The owner was at home, and repeatedly refused to let his employees leave. The last call to the owner took ten minutes more until he agreed to let them leave. Lawsuit and criminal negligence would be apropos.
Why does the owner have any control over them leaving ? They are not slaves...last time we had a tornado siren at work my boss called to see if I went to the muster point/shelter....I was like yeah, NO! I'm halfway home boss, going to check on my family see you tomorrow. He said ok be safe man...I moved my wife and daughter to a safer structure 10 minutes b4 the tornado passed 1 mile west of our house. Take care of what's really important and let Nothing stop you. They let these clowns have that power and it cost them everything. That is the biggest tragedy, the mindset that let themselves be dictated.
@@metalzhenry This is the worst victim-blaming I've heard in quite some time. Some people do not have the means to just...not go in to work, even in bad weather, because that one day of missed work (or being fired) is one day closer to being unable to afford that month's rent for their families. Risking it all on what, at the time, was still a "maybe"? In this economy? Not everyone can do that. So ALL of the blame should absolutely be on the owners. Not only for this negligence, but for the fact that they didn't tell them to say home in the first place AND also didn't pay their workers enough overall to be able to stay home - no matter what the company dictated.
@@metalzhenry Wow, what an "if you had a gun to the head" commentary. What a nice boss YOU had. Beyond having a responsible boss, you had the wherewithal in a situation that allowed you to follow your priorities. These workers had none of that. Bottom line, the employer has the responsibility for employee safety, including hazardous weather. And I agree with @sharpest... about the work circumstances. You, sir, had it easy. PS Speaking of employer responsibilities, wouldn't blame your boss for firing you for not following company emergency procedures - you put everyone else at risk trying to figure out where you went and what you did.
Impact plastics senior management obviously had some really dumb management at this plant, and I hope they and their insurance carrier pays out millions for their negligence.
I don’t think your insurance pays when you commit a crime, but I’m not sure. If the employees had life insurance, of course that gets paid out, but as far as liability insurance for the company? I think the management and owners are on their own for that.
They didn't keep them. When the power went out, that was when they were told to go home. But by that time, the parking lot and the service road leading to the plant were already under water. Some people in four wheel drive vehicles rammed through the fence along the Interstate and got out that way. People without four wheel drive vehicles had no way to drive out. Some of them broke through a back fence and walked out on the railroad tracks. Others took refuge on a flatbed truck in the parking lot. It didn't go well for the people on the flatbed. But yeah, they should have all been out of there long before that happened.
People died to try and keep a job which never gave a crap about them. Heck, their positions are probably already filled. Your job does not care about you
This is American culture... ALL ABOUT THE MONEY💰! This company and ALL companies should proactively do a few simple things: have at least 1 competent person monitoring the storm 24/7 to understand the severity, practice flood drills UPON HIRING, that way employees know EXACTLY what to do during severe storms, have an EMERGENCY MEETING AREA ON HIGHER GROUND(THE ROOF when possible), determine ahead of time if allowing the employees to stay home for 2-3 days is the best idea. If the storm is a dud, then call mandatory overtime within 1 week to make up lost money and working hours. This is a great case study in profits over empathy; this shows how America has a lack of compassion and smart thinking. This is not just some company in Tennessee, it's emblematic of America, a nation full of greedy, selfish, thugs!
ANYONE here who has worked. You know that the Jobsite has a Duty to Ensure that All Employee's Leave. Emergency Protocols required by Local and State Laws as well as Company Policy needs to be followed. And You DONT have Employee's come to work when No Power is going to be available.
Unfortunately as much as they should, they have no case. Edit: North Carolina is a right to work state. They can fire you for any reason or no reason as long as it doesn't violate civil rights act or protected classes. No one in North Carolina expected it to be anywhere near as bad as it was. They expected some flooding, but no one had any idea the river would overflow by 30 ft. The state has literally never seen flooding like this since white people have been in North America. Residents only had a few minutes to react, because by the time people knew it was happening, it was too late. Impact cosmetics was not the only business that had employees working that day. Impact Cosmetics has absolutely no reasonable expectations for things ending up this bad. By the time they knew the extent of the flooding, they told their employees to go home, but it was already too late, same as it was too late for the hundreds of other people who were swept away from their homes.
Oh yes they do ! That company was fully aware of the situation and they intentionally put their employees in harms way. Employers are responsible for the health and safety of their employees, including protecting them from anticipated hazards during natural disasters.
If your boss doesn't tell you to run for your life and shows no empathy when a situation arises, then do what you know is right and you need to do! Don't wait for people. People are flawed. I'm so sorry they were not supported and people are dead now. How sad. How tragic.
