TOSHA did not recommend any citations against Impact Plastics but did recommend taking steps to minimize the possibility of a similar event happening.

Several employees told Knox News plant management would not let them leave the facility until it was too late. Impact Plastics managers gave employees enough time to escape rising floodwaters from ...

The management of Impact Plastics acted reasonably and gave employees enough time to leave safely on the day Hurricane Helene struck the Tri-Cities, according to ...

Plastic pollution is a severe environmental issue, especially affecting our oceans. Each year, millions of tons of plastic ...

Attorneys representing families of the Impact Plastics employees and contractor who died strongly disagreed with the findings ...

ERWIN, Tenn. — A lawyer representing at least one of the families of an Impact Plastic employee who was killed in the floodwaters of the Nolichucky River after Hurricane Helene said they ...

TOSHA said the company "exercised reasonable diligence" on the day of the flooding and told employees to leave the work site before the flooding intensified.

“It was found that Impact Plastics, Inc. exercised reasonable diligence to dismiss employees and direct them to leave the site in this emergency situation,” the report concludes. “As the deaths of ...

The Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration (TOSHA) ruled that Impact Plastics Inc. is not responsible for the deaths of six factory workers who died on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, in the ...

In a craven attempt to shield the company from accountability, TOSHA concluded that the drowning deaths of six trapped ...

By 2021 annual production had roughly doubled, with the trade in plastics (and goods containing it) estimated to be worth ...

Impact Plastics managers gave employees enough time to escape rising floodwaters from Hurricane Helene on Sept. 27, according to the investigative report released April 2 by the Tennessee ...