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Gas valve failure during maintenance work may have led to fatal explosion: US Steel

U.S. Steel says preparations for a routine maintenance task may have led to an explosion at a U.S. Steel coal-processing plant near Pittsburgh that left two dead, sent 10 to hospitals and damaged part ...
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U.S. Steel: Gas-valve failure likely cause of deadly explosion at Clairton Coke Works

The explosion happened when workers were flushing a gas valve in preparation for maintenance on two of the plant's coke oven ...

Gas valve failure during routine maintenance may have led to fatal blast at plant, US Steel says

Preparations for a routine maintenance task may have led to an explosion at a U.S. Steel coal-processing plant near Pittsburgh that left two dead and sent 10 to hospitals, the company said Friday. U.S ...

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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In Clairton, a community deals with a fatal explosion at the U.S. Steel plant

Todd Barrett was with a crew of laborers at the Clairton coke works that morning when they all felt something. It was an ...

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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Clairton Coke Works, site of Monday’s explosion, has a history of problems

The Clairton Coke Works, where an explosion killed two workers and injured 10, has a history of maintenance issues, ...