Somebody is going to lose a lot of money! Wow! The evil that comes through tragedy! Need a lot of lawyers to start making their way to NC. These people are hurting bad and money doesn't replace the last but hopefully it provides a little solace knowing those responsible have paid, even it's a high amount. They should have known better.
This just brings backs memories of Katrina. I was told to report to work the day before the hurricane or I would loose my job. I almost did not make it out. Greed Cost. The fear of not having a job to support your family from these Creedy no good owners cost the everyday people so much with lost of life and grief.
Nobody wants to see a situation like this become politicized, so I'll leave that to others who are bound to disagree. However, this is an appropriate time to remind folks that "job-killing" regulations might also be called "life-saving" to some. God bless you all. Each and every one.
This Company was irresponsible and should be held responsible for the deaths. They are trying to avoid their responsibility for the deaths and damages of their employees cars.
It's sad most companies don't give a darn about their employees... The building sits at a river bank, no one should have been at work. The company should have been closed due to the connections until further notice... They're close now... The company will never acknowledge negligence and responsibility... They didn't even call a rescue team for their employees nor provide transportation... GREED
This is just stupidity - that area was warned over and over about devastating flooding that day - nobody should have been at work in the first place. I definitely would not have gone to work that day at all.
This is criminal behavior . When there is an existing warning ,such grave danger for the community and locals are told to proceed with evacuation immediately and a business ain t taking that serious, for the well being, security of its employee , the owner as to take responsibility for his non action and be brought to Justice for its deadly decision that took the life of these precious love ones. No one should have to live in such fear ,afraid aswell to lose their job position ,no one should be submissive to these selfish business enterprises owner. if you feel trap, you need to look around for better opportunities with safer work conditions. Know your rights !
I hate to say this but by not leaving may have saved their lives. Granted people died and are missing, and the blood of these people are on the owner's hands. In this situation is a catch 22, if you leave you could pass on and if you do not you could live or die. It would have been your decision not some pompous egotistical donkey.
LORD JESUS, i know YOU see and heard what was done here...They worked beside the River LORD, They were warned JESUS of the dangers. ALMIGHTY GOD, they not released to get to safety without being threatened OBVIOUSLY. Lord theres just times when you want a SWIFT JUSTICE. IN JESUS NAME
That's easier said than done. When your livelihood depends on not losing your job, you can't just up and leave every time a hurricane is coming. You can't know until after the storm passes whether you should have left or not.
@@itwasaliensthere are plenty of jobs in our area that pays as much or more than they do I promise you that. If I'm next to a river and I see the slightest amount of water in the parking and the radar shows no end in sight, se ya bye, job be damned.
QUIT your BS! You know damn well the THOUSANDS of square miles that got impacted by this hurricane and flooding. Maybe you should go volunteer and throw out some paper towels, so you can feel like you actually did something, just like your cult leader.
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Keep speaking out. I'm so proud of the survivors for being brave and telling the truth.
So Sad. My heart goes out to these people. What they have to live with. Shame on this company. GREED.
The owner was at home, and repeatedly refused to let his employees leave. The last call to the owner took ten minutes more until he agreed to let them leave. Lawsuit and criminal negligence would be apropos.
😮 Those poor people.
Why does the owner have any control over them leaving ? They are not slaves...last time we had a tornado siren at work my boss called to see if I went to the muster point/shelter....I was like yeah, NO! I'm halfway home boss, going to check on my family see you tomorrow. He said ok be safe man...I moved my wife and daughter to a safer structure 10 minutes b4 the tornado passed 1 mile west of our house. Take care of what's really important and let Nothing stop you. They let these clowns have that power and it cost them everything. That is the biggest tragedy, the mindset that let themselves be dictated.
@@metalzhenry This is the worst victim-blaming I've heard in quite some time. Some people do not have the means to just...not go in to work, even in bad weather, because that one day of missed work (or being fired) is one day closer to being unable to afford that month's rent for their families. Risking it all on what, at the time, was still a "maybe"? In this economy? Not everyone can do that. So ALL of the blame should absolutely be on the owners. Not only for this negligence, but for the fact that they didn't tell them to say home in the first place AND also didn't pay their workers enough overall to be able to stay home - no matter what the company dictated.
@@metalzhenry Wow, what an "if you had a gun to the head" commentary. What a nice boss YOU had. Beyond having a responsible boss, you had the wherewithal in a situation that allowed you to follow your priorities. These workers had none of that. Bottom line, the employer has the responsibility for employee safety, including hazardous weather. And I agree with @sharpest... about the work circumstances. You, sir, had it easy. PS Speaking of employer responsibilities, wouldn't blame your boss for firing you for not following company emergency procedures - you put everyone else at risk trying to figure out where you went and what you did.
