No person shall, except for the purpose of saving life or relieving human suffering, interfere with, destroy, carry away or alter the position of any wreckage, articles or things at the scene of, or connected with a fatal accident until the Commissioner has commenced an investigation of the circumstances surrounding the fatality. This investigation shall commence within four hours after notification by the employer, provided however that the said time is within an operating shift.
N.J. Admin. Code § 12:185-6.2