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Al Behrman / AP
Workers and officials inspect the collapse at the Horseshoe Casino under construction on Friday, Jan. 27, 2012, in Cincinnati. Authorities say at least 11 people have been taken to hospitals with minor injuries, non life-threatening.
A partial collapse at a casino construction site early Friday in Cincinnati injured at least 11 people, according to news reports.
Ten of the injured were taken to University Hospital, none with life-threatening injuries, a hospital spokeswoman told NBC News. Most of the victims, between the ages of 30 and 40, were expected to be discharged later Friday.
Authorities reported differing numbers of injured, with fire officials saying 13 people were hospitalized and police saying at least 11 were.
Workers were pouring concrete on the structure's second floor when a metal beam in the middle of the section fell, making the second floor buckle, authorities said. No one was caught beneath the collapsed material, Fire Chief Dick Braun told The Cincinnati Enquirer.
Muddy conditions forced firefighters to craft a makeshift bridge to move the injured workers.
Rock Gaming is developing the casino in partnership with Caesar's Entertainment.
A partial collapse of a garage at another Ohio casino under construction -- and also being developed by the Rock Gaming-Caesar's partnership -- occurred last month. No one was injured in that incident, according to The Associated Press.
The Associated Press and NBC News services contributed to this report.
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I do believe I'll stay out of that company's casinos -- not that I'd waste my money in them anyway. Now how about somebody name the contractor and we can stay out of THAT company's buildings, too.
Not nearly as many wounded in the collapse as will be after it opens.
"The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor on the business known as gambling." ---Ambrose Bierce
Why do you think they call it gambling? DUH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Do we need to put all the bolts in, or can we just put two in to align and hold it until someone has time to add the rest... Oh, look, its break time...
that would be the freeways in Los Angeles......and those gaps that you can see light thru.....those are expansion joints for earthquakes
Denton: Unfortunately if they were using cheap imported Chineese steel and hardware as I suspect, complete assembly of the project would not insure that the whole thing would not have fallen down anyway! I work in a foundry where our customers are from all over including Central and South America , Mexico and Canada they would rather buy American steel and pay a higher price because they know what they build with it today will still be standing tommorrow. Cannot say the same about the crap that comes from China!
Almost not even worth commenting on. This stuff happens all the time in construction. Sometimes bad engineering, sometimes bad construction and sometimes stuff (you know whtat I mean) just happens. When the old New York Coleseum was under construction in the early '50's there was a major collapse no one made nearly as big a deal over it. The building remained standing for the next 50 years.
"the house always wins" they took the bet on shortcuts and lost big time :P
You are not supposed to let the Whales in until it's finished....
It went up and it went down. What other news we have?
Maybe it's not meant to be at all.