Man Rescued From Fall Into Plympton Septic Tank

PLYMPTON (CBS) – A man trying to fix his own septic system found out the hard way that you should leave it to the professionals.

Plympton firefighters were called to a home on Forest Street Tuesday afternoon after the man fell into his septic tank.

He was up to his waist in waste.

"I ran up to the hole, found the man in the tank and I got a rope around him," Fire Chief Warren Borsari told WBZ-TV.

"We got a really good hold of him. He was in an 8-foot tank up to his waist in liquid about two feet below the manhole cover."

The Plymouth County Tech rescue team eventually got the man out.

His name was not made public.

He had minor scrapes, according to the chief. He was decontaminated right there in the yard and taken to the hospital for treatment.

Borsari said the man may have been drinking before he fell in the tank.