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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Workers at an East Tennessee plastics company who died in flooding from last year's Hurricane Helene had time to evacuate, albeit by “makeshift routes,” according to an ...

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The Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration (TOSHA) ruled that Impact Plastics Inc. is not responsible for the deaths of six factory workers who died on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, in the ...

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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.

Tennessee’s workplace safety agency has absolved a plastics plant of responsibility in the deaths of six workers who were swept away by floodwaters from Hurricane Helene in September.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Workers at an East Tennessee plastics company who died in flooding from last year's Hurricane Helene had time to evacuate, albeit by “makeshift routes,” according to an ...