2 dead, several missing from Impact Plastics facility
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 to rapidly rise.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
Hurricane Helene floodwaters trapped Tennessee plastics plant employees. Some are among the missing, dead.
Families began learning the grim news Monday that their loved ones were among the workers who did not survive when floodwaters from Hurricane Helene trapped them at a eastern Tennessee plastics factory.
Employees still missing from East Tennessee plastics factory after Helene
Impact Plastics in Unicoi County come from a tight knit Mexican community. The families say they were told four bodies have been recovered and they’re waiting to hear who they are.
Impact Plastics: Some employees dead or missing
The senior management team of Impact Plastics in Erwin has issued a press release expressing sympathy for the missing and deceased employees and one contractor during the historic and devastating floods at its facility on Friday,
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Factory employees clung desperately to a truck before Helene floodwaters swept them away
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2 dead, 5 missing from Impact Plastics facility after Helene floods Erwin, Tennessee
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