIED LATE TUESDAY
NIGHT.
COMPLETED BY...GERALD L SCHWARTZ MD,DIRECTOR OF HEALTH