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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 Coke Works, site of deadly explosions, stirs both pride and pain

Brian Doyle remembers the explosion that hurled him to the coke plant’s floor — but little else from that day. It was a ...

USW Local 1557 vice president reacts to new details in Clairton Coke Works explosion investigation

Channel 11 spoke exclusively with United Steelworkers Local 1557 Vice President Richard Tikey, sharing his reaction to new ...
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Clairton Coke Works, site of Monday’s explosion, has a history of problems

The U.S. Steel plant in Clairton, Pa., where an explosion killed two workers and injured 10 on Monday, has a history of ...
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Everything we know about the Clairton Coke Works explosion in Pennsylvania

Allegheny County officials say two people are dead and ten others are injured, including two medics. WGAL News 8's Sarah ...

2nd person killed in Clairton Coke Works explosion identified

The second person killed in Monday’s deadly explosion at the U.S. Steel Clairton Coke Works has been identified.
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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 ...