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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
‘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 ...
Impact Plastics employee recounts narrow escape through flood waters
NORTHEAST TENNESSEE (WJHL) — Mark Nagi has seen a great deal of storm damage to roads and bridges in 13 years with the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT), but nothing could have prepared ...
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Former Myplas film recycling site to reopen with new owner
The Rogers facility, which attracted investment and support from companies along the plastics film recycling ... chief sustainability and global impact officer at General Mills, in a statement.
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Unicoi County families still searching for missing loved ones
Families of workers who reportedly went missing from the Impact Plastics facility the day of the storms came to Sunday morning’s briefing, making a desperate plea for their return. The families ...