Do I live or do I die? Let me ask my boss.
That company is in big trouble 😳
Impact plastics senior management obviously had some really dumb management at this plant, and I hope they and their insurance carrier pays out millions for their negligence.
Criminal negligence
And prison time
I don’t think your insurance pays when you commit a crime, but I’m not sure. If the employees had life insurance, of course that gets paid out, but as far as liability insurance for the company? I think the management and owners are on their own for that.
Insurance will not pay in criminal negligence.@@ghewins
Greed!! I’m a truck driver, I’ve delivered there before and those workers are obviously mistreated and work in tough conditions.
Why the hell would they keep them without power????
Profits are more important than human lives to companies like this.
Exactly! He probably made himself unavailable to his employees and they didn't know how to reach him since he's such a jerk
In case it comes back on!
They didn't keep them. When the power went out, that was when they were told to go home. But by that time, the parking lot and the service road leading to the plant were already under water. Some people in four wheel drive vehicles rammed through the fence along the Interstate and got out that way. People without four wheel drive vehicles had no way to drive out. Some of them broke through a back fence and walked out on the railroad tracks. Others took refuge on a flatbed truck in the parking lot. It didn't go well for the people on the flatbed. But yeah, they should have all been out of there long before that happened.
People died to try and keep a job which never gave a crap about them.
Heck, their positions are probably already filled.
Your job does not care about you
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No those doors will never open again
Probably already replaced by more migrants who can't speak English...
Wow! The meteorologists were warning for days this would be a storm of the century. There was no reason for them to be at work - next to a river. 😢
Family's of these people need to sue.
This is American culture... ALL ABOUT THE MONEY💰! This company and ALL companies should proactively do a few simple things: have at least 1 competent person monitoring the storm 24/7 to understand the severity, practice flood drills UPON HIRING, that way employees know EXACTLY what to do during severe storms, have an EMERGENCY MEETING AREA ON HIGHER GROUND(THE ROOF when possible), determine ahead of time if allowing the employees to stay home for 2-3 days is the best idea.
If the storm is a dud, then call mandatory overtime within 1 week to make up lost money and working hours.
This is a great case study in profits over empathy; this shows how America has a lack of compassion and smart thinking. This is not just some company in Tennessee, it's emblematic of America, a nation full of greedy, selfish, thugs!
Employee ownership wouldn't have risksd the lives of those workers.
ANYONE here who has worked. You know that the Jobsite has a Duty to Ensure that All Employee's Leave. Emergency Protocols required by Local and State Laws as well as Company Policy needs to be followed. And You DONT have Employee's come to work when No Power is going to be available.
Especially in emergency with flooding and with the rivers overflowing the owner and management pretty much murdered their workers
Impact lawsuit!!! Coming!!
Unfortunately as much as they should, they have no case.
Edit: North Carolina is a right to work state. They can fire you for any reason or no reason as long as it doesn't violate civil rights act or protected classes.
No one in North Carolina expected it to be anywhere near as bad as it was. They expected some flooding, but no one had any idea the river would overflow by 30 ft. The state has literally never seen flooding like this since white people have been in North America.
Residents only had a few minutes to react, because by the time people knew it was happening, it was too late.
Impact cosmetics was not the only business that had employees working that day.
Impact Cosmetics has absolutely no reasonable expectations for things ending up this bad. By the time they knew the extent of the flooding, they told their employees to go home, but it was already too late, same as it was too late for the hundreds of other people who were swept away from their homes.
Oh yes they do ! That company was fully aware of the situation and they intentionally put their employees in harms way. Employers are responsible for the health and safety of their employees, including protecting them from anticipated hazards during natural disasters.
@@itwasalienswhat?
@@DC-kz6ubin other words they're liable
@@itwasaliens no case my ass.
If your boss doesn't tell you to run for your life and shows no empathy when a situation arises, then do what you know is right and you need to do! Don't wait for people. People are flawed. I'm so sorry they were not supported and people are dead now. How sad. How tragic.
Employer made bad judgement requiring employees to work that day. The employer should have helped evacuate their employees. Notice management got out.
Gross negligence. Sadly the lawsuits will probably put the company out of business and leave the rest looking for other jobs.
Somebody is going to lose a lot of money! Wow! The evil that comes through tragedy! Need a lot of lawyers to start making their way to NC. These people are hurting bad and money doesn't replace the last but hopefully it provides a little solace knowing those responsible have paid, even it's a high amount. They should have known better.
This is in Erwin, Tennessee
This just brings backs memories of Katrina. I was told to report to work the day before the hurricane or I would loose my job. I almost did not make it out. Greed Cost. The fear of not having a job to support your family from these Creedy no good owners cost the everyday people so much with lost of life and grief.
