A whistleblower whose information led to a stop-work order last year at Silfab Solar undermined the company before he was fired last year, according to a court filing Friday from the Fort Mill company. And he wouldn’t have been hired at all if the company knew his employment history, according to Silfab.
That filing is part of Silfab’s “widespread media defamatory character attacks” against the whistleblower, his attorney stated in a separate filing Friday.
Friday’s back-and-forth is the latest in a legal case related to the controversial Canadian solar panel manufacturer at 7149 Logistics Lane in Fort Mill. Protests have been common at public meetings the past three years, centered on whether Silfab should be allowed to use hazardous chemical near schools and homes.
That outcry intensified in March when reports of two chemical releases at Silfab prompted a state investigation and closed Flint Hill Elementary School for two days. Those spills didn’t cause injuries and weren’t a public health threat, according to public officials.
A year ago, former quality control technician Jason Rhoades filed a lawsuit against Silfab Solar claiming he was fired in retaliation for reporting unsafe working conditions. Silfab has denied that claim in court filings.
In June 2025, Rhoades advised his supervisor and the company director of operations that employees were working in the plant without an occupancy permit, the whistleblower’s filing last summer claims. He also claimed machinery...
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