For the second time in three weeks, a worker died after going into a septic tank to make repairs. Florida media reported Monday that Thomas Gill, 50, co-owner of a chain of Esther’s restaurants, died when he was overcome by fumes inside a septic tank at one of the eateries in North Miami.

A 20-year-old cashier at the restaurant, Rochny Jules, heard Gill screaming for help and entered the septic tank to try and rescue him. Jules soon was also overcome by fumes in the tank and was pulled out of the tank by others at the scene. Jules said he passed out for a few minutes, and was transported to a hospital, where he recovered. Gill was also eventually pulled from the tank and taken to the hospital, but didn’t survive.

Go to this link to see a news account of Gill’s death: http://miami.cbslocal.com/2011/10/17/fumes-kill-man-working-inside-septic-tank/

The tragedy follows the death of two workers from a Maine pumping service who collapsed from of exposure to hydrogen sulfide gas while they attempted to repair a submersible pump. Winfield Studley, 58, and Richard Kemp, 70, died Sept. 27 while working at the Lodge at Turbots Creek in Kennebunkport, Maine.