UPDATED STORY
The identities of the three workers who were killed in an early Tuesday morning incident near Port Arthur have been released. They were Felix Jose Lopez, 42, of Pearland, Felipe Mendez, 25, of Houston; and Reginald Magee. 41, of Houston.
It happened at about 2:00am at Port Arthur LNG.
There were five men working on a scaffold when it collapsed and sent all five men to the ground below.
Two died at the scene and a third man died later in a hospital. Two others were injured.
ORIGINAL STORY
Three people are dead and two others are injured following an industrial accident at Bechtel Energy on Gulfway Drive, just outside the Port Arthur city limits.
The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office says just before 2:00am Tuesday, five people were working on a scaffolding when a portion of the scaffolding gave way and they fell. Two workers died at the scene and three others were taken to a local hospital where one died and the other two are still undergoing treatment.
Captain Crystal Holmes with the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office said the two survivors did not suffer serious injuries.
Bechtel is the large liquified natural gas plant and terminal that is being built there employing a large crew of workers from all trades working to get the operation up and running.