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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 ...
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U.S. Steel: Gas-valve failure likely cause of deadly explosion at Clairton Coke Works

U.S. Steel says it believes a gas valve failure led to the explosion Monday morning at its Clairton Coke Works, in which two ...
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Officials Give Update on U.S. Steel Explosion in Clairton

Officials update on the deadly U.S. Steel plant explosion in Clairton, PA, focusing on the investigation, community & worker ...

Air quality concerns linger in the wake of Pennsylvania steel plant explosion

The Pennsylvania county where an explosion at a U.S. Steel plant south of Pittsburgh killed two people and injured more than ...

Massive rescue effort led to pulling workers from debris of Pennsylvania steel plant explosion

Workers were heating coal and preparing for routine maintenance when an explosion rocked a U.S. Steel plant outside ...
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Deadly Clairton, PA, Plant Blast Could Have Been Prevented, Feds Say

Two workers were killed and nearly a dozen were injured while they were preparing for a maintenance project at the Clairton facility.

Second person killed in Pa. plant explosion identified

Timothy Quinn, 39, of East Huntingdon Township, also died in the incident. Ten other people were injured. Three of them are ...