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Workers hurt in collapse at Cincinnati casino site
CINCINNATI (AP) — A floor collapsed into a V shape Friday at the construction site of a new Ohio casino, sending workers sliding to the ground, leaving one worker with serious injuries and hurting at least a dozen others.
The collapse occurred shortly before 8 a.m. as a crew was pouring a section of concrete floor at the Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati site, Steve Rosenthal, of co-developer Rock Gaming LLC, said Friday. It came just weeks after a similar accident at a Cleveland casino with the same developers.
The male worker with serious injuries was downgraded from fair condition at a Cincinnati hospital Friday night, several hours after the collapse. Authorities had said earlier that there were no life-threatening injuries.
Shouts could be heard on a 911 call right after the collapse as the caller told the dispatcher “we’ve got one guy that’s in desperate position.”
“There’s about 20 guys just fell through the floor pour. You’ve got to get down here as quick as possible. ...They fell about 15, 20 foot. Hurry,” he said.
“We’ve got men under a beam as well. We got to get this beam off of them.”
