UPDATE: Worker Killed at P&G Identified
By: Mark Hiller
Updated: March 26, 2012
Washington Township, Wyoming County --
A Procter & Gamble spokesman has identified the worker who died from serious injuries in a workplace accident at the plant in Mehoopany.
36-year-old Jason Slavish of Luzerne was critically injured Saturday afternoon when production was down during a regularly scheduled maintenance program.
He died a short time later at Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock.
Slavish was a 14-year employee at P&G who served as a manufacturing process coach.
Grief counselors will be on site at the plant this week to help any of the 2,200 member staff cope with the tragedy.
