More than a dozen workers were injured in the accident. Most were treated for bumps and scrapes, but Jostin Construction reported that it had four employees hospitalized overnight Friday for orthopedic injuries, and three required surgery. One remained hospitalized in serious condition at Bethesda North on Monday.
It had been exactly six weeks from Friday’s collapse when a similar construction accident happened at the Horseshoe Casino in Cleveland, which has the same developer as the Cincinnati casino. Construction resumed in Cleveland after a week-long delay, and the casino still is scheduled to open this spring. Cincinnati’s casino wasn’t scheduled to open until the spring of 2013.
Rock Ohio Caesars and OSHA officials stress that there were entirely different contractors and construction management companies involved in the Cleveland accident, which happened when a section of a parking garage collapsed while concrete was being poured.
The collapse in Cincinnati happened when concrete was being poured on a corrugated steel deck that was to eventually become the second floor of the casino. A cause for either accident hasn’t been determined, said OSHA spokesperson Scott Allen.
One of the contractors working at the 22-acre site at Broadway Commons is Monroe-based Baker Concrete Construction. The company had 30 to 40 workers and subcontractors about 100 yards away from the accident Friday morning, said Dan Sielicki, director of risk management for Baker. No one from Baker’s crew was injured.
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