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Fatal explosion at U.S. Steel’s plant raises questions about its future, despite heavy investment
The fatal explosion last week at U.S. Steel’s Pittsburgh-area coal-processing plant has revived debate about its future just as the iconic American company was emerging from a long period of uncertai...

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Gas valve failure cited in deadly explosion at U.S. Steel plant
Investigators release new details on what caused the US Steel Clairton Coke Works explosion
Fatal explosion at U.S. Steel's plant raises questions about its future, despite heavy investment
The fatal explosion last week at U.S. Steel's Pittsburgh-area coal-processing plant has revived debate about its future just as the iconic American company was emerging from a long period of uncertai...

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Gas valve failure during maintenance work may have led to fatal explosion: US Steel
Gas valve failure during maintenance work may have led to fatal explosion at Pennsylvania plant
‘It Didn’t Have to Be This Way’: After Another Explosion at Clairton Coke Works, Advocates Call for Accountability
The 2010 accident—which prompted multiple lawsuits against the company and left one worker with burns over 40 percent of his body and permanent disfigurement—is part of a troubling pattern at the 125-...

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U.S. Steel early findings pinpoint gas valve failure as cause of fatal Clairton Coke Works blast
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‘It didn’t have to be this way.’ Advocates call for accountability at Clairton Coke Works

In the last five years, U.S. Steel has paid more than $10 million in penalties for violations of the Clean Air Act at Clairton.

'Inherent dangers' seen as ever-present in steel industry

Rich Lattanzi knows all about safety in U.S. Steel’s Mon Valley facilities. At age 26, decades before he was elected in 2010 as mayor of Clairton — a city built, largely, to run the coke works — the former plumber started a three-decade U.

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 Monday, officials said.

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 off his back.

Authorities identify 2nd person killed in Clairton Coke Works blast

Authorities on Thursday identified the second person who was killed in an explosion at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works Monday. Steven Menefee, 52, died at the steel plant Monday, authorities said. The explosion at Clairton Coke Works,
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