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Gas valve failure during routine maintenance work may have led to fatal explosion, US Steel says

U.S. Steel says preparations for a routine maintenance task may have led to an explosion at a U.S. Steel coal-processing ...
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‘It Didn’t Have to Be This Way’: After Another Explosion at Clairton Coke Works, Advocates Call for Accountability

The deadly blast at the U.S. Steel facility outside Pittsburgh was just the latest in a series of recent workplace accidents.

Tiny chemical safety board, battling to keep funding, launches probe of Clairton explosion

The Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board’s probe into the deadly explosion at the Clairton Coke Works could take a ...

7 of those injured in Clairton plant explosion discharged; 3 remain in hospital

Hospital officials confirm seven of the 10 people injured in Monday’s deadly explosion at the U.S. Steel Clairton Coke Works ...

Devoted dad of 3 was among the 2 steel workers killed in explosion at Pennsylvania plant

A devoted dad has been identified as one of the two steel workers killed from an explosion at a Pennsylvania steel plant on ...

Authorities identify 2nd person killed in Clairton Coke Works blast

A second Westmoreland County man was identified as the other victim who was killed Monday in an explosion at U.S. Steel’s ...

2nd person killed in U.S. Steel explosion remembered as loving man with strong faith

Family members tell Pittsburgh's Action News 4 Steven Menefee, a father of two, was a loving man who would give you the shirt ...