Tennessee, Impact Plastics
Tennessee has not received a report that Impact Plastics employees died on the job. Why?
"To our knowledge, no one perished while on company property," said Gerald O’Connor, founder and president of Impact Plastics in Erwin, Tennessee.
Authorities investigating Impact Plastics in Tennessee after workers died in flooding
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is looking into claims denied by Impact Plastics that managers did not let workers leave. Six were swept away.
Tennessee authorities investigating Impact Plastics after flooding swept away 11 of its factory workers
Tennessee state authorities are investigating the company that owns a plastics factory where 11 workers were swept away by cataclysmic flooding unleashed by Hurricane Helene.
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.
How two factories near Impact Plastics in Erwin made sure their employees survived deadly flood
I dug a road into the railroad bank. … I made everybody hit their gas and don’t stop,” said Ron Kell, manager of the Old Hickory Buildings factory.
Fifth employee of Impact Plastics killed in Erwin flood identified. One is still missing
Barnett worked as a custodian at Impact Plastics and was one of the employees stuck on a flatbed semitruck when it overturned Sept. 27.
Bodies of five Impact Plastics employees recovered
Five bodies of six missing Impact Plastics employees have been recovered, Unicoi County Emergency Management Director Jimmy Erwin announced Monday. Erwin said that all families have been notified but officials declined to release names.
Tennessee is investigating a plastics factory after Helene swept away its workers. Here’s what we know
The families of the 11 Tennessee plastics plant workers swept away by Hurricane Helene’s deadly floodwaters are demanding ...
Tennessee plastics factory target of investigation after reports Helene floodwaters trapped workers, led to deaths
Tennessee officials are investigating the company that operates a plastics factory following a tragic incident where ...
Did Tennessee’s Impact Plastics Factory Ignore Hurricane Helene Warnings? What To Know As State Investigates.
Eleven employees of Tennessee’s Impact Plastics were swept away by Hurricane Helene’s flooding—two have been confirmed dead ...
Impact Plastics faces backlash as families claim negligence led to tragedy
ERWIN, Va. (WCYB) — Six employees from Impact Plastics are confirmed missing or dead by the Tennessee Department of Health ...
At a Tennessee Plastics Plant, Sorrow and Uncertainty in Helene’s Wake
More than a week after workers fled flooding outside their factory, much remains unclear, including how many died.
Battered community mourns plastics factory workers swept away by Helene in Tennessee
"We are going to prove to our region, to our state and to our nation, how strong a people we are," Erwin, Tennessee, Mayor ...