SUE THEM!! Sue them into bankruptcy!!
Those supervisors should be how criminally liable
Nobody wants to see a situation like this become politicized, so I'll leave that to others who are bound to disagree.
However, this is an appropriate time to remind folks that "job-killing" regulations might also be called "life-saving" to some.
God bless you all. Each and every one.
The owner stayed at home!
There is a karma for the owner.
This Company was irresponsible and should be held responsible for the deaths. They are trying to avoid their responsibility for the deaths and damages of their employees cars.
Maybe they should UNIONIZE to have rights that protect them from this kind of stuff. The company does not care about you, you are disposable.
FIRST HAND EXAMPLE OF PURE GREED,, MONEY OVER SAFETY...... COMPANY FIRST..... EMPLOYEES LAST....
Hope every one of those employees sues that company for every penny.
A company with NO common sense and nothing but greed. Let this company go bankrupt.
That is terrible.
Bad decisions by unqualified people led to deaths.
They should have just left, That company should be checked that has to be an extreme violation
They don't deserve to own a business after this.
Management should have evacuated that place before they themselves left.
A wicked company the owner don't deserve to owe this company.
There was no power in the plant. What work could they do? Crazy
I have a feeling Impact Plastics is over. Owner seems cold through all of this.
Should have been closed down hours earlier. Total bs.
Let me have the facility.
Psychopathic boss, or just dumb? Maybe both.
What happens now is, they file for bankruptcy to avoid having to pay beyond their insurance policy.
This is so terrible it’s murder in my opinion
✝️🙏
People died because of the bosses greed 🤬
It's sad most companies don't give a darn about their employees...
The building sits at a river bank, no one should have been at work. The company should have been closed due to the connections until further notice...
They're close now...
The company will never acknowledge negligence and responsibility...
They didn't even call a rescue team for their employees nor provide transportation...
GREED
But won’t anyone think about the shareholders? *sarcasm*
At 1:35 , What a beautiful woman. 😢
This is just stupidity - that area was warned over and over about devastating flooding that day - nobody should have been at work in the first place. I definitely would not have gone to work that day at all.
Tell the military I have an idea. 😏
I wouldn't need permission to leave.
Sue the pants off the greedy company.
Wow!
Your Body My Choice.
This is criminal behavior . When there is an existing warning ,such grave danger for the community and locals are told to proceed with evacuation immediately and a business ain t taking that serious, for the well being, security of its employee , the owner as to take responsibility for his non action and be brought to Justice for its deadly decision that took the life of these precious love ones. No one should have to live in such fear ,afraid aswell to lose their job position ,no one should be submissive to these selfish business enterprises owner. if you feel trap, you need to look around for better opportunities with safer work conditions. Know your rights !
The owner should have said “ do whatever you think you should do, stay or leave, because now he looks bad to the world.
Terrible company
If the power is gone they should be let go
I'd say I don't quit but if you fire me I guess I don't have a job and I used to work there
I hate to say this but by not leaving may have saved their lives. Granted people died and are missing, and the blood of these people are on the owner's hands. In this situation is a catch 22, if you leave you could pass on and if you do not you could live or die. It would have been your decision not some pompous egotistical donkey.
Oh no im about to die, let me get permission from someone to see if i can save my life. I hope the tell me its ok for me to save my own life.
When you NEED a job, you feel like you have no choice!!! It’s not the employees fault! Your comment is HEARTLESS and pathetic!
That is absolutely bullshit.
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LORD JESUS, i know YOU see and heard what was done here...They worked beside the River LORD, They were warned JESUS of the dangers. ALMIGHTY GOD, they not released to get to safety without being threatened OBVIOUSLY. Lord theres just times when you want a SWIFT JUSTICE. IN JESUS NAME
Sorry, if you feel unsafe, leave.
That's easier said than done. When your livelihood depends on not losing your job, you can't just up and leave every time a hurricane is coming.
You can't know until after the storm passes whether you should have left or not.
@@itwasaliensthere are plenty of jobs in our area that pays as much or more than they do I promise you that. If I'm next to a river and I see the slightest amount of water in the parking and the radar shows no end in sight, se ya bye, job be damned.
All companys care about is the bottom dollar domt let any of them trick you into thinking otherwise 😂
😢😢😢😢
Bs company
Just say dogs yo.
My question ❓ is why is Fema and the government not helping fast enough as they did with all the migrants that came into the country.
QUIT your BS! You know damn well the THOUSANDS of square miles that got impacted by this hurricane and flooding. Maybe you should go volunteer and throw out some paper towels, so you can feel like you actually did something, just like your cult leader.
Just stop with the migrant thing already. Why don’t you go and help instead of running your mouth.