The employees of Stevens Electric & Pump Service of Monmouth had been working to pump out the tank Tuesday morning at The Lodge at Turbat’s Creek when their bodies were found floating in the tank by another person.
The victims were identified as 58-year-old Winfield Studley of Windsor and 70-year-old Richard Kemp of Monmouth.
Sanford Police Chief Craig Sanford didn’t want to speculate on whether the deaths were the result of a medical issue, an equipment malfunction or some other factor.
Officials from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration are investigating the incident.
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- Richard Kemp, 70, of Monmouth, Maine, and Winfield Studley, 58, of Windsor, Maine, were found dead in a sewage holding tank Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011, located at the Lodge at Turbats Creek, Kennebunkport, Maine. Both men were employees of Stevens Electric and Pump Services of Monmouth. Kennebunkport Police Chief Craig Sanford said Kemp and Studley were doing some kind of work on a pump inside the tank. The bodies are being taken to Augusta for autopsies by the state Medical Examiner’s Office. (AP Photo/The Portland Press Herald, Gregory Rec)
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