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July 25, 2008
Construction workers end up in Lake Michigan as Horseshoe Casino walkway collapses
HAMMOND, Ind.
An enclosed walkway slipped as it was being attached to a floating casino on Lake Michigan, sending seven construction workers into the water.
After the workers fell, nine others jumped in to help them. Two men were briefly trapped inside the fallen walkway. One was taken to a hospital complaining of shoulder pain and was later released
Five workers were on the barge using sledgehammers to adjust a shoring attached to the metal passageway for the new Horseshoe Casino. Two other workers were inside the walkway working on hydraulic lifts.
The barge shifted beneath the structure, causing the walkway to fall. The collapse hurled the two workers inside the walkway about four to five metres into the lake. Horseshoe is nearly finished building the new $485 million casino boat just across the state line from Chicago. The walkway that fell is one of three that will connect the casino to the site’s pavilion. The workers, members of the Iron Workers Local 395, were wearing lifejackets.
Associated Press
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