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Six Impact Plastics employees died after taking refuge on the back of a semitruck trailer at PolyPipe USA in Erwin, Tennessee.

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

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

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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...

“Investigators with Tennessee OSHA worked closely with law enforcement and conducted witness interviews, reviewed surveillance footage, and spent time at the Impact Plastics site,” Chris ...