Village West cave-in kills man; one hurt
A 22-year-old construction worker was killed and another man was injured in the cave-in of a ditch yesterday. The accident was at the construction site of the second phase of Village West apartments near downtown Louisville.
James A. Browning, Jr., of 4907 Cawood Drive, was dead on arrival at General Hospital at 1:10 p.m., according to Deputy Coroner Barry Foreman. Foreman said Browning died of suffocation.
The other man, Carl Woosley, 58, of Harrodsburg Rt. 4, was listed in fair condition at General with leg injuries.
The men were employees of Cox & Crawley General Contractors.
The ditch is south of Walnut near the former location of 12th Street.
The cave-in occurred about 12:35 p.m. shortly after the men had finished their lunch and entered the ditch to resume work, according to Paul Mahoney, a superintendent for Cox & Crawley.
The hole—about 20 feet long, 10 feet wide and 10 feet deep—was dug for a footing for one of the apartment buildings. Its sides had been shored up with plywood.
One of the walls collapsed, sending plywood and dirt against the men and knocking them down. Both workers were partially buried by the cave-in.
Browning was taken from the excavation—apparently unconscious—about 1 p.m. Woosley appeared conscious when he was removed about 1:15 p.m. Both men were taken to General Hospital by police ambulance.
About 20 men from two companies at Louisville Fire Department headquarters, 12th and Jefferson, as well as police vehicles, responded to the emergency.
The firemen, directed by Maj. Jake D. Thompson, Jr. used saws to cut away the plywood shoring which had trapped the two men. Oxygen was administered to both men during the recovery operation.
Browning's survivors include his wife, the former Elaine Fagan; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James A. Browning, Sr.; his grandfather, A. G. Hall, and his grandmother, Mrs. Mary Edith Browning.
The funeral will be at 10 a.m. tomorrow at St. Gabriel Catholic Church, 8409 Hudson Lane, with burial in Resthaven Cemetery. The body will be at Arch L. Heady & Son Funeral Home, 1201 E. Oak, after 2 p.m. today.
Originally published in the Courier-Journal dated 11 Dec 1970.
A 22-year-old construction worker was killed and another man was injured in the cave-in of a ditch yesterday. The accident was at the construction site of the second phase of Village West apartments near downtown Louisville.
James A. Browning, Jr., of 4907 Cawood Drive, was dead on arrival at General Hospital at 1:10 p.m., according to Deputy Coroner Barry Foreman. Foreman said Browning died of suffocation.
The other man, Carl Woosley, 58, of Harrodsburg Rt. 4, was listed in fair condition at General with leg injuries.
The men were employees of Cox & Crawley General Contractors.
The ditch is south of Walnut near the former location of 12th Street.
The cave-in occurred about 12:35 p.m. shortly after the men had finished their lunch and entered the ditch to resume work, according to Paul Mahoney, a superintendent for Cox & Crawley.
The hole—about 20 feet long, 10 feet wide and 10 feet deep—was dug for a footing for one of the apartment buildings. Its sides had been shored up with plywood.
One of the walls collapsed, sending plywood and dirt against the men and knocking them down. Both workers were partially buried by the cave-in.
Browning was taken from the excavation—apparently unconscious—about 1 p.m. Woosley appeared conscious when he was removed about 1:15 p.m. Both men were taken to General Hospital by police ambulance.
About 20 men from two companies at Louisville Fire Department headquarters, 12th and Jefferson, as well as police vehicles, responded to the emergency.
The firemen, directed by Maj. Jake D. Thompson, Jr. used saws to cut away the plywood shoring which had trapped the two men. Oxygen was administered to both men during the recovery operation.
Browning's survivors include his wife, the former Elaine Fagan; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James A. Browning, Sr.; his grandfather, A. G. Hall, and his grandmother, Mrs. Mary Edith Browning.
The funeral will be at 10 a.m. tomorrow at St. Gabriel Catholic Church, 8409 Hudson Lane, with burial in Resthaven Cemetery. The body will be at Arch L. Heady & Son Funeral Home, 1201 E. Oak, after 2 p.m. today.
Originally published in the Courier-Journal dated 11 Dec 1970.
