MAYFIELD, Ky. — Some employees who survived a tornado that leveled their candle factory are considering taking legal action against the company, according to an attorney who is representing some of the workers.
The move by several injured Mayfield Consumer Products employees comes after five workers told NBC News that as the twister was bearing down on the city Friday their supervisors warned they could be fired if they tried to flee.
Dec. 13, 202103:22
At least eight workers died, Kentucky officials have said.
In a press release, attorney Amos Jones, said he has been retained by several of the survivors.
One of workers Jones represents is 20-year-old Elijah Johnson, who told NBC News earlier that he was working in the back of the building when several employees wanting to head home walked in to speak with supervisors.
Johnson said he asked to leave and was told he'd be fired.
“They should have let us go that night,” said Johnson, who is suffering from groin, neck and back pains. “I feel like I need proper representation.”
Jones said he is not identifying the other workers who have retained his services. Jones is working with Lexington-based lawyer William Davis.
Dec. 14, 202101:17
McKayla Emery, 21, a candle factory worker who was severely injured when the tornado hit and suffered large burns across her...
Posts claiming that Vickrum Digwa, Henry Nowak’s killer, has been attacked in prison, have been shared more than a thousand times on social media. Some posts on Facebook and Instagram shared the cl...