Story highlights Third-party contractors were working to reinforce the structure when it collapsed

There have been no arrests or charges

(CNN) A structure on the Taiwan set of an upcoming Martin Scorsese movie collapsed this week, killing a studio construction worker and injuring two more, Taipei police said.

The workers were repairing a building used for scenery when it collapsed Thursday, police spokesman Chen Chung-Ren said. Two men were hospitalized, one in serious condition.

Scorsese's new feature, "Silence," tells the story of two Jesuit priests in 17th century Japan and the travails of Japanese Christians at the time, according to IMDb

The film is in pre-production, its publicist Leslee Dart said in a statement.

The production was concerned that the existing structure on the studio's back lot was unsafe, and a third-party contractor was working to reinforce it when it fell.

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