2 dead, several missing from Impact Plastics facility
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.
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.
Impact Plastics of Erwin expresses sympathy to families of missing or perished employees
The senior management team of Impact Plastics, Inc. (“Impact Plastics”) of Erwin expresses sympathy for the missing and deceased employees and one contractor during the historic and devastating floods at its facility on Friday,
Impact Plastics addresses ‘missing and deceased employees’ after floods
A plastics manufacturer in Unicoi County expressed sympathy after several employees went missing or died amid catastrophic flooding. Impact Plastics issued a press release on Monday stating that the company “expresses sympathy for the missing and deceased employees and one contractor during the historic and devastating floods at its facility on
Impact Plastics in Erwin says some employees are dead or missing after flood
The company stated that when water began to cover the parking lot and the adjacent service road and the plant lost power, employees were dismissed to go home.
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 Nolichucky River raged through eastern Tennessee.
Tennessee factory employees clung to semitruck before Helene floodwaters swept them away
The harrowing incident happened at the same time as the Unicoi County Hospital helicopter rescue, just a mile south.
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Factory employees clung desperately to a truck before Helene floodwaters swept them away
A group of factory workers tried in vain to escape the raging Nolichucky River in Erwin, Tennessee, even as a dramatic rescue ...
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Impact Plastics employees among dead or missing from flash floods
Company officials said workers were dismissed after water covered the parking lot, service road and the plant lost power.
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2 dead, 5 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 ...