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Impact Plastics Owner Will Not Face Charges For Hurricane-Related Employee Deaths

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TBI investigation of Erwin plastics plant finds no criminal wrongdoing in employee flooding deaths

The Rocky Broad River flows into Lake Lure and overflows the town with debris from Chimney Rock, North Carolina, after heavy rains from Hurricane Helene on Sept. 28, 2024, in Lake Lure, North Carolina. Approximately 6 feet of debris piled on the bridge from Lake Lure to Chimney Rock, blocking access. (Photo by Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images)The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation found “no evidence of criminal wrongdoing” on the part of an East …

Owner of the Tennessee factory where workers drowned after Hurricane Helene won't face charges - OHS Canada Magazine

FILE – Debris lays in front of Impact Plastics Inc. in Erwin, Tenn., Nov. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File) By Travis Loller and Jonathan Mattise The owner of a factory where six workers died last year in flooding from Hurricane Helene won’t face charges after a Tennessee Bureau of Investigation found no criminal wrongdoing. First Judicial District Attorney General Steven Finney announced the decision to close the case on Friday, sayin…

No charges for Tennessee factory owner after workers drowned during Hurricane Helene

The owner of a factory where six workers died last year in flooding from Hurricane Helene won't face charges after the TBI in found no criminal wrongdoing

TBI investigation of Erwin plastics plant finds no criminal wrongdoing in employee flooding deaths - Elizabethton Star

By Cassandra Stephenson Tennessee Lookout The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation found “no evidence of criminal wrongdoing” on the part of an East Tennessee plastics plant where six employees died in September floodwaters brought by Hurricane Helene. Workers’ rights advocacy groups and family members of those killed on Sept. 27, 2024, have alleged that Impact Plastics in Erwin, Tennessee kept employees on the job site even as flash flood warnings…

Six Feet of Sand, No Playbook

After Hurricane Helene rewrote the landscape, a Tennessee research team is building a first-of-its-kind recovery guide to help plants grow again — one failed field at a time. When Hurricane Helene ripped through Upper East Tennessee, it didn’t just knock down trees and flatten fences — it changed the land. Entire pastures were buried. Fields became ghost versions of themselves, their topsoil hidden beneath six feet of sand and silt. The river ha…