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 ...
Erwin man recalls how he survived after nearly being swept away by flooding at Impact Plastics
The worker said he only had 15 minutes from when he and his coworkers were told to leave the plant before floodwaters began ...
Impact Plastics employee recounts narrow escape through floodwater in Erwin
Impact Plastics employee Zinna Adkins stepped outside her workplace at 10:54 a.m. on Friday and captured water rising in the parking lot on her cell phone. But at that time, she said no supervisor ...
11 workers at a Tennessee factory were swept away in Hurricane Helene flooding as workers forced to wait until it was ‘too late’
As the rain from Hurricane Helene came down harder and harder, workers inside a plastics factory in rural Tennessee kept ...
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Six Impact Plastics employees reported dead following Helene floods
Some workers climbed onto a truck operated by neighboring company PolyPlastics USA, hanging onto plastic pipe as the ...
11 workers at a Tennessee factory were swept away in Hurricane Helene flooding. 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 ...
‘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 ...
Grief and anger mix as Tennessee plastic plant survivors say permission to leave came too late
While some families confirmed the deaths of their loved ones, others were still waiting for news of the missing, who were ...
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How a long-haul trucker from Humble, Texas, became a hero amid floods in Erwin, Tennessee
Employees of Impact Plastics have alleged, including in interviews with Knox ... The water in parts of the industrial park in Erwin were already ankle deep when Dorsey made his way to his red ...
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 ...
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Impact Plastics addresses ‘missing and deceased employees’ after floods
"We are devastated by the tragic loss of great employees,” Impact Plastics founder Gerald O'Connor said in the release.