Impact Plastics employees claim warnings were too late amid fatal flooding
We shouldn’t have worked, we shouldn’t have been there. none of us should’ve been there and that’s what I would say to them.
Impact Plastics employee recalls being forced to stay, said owners are lying
A man employed by Impact Plastics claims he and his coworkers were told to stay at the facility as the area began to flood.  Robert Jarvis said he tried to get permission to
Parking lot of Impact Plastics fills with Helene floodwaters
Parking lot of Impact Plastics filled with Helene floodwaters.Source: Robert Jarvis An investigation is underway into allegations by workers at the plant who say they were told to keep working until it was too late.
TBI investigating Impact Plastics in Erwin after multiple employees died in flooding
At least two women who worked at the plant died and at least three are missing. Employees allege they weren't allowed to leave as floodwaters rose.
‘It was already too late’ | Family of missing Impact Plastics employee wants closure and accountability
Families of Impact Plastics workers are still waiting for word on their loved ones. Some were trapped at the plastics facility in Unicoi County and many still haven’t been found. The company is also facing backlash for how employees said it handled Friday’s heavy flooding.
Tennessee plastics factory employee recounts narrow escape through floodwater
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 cellphone. But at that time, she said no supervisor informed employees they were free to leave.
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.
Impact Plastics employee recounts narrow escape through floodwater
"We were all talking to the supervisors and telling everybody, 'Look, we don't need to be here,'" Adkins recalled.
'Why did you make us work?': Impact Plastics employee recalls Helene flood that killed coworkers
Among the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene and the countless stories of loss and hardship, one particular tragedy is under investigation after the deaths of several workers at a plastics company in East Tennessee.
Father of Unicoi County football player among Impact Plastics employee deaths
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Impact Plastics CEO releases video statement
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Impact Plastics did not notify TOSHA of workers’ deaths, report says
As of Wednesday night, TOSHA’s Chief Communication Officer Chris Cannon said Impact Plastics had yet to notify them of the ...
Impact Plastics CEO releases preliminary review, video
Gerald O’Connor, President and CEO of Impact Plastics, released a preliminary internal review of events and timelines on Thursday night related to the Sept. 27 flood at ...
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"Why'd you make us work that day? Why?," Robert Jarvis tearfully asked. Impact Plastics denies its workers' allegations.
"Why'd you make us work that day? Why?," Robert Jarvis tearfully asked. Impact Plastics denies its workers' allegations.
‘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 ...
11 workers at a Tennessee factory were swept away in Hurricane Helene flooding. Only 5 were rescued
Workers inside a plastics factory in Tennessee say they narrowly escaped after flooding from Hurricane Helene.