Workers were heating coal and preparing for routine maintenance when an explosion rocked a U.S. Steel plant outside Pittsburgh

Two people are dead and 10 others injured after an explosion at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works near Pittsburgh. The recovery operation has ended, and the cause is under investigation.

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.

If you grew up in Pittsburgh or in one of the nearby steel towns, the deadly explosion at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works last week — killing two workers and hospitalizing 10 — struck home. There are fewer mills now,

The mill, which is part of the recent merger between U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel, has faced scrutiny from federal and local regulators.

A deadly explosion at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works near Pittsburgh has killed two workers and injured ten others after a gas valve failure during routine maintenance. The blast ripped through the nation’s largest coke plant,

Data from the EPA and OSHA provide a glimpse into some of the previous violations and injury reports at the Clairton Coke Plant over the past decade.

After an explosion rocked a steel plant outside Pittsburgh on Monday, workers scrambled into the wreckage alongside firefighters. A cloud of black smoke rose above a charred pickup truck as rescuers sprayed the scene with streams of water.