Managers at a Tennessee plastic factory allegedly refused to allow employees to leave work during Hurricane Helene, resulting in the death of six workers after flooding from the hurricane hit the factory. The company then sent their families fast food gift cards as condolences.
An Impact Plastics factory in eastern Tennessee was badly hit by flooding on Sept. 27 as a result of Hurricane Helene, which tore through the southeast. One family who filed a lawsuit against Impact Plastics and its founder, Gerald O'Connor, states that the company "simply told employees to move their cars to higher ground" when they asked to leave as flooding worsened.
