Tennessee officials announced Wednesday that they are investigating allegations involving Impact Plastics after company employees were reportedly swept away last week by Hurricane Helene floodwaters.
The Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration (TOSHA) is investigating reports of 11 employees at Impact Plastics in Erwin, Tennessee, being swept away by flash flooding from Helene in Unicoi County, according to a TOSHA statement.
The allegations involve whether managers at Impact Plastics failed to promptly send employees home as water rapidly rose in a low-lying Erwin industrial park. There are concerns from other company employees that their colleagues may have been told they weren’t free to leave or were specifically forbidden from leaving until it was too late…