Village West cave-in kills man; one hurt
A 22-year-old construction worker was killed and another man was injured in the cave-in of a ditch yesterday. The accident was at the construction site of the second phase of Village West apartments near downtown Louisville.
James A. Browning, Jr., of 4907 Cawood Drive, was dead on arrival at General Hospital at 1:10 p.m., according to Deputy Coroner Barry Foreman. Foreman said Browning died of suffocation.
The other man, Carl Woosley, 58, of Harrodsburg Rt. 4, was listed in fair condition at General with leg injuries.
The men were employees of Cox & Crawley General Contractors.
The ditch is south of Walnut near the former location of 12th Street.
The cave-in occurred about 12:35 p.m. shortly after the men had finished their lunch and entered the ditch to resume work, according to Paul Mahoney, a superintendent for Cox & Crawley.
The hole—about 20 feet long, 10 feet wide and 10 feet deep—was dug for a footing for one of the apartment buildings. Its sides had been shored up with plywood.
One of the walls collapsed, sending plywood and dirt against the men and knocking them down. Both workers were partially buried by the cave-in.
Browning was taken from the excavation—apparently unconscious—about 1 p.m. Woosley appeared conscious when he was removed about 1:15 p.m. Both men were taken to General Hospital by police ambulance.
About 20 men from two companies at Louisville Fire Department headquarters, 12th and Jefferson, as well as police vehicles, responded to the emergency.
The firemen, directed by Maj. Jake D. Thompson, Jr. used saws to cut away the plywood shoring which had trapped the two men. Oxygen was administered to both men during the recovery operation.
Browning's survivors include his wife, the former Elaine Fagan; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James A. Browning, Sr.; his grandfather, A. G. Hall, and his grandmother, Mrs. Mary Edith Browning.
The funeral will be at 10 a.m. tomorrow at St. Gabriel Catholic Church, 8409 Hudson Lane, with burial in Resthaven Cemetery. The body will be at Arch L. Heady & Son Funeral Home, 1201 E. Oak, after 2 p.m. today.
Originally published in the Courier-Journal dated 11 Dec 1970.
A 22-year-old construction worker was killed and another man was injured in the cave-in of a ditch yesterday. The accident was at the construction site of the second phase of Village West apartments near downtown Louisville.
James A. Browning, Jr., of 4907 Cawood Drive, was dead on arrival at General Hospital at 1:10 p.m., according to Deputy Coroner Barry Foreman. Foreman said Browning died of suffocation.
The other man, Carl Woosley, 58, of Harrodsburg Rt. 4, was listed in fair condition at General with leg injuries.
The men were employees of Cox & Crawley General Contractors.
The ditch is south of Walnut near the former location of 12th Street.
The cave-in occurred about 12:35 p.m. shortly after the men had finished their lunch and entered the ditch to resume work, according to Paul Mahoney, a superintendent for Cox & Crawley.
The hole—about 20 feet long, 10 feet wide and 10 feet deep—was dug for a footing for one of the apartment buildings. Its sides had been shored up with plywood.
One of the walls collapsed, sending plywood and dirt against the men and knocking them down. Both workers were partially buried by the cave-in.
Browning was taken from the excavation—apparently unconscious—about 1 p.m. Woosley appeared conscious when he was removed about 1:15 p.m. Both men were taken to General Hospital by police ambulance.
About 20 men from two companies at Louisville Fire Department headquarters, 12th and Jefferson, as well as police vehicles, responded to the emergency.
The firemen, directed by Maj. Jake D. Thompson, Jr. used saws to cut away the plywood shoring which had trapped the two men. Oxygen was administered to both men during the recovery operation.
Browning's survivors include his wife, the former Elaine Fagan; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James A. Browning, Sr.; his grandfather, A. G. Hall, and his grandmother, Mrs. Mary Edith Browning.
The funeral will be at 10 a.m. tomorrow at St. Gabriel Catholic Church, 8409 Hudson Lane, with burial in Resthaven Cemetery. The body will be at Arch L. Heady & Son Funeral Home, 1201 E. Oak, after 2 p.m. today.
Originally published in the Courier-Journal dated 11 Dec 1970.
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