Investigation into Erwin plastics plant concludes no criminal actions related to employee flooding fatalities
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has concluded its inquiry into the East Tennessee Plastics factory, where six employees lost their lives in September due to the impacts of Hurricane Helen. They did not find any signs of criminal wrongdoing. Workers’ rights advocates, along with families of the deceased, allege that the plastic company’s practices in […]
Tennessee OSHA issues no citations for Erwin plastics plant where employees died in Helene flood
Floods in eastern Tennessee. (Photo: Brandon Hull/Governor’s Office) The Tennessee Workplace Safety Agency concluded that the East Tennessee Plastics Factory, where five employees died after the Hurricane Helen floods, had “exercised reasonable hard work” in firing employees that day. Tennessee’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (TOSHA) issued a report on the Impact Plastics Factory in […]
