Tennessee OSHA issues no citations for Erwin plastics plant where employees died in Helene flood • Tennessee Lookout

Tennessee OSHA issues no citations for Erwin plastics plant where employees died in Helene flood • Tennessee Lookout

Flood waters in East Tennessee. (Photo: Brandon Hull/Office of the Governor)Tennessee’s workplace safety agency concluded that an East Tennessee plastics plant where five employees died after being swept away by Hurricane Helene floodwaters “exercised reasonable diligence” in dismissing employees that day. The Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration (TOSHA) issued its report on the Impact Plastics plant in Erwin, Tennessee on Apr…