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Corporate whitewash underway: US Steel calls actions leading to deadly explosion at Clairton facility “planned maintenance”

They just would keep rigging things together, not fixing stuff. The batteries need to be taken down one at a time and ...
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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 ...

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 ...

Hundreds attend viewings for Timothy Quinn, steelworker killed in Clairton explosion

The large turnout was a reflection of the deep sense of loss and growing anger over unsafe conditions at the U.S. Steel ...
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Allegheny County deploys mobile air quality monitors near Clairton Coke Works

The health department began deploying mobile air units Thursday provided by Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental ...

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 ...

The ballad of Clairton: an all American City in mourning

Clairton, Pennsylvania was rocked Tuesday by an explosion at the U.S. Steel Clairton Coke Works. Clairton Mayor Richard ...