Inspectors Investigating Cincinnati Casino Collapse

Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors were investigating the collapse of a floor at a casino under construction on Friday morning.

According to investigators, more than a dozen workers were injured when a section of floor gave way as concrete was being poured.

Construction at the Cincinnati site was being halted for the investigation, 10TV’s Danielle Elias reported.

None of the workers were seriously injured.

“They were doing a pour and the steel fell,” construction worker Tim Fatute said. “It collapsed. I just wanted to make sure everyone was safe.”

Fatute said that he was not there at the moment of the collapse but quickly rushed to the site to learn none of his fellow construction workers were seriously injured.

“I’m pretty darn relieved, because we’re in that general area every now and again, and it could happen at any time,” Faute said.

Jason Mullins, a spokesman for the Ironworkers Union Local 44, said that what happened on Friday was very uncommon.

“You had a 30 foot section by 30 foot section, and then you had one beam in-between that," Mullins said. "And then you had another 30 foot section by 30 foot section. One of the points on the far end broke free, so all the other ends stayed together.”

Steve Rosenthal of Rock Gaming, the developer of the Horseshoe Casino said that the collapse was not related to a similar incident that happened in December at the casino being built in Cleveland.

“These are two different construction management companies, two different contractors, two different sites, two different areas,” Rosenthal said. “(There’s) nothing in common with the two different sites.”

Rock Gaming officials said that the casino was still on track to open in the spring of 2013..

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