Three workers were killed and two others injured Tuesday in a scaffolding collapse at a massive construction site in Port Arthur, Texas.
The employees fell when scaffolding gave way at the Port Arthur LNG site on South Gulfway Drive at around 2 a.m.
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Two of them died at the scene while the third succumbed at a hospital. Two other workers were on the scaffolding but did not fall and suffered minor injuries.
The incident prompted the suspension of work at the massive industrial construction project.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the cause of the collapse.
