Regulators with the Occupational Safety & Health Administration and the city of Cincinnati are investigatingthe collapse of the second floor of Cincinnati's Horseshoe Casino as workers were pouring concrete. It was the second structural failure under similar circumstances in six weeks for Rock Gaming LLC, the developer, who with Caesars Entertainment Corp. is building casinos in Cincinnati and Cleveland.
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