Impact Plastics, Tennessee and Hurricane Helene
Tennessee investigating plastics factory after workers trapped by Hurricane Helene floods died, went missing
Surviving employees alleged Impact Plastics told them to be at work and released them too late to escape floodwaters; the company has said it did not threaten to fire anyone.
2 dead, several missing from Impact Plastics facility after Helene floods Erwin, Tennessee
A devastating flood struck an East Tennessee plastics manufacturing plant during Hurricane Helene, resulting in multiple employees being missing or deceased.
Plastics company was slow to dismiss workers during Helene flooding, causing deaths, employee says
At least two of those employees were killed. Another six, and a contractor, are still missing, according to Impact Plastics.
Helene floodwaters trapped Tennessee plastics plant employees, and some are among the missing and dead
Family members say some of their loved ones didn't get word that they could leave, but the plant, Impact Plastics, denies it threatened to fire anyone who left.
11 Tennessee factory workers swept away in Helene floodwaters, company responds to evacuation decision
Workers from a Tennessee factory say they should not have been at work the day Hurricane Helene caused flash flooding in the area, as some did not make it home.
Hurricane Helene swept away 11 Tennessee factory workers, only 5 were rescued
The raging floodwaters swept 11 people away, and only five were rescued. Two of them are confirmed dead and part of the death toll across the affected states that passed 150 Tuesday.
Tennessee investigating plastics factory after several workers trapped by Helene floodwaters died
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said Wednesday it is looking into allegations against an Erwin plastics factory where several workers died after they were swept away by floodwaters from Hurricane Helene and some were still missing.
TBI investigating allegations involving Impact Plastics in Erwin following deadly flooding
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is investigating allegations involving Impact Plastics in Erwin following the recent ...
DA: TBI investigating Impact Plastics flood response
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) will investigate allegations involving Erwin-based Impact Plastics’ leadership’s ...
‘They told me ‘no’’ | Impact Plastics employee says company could have saved lives in Unicoi County
A plastics factory in Unicoi County is under fire after some employees were trapped and killed there during flooding brought ...
This long-haul trucker from Humble, Texas, became a hero amid floods in Erwin, Tennessee
Impact Plastics employees sought refuge on top of his semitruck: 'God put me in the right place at the right time' ...
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Where is Erwin, Tennessee? What happened there when Hurricane Helene's remains reached it?
Erwin, Tennessee is amongst the list of cities crippled by the ... At least one woman died after a group of Impact ...